| PROFESSOR BARRIE RICKARDS | |
Professor Barrie Rickards is President of the Lure Angling Society, and President of the National Association of Specialist Anglers as well as a very experienced and successful specialist angler with a considerable tally of big fish to his credit. He is author of several fishing books, including the classic work ‘Fishing For Big Pike’, co-authored with the late Ray Webb and only recently his first novel, ‘Fishers On The Green Roads’ was published. He has been an angling writer in newspapers and magazines for nigh on four decades. Barrie takes a keen interest in angling politics. Away from angling Barrie is a Professor in Palaeontology at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow of Emmanuel College and a curator of the Sedgwick Museum of Geology. |
Reel Life
I have just received Reel Life from the Environment Agency, the magazine they send once a year to licence holders. I wasn’t impressed by the first one (last year) and this one also came with my name spelt incorrectly – again! Bearing in mind it is licences we are talking about here, where the name and address of the holder is, I should have thought, crucial, why do they get it wrong two years running?
The magazine points out the eel problems, which is good. What isn’t so good is the pr
