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Gravel Pit Carp By Jim Gibbinson

Unusually, this is a double review. Not only have I reviewed this book myself as a newcomer to the species, but I've also got an

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In Search Of The Nile Perch

I have just received a copy of a new Video from Video Active which is of particular interest to me, as I had hoped to ...

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An Anglers Guide To Weymouth & Portland & The Surrounding Area

Regulars here will remember the review of the FREE angling guide to this area. If you haven't seen it, click here and get your hands ...

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Angling Days by Jack Bevan

Angling, for many, is a form of escapism. A way of breaking free from the routine of life. It’s a shame, therefore, that there ...

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The Good Fishing Guide - Second Edition

For those of you who get about a bit, this kind of guide is worth more than its weight in gold, as it contains details ...

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River Carping By Neil Wayte

Those of you who buy every book published on carp fishing will have probably already read this. But anyone thinking of fishing running water for ...

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Ultimate Pike compiled by Dave (JR) Horton

This is a pike book with a difference. It's largely a collection of stories about the capture of 30lb plus pike related by a host ...

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The Pocket Guide To Freshwater Fish

This won't be a lengthy review, as it's not a technical or complicated product that I'm talking about. No, this little gem is so simple ...

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The Guide To Sea & Coarse Angling in Weymouth & Portland

You don't get much for free these days and when you do, there's usually a catch! So, with that in mind, it's a pleasure ...

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Caught In Time DVD ~ Chris Yates/Hugh Miles

Caught In Time DVD ~ Chris Yates/Hugh Miles Part 1 - Summer Days I pulled back the Christmas wrapping fully expecting to find a new ...

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Fifty Years A Fisherman

Fifty Years A Fisherman The Autobiography of John WilsonThe Autobiography of John Wilson With Christmas on its way this is more of a short ...

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The Syndicate (R.I.P.) Part II by Mark Cunnington

Sex and Drugs and Pop-Up Boilies!...

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In Pursuit Of The Largest by Terry Hearn

One of the benefits of promising Anglers' Net that I would do some book reviews is the fact that I now have an excuse to ...

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An Angler For All Seasons

Published: 1992Author: the best of H.T. SheringhamReviewed by: Chris Plumb Chosen and Introduced by Tom FortThe world of angling - or at least angling literature, ...

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Red Letter Days

Published: 1994 Author: Peter Rogers (Ed.) Illustrated by John Searl Reviewed by: Chris Plumb "Great triumphs do not come often in angling, and this ...

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Drop Me A Line

Published: 1953 Author: Richard Walker and Maurice Ingham Reviewed by: Spindle In 1949, two articles in the then popular Fishing Gazette, prompted an unknown ...

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Confessions Of A Carp Fisher

Published: 1950 Author: BB Reviewed by: Spindle This is not going to be easy. Reviewing what is, in my humble opinion, one of the ...

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Fishing Days

Published: 1966 Author: Geoffrey Bucknall Reviewed by: Steve Burke Geoff Bucknall’s “Big Pike” is well-known and highly regarded, probably because it’s about one of ...

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I Know A Good Place

Published: 1989 Author: Clive Gammon Reviewed by: Chris Plumb This book set me back the grand sum of 20 pence and was then in ...

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Reflections from the Water's Edge and Trout at Ten Thousand Feet

Published: 1987/2001 Author: John Bailey Reviewed by: Chris Plumb These two excellent volumes could be said to represent the 'bookends' of John Bailey's angling ...

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