dezza
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And I refuse point blank to use the word "celebrities", because it reminds me of that **** awful programme that I once watched.
Never again.
But in my life I have known an awful lot of angling personalities, most of which have been darned nice people who genuinely want to help others catch more fish. The likes of Tag Barnes, Des Taylor, Tony Miles, Ray Webb, **** Clegg, Billy Lane, Benny Ashurst, a host of top Sheffield match anglers, Peter Thomas and his other Hitchin born mate, Fred J Taylor, Ian Howcroft, Peter Wheat, Bob Buteax, Eric Hodson, Barrie Rickards, Kevin Clifford, Steve Parton, Graham Marsden, all of these chaps and more, many with which I have fished with, have been the sole of helpfulness to myself and many others. Of the latter days, Lee Swords is a remarkable angler who only gets to go fishing once a week, but has the most wonderful catches. He's a real inspiration to myself, and you need it whan you start pushing 70!
And angling would be poorer if it didn't have it's personalities.
Sure, many of these people get sponsorships and are paid quite well for appearances and articles, but think what a boring life it would be without them.
And one of the most negative aspects of many angling publications today is that a large majority of the published articles are ghost written or come from the pen of editorial staff. The old Angling Times up to about 1969, was written mainly by freelancers, and that made it all the more interesting
But what do you think?
Never again.
But in my life I have known an awful lot of angling personalities, most of which have been darned nice people who genuinely want to help others catch more fish. The likes of Tag Barnes, Des Taylor, Tony Miles, Ray Webb, **** Clegg, Billy Lane, Benny Ashurst, a host of top Sheffield match anglers, Peter Thomas and his other Hitchin born mate, Fred J Taylor, Ian Howcroft, Peter Wheat, Bob Buteax, Eric Hodson, Barrie Rickards, Kevin Clifford, Steve Parton, Graham Marsden, all of these chaps and more, many with which I have fished with, have been the sole of helpfulness to myself and many others. Of the latter days, Lee Swords is a remarkable angler who only gets to go fishing once a week, but has the most wonderful catches. He's a real inspiration to myself, and you need it whan you start pushing 70!
And angling would be poorer if it didn't have it's personalities.
Sure, many of these people get sponsorships and are paid quite well for appearances and articles, but think what a boring life it would be without them.
And one of the most negative aspects of many angling publications today is that a large majority of the published articles are ghost written or come from the pen of editorial staff. The old Angling Times up to about 1969, was written mainly by freelancers, and that made it all the more interesting
But what do you think?
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