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ROB MAYLIN and FRIENDS
w i th his humorous tales o f li fe i n th e Co l n e Va l l ey. I wa s ve ry
fo rtunate to have known Ro d , to h ave f i s h ed w i t h h i m, l i s te n e d
to his stories and to be a b le to c a ll h i m a f ri e n d . B u t i n a l l
h o nesty, it was more than t h at – h e wa s my h e ro , a n d my o n e
re gret is that I probably n eve r to l d hi m.
A nyway, this is my stor y o f o u r re la t i o n s h i p … He k n e w
t h ousands of carp anglers i n m any co un t r i e s , n eve r yo n e w i l l
h ave their own stories to te ll , b ut t h i s i s o u rs …
L i ke many carp an glers o f my e ra , we f i r s t h e a rd o f Ro d
t h rough his early writing. A r t i c le s o n hi s e a rly p i o n e e ri n g o f
p a rticle fishing were p ubl i s he d i n t h e s eve n t i e s , a n d l a te r h i s
f r i endship with Chris Yate s at Re dm i re wa s l eg e n d a ry. B u t i t
was when he came south to f i sh a t a la ke in D e n h a m ca l l e d
S avay that we became friend s . I wa s f i s h i n g w i t h a ma te o f h i s ,
G e off Rendall, and it wou ld have b e en ab o u t 1 9 80 whe n o n e
evening, as we walked bac k to o u r ca rs a f te r p a c k i n g u p th a t
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