If you’ve been kicking around with us for a while you might remember that it’s around this time of year that we start talking about ‘Venables Day’.
Also know as Valentines Day (to some), it’s the birthday of the great man; hailed by many as the godfather of modern angling – Mr. Bernard Venables.
This year we decided to extend the celebrations and couple them with the #CrabtreeChallenge – making the focus of February’s challenge the reasons why we love this great sport.
All you need to do is fill in the form below with your answer to the question:
Why do you LOVE fishing?
We’re going to collate all of your answers and put together an ebook.
If you’ve contributed we’ll contact you once it’s ready and it will be free to download so you can see what everyone else had to say. We think it’s a lovely way of celebrating all that’s good about fishing but we need you to get involved and then pass on the baton to all the other anglers you know – whatever their style of fishing we want to hear why it’s their passion too.
This challenge is perfect is for EVERYONE, whether you’re 4 or 94 all we need from you is 50 words (or less) and maybe a picture too, but that’s not obligatory.
fantastic great write ups everyone
if you win do you actually get to meet Mr Crabtree and go fishing with him .
Hi Tom – if you’re aged 8-14 and enter The Search you could win the chance to fish with John Bailey and be in Series 2 of Fishing in the Footsteps of Mr. Crabtree… have a look here for more info: http://mrcrabtreegoesfishing.com/the-search-2014/
keep up the good work john cant wait to see the next series.
Fishing, man versus fish, and more than once the fish have won..
will they only pick the best ones out for the book
Hi Lewis,
Thanks for your question – as far as we’re concerned there’s no such thing as ‘the best ones’…. we want to hear from everyone about why they love fishing and every entry is equally as valid – that’s why they’ll ALL be going into the book.
Cheers, Paula
I fished with Bernard on many occasions and enjoyed his company both on the riverbank and over a glass or two. He was a wonderful fisherman, a talented artist who wrote prose about fishing which read like poetry.
thanks paula,thats helpful to know