The Lost Diary: A Summer Fishing in Pursuit of Golden Scales

The Lost Diary: A Summer Fishing in Pursuit of Golden Scales

In June, 1980, when he was 32 and had just caught what was then the largest British carp, Chris Yates wondered if his obsession had been cured. Having landed a 50-pounder, could he now dream of capturing Redmire's real monster, the King? Far from the monster itself, it was the idea of such a leviathan that hooked Chris Yates in the summer of 1981, playing him along the banks for one final season before releasing him back out into the world. Rediscovered after being lost for more than two decades, this diary—complete with original illustrations—recounts the final reckoning of an angler's long relationship with a beloved and mysterious pool. Chris Yates is an author and photographer but most famously a fisherman who has written about his fishing experiences in books, his own magazine, radio programs, and the BBC2 series A Passion for Angling .