So that was The Big One and WOW, wasn’t it just? If you’re ever in need of a reminder of how healthy the sport is, or the amount of passion that anglers have for what they do all you need to do is pop along to a trade show and watch the world go by. […]
Take John Bailey, a 10 year old called Michael who’s desperate to catch his first carp, a guest appearance from Alan Blair of Nash Tackle, and a mixture of classic and contemporary methods, and what do you get?
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Discovery Quest
24th January 2013
2100 hrs
The most iconic angling book ever and best selling sporting book of all time is being brought to TV screens this January. […]
If you’re an angler of a ‘certain age’ you’ll already know all about Mr. Crabtree. Maybe you were one of the 3 million proud owners of the original book Mr. Crabtree Goes Fishing, by legendary angler Bernard Venables? It’s very likely that you refer to ‘Crabtree swims’, that you know what a ‘gentle’ is and that the idea of fishing in a tweed three-piece-suit doesn’t really seem that odd to you. Congratulations you’re a Crabtree kid! […]
When we were planning to film the first series of Mr Crabtree earlier this year, we were experiencing a rather wet Spring. We all agreed that Crabtree is all about those beautiful dawns and sunsets with fish bubbling and rolling in misty lakes and meandering rivers….so thought we would wait until Summer arrived in earnest…. […]
by Henry Grayling, aged 10
Well I had great time fishing for Tench, Pike and perch also catching a carp on a centre pin reel.
I would like to say the crew and John are great and made me feel very welcome. John taught me how to cast well with a centre pin. On the first day at 5 AM we cast out our feeders and rubber maggots and it poured down and then we went for breakfast wich was cooked by Sarah, a lovely fry up!!! After breakfast we went back to the island and John helped me catch a 7.10lb tench, thanks so much John. […]
We’ve been insanely busy of late and haven’t had much time to update the site. You can always catch up with us on Twitter or Facebook though. If you didn’t keep up with the Search for ‘Peter’ you can see the four winners down below. It was incredibly tough for our judges to make a decision but they got there in the end. Huge props to everyone who entered – you were all magnificent. Thanks also to the Angler’s Mail and Anglers Net for all their support. […]
We had no idea when we launched the Search for ‘Peter’ how successful it would be and we’ve been constantly delighted by the support that we’ve received from the angling community. Last night we sent emails to 50 lucky finalists. We had originally intended to shortlist to just 12 but sifting through the thousands of entries proved to be an impossible task and we found ourselves wishing we could take many, many more to the next stage. […]