Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Chris Yates is an author and photographer, but most famously a fisherman. He was first inspired by the discovery of a monster carp in his village pond when he was five. Almost thirty years later, he caught a fifty-one-and-a-half-pound carp – the biggest fish ever caught in England at the time – using a split cane rod at Redmire. He went on to write about his experiences in books, in his own magazine, in radio programmes and in the BBC2 series A Passion for Angling. He lives in south Wiltshire.
<p>'A slim volume of much power, as if imbued with magic' <b><i>Caught by the River</i></b></p>
In 1981, when he was thirty-three and had just caught what was then the largest British carp, Chris Yates wondered if he could now dream of capturing Redmire’s Pool’s real monster: the King.
But far from the King itself, it was the idea of such a leviathan that hooked Chris that summer, playing him along the banks for one final season before releasing him back into the world. Chris’s account of those pivotal months – originally published as The Lost Diary – recounts the final reckoning of an angler’s long relationship with a beloved and mysterious pool.
It is also a magical record of both familiar and freshly discovered waters, meetings with new friends, and unexpected encounters with creatures other than fish and presences that are not quite human.
- 'A piscatorial Proust' Observer
- ‘Yates is the best writer on fishing today’ Financial Times
- ‘There can be few who have explained so elegantly both the zen-like trance of the serious fisherman and the all-too-active comedy of preparation, expedition and return’ Guardian
- 'Like driving through stunning countryside, Yates's books force you to slow down and appreciate the scenery' Independent on Sunday
- 'Yates drags one in, mouth pouting involuntarily like a trout out of water, as he weaves his transcendental magic' Daily Mail on How to Fish
- 'There is more beautiful, securely thought, elegantly expressed and subtly responsive writing in this book than in volume after volume that make far greater claims to "literature"' Daily Telegraph on On Fishing at Sea
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Chris Yates is an author and photographer, but most famously a fisherman. He was first inspired by the discovery of a monster carp in his village pond when he was five. Almost thirty years later, he caught a fifty-one-and-a-half-pound carp – the biggest fish ever caught in England at the time – using a split cane rod at Redmire. He went on to write about his experiences in books, in his own magazine, in radio programmes and in the BBC2 series A Passion for Angling. He lives in south Wiltshire.