best angler ...

[suggsy]

Go on then ..I'll start .

Best river angler I've ever seen ..

My brother ..Jimmy Cowgill .

[Deleted]

River- john allerton
Commercial- steve ringer
Bloodworm and canal-BOB NUDD

[suggsy]

Go on then I'll pick 3 lol

River ..Jimmy Cowgill
Commercial .Darryl taylor
Canal .ian bowman

I've based this on anglers who I've fished with .not as widely well known as some but best I've seen

[danpy]

All rounder John Wilson

[danpy]

Dec 18, 2014 20:13:51 GMT danpy said:

All rounder John Wilson

fishing hero John Sidley

[drunkenmaster76]

That Robson Jerome fellas mint ;-)

[danpy]

Dec 18, 2014 20:18:24 GMT drunkenmaster76 said:

That Robson Jerome fellas mint ;-)

funniest angler iv seen on tv

[BOF]

In my time I have been fortunate to know a whole bunch of wonderful anglers, some angling "names", plus some brilliant but not so well known anglers, certainly not as well appreciated as they should have been to my mind. But my choice of the best river angler is an easy call for me. The most successful all round specimen hunter of recent years, known to very many readers of the angling weeklies, was the late Terry Lampard.

Shown here in an episode of "Passion for Angling"




I first met Terry back in the late 1970's as a member of the Chub Study group, when his beard was a little darker but he looked almost exactly the same as he did nearly 30 years later when that shot was taken.
He would turn up at the year end AGM and get together with his pal Tim Norman, and fish the weekend, with all and sundry wondering just how he managed to catch more specimen sized Chub than the whole of the rest of the Group put together, (with the exception of Tim). A feat that took some doing with the quality of Chub anglers that were in the Group at the time.
He did it by being extremely good at what he did, which was everything from brilliant watercraft, which involved walking miles up and down the river locating his fish, and then presenting his bait as perfectly as possible, to those fish.

On one Summer visit to Dorset he told me of an example of watercraft he had put to good use that year. He knew by the set of the current on one part of his home river, the Dorset Stour, that it should have held a big Chub. There was cover for the fish to hide in, and a good supply of food flowing just outside that cover. But he had never been able to creep up on the fish to actually see the fish in open water.
So he decided each time he went past the swim he would feed a little sweet corn in, even if he couldn't see the fish and see if he could tempt it out of the cover. No chance! That fish was too cute.

Eventually after many weeks he worked out that he needed to approach the swim, (it was a near bank job), "blind", to cast into the river above the swim, and let the current swing the baited hook right under his feet, with only the tip ring of his rod poking over the weeds at the rivers edge.

He told me he'd tried that approach for several weeks without a sign that the Chub was even there, but he "knew" that the swim was just too right not to have a big Chub in residence some time.
Finally of course he tried it on the right day, and due to a little "colour" in the water from the overnight rain, he was presented with a firm bite.
So surprised was he that he nearly didn't strike, but he did, and was presented eventually with another really good solid Dorset Stour Chub for his record book.



BOF

[paulcarp]

just one name ivan marks !!

[crofton blade]

Rivers- Dave Harrell
Commercials- Steve Ringer
Canals- Ivan Marks
If I had to back one angler to fish any and all venues it'd have to be Ivan. He was a great bloke as well. When we drew a peg on the Welland we used to seek out Ivan and ask his advice
I reckon he knew every bream in there!

[danpy]

Martin bowler is also a outstanding specimen angler who has achieved a lot for his age...His 5lb9oz river perch caught on the pole is amazing..

[danpy]

Dec 19, 2014 10:19:36 GMT danpy said:

Martin bowler is also a outstanding specimen angler who has achieved a lot for his age...His 5lb9oz river perch caught on the pole is amazing..

might have been 5.4 still huge..

[zathras]

Rivers - Dave Harrell
Commercials - Steve Ringer
Canals - Mark Pollard
Carp - Iain McMillan
Specimen - Martin Bowler


P... Taker - the late great Frank 'Boris' Barlow

Any venue - I agree with Rich, it has to be Ivan, always approachable but you needed earplugs if you were on the next peg !!!

[stiglet]

Ivan Marks, remember talking to him at a match at Roundhay park Leeds in the early Nineties,a great bloke and fantastic angler !!!

Stick float angler Has to be Dave Thomas (a local leeds lad at the time.)

The late Pete Hardcastle another angler who always had time to talk .

