Tut, tut! Insular attitude that Tone./forum/smilies/surprised_smiley.gif
Hell, if everyone everywhere thought like that then we'd have nothing to write aboutand how would the sport be doing with no angling publications to compound no angling on tv?
Share and share alike. What are you worried about anyway? You've always got your private stretch of the Trent to fall back on if everywhere else becomes busy!/forum/smilies/wink_smiley.gif
I think Mark that The Specialists fell vistim to management's feeling that there was too much specimen content in the paper. I must admit that I sympathised with that view. Big fish anglers are a minority of our readership. Personally, I'd like to see the likes of Terry and Matt still writing for us (which they are), together with other experienced anglers, but with less emphasis on big fish and more on how inspiring and fun fishing is.
People are welcome to submit articles at any time, or to ring me to discuss such (01733 465673). But wehave set the standards of words and photos very high, almost on a par with what full-time staff can produce. You'll have noticed (I hope)that those who do contribute to AT are bothexception writers and superb photographers.