and adding the reasons why I made them. We hope you'll find them informative and interesting if and when you have time to view. 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. . Martin and I have committed four and a half years of our lives trying to make the series of eight one hour films a bit special. I’m filming and editing day and night, it will cost me half a million quid, and if I don’t run out of money and time then we hope to have it complete by the winter of 2008.

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lot happens then everything happens – just like fishing.”… and another …“Caught in Time is another masterpiece, my favourite yet, a carp anglers dream Winter outings to the Hampshire Avon after those legendary roach were memorable not just for the occasional two pounder but for the three bitterns that kept flying past - a real treat.P.S. To give you an idea of the response to the films, here’s a small selection of the comments in the press and on your blogs: Another lifetime ambition is to do more fly fishing, so Loch Corrib in Western Ireland with friend Steve Yeo provided the ultimate challenge ... all we caught was a salmon. The brownies on the River Test are a lot easier. Here's MP Charles Walker with a nice one and my 'ghillie' John Slader with a big one. For many years I'd wanted to go Bonefishing, so eventually I went with John on one of Graham Peplar’s trips to the Bahamas for a few days. What a wonderful holiday, warm sun, blue sea, white sand and silver fish...they pull a bit too! Our aim is to try to promote our sport by showing the benefits angling brings to the environment and society as a whole, so this is our schedule: yrs. later he has raised the bar, setting an even higher standard with a series that features awesome underwater footage…”

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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. I have been a mad keen angler all my life, and ever since I caught a large roach when still a small boy, big redfins have been my favourite quarry. However, I love all forms of angling and it’s given me so much enjoyment that like “A Passion for Angling”, [ which I made for the BBC with Chris Yates and Bob James ], this new series of films will try to repay this debt of gratitude by benefiting angling as a whole, by showing fishing in a good light, and encouraging more into the sport. Martin and I are well aware that we could achieve this best if we manage to get a showing on television and there is considerable interest from several channels. We’ll keep you posted. In this International Year of Biodiversity, I was surprised to learn that of the World’s known species, 40% of them live in freshwater habitats, so there is still a lot of conservation filming for Sue and I to do if we’re to make a difference. In fact, all of us should get out there and contribute to the pressing need to conserve our precious and increasingly rare freshwater fish. If we don’t, I fear that all our ‘impossible’ sized fish will be consigned to history. On a happier note, perhaps our highlight of the year was a gathering of the "Catching" crew on the Test, friend John Slader kindly fixing us a day on the Orvis beat. Bernard, Martin and I hadn't shared a river bank together since we completed the series, so it was a splendid day, especially as we all caught plenty of "Spotty Herberts". Sue's cake went down well too. 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.When Martin Bowler, Bernard Cribbins and I started filming on July 22nd 2004, our ultimate goal was to get the series shown on terrestrial television. Our aim was to raise the profile of angling and Britain’s freshwater fish and if we succeeded, it would help to highlight the many problems facing our fish.