Len Gurd – Goodbye Old Friend
Len Gurd – A Tribute Yesterday (10.03.2018) I learned of the passing of an old friend. As near as I can recall I first met Len Gurd in 1991 when Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: Kevin Maddocks
Weekend Sport Column – 14th March
With the coarse fishing river season now over and done with it’s time to find a new targets and what better challenge than catch a big carp. You may be Continue Reading →
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. Continue Reading →
Dear Diary – Part Two
Dear Diary – Part Two Following on from Part One, follow the exploits of a much younger Bob back in 1992 as he shares time on the bank with Kevin Maddocks, Continue Reading →
Dear Diary – Part One
Dear Diary – Part One This article was originally published in David Hall’s Coarse Fishing way back in April 1992 and it was the first in a new series I Continue Reading →
Tales Of The Riverbank – Part 10
And so began a writing career that has swept me along on a tidal wave ever since. Without Colin it would never have begun. He found that spark within me and fanned the flames. Previously I just wanted to catch fish, that’s all. I never even dreamed of writing or anything else… Continue Reading →
Short Session Carping
As a match angler back in the 1980’s I never really hankered after catching a big carp. Okay I would frequently pick up magazines and newspapers to gaze in Continue Reading →