The Pikers Pit

bencarvosso wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01 2022 17:35 -

Looks good.

I see both Dave and Nev are contributors...

I hope their chapters are at least 50 pages apart to avoid any animosity lol

bencarvosso wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01 2022 17:35 -

Looks good.

I see both Dave and Nev are contributors...

I hope their chapters are at least 50 pages apart to avoid any animosity lol

bencarvosso wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01 2022 17:35 -

Looks good.

I see both Dave and Nev are contributors...

I hope their chapters are at least 50 pages apart to avoid any animosity lol

Muskie wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05 2022 11:16 -

My new purchase arrived yesterday and spent an hour or two thumbing through the book and reading chapters by Brian Ingram, Charles Jardine and Peter Springate, which i thoroughly enjoyed.

First impressions are it's a wow. High quality line drawings of fish captures and specimen fish punctuate each chapter and probably no single book i have ever seen in UK contains so many whoppers and including British record fish too.

I think there is something for even the most discerning of reader including recounts of captures of pike, barbel, carp etc and some belting chapters on some very large perch and there was a nice nod to Frank Guttfield at the start of the book and whose edited book "The Big Fish Scene" fired my specimen fish fire as a teenager and still does.

All in a high quality book and i look forward to reading it fully including a chapter on mullet fishing by Jim Gibbinson which although left field i think will be very interesting.

Definitely worth the publishers price of £35 and yes, well done to the contributors and Mick Cutler another winning compilation by him.

Muskie wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13 2022 21:20 -

I have finished reading the book and it is a great read and one of the best compilations if not the best i have had the pleasure to read.

Well recommended. If you get this in your Xmas stocking you will not be disappointed.

Which pic of yours is upside down Mark? Good chapter on jigging for zeds.

Andytheammer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14 2022 20:58 -

Got one on order as a Christmas present for myself but just noticed it’s being delivered by the Royal Mail, so I’m guessing I’ll get it by Easter!

MICK CUTLER wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15 2022 20:35 -

Andy and Si - spoke to Stephen Harper yesterday and he's had numerous messages from people still waiting, due to the postal strikes. With two days lost this week and two planned for next week, all we can ask is you bear with it. Hopefully, the backlog will be cleared and they will soon arrive. Thanks for ordering, and the wait proves worth it. Best wishes.

suffolk si wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15 2022 21:05 -

MICK CUTLER wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15 2022 20:35 -

Andy and Si - spoke to Stephen Harper yesterday and he's had numerous messages from people still waiting, due to the postal strikes. With two days lost this week and two planned for next week, all we can ask is you bear with it. Hopefully, the backlog will be cleared and they will soon arrive. Thanks for ordering, and the wait proves worth it. Best wishes.

Cheers mick, I’m not too worried my mrs just wants it here to keep me quiet over Christmas I think

MICK CUTLER wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15 2022 21:31 -

suffolk si wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15 2022 21:05 -

MICK CUTLER wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15 2022 20:35 -

Andy and Si - spoke to Stephen Harper yesterday and he's had numerous messages from people still waiting, due to the postal strikes. With two days lost this week and two planned for next week, all we can ask is you bear with it. Hopefully, the backlog will be cleared and they will soon arrive. Thanks for ordering, and the wait proves worth it. Best wishes.

Cheers mick, I’m not too worried my mrs just wants it here to keep me quiet over Christmas I think

Haha, well let's hope for her sake it turns up soon! Have a good Christmas though Si!

MICK CUTLER wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14 2022 15:33 -

Apologies for not replying sooner – was busy upon release of the book, until an overseas fishing trip, only then to return with Covid (despite double-jabs).

Muskie - thank you for your kind comments, which are greatly appreciated! Really pleased you enjoyed, and hope it’s one you will regularly re-visit in future.

Mark – thanks also for your generous response, now you’ve had chance to see everyone else’s contribution. Don’t think anyone else would notice the shad (different if it was, say, a Rapala Shad Rap) but when photos ‘bleed’ to the edge of a page some of the image is lost. If it was the other way round, then all or part of the shad’s tail would have been missing, making the photo unusable. Anyway mate, really enjoyed and appreciate your valuable chapter on big reservoir zander fishing and techniques. My only regret is I was there at the tail-end (pun intended)!

Andytheammer wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21 2022 10:16 -

Received mine Monday, tbf Royal Mail deliveries in my area are a lottery! Feel sorry for anyone who’s relying on the post to earn a crust atm