IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT: THE STORY OF SHE. By Andrew Spreadbury. Edited and designed by Mike Starkey.

2017 1st edition. 8vo (175 x 245mm). Pp295. Colour and b/w photographs, colour illustrations, marbled end-papers. Blue boards, gilt and blind-stamped titles to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies.

"In The Still of the Night - The Story of She by BCSG member and well known angler Andrew Spreadbury tells the story of his angling development through the 1960's and 1970's culminating with the extensive pursuit and ultimate capture of 'She' at over 34lbs in September 1977." "Andy Spreadbury is a third generation angler having been taught to fish by his father who was in turn taught by his father before him. Andy became obsessed with carp at a very young age after accidentally hooking (and losing) one at The Longwater, in the grounds of Hampton Court, one of the eight Royal Parks of London. Andy is a member of The British Carp Study Group and for a while was its Kent Regional Organiser. After nearly fifty years of carp fishing, his passion for it remains undiminished but considers the early years to have been the most rewarding and fulfilling. Imagine a carp fishing world without the Hair Rig, without Bivvies, Bedchairs, or Boilies. Imagine having few specialised rods for carp fishing, few waters in which to catch them, and no large landing-nets to land them. Imagine not having a single item of specialised carp tackle available in the tackle shop. Imagine how you would go about trying to catch what was considered to be the craftiest fish swimming in British waters... Imagine fishing, In the Still of the Night." Chapters include:- Seeds of an obsession; Friends; The challenge; Confidence; Fun and laughter; Big fish; Success and failure; Sidetracks and diversions; Difficult choices; Different perspectives; Beginnings and endings; Drought and plenty; She.