Hi,

Looking for a couple of books to buy.

Can you recommend any thats worth a read?

I have read The Syndicate Part 1 which i loved so might buy a couple of these but also looking for others.

Thanks

In reply to Post #1
Anything by Terry Hearn or Dave Lane. 'In pursuit of the largest' being the big carp bible

Forgotten chapters is pretty good,

Nigel Sharps is good

Darrel Pecks are good

I think there's 9 of the syndicate now so that will last a while lol.
But some others
Keith Jenkins
Bivvy tramps Martin Lawrence
Micky Grey

One of My personal fave although not strictly carp fishing per se Phil Escott An illusion of Maya.

Casting at the sun

Hutchies,
Rob Maylins trilogy Fox Pool, Bazils bush, Tiger Bay.
Walsinghams A fool and His Eel.
Elliot Symak My Water

None Carp Bob Roberts Mighty Trent
Pledger While my float still cocks

Pretty much anything by Tim Paisley
Mike Wimot and Bill Cottams books are good reads.

In reply to Post #7
Flick of l tail is fantastic
Redmirepool
Fox pool
Wraysbury chronicles
Rod pole or perch is excellent too
Canal carping
River Thames books are good too

In no particular order...

The carp strikes back Rod Hutchinson
Carp amid the storm. Tim Paisley
A merry old dance. Mickey Gray. ( if you can get a copy )
In pursuit of the largest. Terry hearn
Tiger bay. Rob Maylin.

Right up there as some of the best. Happy reading..

Oz Holness' book, Forces of Nature, is up there with the classics imo.

In reply to Post #1
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Stuart Brookes books are very well written, Mike Wilmott, Dave Lane and also Dave Little

Thanks all. A good few to choose from there!

this may be worth a look...

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I started to reread the Syndicate series the other day (for the third time!) Don't think about it, get the rest, you won't regret it!

Very surprised to not see any reference to Jack's "Quest for Carp"

Along fisherman's paths ,by Mike Winter
A fool and his eel ,by Mark Walsingham ,aka Skeff ,Mike Winters best friend ..
Cypry the Carp,by Peter Mohan
Confessions of a Carp Fisher ,by BB ,Denis Watkins Pitchford

The above ,share a common bond ,you won't understand it till you've read all four !

How about Andrew Spreadbury, In the Still of the Night: The Story of She?
I find it a good read although strangely disturbing. Anyone else unsettled by it?

In reply to Post #18
I've not read the book. I'm now intrigued.Why was you unsettled by it??

In reply to Post #15
Mark Cunnington is a top bloke. He's also a member on here. The books are all available on Amazon as audio books & on Kindle now too.

In reply to Post #15
I have only read the first series, bloody brilliant stuff.
Since then I always carry a granade, just in case

Many great recommendations in this thread.

Some books that are suprisingly good but a bit overlooked.

Fallen Kings - Dave Levy.
Beauties and the beasts - John Claridge.
Catching Memories . Jerry Hammond.

In reply to Post #12
All names i would also recommend along with the addition of Mark Walsingham and Terry Hearn. Plenty more good, slightly less well known authors I would suggest but all packed up for a house move so can't refer back to them.

In reply to Post #15
An absolutely fantastic read. Greatest series I have read.

The forgotten chapters is only £600 on Amazon for a used copy!

In reply to Post #25
That's a chancer. You can get it for under £80

In reply to Post #26
Rob Maylins Trilogy Fox Pool, Bazil's bush, Tiger Bay.

Simply the bollo*cks

In reply to Post #25
I'll sell my unopened copy for that lol

In reply to Post #19
Ok Kells. There is much to enjoy in The Still of the Night. It is very well written and It covers a young angler from the late 1950s to the late 1970s: so no hair rigs but plenty of dough bobbins and so on. I find I'm unsettled by the degree of obsession over one fish over several years, and the damage it does to the young man. Nothing to do with social media or peer pressure but a kind of helplessness. I find my feelings at the end of the tale are very different to those that I experience reading about the end of a TH quest.
The book is on Kindle if you are curious.

I'd say the Tom Bankes Trilogy is up there with the best of them

In reply to Post #29
Thanks for the reply Steven. This pursuit of ours can certainly be all consuming, that's for sure. Obsessions have many outcomes in life. Some good some not so.. sounds like an interesting read might have to give it a look.

I hope this is okay to post up. Many thanks for the kind words said about The Syndicate Series. If anyone is interested in any of the formats, paperback, ebook or audiobook all the details can be found at LINKY POO™ https://carpbooks.co.uk. If you're after hard copies there are deals available there that are much cheaper than buying off Amazon. Cheers guys and tight lines to you allŸ‘

In reply to Post #32
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Carp life by Mike willmott is an excellent read, and magic in the water by Alan Tompkins, strictly carp by martin Clarke is another great book

In reply to Post #34
I am really looking forward to coming back to England to have a good look at The Colnemere Chronicles. I purchased it last year on Ebay.



If its sheight the duff ones can still come in handy.

In reply to Post #35
I didn’t know that there was such a book?

In reply to Post #36
It's Magic in the Water by AT. Great read.

In reply to Post #35
Probably a lot more exiting than 100 best casseroles

Saying that, top bankside grub no doubt