Colin Mercer
Colin Mercer

Colin Mercer Colin grew up on Merseyside and spent his early years fishing the Leeds-Liverpool Canal around Lydiate and Maghull. Keen to know how it felt to actually catch a fish, he then started travelling to Ireland every spring, enjoying trips to Cavan, Athlone and the other prolific venues. Following some success at the old hot water outflow stretch of Trawsfynnd lake in Wales, he was invited to... 

Mark Murdoch
Mark Murdoch

Mark was brought up on the Leeds Liverpool Canal and places such as River Ribble, River Dane. He started match fishing in 1980 and soon got involved with Widnes Angling Centre Match Team. He moved to London in 1984 where he was attracted to big carp and so got involved with the specimen world and fished various places in the Colne Valley and travelled to places such as Southern Spain in search of specimen... 

Jake Marshall
Jake Marshall

One of my first memories of fishing was when I was around five years old and was at White Acres complex in Cornwall with my Mum, Dad and Brother. Me and my Dad were walking around the lakes on the day before the ‘festival’ was due to begin. We stumbled across one of his pal’s and sat with him for a while as he practised on Pollawyn. My Dad, Adrian, took one of his top kits, took a... 

Stewart Lister
Stewart Lister

Stewart is a born and bred Yorkshire man now living the ‘Ex pat life’ in Cornwall! Born in Morley, in the old West Riding of Yorkshire. He is an ardent Leeds United fan but unfortunately has not seen them in the flesh for quite a few years. He is also a lifelong cricket fan and apart from fishing spends hours watching England on the box, usually hoping for that elusive win. He has very fond memories... 

Joe Carass
Joe Carass

Tom Scholey talks to Fishing4Fun blogger, and Garbolino match ace Joe Carass. How long have you been fishing, and how did you start? I started fishing when I was 5. I used to walk around the local gravel pits with my dad and watch the other anglers fish, I decided I really wanted to have a go! My dad bought me an Argos fishing kit and took me on the River Nidd where I caught my first fish, a gudgeon!!!!... 

Mark Wragg
Mark Wragg

To introduce myself, my name is Mark Wragg (better known as Wraggy to my friends) I’m very nearly 44 years old but spend a lot of my time trying to convince people that I’m in my early thirties, including my own kids! God loves a tryer though! I’m a born and bred Sheffielder, and an avid Sheffield United fan, though the less said about that the better at the moment! I’ve been fishing since... 

Tom Scholey
Tom Scholey

Tom first started fishing aged seven, after trying deep sea fishing on a family holiday. Returning back home to his native Sheffield, he decided to give coarse fishing a go, and after two unsuccessful trips, finally managed to catch a fish on his third outing, after a fellow angler showed him the basics! After this he was well and truly hooked however, and constanly nagging his parents to take him... 

Matt Godfrey
Matt Godfrey

Matt is one of England’s rising match stars. A regular feature in the international set up, the current U17 world champion is the only person to have won the junior world title twice. Matt began fishing at the tender age of just three years old, when he used to go and visit his grandparents who owned a caravan at Torksey in Lincolnshire. With the Fossdyke canal just a short walk from the site,... 

Bob Roberts
Bob Roberts

At Fishing 4 Fun we pride ourselves on the quality and variety of our content so who better to head up our specialist section than the massively experienced Bob Roberts. Bob began writing magazine articles for Coarse Angler magazine in 1997. Since then he’s written for Angling Times, Coarse Fishing, Improve Your Coarse Fishing, Let’s Go Coarse Fishing, Coarse Fisherman, Match Fishing, Midland...