Oglesby became the editor of Anglers Annual for three years during the mid-Sixties, for two decades was a weekly contributor to Shooting Times, and wrote regularly for Trout & Salmon.

Oglesby first visited the River Spey in 1957 with his mentor Eric Horsfall Turner and met up with Captain T L 'Tommy' Edwards, who was running some of the first-ever fishing courses and took him on as an assistant instructor.

From 1968 onward, Oglesby took a back seat in the running of the family business, moved to Harrogate and concentrated on making a career from angling.

In 1969 he helped to found the Association of Professional Game Angling Instructors and was its chairman for many years[3] Oglesby was a prolific writer, with a total of nine books to his own pen or co-authored.

Oglesby was most renowned for catching two huge Atlantic salmon on the Bolstrad beat of the Vosso river in Norway including one in 1973, his largest ever fish weighing 49 1/2lb.

For many years, Oglesby led fishing parties to Iceland, Alaska, Norway and Russia, usually in the company of his second wife Grace, herself an accomplished angler.

[6] Previous winners have included Sandy Leventon, Charles Jardine,[7] Hugh Miles,[8] Eoin Fairgrieve,[9] Martin Salter MP[10] and Naidre Werner.