Further letters of Dick Walker

[Richard C]

A privilege to share your personal letters from RW. Thoroughly enjoyed reading those, thank you.

A sense of relief noting RW's explanation of a blank or a string of blank sessions. So much more satisfying knowing that someone with Dicks know-how experiences days when you can't even buy a bite.

Winner of the (non existent) monthly thread topic award. Bravo!

[Carp Artist]

Fantastic. Thanks for posting them Mark and a big thanks to Roger for sharing them with us..

[Mark99]

Brilliant, I love that he signed off as 'Dick' by the third letter as a bond had doubtless formed. He certainly went the extra mile when answering correspondence and was a top man.

I've always said that fishing is full of contradictions and even RW falls into the trap. On the second letter he opens with comments about 'fish not being worried about how thick your line is' then later in the letter explains that people using 30lb line will never get a bite. I'm not having ago at our greatest angler but it does underline how there are very few Never's and Always' in fishing.

I always remember DW stating that fish do not care how thick your line is - thickness of line is immaterial with respect to fish "seeing it" - but he did sagely add it's the effect of the stiffness of the line on bait presentation that was the issue.....the bigger the diameter, the more line "stiffness" affected to hookbait ....so I'm not sure he fell into a trap as such.