Bolt rig for carp fishing
The original Hooklinks illustrations were Black and White line art providing the likes of top publishers Anness, Boxtree, Crowood and authors of the calibre of John Wilson, Bob Nudd with the power to get across the detail of how they fish.
Revealing in fact some of the intimate detail that had contributed to putting them at the top of their profession. They continue to stay there too!
John Wilson took his talent on to the TV screen with his Anglia Television series ‘Go Fishing’ which also provided a series of books detailing the techniques and methods he was using in his series.
As will be seen in the video pages he also interpreted the value of using these illustrations in his Kazan River Production angling videos.
Many of these very popular books have to be reprinted from time to time to keep abreast of demand and may be available from one or more of the major book stores.
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About Me
My Name is David Batten, I have been working as an illustrator since 1985, working freelance for various individuals and publishers (Crowood, EMAP ) producing angling book and magazine illustrations. In 2000 I had a chance to go full time and set up Hooklinks to manage my work life after 30 years in engineering.
In 2001 it became evident that there was a wider market for my skills when asked to do some packaging work for 2 tackle and bait manufacturers, Korda and Innovatebaits. The latter was to see my skills pushed into web design and development.
Today all of these skills are used to provide support for a wide range of angling, fisheries and related businesses. On the journey I have taken on insurance, mortgage and NLP businesses as clients, all of whom continue to use my services today,
My angling illustration has come a long way from those humble days in the mid 80's as you will see in the various pages of my website.
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