Joseph’s Chair
A vintage tackle dealers story by Peter Carman. Just another telephone call, “About your advertisement – I have some fishing tackle, unfortunately it won’t be used any more. Some of it is quite old.” Let me explain. I am a collector, but like a lot of us, I sell a little, swap a little and [...]
The Caught by the River Social Club
A get together of Caught by the River contributors made the landlord of a central London pub very happy last week. Hands were shook, pints were bought, greetings were traded and Robin, Andrew and myself thanked everyone present for playing a part in the development and progress of this site over the last three years. [...]
A Year of Fishing Volume 1.
25 February 2010 // Caught By...
Winter Pike featuring Fred J Taylor and Richard Walker Listen to it as a CBTR podcast or download free from our itunes page. Review by John Andrews. until the last surviving thames professional roger wyndham-barnes untied his punt at shiplake and took anglers downstream to his favourite weirpool, the best thing to have come out [...]
Pike Drama
24 February 2010 // Caught By...
Nick Small chanced upon this amazing photo on Flickr at the weekend. The drama of it blew us away so we got in touch with the guy and this is what he told us; ….All this happen last monday..We are fishermen first and we have great access to beautifull scotland ..I take friends out fishing [...]
Fisherman’s Story of the Year, 1952
19 February 2010 // Caught By...
”In the early hours of the 13th of September last (4.45 a.m, to be exact), Richard Walker, of Hitchin, was in his tent beside Redmire Pool in the West Country”….. B.B, on the day that Richard met Clarissa, from Country Fair magazine, December 1952. click HERE to see the story as it originally appeared.
Fisherman’s Story of the Year, 1952.
18 February 2010 // Caught By...
Introduction by Jon Berry. It is all but impossible to imagine carp fishing before Walker caught his 44-pounder from Redmire in September 1952. The small band of carp fishers in post-war England doubtless knew of Albert Buckley and of the mysterious Otto Overbeck, but big fish were scarce and those chasing them scarcer still. BB’s [...]
Silver Out – Silver In
13 January 2010 // Caught By...
Wild West Greybacks by Richard Worthy Charlie Bettinson. Golitha Falls, 28th Nov 1974. 24lbs 38” Fast moving water crashes onto granite as its spume is thrown into the dull winter’s light, expressed by the gullies, cuts and crevices through which this relentless flow presses and thunders. December lies heavy at Golitha Falls on the Fowey [...]
Points Of Interest
11 December 2009 // Caught By... //Miscellany //Rivers Book
Those sharp eyed amongst you may have noticed that Caught By The River has moved with the times and joined both Twitter and Facebook. To follow us or become our friend, just click on the icons at the top right-hand side of the screen or the links embedded above. We’re going to try to make [...]
Restocking The Rivers
3 December 2009 // Caught By...
Nice bit of London based piscine positivity here. Thanks to Anna at the Outdoor Swimming Society for alerting us to this.
CBTR 5
25 November 2009 // Caught By... //Music
The Fifth in our series of river themed compilations will be available to members as a free download, early next week. Once again, Jon Savage, has been kind enough to dive in to his vast record collection and pull out watery treats from artists such as Burning Spear, The 13th Floor Elevators and John Fahey. [...]
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