TACKLING CARP WITH CHILLY CHILLCOTT. By Ian "Chilly" Chillcott.

(2007) 2008 reprint. 4to (200 x 254mm). Pp298. Colour photographs throughout. Pictorial laminated boards in matching dust-wrapper.

Author and successful carp fisherman and Fox angling consultant Chilly Chillcott tells us how he does it. Decades of experience and enthusiasm are distilled into three hundred pages of discussion, advice and opinion. A technical book on carp fishing which also makes "sure that the basics are fully covered. ...Rods, reels, line, luggage, shelters ...landing nets, unhooking maps, leaders, leads, lead attachments, hooklines and hooks etc. Hooking arrangements, including the use of bottom baits, balance baits and pop-ups are covered as are different variations of the hair rig. A section on baits covers all the modern dedicated carp baits. ... An indispensible guide for both the beginner and the more experienced carp fisher."