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I was sad to read that one of my great Angling heroes, Clive Gammon passed away last week aged 83. He was not just a great angling writer but an a supreme sports journalist covering a range of sports from horse racing to the Olympics. In my opinion he was the finest angling writer this country produced (I am not a fan of Dick Walker as a writer).

There is an excellent obituary here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries...ive-Gammon.html

 

Tony

Tony

 

After a certain age, if you don't wake up aching in every joint, you are probably dead.

 

 

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I can't honestly say I ever read any of his work although i probably have at some point.

Personally as a child in the 70's, I remember Clive Gammon from The Fishing Race.

Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike.

Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace.

Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel.

Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp.

Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak.

Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub.

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I can't honestly say I ever read any of his work although i probably have at some point.

Personally as a child in the 70's, I remember Clive Gammon from The Fishing Race.

 

Ken

see if you can get a hold of a copy of "I Know a Good Place", well worth the read.

Tony

Tony

 

After a certain age, if you don't wake up aching in every joint, you are probably dead.

 

 

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A great loss to Angling and journalism. I remember reading everything I could find of his when I was a youth....a great angler with amazing presence and generosity was how I always saw him.

Eating wild caught fish is good for my health, reduces food miles and keeps me fit trying to catch them........it's my choice to do it, not yours to stop me!

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Met him once or twice. Extrovert, great sense of humour, very good angler and writer.

 

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World species 471 : UK species 105 : English species 95 .

Certhia's world species - 215

Eclectic "husband and wife combined" world species 501

 

"Nothing matters very much, few things matter at all" - Plato

...only things like fresh bait and cold beer...

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