Simple Match Fishing Forum

Anyone recognise anyone here or the venue?



It is a print.  'A Pegged Down Fishing Match' and I have ta copy on the cover of a Bernard Venables book, with the original Title of 'Fishing'!.  The book is part of a series 'British Sports' and was published in 1952.

However, back to the print, I have seen a full size copy of the original print and looking at the faces it was amazing how you could perhaps put the names of the current members of your club to the faces!  It was painted in 1884 by a Walter Dendy Sadler who liked to be called Dendy for some reason!

Anyone else ever the seen the full version? 

The one on the dust cover of Venables book is a mirror image of this.

The guy in the big top hat looks like TK with a big bag of punch

The guy in the big top hat looks like TK with a big bag of punch

Gud un Simps

Nice picture Waveney One - i'll have to see if i can track a copy down

One question


Was it painted from a scene of the banks of an early commie???????? - that pegging looks a bit tight

HI Waveney one,
   look up World gallery.co.uk
   Great site mate , type in Walter Denby Sadler in the search box and the old fellows got quit a few good prints including anglers  nice one of Izac Walton tackling up under a tree with Bill lol let me know what you think

Is that Dodge yellow stream up that tree?

I thought that I could see Joff counting the pools money with the other 3 checking it out!

They are all suffering from poleitis as well.

Hi Murffin, I like the one of the monks pike fishing, that pike they have on would stand more chance of being put back if it had been caught by a Polish Guy!

Looks like a TK grueller.....Big Baz, Mark O and Bezza sharing out the worm and joker on the right and Cottie in the top hat feeding a close in bread line

I am sure that's Bill next to the tree

Strange isn't it? Every time you have a match, a couple of yokely village idiots turn up to watch

a couple of yokely village idiots turn up to watch

and to put you right 'cuss you are fishing it totally wrong

" Oh Yessh, Oi had 50lb of chevin off this peg yesterday fishing a 3 horse hair line with Bullock's Brains, Pith and Chandler's Greaves!"