Gosh Ivan was iconic when I was young. All these years later you can tell he was generations ahead of his time. He was taken from us far to early and thank you so much for allowing us to enjoy his wisdom again.
❤❤❤❤😊 fantastic when was young boy in early 1970s ivan was my hero met him ray Mumford at match in theale reading area in early 80s happy memories just found out they have both pasted talked to both for long time bless them both and family I'll remember them with lots fun humble gentleman 😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉
I remember rushing home from school every Thursday, getting money from my mum, rushing to the newsagents to get my Angling Times and reading Ivan's column on the way home. As a 14 year old mad keen match angler he was an inspiration even though I didn't have a bream water within 150 miles from me. He got me to think deeply about what I was doing, 'think like a fish!' It made a difference. Too many anglers sit and look at their motionless float or tip, fire in some feed, still their float or tip sits still, they change nothing, then complain that they got a 'bad peg', then do the same again next week! Over the next 30 years I won many matches (some before I was 18) on our local match circuit, met many great anglers and have lots of wonderful memories, thanks to the inspiration of Ivan in those early years, it was life changing. Sadly I never got to meet him to thank him. RIP Ivan and Thank You
For me in was a sprint home cos I knew my Angling Times was under the couch. I was standing with Ivan, Roy Marlow and Jim Brown after a national when I was a teen. I was totally awestruck and didn't say a word to Ivan. Lol!!
@@graemeaitken1018 Thanks to Ivan I went on to win the Scottish League individual title at the age of 18. Not only that, I was presented with the trophy by Ian Heaps who was the reigning World Champion at the Scottish Federation annual dinner/dance presentation. A night to remember or it would have been if I hadn't drank so much!
Still have half of ivans bodied wagglers from the entire display card i saved up for in the seventys the other half were stuck up trees on the Norfolk broads lol many year's ago now. Many a young mans hero never forgotten always with us on the bank
Love watching the old videos you could get on VCR, Ivan was a legend in the fishing world and just listening to him talk about the way fishing is going to change regarding commercials being the future his foresight was spot on, I didn't realise how many videos there were in this library and I'm now hooked going to gradually watch them all ❤
As I remember, in the eighties, the reels did not have line clips, so you you just used a rubber band. That’s if you even bothered at all. Everybody’s knowledge levels were much less in those days. You used to see most people on the day ticket venues fishing pretty clueless and drawing blanks. They just enjoyed a Sunday out on the bank with their Argos rod, their £5 Daiwa reel and a pint of maggots. Very, very popular with fishing on terrestrial TV, though. Great days.
NO, SHOCK HORROR! You could watch Ivan bomb fishing for bream on worm at 70 yards and if I stood out there with a dustbin lid his groundbait would land in the middle every time. Sorry you probably don't know what a dustbin lid is either? before wheely bins we used to have galvanised metal bins with lids that came off. The "bin men" who emptied them every week used to carry them to the bin lorry in the street to empty them and return them empty to your back garden. Social history, a wonderful thing. To mark your distance (if you were not as good as Ivan) you could use a stop knot like you would use if fishing the slider float or use a permanent marker pen or even Tipex! I bet you don't remember that either?
@@CleanRiverFishingTV To be honest I don't think people minded that sort of thing back then, he meant absolutely no harm whatsoever. When did it all go so wrong?
@@dannyboy7715 Of course he didnt mean harm.. he was using food as an analogy. BUT of course it was a deeply racist comment of the times and culture that Ivan lived in. It's a changing world.. and I would have protected my presenter if directing him. I HAVE on many occasions. But it's still funny in its context of the times.
@@NatureSoundRetreat I wouldn't call it deeply racist at all. Surely that describes something really awful? Such as not allowing someone to do something because of their colour etc? I wasn't offered in the slightest and half of it was aimed at me!
Gosh Ivan was iconic when I was young. All these years later you can tell he was generations ahead of his time. He was taken from us far to early and thank you so much for allowing us to enjoy his wisdom again.
❤❤❤❤😊 fantastic when was young boy in early 1970s ivan was my hero met him ray Mumford at match in theale reading area in early 80s happy memories just found out they have both pasted talked to both for long time bless them both and family I'll remember them with lots fun humble gentleman 😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉
Bringing back good memories 😌 rip😊
IVAN THE LEGEND my hero when first starting fishing ,and what a lovely man RIP BUD
I remember rushing home from school every Thursday, getting money from my mum, rushing to the newsagents to get my Angling Times and reading Ivan's column on the way home. As a 14 year old mad keen match angler he was an inspiration even though I didn't have a bream water within 150 miles from me.
