BIG CARP. By Tim Paisley and Friends.

1990 1st edition. 4to (197 x 253mm). Pp206,ad. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt.

A good practical guide with a very good line-up of contributors. Chapters include: Why big carp? by Kevin Clifford; The Leney legacy: Burton's beauties by Chris Ball; 'I'll let you be in my dreams...' by Jan Wenczka; Big carp waters: a realistic view by Julian Peter Cundiff; Rod on big fish by Rod Hutchinson; Big carp and big waters by Pete Springate; The sixth sense - dowsing for carp by Chris Yates; Slow mud by Elliott Symak; The triumvirate by Brian Garner; Looking in on carp by Ken Townley; Big fish summer; Presentation - cause and effect; Knots and hooklengths; Bait; Session; A list of forty plus carp; Afterthoughts.