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Unlike Jack Carter, I can’t wave a shooter about to make a point but take a look at this reel’s

Made In Britain The Edward Barder Rod Co is featured in this book. How could you resist? The book is

SAD (Seasonal Angling Distractions). Joan’s song clearly expresses the frustrations familiar to the gentle angler distracted from their pastoral escape.

Oh Fred, what on earth are you up to? Remember the popular Fred series of birthday cards? Of course you

JAWS!   It wasn’t just Peter Benchley’s man-eating shark that we had to deal with in the seventies. There was

Here’s a nice egg for Easter. This was the best egg available in 1973. It went like this: Now you’re

The Headington Shark. This is what caught my eye one stormy night in 1989 as I drove through Headington to

No, the Paul Witcher Longford. That Longford! Paul ‘Watteau’ Witcher made three quarters of a dozen of these exquisite reels.

What have Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders and Fred Arbogast’s Jitterbug got in common? The answer, of course, is they

Picnic By The River. Now is the time for grayling, pike and chub. Wrap up warm and make an early

Autumn Sale. The days are shorter, the leaves turning and any minute now, the shops will be full of turkeys.

Knock at the door. I’m only a part time Bingo caller. Frankly, I don’t really understand Bingo and the jargon