What would you like of an angling weekly?

Vagabond · March 30, 2005

Its some years since I bought either of the two principal weeklies.

I do occasionally look at one though, say at a friends house, or in the local clubhouse.

Can't see any reason to start buying them again.

My main gripe is the lack of "character" in the writing.

In the past, writers like Dick Walker, Fred Taylor, Tag Barnes, T K Wilson ("Trout by all Means") and Hugh Stoker were worth reading every week. Both entertaining and instructive.

These writers have not been replaced - or rather they have been replaced, but by so-called "celebrities" with this cult of the individual use-my-sponsors-tackle style. Frankly, they just bore me.

Peter mentions Keith Arthur - well the best of a poor bunch IMHO.

I used to buy AM just to read Frank "Boris" Barlow's column. I don't fish matches, but Frank's humour was priceless.

Nothing approaching that is on offer now.

One real irritation in angling newspapers is their patronising attitude to working men who have caught a decent fish.

This sort of rubbish :- "Carpenter Joe Bloggins Nails Thames Bream" "Gravedigger Peter Grimes Buries the opposition at the Witham Championships" - pages of it

Never "Company Director Snoggins shows Kennet Chub who is Boss" Oh no - they are all respectful then.

Its a good job we have AN

Dick Dastardly · March 30, 2005

Seems we all want the same three things then ie honesty,integrity and entertaining content..... as much chance of getting those from the weekly angling press as from the Sunday Sport!

And why? because it dont make no money!

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trent.barbeler · March 30, 2005

What would you like of an angling weekly?

I pray that no one delivers a Peter Waller edited or inspired angling paper through my letter box. But seeing as they probably burn effigy's of said gentleman in hunt stables across the rural landscape I doubt that such a publication would make it across the CA barbed wire urban/rural borders anyway.

Regards,

Lee.

Peter Waller · March 30, 2005

Oi, that just not true, they sent me a very, very nice Christmas card! Probably just to let me know that they have my address .

argyll · March 30, 2005

Hey Budgie, you lay off the Sunday Sport..bloody good read. serious newspaper that

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Peter Waller · March 30, 2005

Darn sight more entertaining than Des!!

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trent.barbeler · March 30, 2005

Dear Peter,

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