Richard Walker (angler)

This article deals with Richard Stuart Walker, English angler. For other Richard Walkers, see: Richard Walker (disambiguation).
Dick Walker
Born
Richard Stuart Walker

(1918-05-29)29 May 1918
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Died2 August 1985(1985-08-02) (aged 67)
EducationGonville and Caius College, Cambridge
SubjectAngler, Author, Journalist & Broadcaster
SpousePat Marston Walker

Richard Stuart Walker (29 May 1918 – 2 August 1985) was an English angler.

Walker was the first angler to apply scientific thought to angling and wrote many books on the sport. He also wrote for the angling press, most notably for the Angling Times, Trout & Salmon and Fly Dressers' Guild Newsletter. He held the record for a carp in the UK for 28 years with a fish of 44 pounds (20 kg) caught at Redmire pool in Herefordshire.