Kevin Perkins is one of those anglers who sees both the funny and darker side of life, and there are plenty of funny and dark goings-on in fishing. He’s the Alternative Angler who sees that side of things that most of us miss because we’re too busy going about the serious business of catching fish and often missing the strange, the satirical, and the plain comical along the way.
Never mind smelling the flowers, don’t forget to take time out to see the whacky side of fishing life and grab a laugh or a lament along the way.
FM Radio
The new look, re-vamped and re-launched ‘Under New Management’ Fishingmagic gets off to a flying start by branching out into another media area altogether – Radio!
Here you will get a chance to interact with your fellow members, live, on air, and even talk directly to some of FM’s legends or just sit back and listen while the pass on their profound knowledge and years of wisdom. Just think, even if you can’t get to your keyboard and log on to FM while you are out fishing, there’s no to suffer withdrawal symptoms. You can now tune in and catch up with everything that’s going on, no matter what you are doing.
Programme scheduling is still at the preliminary stage, but the following radio gems have already been lined up for your aural pleasure.
A Book at Bedtime
Ron Clay gets the prestigious late show slot. This is a boon for those long stay carpers settling down for the night, as Ron’s wondrous tales of the days of yore will soon have his listeners in the arms of Morpheus, ‘Yarning until you are Yawning ‘ is the rather catchy, and some would say very apt tag line for his show.
Phone-In’s
No radio station worthy of the name doesn’t have some sort of a Phone-In and FM Radio is no exception. Several premium rate phone-in services will be offered, where for only £ 3.00 a minute using a BT landline, (other charges may/will be considerably higher) you can get expert advice such as Financial Tips from Granville ‘The Mattress Stuffer’ Marsbar, the man the credit crunch missed.
Collector’s Corner
Peter Jacobs’s takes you through a fact-packed guided tour of his prodigious tackle collection is this eagerly anticipated weekly series. Parts 1-227 cover the rods. Recording of the ‘reels’ series is scheduled to start early in 2013, but if Peter continues to add to his rod collection at his usual rate, we may never get that down on tape.
Dead Air
Jeff Woodhouse, FM’s very own matinee idol TV and film star, will, in his own mellifluous tones, recite various passages from all the speaking parts he has had so far in his star-studded career. Some listeners may take this spot to be a form of a two-minute silence….
Sword Fight
A lively, no-holds barred, on air discussion, with subjects chosen by, and presided over by Lee Swords. Unfortunately, there are no preview tapes available, as they have been seized by the thought police, and the Home Secretary wants to send Lee back to where he came from.
The Pie at Night
More navel gazing than stargazing, as Deanos, our resident epicure will talk us through which pastry lidded piece of gastronomy is the best to eat before going to bed in order to stave off night starvation.
There is nothing worse that being half awake and staggering downstairs to put the first thing that comes to hand in your gob to try and quell raging hunger pangs. Gruesome tales of Yorkshire terriers disappearing into the rapacious maws of the bleary eyed have not been over embellished.
Non-Stop Oldies Show
Ed ‘Barmpot’ Bibby will regale you with two hours of solid gold rib-tickling jokes that you won’t have heard since, well, for a couple of days, at least.
SpiderMan
This is a real media first, as Morespiders himself describes how to tie the little brown fly, live on air. Such is his descriptive powers that you will think you can actually see what he is doing. Those that follow his step-by-step instructions will be amazed with what the end up with on their fly vice.
MinimalNellist
Young Andy describes just how little tackle and equipment you really need to succeed on the bank. Part 1 deals with time saving tips and you may not be surprised to learn that when it comes to getting more hours on the bank, you really can’t afford to be too worried by your appearance. The fish don’t care what you look like, and as a bonus they can’t smell you either, so time saved by not washing and ironing your fishing clothes is obviously far better spent on the bank.
Educating Anglers
A modern mix on a couple of old favourites, with a mix of Archie Andrews and Lord Charles as we bring a ventriloquist act back to the radio! Lord Paul and Posh Paul take in turns to act the dummy and give out bank side etiquette tips to us lower orders. One week Lord Paul will be on Posh Paul’s lap with Lord Paul’s hand shoved up his back, next week they will change places.
We guarantee you wont see their lips move, but you can imagine that they might grimace a bit when the hand is shoved up……
Competitions
You just have to have them and FM Radio certainly will..! As usual, fabulous prizes will be offered, just answer one simple question, pay your £ 1 fee, and as soon as we have had 10000 calls, we will draw for the prize, usually a top quality piece of kit, already thoroughly long term tested and approved by Graham, so you know it must be good. Carriage charges will have to be paid for, unless you can collect in person – Good Luck!