He got me to think deeply about what I was doing, 'think like a fish!' It made a difference. Too many anglers sit and look at their motionless float or tip, fire in some feed, still their float or tip sits still, they change nothing, then complain that they got a 'bad peg', then do the same again next week!
Over the next 30 years I won many matches (some before I was 18) on our local match circuit, met many great anglers and have lots of wonderful memories, thanks to the inspiration of Ivan in those early years, it was life changing.
Sadly I never got to meet him to thank him.
RIP Ivan and Thank You
For me in was a sprint home cos I knew my Angling Times was under the couch. I was standing with Ivan, Roy Marlow and Jim Brown after a national when I was a teen. I was totally awestruck and didn't say a word to Ivan. Lol!!
@@graemeaitken1018 Thanks to Ivan I went on to win the Scottish League individual title at the age of 18. Not only that, I was presented with the trophy by Ian Heaps who was the reigning World Champion at the Scottish Federation annual dinner/dance presentation. A night to remember or it would have been if I hadn't drank so much!
Still have half of ivans bodied wagglers from the entire display card i saved up for in the seventys the other half were stuck up trees on the Norfolk broads lol many year's ago now. Many a young mans hero never forgotten always with us on the bank
What a thoroughly nice bloke he was. Would love to have spent a day fishing with him 🎣. Ive learnt from watching this, thanks for posting 👍
I do like Ivan’s no fuss, humble approach to fishing.
Love watching the old videos you could get on VCR, Ivan was a legend in the fishing world and just listening to him talk about the way fishing is going to change regarding commercials being the future his foresight was spot on, I didn't realise how many videos there were in this library and I'm now hooked going to gradually watch them all ❤
The man was brilliant and far ahead of his time
My favourite fisherman along with Bob nudd and Alan Scotthorn and Tom Pickering .. love these xx
David Hall R.I.P
A true legend, I spent hours watching Ivan fishing matches in Evesham as a youngster in the 70s
He said judging distances and putting elastic band on DID THEY NOT HAVE LINE CLIPS IN THESE DAYS
As I remember, in the eighties, the reels did not have line clips, so you you just used a rubber band. That’s if you even bothered at all. Everybody’s knowledge levels were much less in those days. You used to see most people on the day ticket venues fishing pretty clueless and drawing blanks. They just enjoyed a Sunday out on the bank with their Argos rod, their £5 Daiwa reel and a pint of maggots. Very, very popular with fishing on terrestrial TV, though. Great days.
NO, SHOCK HORROR! You could watch Ivan bomb fishing for bream on worm at 70 yards and if I stood out there with a dustbin lid his groundbait would land in the middle every time. Sorry you probably don't know what a dustbin lid is either? before wheely bins we used to have galvanised metal bins with lids that came off. The "bin men" who emptied them every week used to carry them to the bin lorry in the street to empty them and return them empty to your back garden. Social history, a wonderful thing. To mark your distance (if you were not as good as Ivan) you could use a stop knot like you would use if fishing the slider float or use a permanent marker pen or even Tipex! I bet you don't remember that either?
In the olden days he says lol
15:50 If you wanted to catch an English person you might use fish and chips if you wanted to catch a coloured person you might use curry! 😂
Poor old Ivan.. if I was directing him TODAY, that would be a "CUT!!".. and we'll start again. SO bad really but funny!
@@CleanRiverFishingTV To be honest I don't think people minded that sort of thing back then, he meant absolutely no harm whatsoever. When did it all go so wrong?
@@dannyboy7715 Of course he didnt mean harm.. he was using food as an analogy. BUT of course it was a deeply racist comment of the times and culture that Ivan lived in. It's a changing world.. and I would have protected my presenter if directing him. I HAVE on many occasions. But it's still funny in its context of the times.
@@NatureSoundRetreat I wouldn't call it deeply racist at all. Surely that describes something really awful? Such as not allowing someone to do something because of their colour etc? I wasn't offered in the slightest and half of it was aimed at me!
Look at us now a Hindu priminister a Muslim mayor I have a black doctor and an Asian dentist !
Everything he says was available to the angular so they thought ITS ALOT MORE AVAILABLE NOW BEING 13 2 23
Plastic baits i dont think existed as he saying about making your maggots float well plastic maggots float
He said they all count foul hooked BUT DO THEY???