Pete Springate's Guns Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 I’ve pretty much re-read my collection of Carp books so I’m looking for recommendations. I’ve not read any of Shelley’s and I certainly don’t expect a literary classic but are they worth a punt, his latest is still available I believe? yonny 1 Quote
elmoputney Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 Jamie Clossick wrote one of his I think, Quote
elmoputney Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 If you are still planning on fishing at st Ives, you will find the bivvy tramps books interesting if you haven't read them already 👍 Pete Springate's Guns 1 Quote
Pete Springate's Guns Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Posted March 30, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 07:08, elmoputney said: Jamie Clossick wrote one of his I think, Expand Yeah, I believe he ghost wrote the first one. Quote
yonny Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 06:48, Pete Springate's Guns said: I’ve not read any of Shelley’s Expand The first one is half decent. It covers Wraysbury, the 'Brooke etc. The 2nd one is OK, it has the Mere chapter. The 3rd one is OK at best. The 2nd two make you cringe a bit. He talks like he's a victim but you can tell he's anything but. There are much better books out there IMO. Pete Springate's Guns 1 Quote
Pete Springate's Guns Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Posted March 30, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 07:47, yonny said: The first one is half decent. It covers Wraysbury, the 'Brooke etc. The 2nd one is OK, it has the Mere chapter. The 3rd one is OK at best. The 2nd two make you cringe a bit. He talks like he's a victim but you can tell he's anything but. There are much better books out there IMO. Expand I’ll give them a miss then! Any suggestions? I’ve read Hutchy, Maylin, Maddocks, Sharman, Hilton, Hearn, Lane, Holness, Gray, Penning, Warwick, Paisley, Dempsey, Yates, Crow and others I can’t remember! yonny 1 Quote
yonny Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 08:50, Pete Springate's Guns said: Any suggestions? Expand Darrel Peck's book is great. He's brutally honest in it. A really good read. Savay by John Harry is a must-read. Forgotten Chapters by Fareham/friends is brilliant if you've not read it. The Chronicles series (Wraysbury, Horton and Savay) are good - especially the Wraysbury one. The History of Yateley books are also good if you like reading about the old Yateley kippers. Looking at your list I suspect you'll already have got some of these tbh. Pete Springate's Guns 1 Quote
Pete Springate's Guns Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Posted March 30, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 09:06, yonny said: Darrel Peck's book is great. He's brutally honest in it. A really good read. Savay by John Harry is a must-read. Forgotten Chapters by Fareham/friends is brilliant if you've not read it. The Chronicles series (Wraysbury, Horton and Savay) are good - especially the Wraysbury one. The History of Yateley books are also good if you like reading about the old Yateley kippers. Looking at your list I suspect you'll already have got some of these tbh. Expand Yeah, read Forgotten Chapters and Savay. Pecky’s book is one I’d like but only seen it for silly money. I’ll look out for the ‘Chronicles’ series👍 yonny 1 Quote
yonny Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 09:18, Pete Springate's Guns said: Pecky’s book is one I’d like but only seen it for silly money. Expand Yeah it's shot up this past couple of years. I think I paid 60 odd quid😣 Skeff's book A Fool and His Eel is good - a bit different to all the others. A work of art. Ritchie McDonald aint on your list either. Both quite cheap. Quote
emmcee Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 07:47, yonny said: The first one is half decent. It covers Wraysbury, the 'Brooke etc. The 2nd one is OK, it has the Mere chapter. The 3rd one is OK at best. The 2nd two make you cringe a bit. He talks like he's a victim but you can tell he's anything but. There are much better books out there IMO. Expand Regarding his books, like you say they are ok. Something to do to while away the hours. But as a person I found him to be a top bloke if I'm honest. When the rumours were about that he would be going to dinton when I was fishing there I just thought we don't need anyone like him on the lake. Though one angler who i knew and knew him well said don't believe all you hear and find out for yourself. And I found an all round decent bloke. One night on the lake a few of us were having a social with him and he was openly admitting that in his past he was a right ****.. and because of that if anything bad was said about him he was guilty full stop, yet it was a lot of the time made up to smear him or get him banned. Stories made up by numbers of anglers on certain lakes all backing each other up, he didnt stand a chance because of his past. Though he treated dinton and its anglers with full on respect, so can't knock him at all. And the man is one hell of an angler. I can safely say I've met other "named" anglers on there who are a damn site worse than Shelley. yonny 1 Quote
emmcee Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 08:50, Pete Springate's Guns said: I’ll give them a miss then! Any suggestions? I’ve read Hutchy, Maylin, Maddocks, Sharman, Hilton, Hearn, Lane, Holness, Gray, Penning, Warwick, Paisley, Dempsey, Yates, Crow and others I can’t remember! Expand Have you read Micky gray's book "a merry old dance". The best book I've read by a mile. No airs no Grace's, told exactly how it was. I couldn't put it down. Read it in a weekend. Martin Clarke's book is ok (his first one I've read). Mike willmott Nigel sharps book, living the dream yonny 1 Quote
