CREEL: A FISHING MAGAZINE. Volume 4, number 10. April 1967.

April 1967 - Volume four, issue ten. 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:- News and reviews; Some boats for 1967; This month in Creel by Jack Hargreaves and Dick Walker; People are nearly as interesting as fish by E.L. Matthews; Stranger on the shingle - Michael Shepley leaves the pleasures of Edinburgh to sample the delights of Dungeness; Creel Junior Field Club - wrigglers by Prof. A.F. Magri Mac Mahon; Letters to the editor; Fish watching by William Nathan; Scottish sea angling - Laurie Robinson continues the series with a description of the coast from Inverness to Berwick-on-Tweed; Des Brennan describes where you can spend an island holiday; Sea column - East of Suez and West of the Sahara by Clive Gammon; Political - and practical by Geoffrey Bucknall; Doubting Thomas; Letters to the editor (Cont'd); Bernard Venables goes fishing; Roach from the River Blackwater by Clive Gammon and Michael Prichard; East Anglian angle on eels by Ian Gillespie; Rigs and tackles - Fred Buller describes the pin knot and a groundbait locator.