I feel able to make a post now.
Bryan was my best fishing mate for years, especially after Syd Meads died. I wasn't in his class, but we always had a £1 bet in Opens. When I fancied trying bowling he put me, as a complete beginner, in his teams (both indoor and outdoor), saying that he only put his friends in his teams. That was quite something when you think that in his time as a bowler he played no fewer than 23 times in All-England Championships at Worthing and Skegness. He was a quite exceptional bowler and won County Championships many times.
He was captain of Wisbech National and Winter League sides for years. And although a noted bream angler he was just as good at roach fishing. He just fished for whatever he thought would win the match, and he won Opens on all the four major Fenland Rivers as well as many times on the Fenland drains. And he and Syd and Syd Jnr used to dominate the Ballinasloe Festival for years.
When I had an attack of Vertigo on Decoy he was the one who packed up and drove me home. We had a minute's silence before our Spratts match on Wednesday, to remember him.
Every time I fish I think of Bryan, because his advice was always: Keep it Simple.