GRAVEL PIT CARP: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO FISHING FOR GRAVEL PIT CARP. By Jim Gibbinson.

1999 1st edition. Large 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp304. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt.

Jim Gibbinson, noted angler and author of many years' standing, gives us a "definitive guide to fishing gravel pits ...a bang up to date technical book, the latest rigs, baits, proven tactics and techniques ...accompanied by masses of explanatory drawings and pictures. ...This is much more than just a technical masterpiece" with bags of observations from the author's own experiences and some highly amusing commentary on the contemporary carp scene. Stated as "...a limited edition book" it is now, unfortunately, out-of-print. "A successful, no-nonsense approach to tackling the most demanding of pits". Chapters include: Gravel pits; Shallow pits; Deep waters; Margins; Reaching out; Weedy waters; Carp weather; Let us talk again; Rigs; Bait; Feed and feeding; Off the top; Winter; Equipment; Clay pits, chalk pits and reservoirs; Tactics; Carp care; The future.