In reply to Post #25
Care to elaborate on that statement?
Care to elaborate on that statement?
In reply to Post #31
Or not?
Or not?
In reply to Post #25
Come on, spill the beans
Come on, spill the beans
In reply to Post #33
Again... Or not....
The man's not around to defend himself. If you want to get into a load of bad mouthing go play on Facebook
It's Christmas damn it
Peace and love
Again... Or not....
The man's not around to defend himself. If you want to get into a load of bad mouthing go play on Facebook
It's Christmas damn it
Peace and love
Robson Greene
In reply to Post #35
im not sure John Wilson was the best ... i have no idea how that is measured .... but he would be my biggest influence .... As a kid, and being in Kent, if i twiddled my indoor aerial on my 12" black and white TV i could get a very grainy Anglia reception and just about make out what was happening ... Tuesday evenings?
Yeah John Wilson for me too.
When i first started fishing around the age of 12 no one in my family was an angler.
John Wilson was popular on the TV at the time and watching his shows enthused me greatly.
I expect many other people felt that too from watching him.
For anyone that's interested i've recently found a channel over on YouTube called Keep Catching-Fishing TV.
There are a few Go Fishing episodes on there.
Sadly not the best video quality but it's always good to watch them back and reminisce.
When i first started fishing around the age of 12 no one in my family was an angler.
John Wilson was popular on the TV at the time and watching his shows enthused me greatly.
I expect many other people felt that too from watching him.
For anyone that's interested i've recently found a channel over on YouTube called Keep Catching-Fishing TV.
There are a few Go Fishing episodes on there.
Sadly not the best video quality but it's always good to watch them back and reminisce.
Definitely Matt hayes and the duke. Not forgetting gord the piking pirate
In reply to Post #39
Gordy, now your talking, yeeeh harrrr
Gordy, now your talking, yeeeh harrrr
In reply to Post #39
He was of his head,reminded me of him from ACDC
He was of his head,reminded me of him from ACDC
No such thing as greatest angler, there have been many great specialists for certain species.
But greatest influence for angling as a whole Jack Hargreaves and John Wilson without a doubt for me.
But greatest influence for angling as a whole Jack Hargreaves and John Wilson without a doubt for me.
I'm glad the bank tramps with their thick knitted jumpers are not being mentioned as they just camped at lakes for months untill they caught the target fish...
My vote's for John Wilson but honourable mentions for Matt Hayes, Robson Green, Ali Hamidi, Danny Fairbrass, Kevin Nash
My vote's for John Wilson but honourable mentions for Matt Hayes, Robson Green, Ali Hamidi, Danny Fairbrass, Kevin Nash
In reply to Post #43
Definitely worth a mention is Kevin Ashurst. Won everything in the match fishing world, from way back in the 1950's. Huge festivals, world championship, national team championships and winter league's to name a fraction.
I often walk the Weaver in winter after predators and have a chat with Kevin. STILL fishing and winning highly competitive matches on the WDAA and NAA ticket's in winter The guy is mid 80's! Still as dry and blunt as ever
Definitely worth a mention is Kevin Ashurst. Won everything in the match fishing world, from way back in the 1950's. Huge festivals, world championship, national team championships and winter league's to name a fraction.
I often walk the Weaver in winter after predators and have a chat with Kevin. STILL fishing and winning highly competitive matches on the WDAA and NAA ticket's in winter The guy is mid 80's! Still as dry and blunt as ever
In pure angling terms and disregarding more recent media and travel opportunities I think Richard Walker has to be in with a shout as someone who changed angling and led it into the modern era.