In reply to Post #29
Yer old Mathew black wernt 2 shabby, he made you live the pain with him , the hurt that is carping the suffering and then the 5 minutes where your the happier bunny on the planet, f I love it
Yer old Mathew black wernt 2 shabby, he made you live the pain with him , the hurt that is carping the suffering and then the 5 minutes where your the happier bunny on the planet, f I love it
In reply to Post #1
Tudge, aka Mark Tunnacliffe. Hasn't written much and certainly isn't known nationally but what he has penned is superb. Unpretentious, yet has a way of conveying atmosphere, whilst stitching events together. If “The Promise” in Northern Chapters doesn't raise any emotion then I'd be very surprised.
Bottom line is that most of these anglers aren't writers, but end up telling their stories due to desire/financial/request/success/cathartic/other reasons. To have an expectation of any of them to create a masterpiece is unrealistic. They are anglers first, and, in almost every case, writers a distant second. There are only a few classics. My view is that literally anyone has a chapter or two in them, an entire book is different gravy though, and I'd guess it's extremely hard to write a good one. The only way the author finds out if it's any cop is a while after the event... As a wise man once said to me, “stick your head above the parapet and prepare to be shot down.”
Tudge, aka Mark Tunnacliffe. Hasn't written much and certainly isn't known nationally but what he has penned is superb. Unpretentious, yet has a way of conveying atmosphere, whilst stitching events together. If “The Promise” in Northern Chapters doesn't raise any emotion then I'd be very surprised.
Bottom line is that most of these anglers aren't writers, but end up telling their stories due to desire/financial/request/success/cathartic/other reasons. To have an expectation of any of them to create a masterpiece is unrealistic. They are anglers first, and, in almost every case, writers a distant second. There are only a few classics. My view is that literally anyone has a chapter or two in them, an entire book is different gravy though, and I'd guess it's extremely hard to write a good one. The only way the author finds out if it's any cop is a while after the event... As a wise man once said to me, “stick your head above the parapet and prepare to be shot down.”
In reply to Post #32
Loved his ramblings very emotional m8
Loved his ramblings very emotional m8
I will say this, for me. It's either about a special moment in time such as the venue or the men who are catching the real sought after ones, that's how I see carp fishing or something original and genuinely interesting, I can understand the knowledge sharing ones too 
The first time some “hauler” of just “carp” or a carp “match star” writes a book it will be perfect bbq lighting material for me
One word, inspirational
The first time some “hauler” of just “carp” or a carp “match star” writes a book it will be perfect bbq lighting material for me
One word, inspirational
In reply to Post #1
I guess much depends on what you consider writing. Hearn, Hutchinson, Paisley, BB, Mike Redfern, Nigel Sharp and Albert Romp are writers whose works I enjoyed most. Also really liked Arbery's Redmire Pool and Steve Briggs' books. One of my favorite authors is Dave Lane, but after reading Fine Lines I seriously doubt he wrote his first books or had someone do most of it for him. Totally unrecognizable style.
On that note, I started reading Jim Shelley last week and I do enjoy his book thus far. I do wonder though, whether books by guys like Shelley (learned to read only just before writing his first book), Lane, Briggs and Sharp are the fruits of their own labour, or totally edited. Sharp's Living the Dream for example has that same feel of his friend Terry Hearn's first books. So can those guys really write or do they have good editors?
I guess much depends on what you consider writing. Hearn, Hutchinson, Paisley, BB, Mike Redfern, Nigel Sharp and Albert Romp are writers whose works I enjoyed most. Also really liked Arbery's Redmire Pool and Steve Briggs' books. One of my favorite authors is Dave Lane, but after reading Fine Lines I seriously doubt he wrote his first books or had someone do most of it for him. Totally unrecognizable style.
On that note, I started reading Jim Shelley last week and I do enjoy his book thus far. I do wonder though, whether books by guys like Shelley (learned to read only just before writing his first book), Lane, Briggs and Sharp are the fruits of their own labour, or totally edited. Sharp's Living the Dream for example has that same feel of his friend Terry Hearn's first books. So can those guys really write or do they have good editors?