Neil Maidment
Moderator
The current "who invented the waggler" thread is great reading and got me thinking.
Have you watched a "great angler" in action? Who was it? Did they merit the reputation or did they disappoint?
For my part, back in 1970 or 1971 I sat behind a guy, along with a few others, on what was probably The Huntspill Championship. He ended up with over 35lb of bream in the net using the swingtip and finished 3rd (I think). He was very good, very talkative and very funny. The few turned into a crowd of 20 or 30 and it wasn't until I had been there for about 3 hours that somebody said "This Ivan guy IS as good as they say".
It was Ivan Marks and I hadn't a clue. This was when I thought I knew everything and anybody!
Have you watched a "great angler" in action? Who was it? Did they merit the reputation or did they disappoint?
For my part, back in 1970 or 1971 I sat behind a guy, along with a few others, on what was probably The Huntspill Championship. He ended up with over 35lb of bream in the net using the swingtip and finished 3rd (I think). He was very good, very talkative and very funny. The few turned into a crowd of 20 or 30 and it wasn't until I had been there for about 3 hours that somebody said "This Ivan guy IS as good as they say".
It was Ivan Marks and I hadn't a clue. This was when I thought I knew everything and anybody!