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Ron Troversial Clay
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I remember those days very well. I was a young upstart who started to use ex-army gear in a big way.
But the main influence on the huge expansion of angling at that time came from Richard Walker. All of a sudden, the young men of the time changed the course of angling in this country for ever. Specimen hunting became the vogue. The floppy hat and ex-army combat jacket became de rigour amongst the young set as did the Mk IV and hiding behind bushes.
Then came the Specimen Group. I formed one. How many of you were members of a specimen group? We were all young men at the time, in our late teens or early 20s. We laughed at the traditionalists. The term "Noddy" became common and was directed mainly at those older anglers who dressed in flat caps, sat on a basket, who fished for anything that swam, used nothing other than a single maggot on an 18 hook and called the tackle we were using "tow rope".
But by crikey we caught fish. Applying the basic principles taught by Walker we caught lots of fish, and the old school didn't like it one little bit.
Yes I remember those times. Perhaps too well.
But the main influence on the huge expansion of angling at that time came from Richard Walker. All of a sudden, the young men of the time changed the course of angling in this country for ever. Specimen hunting became the vogue. The floppy hat and ex-army combat jacket became de rigour amongst the young set as did the Mk IV and hiding behind bushes.
Then came the Specimen Group. I formed one. How many of you were members of a specimen group? We were all young men at the time, in our late teens or early 20s. We laughed at the traditionalists. The term "Noddy" became common and was directed mainly at those older anglers who dressed in flat caps, sat on a basket, who fished for anything that swam, used nothing other than a single maggot on an 18 hook and called the tackle we were using "tow rope".
But by crikey we caught fish. Applying the basic principles taught by Walker we caught lots of fish, and the old school didn't like it one little bit.
Yes I remember those times. Perhaps too well.