A DREAM OF CARP: HISTORIC REVELATIONS OF A CARP ANGLER FROM 1967-1999. By Mike Starkey.

# 2004 1st edition. Square 8vo paperback (205 x 205mm). Pp144. Colour, monochrome and b/w photographs. Edition limited to 500 signed and numbered copies.

# This is an interesting account of Mike Starkey's career as a carp fishermen between 1967 and 1999, with much on his views of the revolutionary changes which took place in that period. Chapters include:- Early Cutt Mill, 1967-1971; Oyez, Oyez and the Syndicate, 1971-1973; Ashlea Pool, a total failure; Return to the Mill, the trout pellet saga and strange encounters, 1972-1974; Redmire Pool, 1975-1976; Bache Pool, little pool - big fish, and Shobdon; Hawley, the Army lake, some who did and some who didn't, 1985-1986; Little Frensham, or Burton-on-Sea, 1985-1986; Send, good start, bad ending, 1986-1988; Hollybush Pit 5, 1986-1989; Buzzers running hot, Six Lakes and Richworth rules; Enton, a long-time dream realized 1993-1998; Water not moving? 1995-1998; Friends and aggro; Postscript. This first edition was published as a limited edition. The limitation is not stated however we believe it to be 500 copies.