Took delivery of my new old book... well booklet really... cant wait to read it... I probably paid over the odds for it but wanted it anyway... saying that.. the price of a set meal for one in my local Chinese.... so
A bargain and much better for me!
Mr B
Carp Fishing Ritchard Walker.
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Carp Fishing Ritchard Walker.
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The close season is an important and interesting time for the Angler who set out to catch big fish. It is a timely opportunity for him to make new tackle or renovate old. There are no end of jobs to do, apart from those horrible things called Gardens!
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Re: Carp Fishing Ritchard Walker.
I have that booklet. The cover shot still makes me cringe!
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Re: Carp Fishing Ritchard Walker.
Well they were bred to eat sort - not wildies!
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Liphook
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Re: Carp Fishing Ritchard Walker.
Strange comment Olly - what do you think 'wildies' were imported for if not eating? They're not native you know!
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Re: Carp Fishing Ritchard Walker.
I know that - but there weren't any mirrors - I believe - until they were being selectively bred for food on the continent and then imported to the UK.
I could be wrong though!
I could be wrong though!
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Re: Carp Fishing Ritchard Walker.
Yes, very different times.
Dick walker, Fred J and our man Bernard Venables would take a Pike home for the table and would also take a specimen fish to the Taxidermist.
But.... food besides a great book!
Mr B
Dick walker, Fred J and our man Bernard Venables would take a Pike home for the table and would also take a specimen fish to the Taxidermist.
But.... food besides a great book!
Mr B
The close season is an important and interesting time for the Angler who set out to catch big fish. It is a timely opportunity for him to make new tackle or renovate old. There are no end of jobs to do, apart from those horrible things called Gardens!
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Re: Carp Fishing Ritchard Walker.
On that I don't disagree!
With Clarrisa in London Zoo it gave many, including me, the chance to see what actually swims in UK waters.
With Clarrisa in London Zoo it gave many, including me, the chance to see what actually swims in UK waters.
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And now...... with Catfish and monster Thames Carp who knows what will turn up!!!!
The close season is an important and interesting time for the Angler who set out to catch big fish. It is a timely opportunity for him to make new tackle or renovate old. There are no end of jobs to do, apart from those horrible things called Gardens!
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Re: Carp Fishing Ritchard Walker.
Some carp in the Thames came from Kew Gardens. The lake outside the biggest glasshouse was regularly netted to reduce the enormous head of carp in it.
Many catfish, both European silure and the American bullhead, were dumped into the Thames. Those silure being illegally imported and the American fish via the pet trade - fish outgrowing garden ponds and aquariums.
Many catfish, both European silure and the American bullhead, were dumped into the Thames. Those silure being illegally imported and the American fish via the pet trade - fish outgrowing garden ponds and aquariums.
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Re: Carp Fishing Ritchard Walker.
The booklet (correct me if I'm off-kilter) was a re-print of entire carp chapter in Walker's "Still Water Angling". Those carp on the cover were from Woldale.