| #1  12-30-2006, 02:30 PM | ||||
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 100 Greatest anglers I see that the latest edition of Angling times ran a feature on the top 100 Anglers as voted for by their readers. John Wilson came in at No.1 with Richard Walker in the No.2 spot. I,m not sure that i'd agree. Personally I'd put Dick Walker in the top spot. Although John Wilson is a great angler, I think he's more of a personality. Dick Walker was a true pioneer & most of our fishing techniques & Tackle today are based on his ideas & tactics, especially in the Speicemin & Fly fishing fields. I suspect that a lot of younger readers are not truely aware of what he achieved.  What do other Forum members think & who would they have chosen for top spot?  __________________ One man's fish is another man's poissons http://www.deepsea.co.uk http://www.wildtrout.org     |
| #2 12-30-2006, 03:05 PM | ||||
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| Re: 100 Greatest anglers got to agree ian, dick walker would be my number one,john wilson is a tv personality but is he the greatest angler ?? what about some others who have in my view done so much in the sport jim gibbinson bob nudd alan scotthorne fred j taylor fred buller the list is endless |
| #3 12-30-2006, 04:17 PM | ||||
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| Re: 100 Greatest anglers NO CONTEST - definately Alan Yates....won over a 1000 open matches, and captained England both home and world international teams on many, many occasions....  |
| #4 12-30-2006, 04:18 PM | ||||
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| Re: 100 Greatest anglers Matt Hayes and John Wilson - Multi-disciplined anglers who bring fishing to the masses. Their influence cannot be underestimated. I think Mick Brown is catching up quickly too. Alan Yates - One of the greatest sea anglers ever. Kevin Nash - Controversial, but immensely talented carp angler. Jan Porter - Cool, calm and collected. Also an awesome match/carp angler. Steve Allmark - World Champ? Say no more. Lives for sea fishing. If it was a top 100, these guys would be in my top 10. Rob |
| #5 12-30-2006, 04:23 PM | ||||
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| Re: 100 Greatest anglers Have to agree with Steve Allmark...Fished with him in the SAMF team in Belgium...likes his Belgium beer too... ...Steve, if you're reading, you'll remember what I mean mate... |
| #6 01-02-2007, 09:02 AM | ||||
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 Re: 100 Greatest anglers As an ex-match angler it has to be: Ivan Marks Kevin Ashurst Ian Heaps And for specialist angling, Fred J Stone Dick Walker  |
| #7 01-05-2007, 05:43 PM | ||||
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 Re: 100 Greatest anglers I think the late John Sidley should be included too. Greatest Eel angler ever. He devoted his whole life to a vastly underated species. __________________ One man's fish is another man's poissons http://www.deepsea.co.uk http://www.wildtrout.org |
| #8 01-22-2007, 11:42 PM | ||||
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| Re: 100 Greatest anglers if ther gana have wilson on top spot why not MR CRABTREE? __________________ SCUPPER A COMMERCIAL TOOOO DAY! |
| #9 01-23-2007, 08:03 AM | ||||
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| Re: 100 Greatest anglers alan yates kevin nash shaun boycott-taylor __________________ obsessed is a word used by the lazy to describe the dedicated .. species hunt team winner 2005 and 2006..with old smoothy.. |
| #10 01-23-2007, 06:35 PM | ||||
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| Re: 100 Greatest anglers Dick Cleg all the way for me  |
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