A Passion For Angling - The Complete Series

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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. 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. Test showings in such places as the NEC ‘Go Fishing Show’ and the ‘Game Fair’ have been extremely encouraging, so fingers crossed that you think it will make a good Christmas present, if only to ensure we have enough cash in the kitty to pay for the completion of the rest of the series! The last three films of the series should be available in early November, then I plan to do a lot more fishing. Filming for over five years while trying to catch our “impossible” sized fish was challenging, but the enjoyment we had and the kindness and generosity shown us by the many land-owners, bailiffs and angling friends was remarkable. We can never thank them enough.

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This is a wonderful series about angling, however the photography and scenery make this a must even if your not into fishing. The different episodes show a variety of locations as well as styles of angling and species of fish as the quarry. After “A Passion for Angling”, an eager audience wanted more – only better. “Catching the Impossible” didn’t disappoint.” The only sad aspect of all this success is the decline of so much of our available fishing. The series title ‘Catching the Impossible’ was simply a device as nothing is impossible … but it is now! Martin believes that attempting to make the series today would be madness and it took us more than four years when it was possible. Many of our rivers have declined so much that many of our targets are simply out of reach. 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. One of the aspects of filming that I enjoyed most was our successful attempts to film underwater fish behaviour of all the major species. It was so exciting that I almost preferred filming fish to catching them, but not quite!

On completing the making of “Impossible”, I treated myself to a long held ambition of fishing for mahseer in S.India and Pete Reading and I had a wonderful time, catching plenty of amazing looking fish. What a beautiful place it is too. This will be shown on “Springwatch” on the 7th June I believe, with further short sequences to be shown on the 8th, 9th and 10th June. I will be concentrating on the River Wensum’s roach, barbel and trout, and maybe carp and tench on some of the local lakes. On April 28th I filmed roach spawning for the Avon Roach Project and hope to add barbel spawning on the Wensum, maybe even ‘live’ on the box. 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! 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.

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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. Described by the Angling Times as “the greatest fishing show ever made”, we have finally secured a series of showings on terrestrial television. Ch 4 will be airing the series ‘off-peak’– Sunday mornings at 07.00 from 13th June to 1st August. Yes, I know it’s early! But maybe watching it before you go out fishing will provide you with the inspiration needed to help you catch your own ‘impossible’ sized fish. An amazing underwater photographic journey along the Hampshire Avon…the like of which has never been seen before” - The Salisbury Journal.“ We’ve nearly completed filming now and I have about eight months editing to go to complete the series. As some of you will be aware, we’ve been sounding out the TV channels to assess our chances of a showing next year, and contrary to reports in the press, we do have some interest from various places. 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.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! 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. . Yates was one of two central characters in BBC2's 1993 TV series A Passion for Angling, made by Hugh Miles and also featuring Bob James, in which the pair go fishing for carp, salmon and other species across Britain. The series was shown in many countries including Mexico, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Italy, Norway and Japan. [4] Radio [ edit ] I'll eventually be posting all seven films I made for various wildlife charities last year on a new blog 'Hugh Miles - Wildlife Adventures' 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. Inscribed to a former owner by Bob James. 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. .

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I can still remember watching ‘A Passion for Angling’ and from what I’ve seen of “Catching the Impossible” it is going to be even better - Anglers’ Mail. 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. As many of you know, so long as we don’t take the catching of fish too seriously, angling can transport us to another world, a place of peace and relaxation, of sparkling rivers and mist shrouded pools. And in this increasingly manic world, we sure do need the time and space that fishing gives us. yrs. later he has raised the bar, setting an even higher standard with a series that features awesome underwater footage…”Item: 354943759598 A Passion For Angling - The Complete Series [2DVD-SET]. This is a wonderful series about angling, however the photography and scenery make this a must even if your not into fishing. The different episodes show a variety of locations as well as styles of angling and species of fish as the quarry. Run time : 300 minutes Actors : Chris Yates, Bob James Studio : Wild Wise This is a wonderful series about angling, however the photography and scenery make this a must even if your not into fishing. The different episodes show a variety of locations as well as styles of angling and species of fish as the quarry. The two anglers are clearly very skilled anglers as well as passionate about their sport, nature and wildlife. The photography and filming in these wonderful locations is far beyond anything you would expect for a fishing documentary, the atmosphere is incredible. 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. The Narration by Bernard Cribbins just adds to the overall enjoyment of what is a great adventure that the two friends take the viewer along on in each episode. Even if you saw this on TV, the DVD's are worth getting as there is an extra 15 minutes in each episode. Episodes: Childhood Dreams, Redmire Legends, In Search Of Salmon, Autumn Glory, Midwinter Madness, Monster Myths. 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). The two anglers are clearly very skilled anglers as well as passionate about their sport, nature and wildlife. The photography and filming in these wonderful locations is far beyond anything you would expect for a fishing documentary, the atmosphere is incredible. 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:

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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.Apologies if this has been spotted already, but I was watching Passion For angling today with my Son and I think I spotted a continuity error.