Book Reviews

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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 [...]

Willow Pitch

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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 [...]

2010 – End of October Blog

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Ice on the car windscreens this morning doesn’t bode well for my trip to the Severn in a day or two. Guess we’d better get used to the fact that Winter is around the corner and the days of easy fishing on rivers are now probably over until next June. Oh well, mustn’t grumble, it’s been a [...]

Book Reviews

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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 [...]

More Book Reviews…

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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 [...]

Book Reviews

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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 [...]

2009 – January Blog

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Catch up with what Bob’s been up to this month