Issue 88

*The comprehensive mahseer records kept by the van Ingen family, who hold the 120lb world record, are in danger of being lost for ever.

*Charles Thacher on John Heckscher, the great angling book collector who scandalised New York society.

*The Cabo Blanco Fishing Club in Peru was once the great big-game club in the world, with a membership fee of $10,000.

*Hoagy Carmichael writes on his memories of Kerr’s, the Hollywood fishing store used by superstars like Elvis and Clark Gable.

*Keith Elliott reckons that La Zona in Argentina may offer the world’s finest freshwater fishing after catching golden dorado above the world record.

*A three-volume book costing around £2500 on William Blacker looks set to be the greatest fishing modern book to be published.

*Collectors are warned to be on the lookout for fake Wyers Freres Vainqueur baits, which have been appearing on eBay.