Angling Legends

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paul williams 2

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Following on from AT's "legends" list and our Ron's thoughts about it lets compose our own list.....lets debate who goes on it!

I kick off with John Sidley!
 
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ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)

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Is it 'Legends' or 'characters'???
 
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paul williams 2

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HHmmmmm.........thats a debate on it's own Ed!

I'll let others decide.....personally i think John was both.
 
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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA)

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Oh boy Brummie. This one is really hard.

If it's going to be characters it's got to start off with Ed the Scouser - the biggest character of the lot!
 
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MarkTheSpark

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One oft-forgotten hero of angling is Ray Mumford. Ray is resposible for introducing pole fishing to the UK, and was a fantastic angler.
 
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MarkTheSpark

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I'll also chip in

Ivan Marks
Eddie Turner
Bob Nudd (bless 'im)
**** Walker (of course)
Pete Stone
Jim Gibbinson (nobody did more in writing for big-fish angling)
Graeme Pullen (led the big game fishing charge for the UK for years)

er, that's it for now
 
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Peter Stone for me.
Also Phil Smiths consistant achievements year in year out continue to impress me.
 
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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA)

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**** Walker, Peter Stone, Fred J. Taylor and Ray Webb.
 
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Wolfman Woody

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Does he have to be dead?

I have in my dictionary - "a person whose fame or notoriety makes him a source of exagerated or romanticized tales."

On the basis of "exagerated tales" then Ed is wrong by nominating Barney's arse. Nothing is exagerated about that, neither are tales of it romantic.
 
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Les Clark

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Deanos the fat pie eating git ,a legend in everyone of his lunch breaks .
Well, could you eat so many pies in one sitting ?
 
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paul williams 2

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For their episodes on "The Meres"

Graham Marsden and Eddie Bibby.


I think they dida bit of fishing at times too!
 
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ED (The ORIGINAL and REAL one)

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Merv and Phils Coventry Specimen Group 'Do's' were Who's Who's of Legends .......
 
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Why does an Angling Legend have to be someone who either writes books writes articles or appears on tv.
Surely most of you will never have ever met them never mind fished with them.
Most of my angling legends are local people whom i know and have fished with and with great characters.
So because someone has great command of the English language and can write a book that makes him a legend does it..
Most legends i know swear like troopers dont give a toss for reputations and as for writing a book or doing articles forget it,their rods do the talking
 
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