I?ve sent in loads of articles to FM in my time Nick.
The main thing you shall need is a thick skin. Granville Marzdin is a very hard task master and hard to please.
The last article that I sent in (well, in fact the last thirty if you want the exact number) was rejected outright with this comment;
?To Derrick Deanos?
You are a man with a problem Mr Deanos, as long as I have a hole in my HEAD! (it was actually another part of his anatomy, but I don?t like to shock), you shall never get an article published on this site, sod off an annoy some other fishing site LARD BRAIN!
Here is a small exert for you to get some tips off Nick, I have now decided to save all my valuable articles (Just like Richard Walker) and put them all in a big book about fishing!
From the chapter ?Do the Harry Krishna?s use ground bait?
Dancing around a lot with tambourines in yellow robes and chanting Harry Krishna is of course very important if you are involved in the movement, but very few people actually realise that one of today?s most high profile anglers Des Taylor has in fact been a specialist angler and devotee for many years!
Quote Des:
?Well, at first the other anglers used to get a bit upset at my local lake when I let off a few chants just as they were about to hook a carp they had been stalking for a couple of hours, so I infact now chant and just whisper Harry Krishna instead of shouting it at the top of my voice, I am a big lad and it booms out a bit you know!
I believe that as is our tradition we should share, so I often whack a few balls of ground bait into the other anglers swims on the other side of the lake, sometimes I hit there bivvies, and they chant a few things at me in return!
Well Des, thanks for that insight, and good luck in the nationals with ?team harry krishna? later this year.
I hope this inspires you to write great articles Nick.
Derrick (the new **** Walker) Deanos.