CREEL: A FISHING MAGAZINE. Volume 3, number 12. June 1966.

June 1966 - Volume three, issue twelve. 4to stapled paperback (216 x 277mm). Pp40. 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:- Rigs and tackles by Fred Buller; News and reviews; An approach to small stream fishing by David Carl Forbes; A stranger in the West Country by Harry Tallent; Summer tactics for big rudd by Peter Howse; A touch of red for summer salmon by L.S. Patterson; Sea column by Clive Gammon; Light intensity by John Etherington; Physical fitness and the angler by Peter J. Drennan; Rodney by E.L. Matthews; Fish of summer; Bass from Smerwick harbour by Jim O'Sullivan; Techniques for fishing the strong tides by Leslie Moncrieff; The snows of last winter by Geoffrey Bucknall; Pilgrimage to Canterbury by John Nixon and Michael Prichard; Doubting Thomas; Fly fishing for coarse fish by Lawrence Nelson; Sophisticated eel fishing by Philip Casey; Letters to the editor; Creel junior field club by Prof. A.F. Magri MacMahon; Classified advertisements.