Book Extract – Catching Memories by Jerry Hammond
Travelling down to Essex with Brian Skoyles recently our conversation wound its way around to other anglers and he asked if I’d met Jerry Hammond. To my knowledge I hadn’t but Brian obviously had because he’d interviewed him for a Carp World magazine article. “I’d say he’s one of the top ten carp anglers in this [...]
Book Extract – The Biggest Fish Of All by the Perchfishers
I waited impatiently for this book to arrive. The previous Perchfishers book had been a classic. Could a new one live up to the same high standards set by the first? I needn’t have worried… The first thing that struck me when I took delivery of the package was its weight. Someone had either [...]
Book Extract – A Fish For All Seasons – Martin Bowler / Hugh Miles
Mpress has published an impressive array of angling books recently, something that Cliff Moulder can feel rightfully proud of, but when it comes to that very special, almost coffee table standard book, few angling books quite hit the mark, however, the two books he has created with Martin Bowler set a standard for all to aim [...]
Book Extract – Haynes Coarse Fishing Manual by Kevin Green
In all my years I cannot honestly say I have ever seen a better ‘how to’ book than the new Haynes Coarse Fishing Manual. Whether you target commercial waters, rivers or lakes, catch small fish, carp, barbel or pike, it’s all here and laid out with such impressive clarity you simply cannot go wrong. It is [...]
Book Extract – Jack’s Pike – Brian Roberts
It’s no secret that I’ve been a fan of Brian Roberts’ Jack’s Pike cartoons for a while but until now they were only available on his excellent web site. With Christmas looming there’s no better time to release them in book format and what a great stocking filler this will make. I can see plenty of [...]
Book Extract – Ivan Marks The People’s Champion
Ivan Marks: The People’s Champion is a collection of the best columns the match legend wrote for AnglingTimes during the 1970s. In this one, taken from the first chapter entitled ‘Match Fishing’, Ivan discusses how the crowds that gathered behind cost him even greater success. How times have changed… Spectators cut my match winnings by [...]
Book Extract – Too Many Rods by Derek Stritton
Too Many Rods – Derek Stritton “Too Many Rods” is the book Derek Stritton has said he always wanted to write and charts his fishing over a fifty year period. It also records at first hand some of the major developments in carp fishing during the 1970’s and 80’s, including both the boilie and the [...]
Book Extract – Along The Margins by Mick Hanson
Angling wouldn’t be described as a passion if it wasn’t for passionate people and Mick Hanson is as passionate as any. After years of contributing to the angling press his first book Along the Margins tells the angling story that has been a lifetime in the making. Its fifteen chapters are filled with tales of [...]
Book Extract – Stillwater Angling – Dave Tipping and Tim Ridge
I am proud to announce that Tom Oreilly at Little Egret Press has kindly offered to let me publish an extract from the forthcoming book, Stillwater Angling, by Dave Tipping and Tim Ridge. It is a book that I am really looking forward to reading, but for now, here’s a sneak preview: Roach Fishing – [...]