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- This article deals with Richard Stuart Walker, English angler. For other Richard Walkers, see: Richard Walker (disambiguation).
Richard Stuart 'Dick' Walker | |
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| Born | 29 May 1918 Hitchin, Hertfordshire |
| Died | 2 August 1985 (aged 67) |
| Education | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Subject | Angler, Author, Journalist & Broadcaster |
| Spouse | Pat Marston Walker[1] |
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Richard Stuart Walker (29 May 1918 – 2 August 1985) was an English angler.
Walker was the first angler to apply scientific thought to angling and wrote many books on the sport. He also wrote for the angling press, most notably for the Angling Times, Trout & Salmon[2] and Fly Dressers' Guild Newsletter.[3] He held the record for a carp in the UK for 28 years with a fish of 44 pounds (20 kg) caught at Redmire pool in Herefordshire.[4]
- ^ Biggleswade Today 2 June 2011
- ^ Trout & Salmon magazine April 1970 issue page 21
- ^ Fly Dressers Guild Newsletter October 1979 issue
- ^ Keith Elliott (9 November 1997). "Angling:Holy waters of Redmire". The Independent. Retrieved 25 August 2016.