[grahampark]

Has to be Ivan Marks, spoke with him on a number of occasions always had the time to help with information.

Locally we have been blessed with some great river anglers; Kenny Kendal; Henry Pollard; Pete Hardcastle and Dave Thomas to fish against or just watch at Ulleskelf was an education.

Regards
Graham

[paulcarp]

well said graham

Henry Pollard Pete Hardcastle Kenny Kendal and Dave Thomas and dont forget howard robson all great northern river anglers.

[suggsy]

Been some great anglers from Yorkshire ..I remember years ago fishing a national when I was in niddmen and we enlisted Alan scothorne to show us pegs on Trent embankment and we had a lad keV guy who was a master on the waggler ..I remember scothorne standing behind him and shaking his head ..said he.d never seen anyone run a waggler down a river like it .lads like steve Webb .billy miller mo Webley ..all top class anglers ..the list is endless ..

[guvnor]

Rex hunt

[danpy]

Dec 19, 2014 16:34:27 GMT guvnor said:

Rex hunt

so thank ya mamma for the rabbits

[jerseyman]

Its Interesting to see that people break the "best" down into catergories. It has been a privilige over the last 20 odd yrs to witness some fantastic performances, unfortunately most of them normally off the next peg.
I did like the reference to Alan though as it reminded me of the time he won the individual in Croatia, all on the slider, the rest of the section were fishing for 2nd within 10mins.
And last year ,missed out by weight after destroying the section off a peg.He is one class act.
Steve Gardener is another ,who just catches fish where ever he goes.

My last bloke would be local lad, who has managed to get into a Rive Team in France, not a big thing taken globally , but from an Island perpsective,where angling opportunities are strictly limited he's done very well to compete against the best in France[ and the rest of the world for that matter]

[darran77]

There are many fine anglers out there,
with so many well known names its hard to put a top 10 never mind a 3 or even a number 1.
But a couple that spring to mind are Chris Yates and Bob James, who are full of suprises.
But lets not forget Chris's dogs who would watch his rods for him.
daz

[zathras]

Don't forget Denis 'Fatha' White as well.
One of the most approachable anglers with years of experience.
In my opinion the Guy who won the Holme Pierrpont World match for us - I sat behind him both days (and helped him load his tackle into the transport at the end of the second day) - he kept the other teams in his section guessing and off guard, even though he had a poor peg the second day.

This list could go on for months !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Deleted]

I been pegged next to dennis white on few occasions on canal opens and winter league canal matches like you say very approachable

[tommy1]

Sharlston Dam on a hard day would sort them all out

[liftbite]

I would say international angling they are in a different league to some match men adapting to rivers,canals,lakes etc ....
In agreeance with sharlston it is a difficult lake to crack had many a blanks there in matches.

Sent from my SM-G900F using proboards

[rickylo]

Dec 20, 2014 7:59:18 GMT @tricastman said:

I been pegged next to dennis white on few occasions on canal opens and winter league canal matches like you say very approachable

Benny and Kevin Ashurst ?

[jerseyman]

in Response to the post about International Anglers, thats why i respect the England Team[though the Dutch or Germans don't tend to swop about much]They don't pick so called method experts, just blokes who can fish anywhere,anyhow

As proof of how good they actually are,once picked its rare to see a change until the bloke himself holds his hand up and decides he's either lost it, or circumstance changes which precludes him from been involved.

[guvnor]

Do match men enjoy angling as a peacefull pastime as it all seems a bit rushed to me'

[jerseyman]

Interesting Question, by defination "matchmen" suggests they are taking part in competition, so they must have some kind of buzz,adrenalin rush, at least if they are taking it seriously? However "it" only gets rushed when something goes wrong[ transport/wrong info[peg etc] or you have prepared poorly.
Match Angling isn't a side of the sport where you should be rushed, you can be a messy untidy bu**** [like me]or be tidy like most these days, but not rushed, it forces errors in decision making which rarely leads to success, after all ,most matches are won on the method or the plan you start with.

Personally,when i fished a match, then there where no half measures, poor prep= poor performance.Looking back, even when pleasure fishing,subconciously i would be trying to improve the catch rate,or get bigger fish, just didn't realise it.That probably made me enjoy some days less ,than it should have

[crofton blade]

That's why I prefer the Forum Social matches these days to open/ club matches. No pressure at all, fishing against the venue and the fish rather than my fellow matchmen/ anglers.