THE SECRET CARP. By Chris Yates.

(1992) 2004 reprint. 8vo (162 x 241mm). Ppiii,171,ads. B/w illustrations by Clare Yates. This 2004 printing has the dark-blue dust-wrapper design of the 2003 rep.

"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." Most certainly one of Chris Yates' finest books.