Mark Wintle
Well-known member
With the demise of Angling Times Advanced some of the match content has migrated into the regular Angling Times, for the time being at least.
The price is the same but can the quality be maintained?
There is the usual Des and Keith (moaning about anonymous Internet saddos again), better match coverage which I enjoyed even if today's open matches are knockups, Giles Cochrane, lots on gear generally.
My fear, or is conclusion, is that there is a danger than sustaining quality across such a broad front is going to be difficult.
Two examples to get this going. John Wilson is reduced to a few hot tips from a new book, hardly John at his best, and there is a new specialist spot - Matt Brown this week. Sorry Matt but if **** Walker had still been alive you'd have got a roasting to end all roastings next week. If big perch fishing comes down to chucking out a lobworm with a heavy lead and buzzers, and that's the sum of the article then I'm missing something.
The price is the same but can the quality be maintained?
There is the usual Des and Keith (moaning about anonymous Internet saddos again), better match coverage which I enjoyed even if today's open matches are knockups, Giles Cochrane, lots on gear generally.
My fear, or is conclusion, is that there is a danger than sustaining quality across such a broad front is going to be difficult.
Two examples to get this going. John Wilson is reduced to a few hot tips from a new book, hardly John at his best, and there is a new specialist spot - Matt Brown this week. Sorry Matt but if **** Walker had still been alive you'd have got a roasting to end all roastings next week. If big perch fishing comes down to chucking out a lobworm with a heavy lead and buzzers, and that's the sum of the article then I'm missing something.