Fat Heads and Fashion Crimes...

 

Above - Mak Baines winter fishing at Wivenhoe Match Pit, 1982 

Inspired by Mak Baines recent post, showing some very old fishing photos, I had a dig around and brushed the dust off some old prints yesterday. The quality on some is very poor, as they are copies of already blurry originals, but I think they capture the spirit of the time.

 Below - Stylish hat and ridiculous glasses. Chub fishing on the Suffolk Stour, 1992

Above - The flat top compensates (a bit ) for the specs. Me with a 2lb 12oz roach/chub hybrid from the Suffolk Stour. Yes, it looks roachy in the photo, but was definitely a hybrid. 1992.

Below - A gormless Essex Scribbler poses with 21lb pike from an "under the radar" stillwater. 2003.

 Below - The notes on the photo say it all

 Above - The Match Pit gang, 1983. All freezing our nuts off in February.

 Above - Mak Baines with legendary push bike and Rigid Man, Mark "Ducky" Taylor in top left of photo. 1982.

Above - A massive (dead) Suffolk Stour chub, found in the reeds. Estimated at between 7 and 8lbs. Before Shane realised it was a chub, he said the "carp" weighed "8 or 9lbs". 2006.

I'll post some more later this week.