BIG CARP LEGENDS: LEE JACKSON. Big Carp Legends series no. 2. By Lee Jackson. De luxe leather-bound edition.

2010 1st edition. De luxe issue. Small 8vo (152 x 217mm). Pp204. Colour and b/w photographs. Fully bound in Realtree patterned leather, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Matching Realtree slipcase. Edition limited to 60 copies.

De luxe leather-bound edition limited to 60 copies. To "celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Big Carp magazine, this series of books entitled 'Big Carp Legends' will encompass the greates names in carp fishing history over the past two decades. The content of the books in this series will be a mixture of articles from the archives of Big Carp, life histories of famous anglers and original articles specially commissioned for the series." This is Lee Jackson's own story of his impressive career in search of giant carp. Chapters include; dustbins in the morning - doubles in the afternoon; cool pool carpin - return to Darenth; land of the giants - the Colne Valley; billiars balls and boards - Springwood Lake; She - my ultimate obsession; the big black monster - of the Blue Lagoon; Longfield - grumpy Ritchie; The Farm - a phenomenal water; organisations - carp matches and Les; Hallowed ground - Conningbrook remembered; a year to remember - and the end of the road; Larksea, Wonderland, Cotton - and a mythical common; Canterbury Tales - Tonford; TV, videos and the future.