CREEL: A FISHING MAGAZINE. Volume 2, number 1. July 1964.

July 1964 - Volume two, issue one. 4to stapled paperback (216 x 277mm). Pp46. Colour and b/w photographs and illustrations.

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:- Leader; Creel diary; Bernard Venables goes fishing; Sea trout in saltwater by Harry Tallent; Salmon of summer spates by R.V. Righyni; Chub from impossible places by Ken Seaman; Grey mullet in Ireland by Peter O'Dowd; Sea column by Clive Gammon; Babbling brooks by Noel Brett Young; Summer on the Avon by Lloyd Gladstone Gough; Book reviews; Mr. Willows; A river run by sea trout and salmon - R.V. Righyni analyses and advises (Creel colour feature); Foray To Mazatlan by Ralph R. Whitaker; Creel competition; The well-fished worm for salmon by Ian Field; What to see in July by Professor A.F. Magri Mac Mahon; Presenting a coachman by Frederick E. Mould; A pleasure of rivers by Jim Wheat and E.A. Crutch; Bass come to Yorkshire by Frank Dixey; Plaice are on the mussel beds by Leslie Moncrieff; Lochinver, Ullapool by Michael Shepley.