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  1. The Tip sure was a nice place. Preferred the quiet corners myself like the Dry Dock, The Gap and Booker's Bend. Talking of Booker's, Mr Morris certainly knew to how to catch from there. Most anglers never knew of the bar to the left only a rod length out. What a spot!
  2. Donkey's years ago Bob Morris put isotopes in his baits at the Tip Lake, Darenth. It didn't work..............
  3. Were you Jim's accomplice in 1969 on the Slaughterhouse Bank at Brooklands Lake when he cast across my lines? Yes, a perfect gent, no seriously.
  4. There are actually 3 books to date in 'Big Carp Legends' series. The Ritchie Mac book is in similar vein to Pete's, but Lee Jackson actually wrote his book from scratch, so it is a much better production. Personally, I look forward to Jim Gibbinson's book - certainly he is one of the best angling writers of all time
  5. Yes! It is a compilation of interviews with Pete and articles by him that have appeared in Rob's Big Carp mag over the years. It appears to be unedited and comes across as a poor piece of writing. Also, there is nothing new about Pete in it. Having said all that, if you like Pete and want to read again about his adventures over the years (Darenth, Yeoveney, Yateley, Wraysbury, etc) you must buy it. Hope that makes sense !
  6. This book is neither an autobiography, like his Carp Along the Way volumes, nor is it a story book, like The Carp Strikes Back. It is a technical book, but one with a big difference. It includes, apart from Rod’s own chapters on all technical aspects, contributions by anglers who have inspired Rod throughout his life, some of them sadly no longer with us. There are original and nicely written chapters from those golden oldies, the late Maurice Ingham and Fred J Taylor, with Fred discussing his early particle experiments. Another chapter reproduces Fred Wilton’s early HNV bait theories that were first published in the BCSG in-house journal. There is a historical piece on winter fishing by the erudite Jim Gibbinson. Another chapter reproduces the late Lennie Middleton’s pioneering article on the invention of the hair rig. Very relevant for some modern anglers is the late Alan Smith's piece on overcoming the problems of fishing very weedy waters. Another original chapter by Albert Romp deals with carp location. Lee Jackson writes about modern artificial baits (plastics). There are other contributors. As they say, much, much more - a bit of everything. A big, big read, well written and thoroughly recommended.
  7. You mean like the fate of the near record carp at Redmire............ No I couldn't possibly..............it would spoil the illusion
  8. ......and a phoney at worst. Caught him a few times in Surrey with fixed spools, boilies and hair rigs..... and if you think he write's his books with a quill pen, then you will believe anything !
  9. Hutchies book ‘The Carp Strikes Back’ is a great, great, book and his ‘Carp Now and Then’ runs a close second. But as for ‘Carp Along the Way’, it’s not a patch on the above books, not a patch on them. That’s the result of getting someone else to write a book for you.
  10. Poop is a very serious bait – occasionally. If your lake has geese on it, and they have a favourite spot on the bank where they embark/disembark, this is the spot that simply MUST be fished in summer immediately after heavy rain. The rain washes goose poop into the lake margins and it is one of the most powerful attractors for carp – but only under these conditions. Fish this spot and you will haul, especially if you use goose poop on the hook. But it only works under these conditions. Not a wind-up
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