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Age
39
Hometown Christchurch,
Dorset
Occupation
Maintenance Manager
PB list
Barbel 13lb 4oz, Carp 24lb 12oz, Chub 7lb, Perch 3lb 1oz,
Pike 18lb 3oz, Grayling 2lb 4oz, Roach 1lb 15oz, Dace 14oz,
Tench 8lb 7oz, Crucian Carp 3lb 10oz
Favourite species
Barbel, Chub and Crucian Carp
Favourite bait
Lamprey pellets and Spiced Liver and Lamprey Boilies
Favourite method
Ledger fishing clear waters, fishing for fish you’ve
spotted from the bank.
Favourite venue
River Venue – Hampshire Avon, Stillwater Venue –
Beeches Brook
Profile I enjoy the challenge
of a new venue and will be looking over the coming seasons
to broaden my horizons by fishing numerous new river and stillwater
venues and will no doubt be joined along the way by many friends
that I have developed through my fishing. So if you see me
out and about on the banks, come on over and have a chat,
I’m sure I’ll no doubt have a spare cup that we
can share a brew or two over.
I’ve also recently become the regional
organiser for the Barbel Society for the Hampshire and Dorset
region, no doubt this will bring with it some fresh challenges
and I only hope that my time and effort that I put into this
is worthwhile and increases the profile of the Barbel Society
and all the good work that it does both locally and nationally
for Barbel angling as a whole.
Outside of fishing, I enjoy watching all forms
of motorsport, watch and play a little football every now
and again and I’m a Portsmouth fan for my sins. I also
enjoy films and concerts and have a extremely varied taste
in music.
Angling highlights
I’ve had some great opportunities to meet many anglers
along my journey of fishing and have learnt many things along
the way. One of the things that I was quick to pick up on
was that if you can’t put in the time or the effort,
you can’t expect to reap the reward.
I think my angling highlight came earlier
this year when fishing the Hampshire Avon Parlour Pool on
the Royalty. Having spent the previous day focusing on where
the fish were and carefully baiting up an area, I fished it
the following day and was rewarded with a catch of 5 barbel,
3 of which were double figure fish including my new PB of
13lb 4oz, beating my previous best by just a single ounce.
What's the future
for your fishing I am looking
to start to put a little back into fishing after it has given
me so much enjoyment over the years. I regularly take out
young anglers without any transportation and also try to help
them to achieve their own personal goals by sharing a little
of the experiences I’ve learnt along the way.
I also very much like writing about my fishing
and plan on the future to try and share some of methods and
ideas through the angling press by writing articles for the
weekly and monthly magazines. Who knows, one day when I’m
older, I may even write a book.
Some personal goals include actually going
out and targeting Roach in an aim to catch my first 2lb fish,
there are plenty of waters local to me that can easily produce
a fish of this size, so really I have no excuse other than
to get out there and try.
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