Neil Blood
Senior Member
I was unfortunate enough to renew my subscription to Coarse Angling Today, just as they changed the format to one which followed the failed Coarse Fisherman model i.e articles full of product placement and worse still full page advertisements with the CAT verdict on the contained products.
There was also a switch to features by deemed fashionable young anglers, with an obvious aim at a specific target market. Overall the quality of articles has slipped dramatically and it was on reading one pointless article by a particular young angler catching 2lb and 3lb Chub, where nobody bothered to deal with the red eye reduction on the photos, that I felt a need to complain.
The reply I received stated mine was the only such complaint regarding the new format, and that the old model was no longer viable.
I'd be very surprised is this mag lasts another year or two, it really has gone down than pan!
There was also a switch to features by deemed fashionable young anglers, with an obvious aim at a specific target market. Overall the quality of articles has slipped dramatically and it was on reading one pointless article by a particular young angler catching 2lb and 3lb Chub, where nobody bothered to deal with the red eye reduction on the photos, that I felt a need to complain.
The reply I received stated mine was the only such complaint regarding the new format, and that the old model was no longer viable.
I'd be very surprised is this mag lasts another year or two, it really has gone down than pan!