CREEL: A FISHING MAGAZINE. Volume 4, number 9. March 1967.

March 1967 - Volume four, issue nine. 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; Rigs and tackles by Fred Buller - a spring bite indicator and methods for laying-on and float legering; Big tench in Ireland - Fred Carter outlines some places to fish and methods to use; This month in Creel - Richard Walker and Jack Hargreaves pass frank comment on the articles which appear each month; Creel Junior Field Club - Prof. A.F. Magri Mac Mahon - more creepycrawlers; Bernard Venables describes the evolution of tackle and modern rod developments; Letters to the editor; East Anglian angle on pike by Ian Gillespie; Mayfly dapping on the Irish loughs by Peter Howse; For your bookshelf; Sea column by Clive Gammon; An Avon adventure - M.A. Hall describes a holiday in Hampshire; Doubting Thomas; Return to the Islands - John Nixon shark fishing out from Las Palmas; Scottish sea angling - Laurie Robinson - Part one of a series about the coastline of Great Britain; Classified advertisements.