CARP: NOW AND THEN. By Rod Hutchinson. Second edition.

(1988) 2015 2nd edition. 8vo (173 x 252mm). Ppxiv,225. Colour and b/w photographs, new b/w illustrations by Dave Blackaller, map. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt.

The entire text of Rod Hutchinson's Carp Book (1981) is included, together with an account of the changes in carp fishing which took place in the years between 1980 and 1988. Also includes a new introduction by the author and new illustrations by Dave Blackaller. "In my mind this book is the last of the 'pioneering years'. The eighties for me and many other anglers of the time had been about exploring lakes abroad. It seemed like every lake on the Continent held carp, how large we didn't know and the carp had no names. ...This was a time of just looking at a map and picking out a nice lake to fish. Whatever... if you ever caught a fish it was a celebration. Every day and every take was a magical mystery tour. Every lake you looked at on the map had the potential to be your ultimate dream lake. They didn't all prove to have that potential, but each visit to a new, unknown lake was a true adventure ...I'm thankful that I was there and I smelt the roses." Rod Hutchinson in his New Foreword. Chapters include: Introduction - '80 and '88; Location of carp, '88; Location and behaviour of carp, '88; Tackle and tactics, '80-'88; Introduction to baits, '80; Particles "in the beginning", '75; Particle baits, '80; Particle baits, '88; Paste baits, '80; Waffling on about carp baits, '88; Tim Paisley ...'Nature's Design', '88; Snag fishing, '80; Snag fishing, '88; The unexplained..., '80 and '88; When it all comes right, '80; Carp in winter, '80; Carp in winter, '88; Ambition achieved, '80; A never-to-be-forgotten evening, '80; The day it happened, '80; Dear Rod... from Chris Yates, '80; Cassien... The sting, '85; Dear Rod ...from Chris Yates, '85; When it all goes wrong, '85; Large carp waters, '80; The potential of carp waters, '88; Cassien... the pressure starts, '85; A short interview with the author, '80; Carp fishing in the future, '80 with '88 footnote; when it all comes right and wrong, '88; An occasion of sorts, '88; A never-to-be-forgotten evening, '85; Memories from far and wide, '88; In conclusion... '80 with '88 footnote. "For twenty-seven years [Rod] has learnt everything he can about his chosen species and then applied that knowledge to the capture of that fish. That knowledge is passed on in this book."