If we can inspire the local community to care for the river and support the work of the Trust then it will be job done. I would like to say huge thank you for your films about fishing. You changed very much things in my life (in very positive meaning). Hope you are doing well. When we had finished editing the films last week, I had a memorable day of celebration with Chris Yates and Trevor Harrop (of roach project fame – see links). We fished in a peaceful little lake, caught lots of good roach to a pound and one or two good perch, and all this was interspersed by generous quantities of kelly kettle tea and big slices of Sue’s famous cake. What a great day. This will be shown on “Springwatch” on the 7th June I believe, with further short sequences to be shown on the 8th, 9th and 10th June. I will be concentrating on the River Wensum’s roach, barbel and trout, and maybe carp and tench on some of the local lakes. On April 28th I filmed roach spawning for the Avon Roach Project and hope to add barbel spawning on the Wensum, maybe even ‘live’ on the box. Lifelines-An Anthology of Angling Anecdotes, and More…‘’ NAROD Publishing, 2021. A collection of 27 short stories centred around angling by 27 different authors including 16.6 by Chris Yates.

A Passion For Angling - The Complete Series [2DVD-SET] A Passion For Angling - The Complete Series [2DVD-SET]

The only sad aspect of all this success is the decline of so much of our available fishing. The series title ‘Catching the Impossible’ was simply a device as nothing is impossible … but it is now! Martin believes that attempting to make the series today would be madness and it took us more than four years when it was possible. Many of our rivers have declined so much that many of our targets are simply out of reach. Then in May, fishing with a pole on a carp lake, I had seven roach over two pounds, with a best of 2lb 10oz…a wonderful days fishing as it included a 7lb 14oz tench ; I never knew elastic could stretch so far! The two anglers are clearly very skilled anglers as well as passionate about their sport, nature and wildlife. The photography and filming in these wonderful locations is far beyond anything you would expect for a fishing documentary, the atmosphere is incredible. Then on the glorious 16th I joined Chris Yates so we could chill out on a lovely little crucian lake and enjoy tea and Sue’s delicious cake. We caught lots of tench too, and plenty of crucians up to 2lb 4oz. Chris returned there the next day and got a PB crucian of 2lb 151/2oz (no picture of that one sadly as I had to edit film No 7).This is a wonderful series about angling, however the photography and scenery make this a must even if your not into fishing. The different episodes show a variety of locations as well as styles of angling and species of fish as the quarry. Being a wildlife film-maker I’m constantly in search of new stories, and I was aware that not much has ever been shown on television of freshwater fish and their natural behaviour, underwater and truly wild. There has always been an enthusiastic audience for British wildlife so what better than to show them something they’d never seen. We’re beginning to get to grips with this new challenge and the results are fascinating, in fact I almost enjoy filming fish as much as catching them - but not quite ! I tried to get this message across on the BBC's "Springwatch" last year but I was 'dumbed down'...and I was pretty dumb already! But Sue and I and our friends will continue to make films in the hope of improving our fish life in the future. None of this would have been possible without my computer guru, Chris Wild, for he patiently steered me through the labyrinth of computer editing. He's a fishing pal now and I helped him catch this 2lb 4oz crucian, several others too, and during his first attempt at pole fishing – impressive. Trev and I enjoyed some wonderful sunny days too, in between finishing the final programmes of the series.

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Hello Hugh. I've just watched the first two episodes of APFA for the second time and almost cried with joy - again. There simply isn't anything better about fishing around! Rodger McPhail (illustrator). (Hardcover, 1993). 1993 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp191. Colour photographs throughout, b/w illustrations by Rodger McPhail. Green boards, gilt titles. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. First edition, first printing. This book was first published to accompany the BBC TV series of the same name. It "tells of a fishing adventure which takes .Chris Yates, Bob James and Hugh Miles across Britain. Redmire, the Spey, the Kennet and the Avon. Carp, salmon, trout, barbel, pike, roach, tench, chub, rudd, grayling and gudgeon. .Maybe you have an idea, where i can buy one. I am from Czech republic, currently living in Germany. If you don't, never mind... then i have to wait. The last three films of the series should be available in early November, then I plan to do a lot more fishing.