REEL TIME: COLLECTED WRITINGS OF CHRISTOPHER YATES: VOLUME ONE 1967-1989. By Chris Yates.

2022 1st edition. 8vo (174 x 246mm). Pp248. Colour and b/w photographs, drawings by Paul Cook and Rob Woolnough. Brown boards, spine and upper board titled in gilt. The rear of the dust-wrapper states 'Limited Edition,' and publisher's ads state edition limited to 750 copies.

Chris Yates' angling articles, selected by the author. Beginning with his first successful submission to the angling press in 1967, the articles run chronologically to 1989, showing his famous carp period giving way to an interest in barbel. Chris Yates was a professional photographer and the articles are accompanied by many of his own photographs. Articles include: Upper Waveney roach; A prescription for a frustrated carp; A pot of gold; A change of attitude; The carp story; Mirror reflections; White Lips; Blowpipes and pink pigs; Weather lore; The first four days; The monster of the Mount; A roving rod; The prospect of dawn; Historic blanks; September Week; Beneath the autumn leaves; Deception or betrayal; Fireside fishing; Death of the '51'; Sub-zero; A classic day; We conquered the island; Quiet encounters; A ring around the Sun; Farewell to Redmire; Stalker; Twenty years on; 1952 and all that; Bowled over by barbel; Avon adventure; Musings of a wintering angler; Jottings from a journal; A river in winter; Late season barbel; The last day; Associated matters; Waterwatch; Food for thought; The haunted pool; Donald F. Leney, an appreciation; The calling; The coach trip; Saga of a long distance carper; The night before Redmire.