| MARK WINTLE |
| Mark Wintle, an angler for thirty-five years, is on a quest to discover and bring to you the magic of fishing. Previously heavily involved with match fishing he now fishes for the sheer fun of it. With an open and enquiring mind, each week Mark will bring to you articles on fishing different rivers, different methods and what makes rivers, and occasionally stillwaters, tick. Add to this a mixed bag of articles on catching big fish; tackle design, angling politics and a few surprises. Are you stuck in a rut fishing the same swim every week? Do you dare to try something different and see a whole new world of angling open up? Yes? Then read Mark Wintle’s regular column. |
Wintle’s World of Angling #100 – Dream FishDOESN’T THREE YEARS pass quickly? When Graham asked me to consider a regular column I didn’t think that it would keep going this long!
This article celebrates 100 articles for Wintle’s World of Angling, not including the many articles outside of it that I’ve written including the Commercials series. Ron Clay’s recent jubilations and tribulations over what he initially thought was a dream fish of a Yorkshire 2lb roach that turned out to be an ide got me thinking about what my dream fish are, and the lengths that I’ll go to try and catch them. Like many on this site I have a hectic life fitting in a full time job, as much fishing as I can manage without neglecting my wife, getting the DIY done (will this year’s bathroom project ever get finished?), as much angling writing as I feel inspired to do, as well as the day to day domestic chores and social life. Fishing for me can be as serious as the mood takes me; sometimes a quest for a very special fish, often just some contemplative floatfishing as an antidote to the pressures of modern life. This summer the second has been far truer than the first, unlike last year when the opposite was true.
But over the years certain targets have always beckoned, a 2lb roach, 5lb chub, 10oz dace, etc. When it comes to personal bests fate has decreed that each of my PB’s must be won ounce by ounce, once I’ve got to a reasonable specimen as a personal best. Yet once I finally do smash a PB the ‘fill-in’ fish seem to follow quickly behind! Even when people have promised to take me to waters ‘where I can’t fail’ to up my personal best it seems that the gremlins spoil the party. The best example of this was when angling artist John Searl took me floater fishing on a syndicate lake (barely  When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission, which supports our community.
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