Angler's Mail
Encyclopedia
Angler's Mail is a weekly angling
magazine
published in London, UK, by IPC Media.
The magazine covers aspects of modern coarse fishing
, and is on sale every Tuesday priced £1.80.
Its latest audited average weekly sale was 34,668 for the Jan-Dec 2008 issue according to The Audit Bureau of Circulations
In autumn 1965, the late John Ingham, then on sports desk at The People
newspaper, owned by Odham Press, heard Echo were to close Angler’s Mail because the circulation had fallen to 8-9,000 a week.
John said: “I spoke to the then editor of The People
and suggested it would make a very useful addition because Echo were heavily into angling. He gave it his support and it was bought for £8,000 in January 1966. I recruited new staff for a relaunch on May 6. Unfortunately the editor of The People
went home after a long meeting about the relaunch and dropped dead, but it still went ahead.
). Until John retired, not one, single computer was allowed inside the IPC offices (then King’s Reach Tower) because of the unions, until Murdoch’s revolution at Wapping. John wrote an angling column for The People
until he died aged 88 at the end of 2011
Roy Westwood became editor in 1986 and finally retired from the staff in 2002. During Roy's editorship Angler's mail became the UK's first all-colour UK angling magazine, ready for the start of the new coarse fishing season in June 1991. During the 1990s, Roy developed monthly magazine Stillwater Trout Angler. Angler’s Mail also had sister titles in Coarse Angling (editor Colin Mitchell) and, briefly, Improve Your Sea Fishing. All three magazines are no longer published. Roy still contributes to Angler’s Mail as a photographer.
In 2002 Tim Knight became Angler’s Mail editor. Today he is the second longest-serving current staff member, behind features editor Richard Howard (who started in January 1987).
Angling
Angling is a method of fishing by means of an "angle" . The hook is usually attached to a fishing line and the line is often attached to a fishing rod. Fishing rods are usually fitted with a fishing reel that functions as a mechanism for storing, retrieving and paying out the line. The hook itself...
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Magazine
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published in London, UK, by IPC Media.
The magazine covers aspects of modern coarse fishing
Coarse fishing
Coarse fishing is a term used in the United Kingdom and Ireland for angling for coarse fish, which are those types of freshwater fish other than game fish . The sport and the techniques used are particularly popular in the United Kingdom and mainland Europe.-History:The term "coarse fishing"...
, and is on sale every Tuesday priced £1.80.
Its latest audited average weekly sale was 34,668 for the Jan-Dec 2008 issue according to The Audit Bureau of Circulations
Initial launch
Angler’s Mail was first published on green newsprint in 1964 by Echo Publications, a small publishing house in the West End of London.In autumn 1965, the late John Ingham, then on sports desk at The People
The People
The People, previously known as the Sunday People, is a British tabloid Sunday-only newspaper. The paper was founded on 16 October 1881.It is published by the Trinity Mirror Group.In July 2011 it had an average daily circulation of 806,544....
newspaper, owned by Odham Press, heard Echo were to close Angler’s Mail because the circulation had fallen to 8-9,000 a week.
John said: “I spoke to the then editor of The People
The People
The People, previously known as the Sunday People, is a British tabloid Sunday-only newspaper. The paper was founded on 16 October 1881.It is published by the Trinity Mirror Group.In July 2011 it had an average daily circulation of 806,544....
and suggested it would make a very useful addition because Echo were heavily into angling. He gave it his support and it was bought for £8,000 in January 1966. I recruited new staff for a relaunch on May 6. Unfortunately the editor of The People
The People
The People, previously known as the Sunday People, is a British tabloid Sunday-only newspaper. The paper was founded on 16 October 1881.It is published by the Trinity Mirror Group.In July 2011 it had an average daily circulation of 806,544....
went home after a long meeting about the relaunch and dropped dead, but it still went ahead.
Editors and history
John Ingham became founding editor in 1966. He served 20 years with Angler’s Mail and 40 years with Odhams, which became IPC Magazines (now IPC MediaIPC Media
IPC Media , a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc., is a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.- Origins :...
). Until John retired, not one, single computer was allowed inside the IPC offices (then King’s Reach Tower) because of the unions, until Murdoch’s revolution at Wapping. John wrote an angling column for The People
The People
The People, previously known as the Sunday People, is a British tabloid Sunday-only newspaper. The paper was founded on 16 October 1881.It is published by the Trinity Mirror Group.In July 2011 it had an average daily circulation of 806,544....
until he died aged 88 at the end of 2011
Roy Westwood became editor in 1986 and finally retired from the staff in 2002. During Roy's editorship Angler's mail became the UK's first all-colour UK angling magazine, ready for the start of the new coarse fishing season in June 1991. During the 1990s, Roy developed monthly magazine Stillwater Trout Angler. Angler’s Mail also had sister titles in Coarse Angling (editor Colin Mitchell) and, briefly, Improve Your Sea Fishing. All three magazines are no longer published. Roy still contributes to Angler’s Mail as a photographer.
In 2002 Tim Knight became Angler’s Mail editor. Today he is the second longest-serving current staff member, behind features editor Richard Howard (who started in January 1987).