ONE LAST CAST: THE DIARY OF A CARPFISHER. By Rob Maylin. De luxe leather-bound edition.

2009 1st edition. De luxe issue. 8vo (152 x 218mm). Ppxl,296. Colour photographs. Fully bound in maroon bonded leather, upper board and spine titled in gilt, all edges gilt, silk marker ribbon. Maroon slipcase. Edition limited to 60 copies.

"The follow on from Bazil's Bush, One Last Cast Cast transports us from the morning after Bazil, sixteen years ago, and takes the reader on a journey through Rob's fishing life until 2009. ...Rob Maylin, now in his fifties, not only covers a host of famous venues, containing the country's most sought after specimens, but also in-depth advice about all the little edges that have seen Rob catch consistently for over forty years on the country's most testing waters." Also includes a chapter detailing the author's trip to Thailand to fish for exotics such as Mekong Catfish and Arapaima. Chapters include: The morning after Bazil; Come on Jumbo!; Car Park capers; A new beginning; Horseshoe daze; Frimley week; Pad Lake peaches; Sandhurst stunners; A world record; One last cast. This is a copy of the de luxe leather-bound edition that was limited to only 60 copies.