Scratching the Surface I first met Paul in 1996 at Great Linford Lakes, ironically the same place I had been introduced to Matt Hayes a several years previously. Paul was Continue Reading →
From the foreword by Bob Church: “My good friend Mike Green is a great and true all-round angler, being as happy with a spinning or jerk rod as he is Continue Reading →
From the foreword by Des Taylor: “A ‘river pike’ book was long overdue, for since the John Sidley classic ‘River Piking’ of 1987, there has been very little written about Continue Reading →
Book Extract: EXTREME PIKE by Stephen Harper Following on from the very successful ‘Dream Pike’ of 2010, ‘Extreme Pike’ by Stephen Harper, reveals another terrific collection of new and previously Continue Reading →
Well, it’s finally here. A book that many have been waiting eagerly for and one that would grace any angler’s Christmas stocking. With lots of guest contributions from the good and Continue Reading →
Backwinding by Alan Rawden If you get your angling information through the angling media you’ll probably never heard of Alan Rawden, but trust me, mention his name to any of Continue Reading →
The Angling Artists is a magnificent book compiled by Tony Meers and produced in the classy manner we’ve come to expect from Stephen Harper. It’s far more than a book Continue Reading →
Book Extract: Barbel Tales from the Barbel Society I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed reading Barbel Tales. It’s one of those dipping books that would grace any angler’s book Continue Reading →
CARPING ASIDE: DON’T WRITE ME OF! by Bob Morris is published by Fishing Book Sender. Edited and designed by Mike Starkey with cartoons by Jerry Thornton-Jones. It has 200 pages, 235 x Continue Reading →
A LIFE FOR CARP by Peter Mohan is published by Fishing Book Sender. Edited and designed by Mike Starkey, the forward is by Roger Emmet. It has 200 pages, 255 Continue Reading →
Mammoth Pike – The Update – 2004-2012, Neville Fickling The world’s changing at a ridiculous pace. It is unlikely that magazines and books will be printed on paper for much Continue Reading →
Book Extract – The Eel Angler – Barry McConnell The Eel Angler by Barry McConnell is the true-to-life account of fanatical eeling adventures that takes Barry from Cape Wrath in Continue Reading →
Anglers Paradise – 25 Years of the 5 C’s – Zyg Gregorek and Friends – Little Egret Press For me it began with a phone call from Len Gurd, ‘Have Continue Reading →
Angling Encounters by Bob Buteux, Tony Meers and friends Big thanks to Stephen Harper for allowing me to publish these extracts from Angling Encounters, a collection of fishing tales buy Continue Reading →
Regular readers of my blog will probably appreciate that I’m a big fan of Brian Roberts’ Jack’s Pike cartoons. I first came across them in his Pike Blog and as Continue Reading →