THE CARP CATCHER BOOK. Spring 1984. Edited by Peter Mohan and Kevin Maddocks.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1984). 1984 1st edition. 8vo paperback (153 x 214mm). Pp176. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, ads. Very good copy. A collection of articles by members of the Carp Anglers' Association. A bit of a quiet classic and still well worth reading. There are some great carp anglers writing in this book, many of whom wrote little or nothing for any other publications. Contents include:- 10 years of the CAA; Joining the CAA; The British Carp Study Group; CAA branch secretaries; CAA newsletter - members only; CAA discounts; Tackle review by Kevin Maddocks; The Editor's close season carp quiz; Local CAA branches reports; Letters; The last weekend by Frank Haskett; In a reminiscent vein by Robin West; A short ghost story by Robin West; Sweeteners and taste enhancers by Duncan Kay; Reflections, old and new by John Baker; My first season carping by Stephen Rogers; The large and small of Wafts Lake by D. Conner; Just a short session! by Andy Little; Thoughts and dole queue doubles by Pete Kettle; Recollections by Rob Maylin; A late Xmas present by Pete Kettle; Palooka Products by A. Palooka; Carpdrome by Eddie Bates; Multiple baits and rigs by Alf Martin; Munchies rule OK by Lee Fisher; The other side of '84 by Jim Gibbinson; A cold start by Ken Higgins; An unusual approach by Peter Garvan; Earlier carp fishing remembered by Gerry Savage; Thoughts by Andy Wade; Rent-a-water by Peter Mohan; Bysing Wood through the looking glass by Andy Spreadbury; Winter thirty by Paul Pynen; Don't tell me it's easy by Michael Starkey; Are you simply 'going through the motions'? by Kevin Maddocks; The photograph: lenses by Alf Martin; Oyez's Law by Mike Oyez; Fishing session reporting by Jim Gregory; The moon phases by Jim Gregory. .…