Re: A letter from Dick Walker to Mike Wilson
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:57 pm
I am surprised to see Colin Harms mentioned in the letter - I would have thought Walker had better powers of judgement. Before he got involved with his Damerham lakes fishery, Harms was resident in Guildford and a member of the Godalming Angling Society. He was a bit of a prat to put it mildly, famously misidentifying a common carp as a crucian and writing an article in Creel (under the nom de plume of Colin Blake) about how he hooked and lost a burbot in the river Wey.
As a young angler I took great pride in my first home-made rod constructed from a JB Walkers kit. Harms had a waggle with it (he ran a course I attended for beginner anglers) and said I'd be better off chucking it in a bin.
Sorry to go off at a tangent Mike but whenever I see that man's name I blow a fuse.
As a young angler I took great pride in my first home-made rod constructed from a JB Walkers kit. Harms had a waggle with it (he ran a course I attended for beginner anglers) and said I'd be better off chucking it in a bin.
Sorry to go off at a tangent Mike but whenever I see that man's name I blow a fuse.