Dark nights........

#1

Nope, nowt to do with Batman

Anybody recommend any decent angling books to curl up on the sofa with

Drynet · #2

Got some Egyptology books if they are any good to ya mate

grover · #3

i asked this question when i first joined the site..dont think i got any replies? im afraid that for some reason carp anglers write more books than match anglers?

Drynet · #4

Ivan Marks ?

#5

How about ....... Fly Fishing, by J R Hartley

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Drynet · #6

Nutter

#7

Ivan Marks ?

Heard there's a new book coming out

i asked this question when i first joined the site..dont think i got any replies?

Apologies if I didnt respond Grover - here's a few I'd recommend

Continental match Fishing - John Carding
Match Fishing A Champions Guide - Kim Milsom
Match Fishing The Winners Peg - Paul Dennis
My way with the pole - Tommy Pickering
The art of pole fishing - Dickie Carr
Match Fishing our way - Ken Giles & Clive Smith

And if you fancy a change and want a laugh, Another Bloody Tangle by Peter Bishop

grover · #8

got the kim milson, forgive me here tk,but arn't these old books? my original topic was for new books?

Drynet · #9

S. Mound- how to draw like endpeg.

#10

got the kim milson, forgive me here tk,but arn't these old books? my original topic was for new books?

They certainly are Grover - didnt realise you were after new publications

#11

How to draw and fish Island pegs by Mr D Wall

Drynet · #12

Might draw them Si

not so sure about fishing em though

grover · #13

like i said match fishing has changed, as over the last 20 yrs ive been carp fishing.. i wanted sum up to date ones. the nearest i can get to old school stlye fishing is the pellet wagg, im not into commie waters, so pole fishing for carp dont interest me, but i'll soon be going on the river now its starting to get cold,running the wagg/stick float down the track,i hope the roach/chub are still about, but im told they aint? gotta try it though. :(

mburgess · #14

Anybody recommend any decent angling books to curl up on the sofa with

Razzle or for your age band TK HUSTLER

#15

TK this may interest you...
http://www.maggotdrowning.com/forum/top ... _ID=134029

#16

Ta Simps for pointing that out

#17

I have a copy of that winging it's way to me for a review.

I'll share my thoughts with you all in due course.

#18

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Where to start? I was fortunate enough to recieve a copy of this eagerly awaited book on my Birthday 2 days ago.

Being of a certain age I have many memories of Idols that I used to look up to in my early years of fishing, and one of those Idols was Ivan Marks.
The 70's was Ivan's era when he and his Leicester AS team (The Likely Lads) ruled the roost. From 1972 Ivan had a weekly column in the Angling Times that I used to avidly read, and it's from those columns that the contents of the book are taken.

312 pages are divided up into chapters on the following.........

Match Fishing.
Fishing for England.
Tackle.
Tactics.
Bait.
Ireland.
Everything Else.
along with 16 pages of photos

The chapters contain some of those columns published in the Angling Times over an eight year period, and offer a facinating insite into Match Fishing during that era. Most importantly it offers an insite into the mind of the man who many (myself included) regard as the greatest match angler of that period and one of the all time greats.

Some will be amazed at the differences between then and now, when poles were almost unheard of, commercials didn't exist and 'Ton' bags of fish weren't dreamt of

. However there are nuggets of information hidden away in the text that are as relevant to angling today as they were 4 decades ago, it's just up to the reader to take them in if they choose to.

I must admit that I couldn't put it down, but it's also one of those books that I know I'll be returning to time and again, just to dip in and out of.

Buy, beg, borrow whatever, just get a copy.

#19

Nice one Mugger, remember Ivans weekly column, always interesting, informative and thought provoking

Buy, beg, borrow whatever, just get a copy.

Might have to cadge yours for a read

grover · #20

did frank barlow ever get around to writing a book, before he passsed away?