The Letters of Reverend E C Alston
Part 8 – November 8th 1975
In nearly all ways this letter speaks for itself. Buller’s “The Domesday Book of...
The Letters of Reverend E C Alston
Part 7 – April to November 1975
After the festive period has been and gone, I felt a quick...
Passion for the Wye… Bill Wiggin MP
I have a great regard for Fish Legal, the pollution fighting arm of the Angling Trust. Yesterday they sent all members a...
The Letters of Reverend E C Alston
Part 6 – The 1973 Letters
I have to admit that deciphering Alston’s handwriting does not get easier, and...
Winter Water Walks
Well, the frost-rimed fields around my house suggest winter sure is back, and yesterday when the sun got up, I made my...
Tackle Shed Treasures – Charr Pots
A very dear friend gave me a strange dish a few weeks back, something I guessed had once been used as a...
The Letters of Reverend E C Alston
Part 5 – January, February and October 1972
I do not want to spin these out, and the following...
The Licence Fee… Keep, Modify, Abolish?
I am not here to praise Fishing Breaks or suggest that you book a day on a chalk stream with them, but...
Lifelines. An Anthology of Angling Anecdotes, and More…
£10.95 Available direct from the website of the publishers Arthur H Stockwell Ltd, Ilfracombe.
What’s not to like about...
The Letters of Reverend E C Alston
Part 1
I assume that one of the pleasures of collecting, or even handling, an item of vintage fishing...