Issue 3 - April / May 1997
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Contents
The Fly: The mysterious tale of a ‘practitioner’
of burbot - Andrew Herd 4
A Sickle in the Salt: Permit fishing in the Yucatan
- David Profumo 7
Return of the King? The silver tourists are back
in the Thames - Edward Barder 9
The Waterlog - Chris Yates 12
Piranhas, Parrots and Piano Wire:
A diplomatic day off - Nigel Haywood 17
Snaffle-on-Tees - Brian Clarke loses a
fish to a real master 19
Ginifer’s Ramblings - John Ginifer 22
Domesday and the Angling Saxons - The
Compilation of the Great Fish Book of 1085 24
Ian’s Damp Patch - Ian A.H. 27
The Diary of Vernon the Roach - V. Roach 28
A Quiet Day’s Fishing - Donald Macintosh 30
No Contact: The sad demise of a big bass
- Mike Thrussel 33
Allis in Wonderland: The remarkable return of
the shad family - Dr Nick Giles 36
Bernard Venables - “O to be in England,
now that April’s there.” 39
Great Rods - John Guido Berry 42
Water under the Bridge - Peter Wheat 45
An Investor Writes - Vincent Doubledace 46
Too Few Lampreys - Frederick Buller reflects
on this most mysterious of fish 48
A Royal Bird, the Swan Is - Her Majesty’s flock
gets under the skin of Peter Stone 50
Mrs Walton’s Cookbook - Burbot liver on toast 52
Wylye Old Trout - Tony Hayter 53
Fishing in Nod: An absolute dream of a big carp
- Mark Walsingham 57
Colin’s Caption Competition - Colin Whitehouse 57
Absent Friends - Chris Vaughn 60
Books 62
Letters 63
In t’ Net - A whizz round the electronic
angling world 64
Obituaries 64
Contents
The Fly: The mysterious tale of a ‘practitioner’
of burbot - Andrew Herd 4
A Sickle in the Salt: Permit fishing in the Yucatan
- David Profumo 7
Return of the King? The silver tourists are back
in the Thames - Edward Barder 9
The Waterlog - Chris Yates 12
Piranhas, Parrots and Piano Wire:
A diplomatic day off - Nigel Haywood 17
Snaffle-on-Tees - Brian Clarke loses a
fish to a real master 19
Ginifer’s Ramblings - John Ginifer 22
Domesday and the Angling Saxons - The
Compilation of the Great Fish Book of 1085 24
Ian’s Damp Patch - Ian A.H. 27
The Diary of Vernon the Roach - V. Roach 28
A Quiet Day’s Fishing - Donald Macintosh 30
No Contact: The sad demise of a big bass
- Mike Thrussel 33
Allis in Wonderland: The remarkable return of
the shad family - Dr Nick Giles 36
Bernard Venables - “O to be in England,
now that April’s there.” 39
Great Rods - John Guido Berry 42
Water under the Bridge - Peter Wheat 45
An Investor Writes - Vincent Doubledace 46
Too Few Lampreys - Frederick Buller reflects
on this most mysterious of fish 48
A Royal Bird, the Swan Is - Her Majesty’s flock
gets under the skin of Peter Stone 50
Mrs Walton’s Cookbook - Burbot liver on toast 52
Wylye Old Trout - Tony Hayter 53
Fishing in Nod: An absolute dream of a big carp
- Mark Walsingham 57
Colin’s Caption Competition - Colin Whitehouse 57
Absent Friends - Chris Vaughn 60
Books 62
Letters 63
In t’ Net - A whizz round the electronic
angling world 64
Obituaries 64