yonny Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 10:21, emmcee said: But as a person I found him to be a top bloke if I'm honest. Expand In fairness you're not the only bloke that's said that to me mate. emmcee 1 Quote
Pete Springate's Guns Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Posted March 30, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 10:26, emmcee said: Have you read Micky gray's book "a merry old dance". The best book I've read by a mile. No airs no Grace's, told exactly how it was. I couldn't put it down. Read it in a weekend. Martin Clarke's book is ok (his first one I've read). Mike willmott Nigel sharps book, living the dream Expand Read Micky’s second book but not ‘Merry Old Dance’, again it goes for silly money these days. Read both of Wimott’s but not Sharpy’s. Quote
Pete Springate's Guns Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Posted March 30, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 09:26, yonny said: Yeah it's shot up this past couple of years. I think I paid 60 odd quid😣 Skeff's book A Fool and His Eel is good - a bit different to all the others. A work of art. Ritchie McDonald aint on your list either. Both quite cheap. Expand Borrowed and read Skeff’s- lovely. Forgot about old Ritchie-I’ll look out for it👍 Quote
framey Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 Don’t forget Ritchie has 2 books yonny 1 Quote
yonny Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 12:13, framey said: Don’t forget Ritchie has 2 books Expand That's news to me. I have Ritchie on Carp. What's the other? Quote
bluelabel Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 Not about carp per se but with a few nods to it.... have a read of Rob Olsen's "Waterlust" Finished Rod Hutchinson's "Before I forget" and whilst the start of the book was great it was rather picture heavy and was basically unfinished and cut off without much preamble.... sad to see Rod meet his maker, but I think that this is a book that should not have been published as it is, but completed by a close friend or family or not at all..... Quote
yonny Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 12:30, bluelabel said: "Before I forget" Expand That sounds v disappointing mate. Quote
framey Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 12:23, yonny said: That's news to me. I have Ritchie on Carp. What's the other? Expand Ritchie on carp the whole story it also comes with a dvd I have both but haven’t even opened the 2nd one yet. I have loads That are still in the shipping packaging lol Quote
yonny Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 13:15, framey said: Ritchie on carp the whole story Expand Same book with an extra chapter at the end I thought? Quote
bluelabel Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 13:00, yonny said: That sounds v disappointing mate. Expand It was Yonny.... and I'm a fan of Rod's stuff... if someone had finished it for him it would have been okay but it's ending was just abrupt and left the book incomplete yonny 1 Quote
framey Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 Honestly can’t say sorry I only bought it because it was his lol yonny 1 Quote
Golden Paws Posted March 30, 2020 Report Posted March 30, 2020 A book I highly rate is "Rolling in the Deep" by Adam Penning. It's a right doorstop (will come in useful if we're in lock down for 6 months!) The fishing chapters are top quality and you get a grasp of what it takes to be top rod and the chapter on Wraysbury was almost painful to read, let alone endure it. But it's not all fishing. There are plenty of autobiographical bits that intertwine the stories and I felt they added to the book by relating how he managed to spend his spare time fishing and some of the sacrifices he made. Not cheap at £40 (with postage) but I read it 3 times last year and will probably do so again some time, a classic testament that it is worth the money. https://calmproductions.com/rolling-in-the-deep Quote
Pete Springate's Guns Posted March 30, 2020 Author Report Posted March 30, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 14:54, Golden Paws said: A book I highly rate is "Rolling in the Deep" by Adam Penning. It's a right doorstop (will come in useful if we're in lock down for 6 months!) The fishing chapters are top quality and you get a grasp of what it takes to be top rod and the chapter on Wraysbury was almost painful to read, let alone endure it. But it's not all fishing. There are plenty of autobiographical bits that intertwine the stories and I felt they added to the book by relating how he managed to spend his spare time fishing and some of the sacrifices he made. Not cheap at £40 (with postage) but I read it 3 times last year and will probably do so again some time, a classic testament that it is worth the money. https://calmproductions.com/rolling-in-the-deep Expand Read it myself and enjoyed it a lot👍 Quote
yonny Posted March 31, 2020 Report Posted March 31, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 14:54, Golden Paws said: "Rolling in the Deep" by Adam Penning Expand Everyone seems to really rate that book. I think it's decent, but not head and shoulders above most others tbh. On 30/03/2020 at 14:54, Golden Paws said: chapter on Wraysbury Expand Admittedly the bit with the Pug and the massive common was captivating lol. Quote
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