ROD HUTCHINSON'S CARP BOOK: TALES AND TACTICS FROM ROD HUTCHINSON. By Rod Hutchinson. First edition hardback.

1981 1st edition. Hardback issue. Small 8vo (150 x 215mm). Ppviii,152. B/w photographs and illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt.

One of the classic carp books and very scarce in hardback. Contemporary advertisements indicate that just 500 copies of the hardback edition were printed. As ever with Rod, the author mixes good solid practical information with well-written carp angling tales. Without doubt one of the best carp angling writers and this is perhaps his hardest book to find. Chapters include: Location of carp; Tackle and tactics; Introduction to baits; Particle baits; Paste baits; When it all comes right; The unexplained; Snag fishing; Carp in winter; Ambition achieved; A never-to-be-forgotten evening; Large carp waters; Postscript; Dear Rod... from Chris Yates; A short interview with the author; When it all goes wrong; Carp fishing in the future; In conclusion.