Historical carp waters by Chris Ball

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Historical carp waters by Chris Ball

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Another gem from the Little Egret Press stable apparently.
I did not buy a copy as I have the author's first book.
My mate bought a copy and said the Redmire chapter was basically just a rehash of the chapter
in the first book and he struggled to find a page where there was not a spelling mistake on.
Why are modern fishing books not properly proof read ?
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cant be as bad as the Amies book lol(sorry Derrick!)
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Not read the Chris Ball book, only what I've been told , but probably like you Si bought the Amies book
when he launched it at the PAC convention a few years back. The Amies book is on a different level
though I can't imagine this carp book could possibly be as bad as that.
Funny thing is the Amies book , with all the spelling mistakes, is probably worth more than what I paid.
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Yep Steve, Derricks book is pretty bad on that front,probably the worst i have seen, i keep meaning to rib him about it when i go in his shop and see him but i dont have the bottle and he is a nice guy:laughs:
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Didn't Derrick Amies bin a whole of the 1st editon in a pique of, shall we say frustration, at there being so many mistakes, hence the value has gone up. I have the 2nd edition/reprint, and despite there still being quite a few errors, it is still a very good book.
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piker60 wrote: Sat Nov 18 2017 20:58 -
Didn't Derrick Amies bin a whole of the 1st editon in a pique of, shall we say frustration, at there being so many mistakes, hence the value has gone up. I have the 2nd edition/reprint, and despite there still being quite a few errors, it is still a very good book.
I know it gets knocked but I think it's a pretty good book too. Probably one of the most thought provoking books on pike fishing I have read.
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suffolk si wrote: Fri Nov 17 2017 19:51 -
cant be as bad as the Amies book lol(sorry Derrick!)
:thumbs: Never did make it to the end of that book,tried a few times,but it is a must have in your pike fishing library imo
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Aint a bad book in my opinion either,quite a bit on my local waters in there , just a little rough around the edges!
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Think he only did a couple of hundred copies of the first edition.
It is a good book though despite the spelling mistakes.
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Duncan Holmes wrote: Sat Nov 18 2017 21:35 -
piker60 wrote: Sat Nov 18 2017 20:58 -
Didn't Derrick Amies bin a whole of the 1st editon in a pique of, shall we say frustration, at there being so many mistakes, hence the value has gone up. I have the 2nd edition/reprint, and despite there still being quite a few errors, it is still a very good book.
I know it gets knocked but I think it's a pretty good book too. Probably one of the most thought provoking books on pike fishing I have read.
Yes this has inspired me to read the book again. The book I have is stated as being a 'reprint'. The broads were the must be place in the early 80's. I've never fished the broads.
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steve28fishing wrote: Fri Nov 17 2017 19:46 -
Why are modern fishing books from certain publishers not properly proof read ?
Hope you don't mind me amending your post a little :thumbs:

My last couple of days at work were spent proofreading.
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Hope Paul lent you his dictionary
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The average modern angling book generally doesn't require the use of such a thing.
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Luke wrote: Tue Nov 21 2017 20:17 -
The average modern angling book generally doesn't require the use of such a thing.
:laughs: :laughs: true.
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