Aug 2026: Colin had his eight-page article on the historical viewpoint of Grayling published in the Grayling Society Journal - first two pages below.
Mar 2026:
Colin gave a talk at the Trout and Salmon Spring Gathering in Devon on the subject of Charles Cotton: The Father of Fly-Fishing.
Nov 2025: As member of the Daniel Bell Drummond Testimonial 2026 committee, Colin edited 30 articles from the likes of Rob Key, Zak Crawley, Sam Billings, Joe Denly & Ben Duckett for the DBD2026 brochure. Colin also wrote articles about Daniel's career & testimonial season for the Kent Supporters Club magazine and Kent Cricket's 2026 Club Annual.
THE TCA3 AUTHOR
COLIN M. JARMAN
COLIN
has published 35 books including official biographies of Judge Dredd
and Roy of the Rovers, as well as a Definitive History of the Ryder Cup.
Other non-fiction subjects include James Bond, Dr Who, Poker, Fred
Astaire, Sports Science, Movie Reviews & the Olympics.
Working
for over three decades in sports media, Colin appeared on TV as STATMAN
(a super-hero soccer statistician he created), was the inaugural CEO of
the Budweiser American Football League in London, and a former Hon.
Secretary of the Kent Cricket Heritage Trust.
A
member of the Society of Authors, Colin's fictional work includes
creating the sci-fi comic strip story "Futureball" for Roy of the Rovers
mag, and an optioned musical screenplay "When Stars Collide" on the
early career of Noel Coward, plus six other scripts.
He has also fished all over the USA - from coast to coast - while on various book research trips inc TCA3.
Colin at the inaugural Irv Pankey Celebrity Fishing Tournament in Los Angeles with L.A. Rams' players Robert Cox & Buford McGee. -----
While living in Sarasota/Tampa, Colin filmed "Bounty of the Bay" - a sixty-minute environmental / fishing show - in conjunction with the Florida Wildlife Commission.
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Catfish from the Tennessee River.
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Colin is a member of the Tonford Fly-Fishing Club, Maidstone Victory Angling Society and Canterbury & District Angling Association.
Redfish from Sarasota, Florida. -----
For more about Colin, please visit his personal website: ColinMJarman.com ~~~~~
8 yo Colin (far left) fly-fishing in Malawi, Africa with his family. -----