Posted by admin on December 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment
It is more than a quarter of a Century since Dick Walker died yet his legacy lives on. It does so for good reason. He was a one-off. Walker had a gift – he could raise controversy for the fun of it, he might inspire and at the same time he’d challenge almost everything you [...]
Posted by admin on November 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Well Christmas is coming and i’m sure a lot of wives and girlfriends will be looking for that special little present for you. Well, in case she doesn’t find it you can always point her in the direction of a good book. Or better still the Barbel Days and Ways DVDs… But enough of the [...]
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Posted by admin on November 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Looking For That Very Special Christmas Present? I was recently asked to contribute a chapter to a special book that will honour the 10th Anniversary of Little Egret Press as a specialist fishing publisher. The book is called Willow Pitch, a collection of articles, stories, chapters, poems, photographs and art work from some of the [...]
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Posted by admin on July 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Although the past month or so has been pretty hectic, as it always is at this time of year with so many fishing oportunities to take advantage of, I’ve been trying to keep on top of my fishing reading as best I can. Here are my thoughts about some of the books I’ve managed to find the time [...]
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Posted by admin on March 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Are Angling Books A Good Investment? A little while back I reviewed Big Carp reprint of Dick Walker’s famous tome in this column. The book’s publishing house, The Little Egret Press, does a fabulous job of reissuing old classics and bringing limited editions to the market by authors who the mainstream press would overlook because [...]
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Posted by admin on March 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Book Reviews Random jottings about some of the titles on my book shelves… Title: Spin Me A Line Author: Richard Walker Edited By: Peter Maskell Publisher: Little Egret Press Title: 50 Years On The Ouse Author: Tony Miles Publisher: Little Egret Press Hat’s off to Tom O’Reilly. Who, you say? Well, Tom is a [...]
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Posted by admin on March 2, 2009 · 2 Comments
Title: A Specimen Fishing Year Author: John Wilson Publisher: Little Egret Press Let us be in no doubt, John Wilson is an iconic figure. He effectively brought angling to the masses with his ‘Go Fishing’ television shows, while his trademark laugh and catchphrases quickly polarised viewers. John was the angling’s very own Marmite; you either [...]
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Posted by admin on February 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Title: Walker’s Pitch II Author: Richard Walker Edited By: Peter Maskell Publisher: Little Egret Press If you only read one angling book this year, make sure it is this one. In fact if you only own one book in your life you could do a lot worse. No other angler in my [...]
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Posted by admin on February 3, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Book Review Carp Along The Way, Volume One by Rod Hutchinson Pub: Angling Publications Ltd If there’s a more disorganised angler in the world than Rod Hutchinson, I’ve yet to meet him. The first half of this book was written by Rod around 40 years ago in a manuscript titled ‘An Angler By [...]