CREEL: A FISHING MAGAZINE. Volume 3, number 1. July 1965.

Creel Magazine, Editor - John Nixon.

Published by Angling Publications. London. 1965

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1965). July 1965 - Volume three, issue one. 4to stapled paperback (216 x 277mm). Pp42. Colour and b/w photographs and illustrations. Slight use but a very good copy. Founded and originally edited by Bernard Venables, illustrated with colour photographs, mainly by Michael Prichard, and with illustrations by Venables and others, Creel was, and still is, the most highly respected angling journal. It attracted the best writers whose style and ethos are still admired today. Venables is listed on the title-page as Editor until December 1964, then from February 1965 onwards John Nixon is given as Editor and Michael Prichard as Art Editor. (Prichard was mentioned as Photographer and Art Editor from the very first issue, but did not make it to the title-page until after Venables had left). Contents of this issue include:- Creel diary; Some aspects of rod design by Fred Buller; Black bream over Kingmere (photo feature) by John Nixon; Terylene - the duffer's friend by Ralph R. Whitaker; Back on the hard stuff by Richard Walker; Spinning for salmon by A.V. Oglesby; Letters to the editor; For your bookshelf; Sea column by Clive Gammon; The unmistakable perches by Prof. A.F. Magri Mac Mahon; The cauldron of the gods by Kenneth Morris; The coming of the carp by John Nixon; Full creels by William T. Bowman; Fishing inside out by E.L. Matthews; Beware the thigh ripper by Ewan Clarkson; With the specimen hunters; Big barbel by Fred J. Taylor; Sportsman's shopping guide; Classified advertisements. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: CREEL: A FISHING MAGAZINE. Volume 3, number 1. July 1965.
• Publisher: Angling Publications. London. 1965
• Binding: Soft cover