A Passion For Angling - The Complete Series

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The series is called “Catching the Impossible”, a journey through angling, with specimen hunting at the heart of each film. Our story teller is that wonderful voice from “A Passion for Angling”, Bernard Cribbins, the difference being that this time he gets to fish, and with success and humour too. Grayling – 3lbs, Trout – 10lbs, Zander – 10lbs,Catfish – 40lbs, Salmon – any size will do, Eel – 5lbs. March saw me on the H.Avon trying to create a feature with "Improve Your Coarse Fishing" - I needed to! Though I didn't blank, I didn't get the two pounder that I hoped for and a few days later; despite getting a 5/4 chub on the pole, I blanked on the final day. I blamed the weather of course.

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I haven’t had much time for fishing in recent months but when I have escaped from the editing, it sure has been enjoyable. Roach are my favourite species and I’ve caught lots of big ones on the pole this year, with this 2lb 6oz specimen the most immaculate of several two pounders.However, as you'll see by viewing the series 'Catching the Impossible', Martin, Bernard and friends did achieve an amazing number of goals and the story of how they did it is still out there on DVD for you to enjoy. We hope you do.

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Thank you from Sue and I, Martin and Bernard for all your support and kind messages about our series. We haven't broken even yet but we're heading in the right direction. In the meantime, we'll try to enjoy our fishing as much as we always do, and we always enjoy Sue's cake! Our aim is to try to promote our sport by showing the benefits angling brings to the environment and society as a whole, so this is our schedule:

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When Martin Bowler, Bernard Cribbins and I started filming on July 22nd 2004, our ultimate goal was to get the series shown on terrestrial television. Our aim was to raise the profile of angling and Britain’s freshwater fish and if we succeeded, it would help to highlight the many problems facing our fish.

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Ch 4 plan to repeat the series in the Spring, and if you all watch and provide them with a big audience, maybe they will give us a more ‘accessible’ slot and we can show ‘proper’ UK fishing with our best anglers to an even wider audience. Since then we’ve been joined by Bernard Cribbins and a galaxy of good friends and enjoyed a wonderful journey through angling. In part, this eight programme series is a portrait of modern specimen hunting, along with other elements of course, not least the surprisingly beautiful underwater world of our treasured fish. We know that many people are already filming such favourites as carp and barbel underwater, but we have tried to show the complete variety of our freshwater species and weave their presence into our stories of their capture. No 4, “A Sport for All Seasons” is complete, No 5, a glorious journey down the Hampshire Avon called “Going Against the Flow” is virtually finished, and No 6 “A Winter’s Gift” is only awaiting its music to be composed and recorded and that will be complete too. The films contain some suitably ‘impossible’ sized fish and if they are received with the same enthusiasm as the first three, then we will be well pleased. The book is excellent and so is the filming, brilliant to watch and a pity it is not on terrestrial television.” Martin, Bernard and our friends caught eleven of our seventeen “impossibles” during our four years filming, with the other six only a few ounces short, but whatever your ambition, remember that you are meant to enjoy the quest and that fishing is just a bit of fun.

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Our series of Ch 4 films, ‘Catching the Impossible’ are still going strong and still showing on Discovery Channel. It’s a series of three DVD’s, with three one hour films on each disc and for sale on www.calmproductions.com We’ve nearly completed filming now and I have about eight months editing to go to complete the series. As some of you will be aware, we’ve been sounding out the TV channels to assess our chances of a showing next year, and contrary to reports in the press, we do have some interest from various places. Notable among them were: 15lb 7oz barbel, 4lb 4oz crucian carp, 44lb 4oz common carp – on a float! a 5lb 4oz perch, a 32lb 6oz pike and from our local River Stour, Terry Lampard caught a 7lb 4oz chub and a 3lb 5oz roach, not just “impossible” but incredible! I have been a mad keen angler all my life, and ever since I caught a large roach when still a small boy, big redfins have been my favourite quarry. However, I love all forms of angling and it’s given me so much enjoyment that like “A Passion for Angling”, [ which I made for the BBC with Chris Yates and Bob James ], this new series of films will try to repay this debt of gratitude by benefiting angling as a whole, by showing fishing in a good light, and encouraging more into the sport. Martin and I are well aware that we could achieve this best if we manage to get a showing on television and there is considerable interest from several channels. We’ll keep you posted.