Kevin Daly
Senior Member
Just heard the sad news that Bob Church has passed away, very sad.
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RIP Bob Church
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Paul Richardson
Senior Member & Supporter
Another genuine legend lost. RIP Bob and thoughts go out to his family.
Ian Lovett
Senior Member & Supporter
Always used to read his magazine articles and books. Met him once and he was lovely. A true pioneer in angling. The world will be poorer without him.
Nick Coulthurst
Senior Member & Supporter
Very sad indeed. Feels slightly disconcerting seeing so many of the angling writers/celebrities from my youth passing away. RIP Bob and thanks for everything you did for this wonderful pastime of ours.
Jason Bean
Senior Member
I reckon he's had a good life and it comes to us all in the end...so probably deserves congratulations of making a good go of his time while he was here
Rhys Perry
Senior Member
Sad to hear it R.I.P
How old was he?
How old was he?
Joe Winstanley
Senior Member & Supporter
I reckon he's had a good life and it comes to us all in the end...so probably deserves congratulations of making a good go of his time while he was here
Spot-on Jason.
Have seen him do a few fly-casting demonstrations at various game fairs in the past. Always seemed a very positive, cheerful person. Definitely a glass half-full man. A genuine angling all-rounder as well.
Paul Collins
Senior Member
Met Bob once or twice and have read most of his books on reservoir trout fishing and benefitted enormously from doing so.
Most memorable encounter with the great man though was an early season trip to Hanningfield early 90s in church bay.
We'd been there since early morning, were very close to our 8 fish limit by lunchtime so repaired to the pub over the road for several pints of Abbot ale.
Returned to the bay and there was Bob and friends.
In the morning we'd discovered that the fish were nailed to the bottom on the 18ft contour and were suckers for green and white booby nymphs on hi speed hi D lines.
We started a drift very close to Bob and overheard the conversation with his friends, "I've tried everything, nymphs, lures, buzzers, on the top, on the bottom, haven't even had a take"
I was just dragging the booby behind the drifting boat and as we drifted past Bob at anchor I had an overwhelming desire to transfer at least one of the lunchtime pints to the reservoir, as I was doing so, exactly opposite Bob the rod went over and I was playing a decent trout in one hand holding my member in the other pointing it directly at Bob, in full flow.
To be fair he never complained but what a memory.
Most memorable encounter with the great man though was an early season trip to Hanningfield early 90s in church bay.
We'd been there since early morning, were very close to our 8 fish limit by lunchtime so repaired to the pub over the road for several pints of Abbot ale.
Returned to the bay and there was Bob and friends.
In the morning we'd discovered that the fish were nailed to the bottom on the 18ft contour and were suckers for green and white booby nymphs on hi speed hi D lines.
We started a drift very close to Bob and overheard the conversation with his friends, "I've tried everything, nymphs, lures, buzzers, on the top, on the bottom, haven't even had a take"
I was just dragging the booby behind the drifting boat and as we drifted past Bob at anchor I had an overwhelming desire to transfer at least one of the lunchtime pints to the reservoir, as I was doing so, exactly opposite Bob the rod went over and I was playing a decent trout in one hand holding my member in the other pointing it directly at Bob, in full flow.
To be fair he never complained but what a memory.