The fifth carp fishing book from one of the country's most respected and successful carp anglers. Excellent stories of some truly huge fish from all over the UK, Europe and further afield.
This is the 2014 first edition. The publisher has now sold out and I have just a few copies left - order now at this bargain price before they're gone!
"The Adventures of a Carp Angler is Simon Crow's fifth book about carp fishing. Covering forty chapters, it details the trials and tribulations of his time chasing carp and working within the angling industry. It beings in the early stages of his career, describing his journey with long-time friend Rob Hughes up and down the day ticket waters of England to the unknown waters of the Continent. He talks frankly of the hardships due to his angling addiction and how his love for the biggest carp in the North of England became an obsession. His quests to target the famous fish in waters like Tilery, Motorway Pond, Northern Stillwater, Woldview, Manton, Selby 3 Lakes and many others are covered, as are his captures of fifties from six different countries, including legendary carp like Black Eye, Arnie, and the finest in all Yorkshire, the Estate Lake Big 'Un. This book is brimming with stories about carping on the circuit and adventures into the unknown, written by one of the world's most experienced carpers in an easy to read style with not one product plug anywhere to be seen. Whether you are new or old to the world of carping, it will entertain and inspire you to get out there and seek the adventures now available to the modern day carp angler." (Publisher's blurb).
About the Author: "Simon Crow has been carp fishing for more than thirty years and is widely regarded as one of the most versatile anglers around, with impressive records wherever he has fished. He is the editor of Carp-Talk magazine and for more than twenty years has worked as an angling consultant. He has a Masters of Science degree in fisheries and has caught carp from more than three hundred different waters across the globe, including fifties from six countries (England, France, Romania, South Africa, Austria and Hungary), sixties from three and seventies from two. Together with his long time friend Rob Hughes, he was winner of the first ever World Carp Cup at Fishabil, France, in 1996. His current personal best carp is an 83lb common, whilst his UK PB is a 51lb common. In March 2014 he was inducted into the very prestigious Carp Fishing Hall of Fame. This is his fifth book about carp fishing, a hobby which he describes as his addiction."
Contents include:- Foreword by Rob Hughes; How it all came about; Day ticket days; Looking for a bit of blue; Birch Grove winter syndicate; The Raduta years; Eight days in the Bush; Christmas at Dolly Mill; Opening week at Redmire Pool; Love 'em or loathe 'em; Along the way - part 1; Big water challenge; Orchid love affair; Mad dogs and Englishmen; The one that got away; The Old Brickyard; Tilery's black fish; Morocco's pots of gold; The lake in the forest; A carp called C Scale; Amongst the lilies; The Estate Lake; Along the way - part 2; Right at home; Yorkshire's big puddle; It's not always about size; Trigga and Trio; Acton's Big Bill; A venture too far; Hunting Arnie; Diamond Scale; Along the way - part 3; Dropping on 'em at Mesters; Woldview and Floppy Tail; Hungary hippos; The theatre of dreams; Emmotland; Hall of mirrors; Fish of a lifetime; Behind the captures; Bankside banter.