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This Fishing by LA Parker and Angling From Many Angles by the Silver Doctor, if you can find copies. Possibly two of the best angling books that I have ever read, and certainly are in my ' top ten angling books to read before you die' list.

Hi,
Apologies for not replying sooner, but I've been away for a couple of days, so thanks again for so many recommendations...It's cast fair for the winter evenings (with he odd glass of port)!
However Dave, I think you may have thrown the gauntlet down with cane and pin for maseer!
I'm fully confident that my quest will end in a 60lb+ fish easily caught on a MkIV Avon / 300 (admittedly, not a pin) combo in glacial melt water, and who needs a clutch as I'm sure a bit of Walker esque finger pressure on the head will comfortably calm the placid beast...they just look like big goldfish! (#This view may change once I've read the book!).
Regards Cat

The painted stream--Robin Armstrong
Going fishing--Negley Farson
I know a good place--Clive Gammon
Somewhere down the crazy river - Paul Boote/Jeremy Wade
Quest for carp- Jack Hilton
The Carp strikes back--Rod Hutchinson
The witchery of water-- HG C Claypoole
A giant among rivers--Richard Snailham
Reflections on a river--Howard Marshall

Beneath the black water by jon berry. I'm not good with words so i'll give you Chris Yates description from the back cover. " Beneath the black water is the wonderful account of a mad, disrupting , unforgiving but ultimately joyous addiction- an addiction not just to the ferox , but to the wild waterscapes they inhabit. No fellow angler could be unimpressed; no ordinary human will quite believe it." Personally i'm a big fan of Jon Berry,s work i think this is his best book so far. In case i wasn't clear it's about fishing for ferox trout.

An obvious classic, but still worth mentioning is "No need to lie" by Richard Walker. Also on the late, great RW is " Richard Walker - Biography of an Angling Legend" by Barrie Rickards, an excellent ' behind the scenes' read on the great man. Last, but not least, is "A Passion for Angling", the companion book to the TV series - worth the read for the photos and sight of classic gear being used to catch big fish! Happy reading!! John.

Marks7 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 6:51 pm I’m currently reading ‘I Know a Good Place’ by the late lamented Clive Gammon; great fishing stories by a great writer.

Hook, Line and Spinner by the same author.
In Visible Waters by John Bailey.

Aitch wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 6:52 pm How To Fish by Chris Yates... a magical little book and probably my favourite fishing book

I must admit I found this book absolutely charming....

Thanks
BB

maurice pledgers books are very good