Reviewed by Paul Fletcher
In my opinion, if there is one book which really captures theessence of angling then its Casting at the Sun by the former carprecord holder Chris Yates.
Casting at the Sun tells us the story of how Chris Yatesdiscovered and fell in love with the joys of angling. He recounts hisfirst proper trip as a young boy and then progresses his historicrecord carp capture from Redmire Pool in 1980.
Although the story throughout is excellent, I really feel that itis the evocative writing style of the author which really stands thisbook ‘head and shoulders’ above others. Throughout the book he paintssuch a romantic picture of each angling moment that you could almostbe there standing next to him!
During the book Chris shows us how carp fishing has evolved overthe years from the early 70’s, when fish were caught on boiledpotatoes, right through to his hatred of the modern day gear we alltake for granted today!
He fishes with split can rods and vintage reels proving to us’tackle tarts’ that the most important ingredients to catching fishare location, watercraft and presentation rather than just sittingbehind expensive rods, reels and buzzers!
Please don’t expect to find detailed technical information in thisbook as Chris Yates prefers the simple angling methods such asfreelining beans or floatfishing with his beloved sweetcorn!
Casting to the sun is a book which I pick up and read time andtime again. And each time I read it I seem to enjoy it just as muchas I did the first time!
A ‘must’ addition to your book collection.
Published by Pelham Books. RRP – £ 10-99. (However 1steditions are now fetching much higher prices)
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