CREEL: A FISHING MAGAZINE. Volume 2, number 7. January 1965.

January 1965 - Volume two, issue seven. 4to stapled paperback (216 x 277mm). Pp34. 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; Sea column by Clive Gammon - 'A stolen weekend'; Catching big pond trout by William Currie; Eels from marshland dykes by Geoffrey Bucknall; Giving movement to flies and baits by V. Teige O'Donovan; One day's fishing by Jim Wheat; Denizens of the reed beds (colour feature) by Harry Tallent; Trap those chub on natural baits by Jack C. Cairns; The portly cod is an important fellow by Professor A.F. Magri Mac Mahon, art work by Arthur Smith; Flamborough Head by E. Merritt; South Africa's bluefin bonus (colour feature) by Kenneth Morris; Fishing afar... over Skelligs (picture feature) - Leslie Moncrieff returns to the Atlantic coast of Ireland; To catch a salmon (a basic approach to this problem) by Tim Olsen; The missing crab by Sid Luen; Unlucky for some... by James Wood; A light-hearted look at getting a dinghy by Ronald Pearsall; Letters to the editor; Photography column and book reviews; Classified advertisements and tackle reviews.