Fishing blog

[James Rich]

Ditto Titus

James
Think if memory serves (old age is a ******) Richard passed away quite a few years back, wouldn't be 100% certain but something rings a bell.

Oh that's a real shame, I didn't think he was too old but then again it was a few years ago when he was writing his column

 

[peter crabtree]

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What happened to Rufus?

 

[Judas Priest]

Oh that's a real shame, I didn't think he was too old but then again it was a few years ago when he was writing his column

Blimey James a FEW YEARS !!!!!!

I was following Wade on, 30 odd yrs ago

 

[James Rich]

Blimey James a FEW YEARS !!!!!!

I was following Wade on, 30 odd yrs ago

Lol, and me, doesn't time fly!!!!!!!!

 

[ravey]

I met Richard Wade a couple of times; once in Wotsits tackle shop in Nottingham and more recently in a tackle distribution place in Northamptonshire (I had to collect an item from a 'commercial' ebayer). That was only a couple of years ago, I think, so if he is dead, it's not that long.

I remember the 'Wading On ' articles. I think they ran to about 1990 - if not, then not long before that.

Oh, and welcome to the site, James!

 

[James Rich]

I met Richard Wade a couple of times; once in Wotsits tackle shop in Nottingham and more recently in a tackle distribution place in Northamptonshire (I had to collect an item from a 'commercial' ebayer). That was only a couple of years ago, I think, so if he is dead, it's not that long.

I remember the 'Wading On ' articles. I think they ran to about 1990 - if not, then not long before that.

Oh, and welcome to the site, James!

Thanks for the welcome and the info, I would love to know if he's still about or not. Used to love his articles, another writer I uesd to enjoy was Dave Pearson (I think) who used to write a column called 'Pikey's Progess' or something similar

 

[Judas Priest]

Hope you are right Ravey as regards Mr Wade.
His writings allways amused as to be honest did a lot of the writers in the mag. Particularly liked his piece and Snide rumours dirty lies.

 

[James Rich]

Hope you are right Ravey as regards Mr Wade.
His writings allways amused as to be honest did a lot of the writers in the mag. Particularly liked his piece and Snide rumours dirty lies.

There was also another chap called Ron something who used to write a regular column, I seem to remember he used to catch a lot of barbel on the float, Ron Lees perhaps?

 

[Judas Priest]

Sure was Ron Lees, known as the meat man.

Think the articles you are on about are where he was laying on at Holt Fleet.

Still got all the mags from those days.I have a nostalgic read through every now and then and still manage to pick up the odd idea.

 

[Bluenose]

I've got a stack of David Hall's Coarse Fishing mags and remember the articles from Richard Wade, Ron Lees and others.

That was an excellent magazine, probably the only mag I've seen to successfully mix match and specialist fishing with decent original content and not an advertorial in sight.

 

[James Rich]

Sure was Ron Lees, known as the meat man.

Think the articles you are on about are where he was laying on at Holt Fleet.

Still got all the mags from those days.I have a nostalgic read through every now and then and still manage to pick up the odd idea.

Yes I had them all from around 1980 but chucked most of them out before a house move, regretting it now

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I've got a stack of David Hall's Coarse Fishing mags and remember the articles from Richard Wade, Ron Lees and others.

That was an excellent magazine, probably the only mag I've seen to successfully mix match and specialist fishing with decent original content and not an advertorial in sight.

Yes they were excellent, too many adverts in the mags nowadays

 

[ravey]

A lad at work gave me a load of fishing mags when I 're-started' fishing back in 1989. I remember Coarse Angler was one of the better ones, with the late Colin Dyson at the helm, along with David Hall's Coarse Fishing and Match Fishing.

I remember Dave Pearson's "Pikey's Progress", when he was fishing for Leatherhead Apollo in Surrey, if I am correct? I was looking through various blogs online, and came across him, but can't recall which one. He seemed to be pleasure fishing more than anything else.

 

[Titus]

Ron Lees was the meatmaster, he would thread several bits of meat up the hooklength and hold the rod high while holding the line in his left hand and feeling for bites, his theory was the bits up the line would break off and feed the swim. I used to have one of his videos years ago.

 

[Fred Bonney]

Don't take it personally mate, I just cant get my head round all this self obsessed blogging business with its fans and followers.
I was brought up in a time and place where a craving for attention was considered bad form to the point of vulgarity and a diary was something you kept for your own enjoyment and not for public consumption.
I'm not sure about the cult of facebook and some peoples obsession with posting every tedious detail of their sad little lives either.

I took a guess who a certain angler/film maker was writing about on his regular very good blog, because I thought I had seen the comments on here(I don't read any other public Forum) I must admit it read like Judas's work.
Ade, just in case you haven't seen it, it's in his December Blog

 

[Titus]

Thanks for that Fred, I don't bother reading that or any other blog these days.
When my wife was doing her nurse training I was working as a medical electronics engineer and as I already had a fair bit of medical knowledge I proof read many of her assignments and helped her with allot of the research. I found the psychology unit particularly interesting and did a fair bit of further reading, with that background and by talking to a few of her colleagues I came to the realisation some time a go that Bob, along with several other minor wanabe celebs on the fishing scene, displays many of the characteristics of someone with a narcissistic personality disorder Why Narcissistic Personality Disorder Loves Social Media and should probably be pitied more than castigated.........Perhaps if he had had a few more cuddles as a child.......

Something else to ponder Fred.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/17/facebook-dark-side-study-aggressive-narcissism

 

[Judas Priest]

Nice one Fred, YET another thread that is/was getting interesting and decent is now under threat of descending into a slanging match because of one of your posts.

You appear to have a knack for this, any chance you could post something educational or helpful to others.
Angling related would be good.