The response to our series has been terrific, and thank you for all your complimentary letters. We hope you enjoy the final three films, and the book if you haven’t read it yet. Also, to my delight, I have discovered that my Playstation plays the films on the correct aspect, 4:3, rather than stretched horribly, like a minnow-nibbled maggot, to 16:9 as my DVD player does (with no option to change to 4:3). Every device we sell or rent on the musicMagpie Store goes through an extensive in-house refurbishment process to ensure you're getting a great quality device for a great price. Here's everything you need to know! yrs. later he has raised the bar, setting an even higher standard with a series that features awesome underwater footage…”

A Passion for Angling DVD - River Reads

This celebration of angling and Britain’s freshwater world started its planning and research stage about four and a half years ago. Martin Bowler and I started production on July 22nd 2007, when we filmed our first “impossible”, the catching of a giant barbel of 15lbs 7ozs from the Great Ouse.Nothing is impossible of course, and if you are a specimen angler, maybe you too will rise to the challenge and see how many of our “impossibles” you can catch each year. We’d love to hear how you get on and you could let the angling press know too. We’ll try to run a competition with prizes for the angler who catches the most each year…and we hope, like us, that you won’t cheat! However, as you'll see by viewing the series 'Catching the Impossible', Martin, Bernard and friends did achieve an amazing number of goals and the story of how they did it is still out there on DVD for you to enjoy. We hope you do. Programmes seven and eight show lots of truly monstrous fish being landed, so we hope you enjoy the climax of our journey around Britain in search of “impossible” sized fish. Rodger McPhail (illustrator). (Hardcover, 1993). (1993) later reprint. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp191. Colour photographs throughout, b/w illustrations by Rodger McPhail. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. 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. .

A Passion for Angling (TV Series 1993– ) - IMDb

Joining him is that ace angler Martin Bowler who I call the “Tiger Woods of angling” because when it comes to catching fish he gets so many “holes in one”. I set our seventeen targets for the films so high that I described them as “impossible” but Martin and Bernard, along with a galaxy of eccentric friends caught almost all of them. Catching the Impossible" finally made it onto TV too, so I was on two terrestrial channels in the same week! I had spent the whole Spring versioning the films for commercial TV, which meant cutting out 11 minutes and editing for the adverts but it was worth it, for Ch 4 were delighted with the viewing figures. We actually trebled their normal audience for that crazy early morning slot, so we will be getting a repeat on Ch 4 in the Spring and in the meantime it's on Discovery.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. . I haven’t had much time for fishing in recent months but when I have escaped from the editing, it sure has been enjoyable. Roach are my favourite species and I’ve caught lots of big ones on the pole this year, with this 2lb 6oz specimen the most immaculate of several two pounders. Freshwater fish conservation is my mission in life, so our other news is also encouraging. I have finally convinced the BBC that they should be looking below the surface of our rivers and lakes for new wildlife stories and last October the BBC made a little film about me and the filming of roach and barbel in the Hampshire Avon. However, as a decision is some way off, Martin, Sue and I have decided to release the first three programmes on DVD this autumn in the hope that you will like what you see and spread the word. We can then use those opinions as ‘ammunition’ in our attempt to get the series onto the TV. 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!

Chris Yates (fisherman) - Wikipedia Chris Yates (fisherman) - Wikipedia

For carp fishing fans the episode about Redmire is great, especially as Chris Yates was once the UK Carp record holder, caught on antique rod and reel, both featured in the episode. Well worth watching if your an Angler or just enjoy great scenery. They cover Fly fishing, Carp, Pike and Perch, as well as other species. These are exciting times for Sue and I here at Chillbrook Croft as our “Catching the Impossible” is nearing completion and the release of the first three films and the book is imminent. 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. D ue to the success of “Catching the Impossible”, I was asked to film a little sequence on underwater fish for the BBC’s “ Autumnwatch”, concentrating on roach and barbel and got some lovely shots for them. I’ve been dubbed their “Rivers Man”, so watch out for me in the future on ‘Celebrity Come Dancing’ and ‘Get Me Out of Here’…no chance, I’ll be out fishing! 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).March saw me on the H.Avon trying to create a feature with "Improve Your Coarse Fishing" - I needed to! Though I didn't blank, I didn't get the two pounder that I hoped for and a few days later; despite getting a 5/4 chub on the pole, I blanked on the final day. I blamed the weather of course. Now the filming is all complete, I realise what a rare privilege it has been to explore the alien worlds of our wonderful freshwater rivers and lakes and to search for the mysterious monsters that swim in these landscapes of surprising beauty.

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

lot happens then everything happens – just like fishing.”… and another …“Caught in Time is another masterpiece, my favourite yet, a carp anglers dream An amazing underwater photographic journey along the Hampshire Avon…the like of which has never been seen before” - The Salisbury Journal.“ Martin and I have given our time free for the past four years and the films have been self-financed. This has been a gesture of gratitude for the enjoyment we have had from angling since our childhood; we hope you think our efforts are worthwhile.Ch 4 plan to repeat the series in the Spring, and if you all watch and provide them with a big audience, maybe they will give us a more ‘accessible’ slot and we can show ‘proper’ UK fishing with our best anglers to an even wider audience. The last three films of the series should be available in early November, then I plan to do a lot more fishing. Thanks to the skill and determination of Martin and friends, and the generous help of so many landowners and fisheries, the results are pretty stunning. As has been pointed out, the film’s PB list is the equal of most anglers catches for a whole lifetime, yet we’ve only been filming for three and a half years. Barbel of fifteen pounds, a forty-four pound common stalked with a float, several ten pound tench, a crucian just five ounces short of the record, a three pound river roach, a thirty two pound pike and a river record perch of five pounds four ounces - and that’s just some of the catches. Went fishing with Martin in the summer for an Angling Times feature. Nothing unusual in that you might think, but this time the tables were turned. Martin was behind the camera and I was the one who had to catch a fish! But with Martin’s advice and deadly rig, I managed a couple of good barbel, though he wouldn’t give me ten pounds for the largest. I’ve since had a couple more of about the same size, on my own this time, and they are such splendid, hard fighting fish that I wonder why I don’t fish for the golden beauties more often.