Chris Yates is one of the most celebrated anglers in the world today. He broke the carp record held by Dick Walker at Redmire in 1980, starred in the BBC series A Passion For Angling (often cited as the greatest fishing TV series ever made) and has written ten books, (‘A piscatorial Proust – The Telegraph) including a series of diaries published between 1977 and 1980.
The final volume of the River Diaries never made it into print, however, because Chris lost it somewhere in his house – a tragedy for all fishing fans as it included the last days Chris spent fishing at Redmire after his record catch and the early days of the Golden Scale Club.
Happily for us, last Christmas, thirty years after the original series was published, William Yates discovered an old battered photograph album in the bottom of a box full of Christmas decorations. The ‘Lost’ Diary had been found, and now you can help get the final diary in the series into print by pledging today.
To hear Chris talking about, and reading excerpts from, the book check out the short film below and to find out how you can make a pledge and become part of the publication, click HERE
