THE ORVIS GUIDE TO FLY FISHING FOR CARP: TIPS AND TRICKS FOR THE DETERMINED ANGLER. By Kirk Deeter.

2013 1st edition. Large 8vo paperback (177 x 254mm). Pp145. Colour photographs and colour diagrams throughout.

A detailed and useful American guide to flyfishing for carp. Chapters include: Why carp?; Carp are difficult to pattern; The everyman fish; A tale of two fishes; Carp biology; The characteristics and senses of carp; Where carp live; How carp behave; Lakes, ponds, and rivers; What carp; How carp eat; On weather and water and water conditions; Why carp are hard to catch with flies; gear - rods, reels, lines, leaders, tippet, waders and more; The approach; Finding fish - reading water and spotting carp; Figuring out food; Picking out food; Fooling carp - the cast and presentation; Fighting carp; Freeing carp; Berry fishing; How and why I blew it at the South Platte River Pro-Am Carp Slam; From the experts - their best tips in their own words; Grass carp; Carp trivia.