Angling books that should have been written

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Peter Jacobs said:
A great idea but one that would take a lot to update and keep current.

Could be good for rivers like the Severn, Thames and the Avons . . . . .
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It would be a nightmare to compile. But I suspect that the information lies somewhere.
 
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itsfishingnotcatching said:
With the geographic spread of members on here, we could probably fill in any gaps, (no mention of the mighty Trent:)?)
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This has the makings of a good idea - An online 'data base' of who controls what on major rivers and their significant tributaries.
 
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Jerry they do say the best way to learn is by experience, the B-in-L is no mug and done a lot of fishing, he's spoken to the owner and the stretch is supposedly fishing very well (I'll soon change that). My limited experience doesn't stretch to legering (of any variety) so the float rod goes anyway.
 
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itsfishingnotcatching said:
Jerry they do say the best way to learn is by experience, the B-in-L is no mug and done a lot of fishing, he's spoken to the owner and the stretch is supposedly fishing very well (I'll soon change that). My limited experience doesn't stretch to legering (of any variety) so the float rod goes anyway.
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Hope you have a good time Ian.
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barbelboi said:
Hope you have a good time Ian
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Even bad fishing beats good gardening Jerry :)

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This has the makings of a good idea - An online 'data base' of who controls what on major rivers and their significant tributaries.
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Only downsides are that most anglers only co-operate if they can see a personal benefit or profit and many would prefer to give disinformation rather than advertise their favourite swims (MarktheSpark was doing an article on camping/caravanning sites with on-site fishing about twelve months ago, I'm not sure he got a massive response)
 
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Ron The Hat Clay said:
I recently had an article published in the magazine: "Classic Angling" which covers the formation of the National association of Specimen Groups. Kevin Clifford was very kind in sending Keith Elliot - the editor of Classic Anging a couple of photos, one of which showed the people in Mike Winter's Devon Carp Catchers, one of the first single species groups.

As regards the very first specimen group - that is a hard one. The first group with the term: "Specimen Hunter" in the name was "The London Specimen Hunter's Club" shortly after that there came "The Oxford Specimen Group" formed by Peter Stone and the Northern Specimen Group" formed by moi.

Other groups that came along was the Arlesey Whopper Stoppers of course and a strange group of anglers in North East Yorkshire, who for a period had Barrie Rickards as a member. Unfortunately Barrie is not with us, otherwise I would have had more details of his early and mysterious "Northern Group".

The thing to keep in mind about the early specimen groups was that they were not single species organisations. In fact we fished for just about everything, other than gudgeon, ruffes and sea species. OK we did have anglers such as Ray Webb who specialised in pike and tench, and for a period, Eric Hodson and Tag Barnes fished for nothing other than carp. But most of us professed to be all rounders, and that's what we were.

There are those who believe that organisations such as "The Carp Catchers Club" and "The Tench Fishers" were among the early specimen groups. I don't think they were; these were single species groups that were the pre-cursors to "The Barbel Society" and "The Tench Fishers".
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The Arlesey Whopper Stoppers was certainly very early in the piece and I think it was formed in 1958. I joined it in 1959 if I remember rightly. I would think that a significant addition to the ranks was the Herts-Chiltern Group which included some of England's best anglers. The Northampton Group did well too, certainly their social evenings were a lot of fun, but with Fred Wagstaffe, Bob Reynolds and one or two others in attendance they could be nothing else. I doubt that anyone who saw Fred Wagstaffe and the knife thrower will ever forget that performance, but that may have been at an evening organised by the Bedfordshire Group. As I said earlier, they were fantastic years.
 
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Chevin said:
The Arlesey Whopper Stoppers was certainly very early in the piece and I think it was formed in 1958. I joined it in 1959 if I remember rightly. I would think that a significant addition to the ranks was the Herts-Chiltern Group which included some of England's best anglers. The Northampton Group did well too, certainly their social evenings were a lot of fun, but with Fred Wagstaffe, Bob Reynolds and one or two others in attendance they could be nothing else. I doubt that anyone who saw Fred Wagstaffe and the knife thrower will ever forget that performance, but that may have been at an evening organised by the Bedfordshire Group. As I said earlier, they were fantastic years.
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But the Coventry Specimen Group put on the best annual stag nights. These were all male affairs, organised by no other than Merv Wilkinson. I went to one and barely remember what took place. It's perhaps a good thing that I don't remember as it entailed one very well known angler being put into a series of compromising positions by a young professional lady from Brummie Land.
 
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Ron The Hat Clay said:
But the Coventry Specimen Group put on the best annual stag nights. These were all male affairs, organised by no other than Merv Wilkinson. I went to one and barely remember what took place. It's perhaps a good thing that I don't remember as it entailed one very well known angler being put into a series of compromising positions by a young professional lady from Brummie Land.
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I think most, if not all, were all male affairs except for the strippers. However, it is difficult to say which group put on the best evening without having attended every one of them. I was fortunate enough to be invited to a good many of them but unfortunately Coventry was not one of them. From what you say, I missed a good evening though whether I missed the best it is difficult to say.:)
 
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But the Coventry Specimen Group put on the best annual stag nights. These were all male affairs, organised by no other than Merv Wilkinson. I went to one and barely remember what took place. It's perhaps a good thing that I don't remember as it entailed one very well known angler being put into a series of compromising positions by a young professional lady from Brummie Land.
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Merv's "do's" seriously affected me during my developing years........i luv Merv!
 
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flightliner said:
One thing that as intriqued me over the last few years was why did Eric hodgson leave the Northern group and form the Rockingham group?
Anyone here know?.
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My mate Eric Hodson liked his name spelled properly, lol, I believe from the Northern he went onto the Rocking Group and later the Hallamshire group, sadly my old mate is no longer with us, but I know groups expire

Heres Eric on the ferry on our last French trip together, a gentleman to the end

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