Old Man River
- Mark99
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Old Man River
Not a bad read at £10 from LEP.
- Olly
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Re: Old Man River
Fished a few times with him and my colleague wrote a chapter - on rudd.
- GameKeeper
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Re: Old Man River
Just ordered my copy,bargain !
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Re: Old Man River
Thought this was about our David
"Oh for want of rod and line I'd fish this stream serene, sublime".
- Duebel
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Re: Old Man River
... exactly my thought!
- DaceAce
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Re: Old Man River
Based on the above I treated myself to a copy of this book. I met Frank a few times at book launches and he told me about his unpublished 'warts and all' autobiography which this most definitely isn't but have to say I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. My book got dinged in the post which is a shame. A couple of absolute howlers in the text: one writing musing of Walker's record carp making the front page of Angling Times - wrong year as Walker caught his carp in 52 and AT started in 53 (it was certainly in The Angler's News), and another writer saying Frank was Walker's progeny - he meant prodigy.
- Vole
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Re: Old Man River
Protege, surely? (Don't know how to do accents on this... anyhow, it's French, and has a couple of slopey bits on top to prove it.
"Write drunk, edit sober" - Hemingway.
Hemingway didn't have to worry about accidentally hitting "submit" before he edited.
Hemingway didn't have to worry about accidentally hitting "submit" before he edited.
- DaceAce
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- DaceAce
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Re: Old Man River
Occasionally you get someone who was both: Phil Coles was a prodigy as well as a protégé of Ivan Marks.
- Vole
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Re: Old Man River
Indeed, apparently. I remembered the name, but he rose to fame just as I was giving up any hope of taking match fishing up seriously. Googled him and found the story - Yours, good Sir - on the CRT site. A sad ending.
Anyway, Swottypants, how did you access ze accents? Je suis dead impressed!
Anyway, Swottypants, how did you access ze accents? Je suis dead impressed!
"Write drunk, edit sober" - Hemingway.
Hemingway didn't have to worry about accidentally hitting "submit" before he edited.
Hemingway didn't have to worry about accidentally hitting "submit" before he edited.