CREEL: A FISHING MAGAZINE. Volume 2, number 10. April 1965.

April 1965 - Volume two, issue ten. 4to stapled paperback (216 x 277mm). Pp38. 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:- Creel diary; Specimen eel by Harry Tallent; Seatrout - the most temperamental fish by M. Lewis; Trout in still waters by T.C. Ivens; For your bookshelf; Letters to the editor; Dough bobbin with a difference (colour feature) by G. Berth-Jones; The big grayling of Lapland by William Currie; Leads for beach and boat - a do-it-yourself picture feature by Leslie Moncrieff; The common flatfishes by Professor A.F. Magri Mac Mahon; Some impressions from Tayside (colour feature) by John Nixon; My friend Fred by Richard Walker; Carp from a lake in Hertfordshire by Neville Hunt; Sea column b Clive Gammon; Sportsman's shopping guide; Off the rocks by Trevor Housby; Classified advertisements.