On this day in 1918
- Bob Brookes
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Re: On this day in 1918
I shall come off the wagon tonight and also raise my glass to RSW.
"You do not cease to fish because you get old, you get old because you cease to fish"
- Beresford
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Re: On this day in 1918
This exactly. Always a progressive angler rather than a traditional one although I do recall reading piece by him in which he voiced disapproval of the hair rig.Shaun Harrison wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2016 6:52 pm I have so much respect for the man but far from being a traditionalist he was at the very forefront of the modern tackle revolution. He brought tackle development well and truly out the dark ages and was keen on anything new. He was a big mover in progressing carbon fibre usage and disliked centrepin reels.
There has never been anyone else in the history of angling that has popularised the pursuit of big fish showing it was possible to actually set out to catch big fish and the silly old phrase of a fish of a lifetime no longer seemed to need to exist.
Dick Walker I will always salute for bringing big fish angling forward so quickly in such massive leaps. It does surprise me that Traditional anglers hold him in high esteem as he was so far from being a traditional angler himself and would have taken much amusement from our little group.
Richard Walker, rest in paradise.
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- Capebreton
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Re: On this day in 1918
will raise a glass
- Richard C
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I shall raise my drink at supper time.
I surmise that honouring someone from out mutual recreation 32 years after his death, speaks volumes about how influential they were in angling...
..To Dick.
I surmise that honouring someone from out mutual recreation 32 years after his death, speaks volumes about how influential they were in angling...
..To Dick.
"We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.".
T. S Eliot
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- Mark
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Re: On this day in 1918
Its that time of the years again chaps.
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The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
- Mark
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I'm a day early chaps, it tomorrow.
Mark (Administrator)
The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
- Northern_Nomad
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He has made such an inpression on me I don’t mind having an early practice in raising the glass
"We knelt side by side looking at it. I knew it was big, and suddenly it dawned on me it was more than that. It was tremendous!" - Richard Walker
- Pallenpool
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I concur
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
Heraclitus
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