THE SECRET CARP. By Chris Yates.

(1992) 2021 reprint. 8vo (160 x 241mm). Ppiv,171,ad. B/w illustrations by Clare Yates, bill-matter to pictorial end-papers. Black and gilt illustration to white paper-covered boards, black titles to gilt spine, issued without a dust-wrapper.

"The Secret Carp is a fishing book with a difference. As The Independent comments, it is one of the few books that manages to capture the real joy of fishing in such a way that even a non-angler could be seduced. It tells the true story of the events of a single day and night beside an English carp lake in high summer." Chapters include: The perfect pool; The angler's dream; Dawn; Discovery and exploration; Present location; The vanishing lake; The art of tea-making; From the list of the lost; Gold; The curse of the Silver Pirate; A can of lucky beans; The Secret Carp; A dip of the float; A nose for water; Hercules and the storm; Hallucinatory water; The art of stalking; The view from the depths; Another kind of life; A new rod; Harmonic convergence; The writing on the water; Epilogue - the Lost Lake revisited. Most certainly one of Chris Yates' finest books. This 2019 reprint has a new cover design, and is issued without a dust-wrapper.