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Ron 'The Hat' Clay (ACA)
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Following on from the list of angling legends, I now give you my "Must Read" list of the best 20 angling books written during the past 100 years.
I've stuck to freshwater fishing here, yet I have covered both coarse and game angling.
My list is certainly not definitive because it is presented with temerity, not arrogance. The books are a combination of textbook and anecdotal style. They are also, in my opinion, some of the best written angling books of all time. Many of them are groundbreaking too.
Here it is:
"My Fishing Days & Fishing Ways" - JW Martin
"Anglers Hours" - HT Sheringham
"Fisherman's Bedside Book" - BB
"Roach Fishing" - Edward Ensom "Faddist"
"Confessions of a Carp Fisher" - BB
"Drop Me A Line" - Maurice Ingham and Richard Walker
"Still water Angling" - Richard Walker
"Catching Fish" - Richard Walker
"Walker's Pitch" - Richard Walker
Fishing for Big Pike - Ray Webb and Barrie Rickards
"Encyclopedia of Float Fishing" - Billy Lane and Colin Graham
"**** Walker's Fly Fishing" - Richard Walker
"The Carp Strikes Back" - Rod Hutchinson
"My Way With Trout" - Arthur Cove
"Search for Big Chub" - Tony Miles
"Advanced Coarse Fishing" - Graham Marsden
"Pike" - Fred Buller
"Seatrout" - Hugh Falkus
"Casting At The Sun" - Chris Yates
"Angling - Fundamental Principles" - Barrie Rickards
I hope some of you will add to, criticise or take away the titles listed here.
I also make no apology for listing 5 titles by Richard Walker
I've stuck to freshwater fishing here, yet I have covered both coarse and game angling.
My list is certainly not definitive because it is presented with temerity, not arrogance. The books are a combination of textbook and anecdotal style. They are also, in my opinion, some of the best written angling books of all time. Many of them are groundbreaking too.
Here it is:
"My Fishing Days & Fishing Ways" - JW Martin
"Anglers Hours" - HT Sheringham
"Fisherman's Bedside Book" - BB
"Roach Fishing" - Edward Ensom "Faddist"
"Confessions of a Carp Fisher" - BB
"Drop Me A Line" - Maurice Ingham and Richard Walker
"Still water Angling" - Richard Walker
"Catching Fish" - Richard Walker
"Walker's Pitch" - Richard Walker
Fishing for Big Pike - Ray Webb and Barrie Rickards
"Encyclopedia of Float Fishing" - Billy Lane and Colin Graham
"**** Walker's Fly Fishing" - Richard Walker
"The Carp Strikes Back" - Rod Hutchinson
"My Way With Trout" - Arthur Cove
"Search for Big Chub" - Tony Miles
"Advanced Coarse Fishing" - Graham Marsden
"Pike" - Fred Buller
"Seatrout" - Hugh Falkus
"Casting At The Sun" - Chris Yates
"Angling - Fundamental Principles" - Barrie Rickards
I hope some of you will add to, criticise or take away the titles listed here.
I also make no apology for listing 5 titles by Richard Walker