I suppose I’d best start by telling you a bit about myself and how I got into the world of fishing.My name is Gareth Boycott and I’m 23 years old. I first started fishing at the age of 13 when a few of my mates convincedme to go along to the local ‘Morgans Pond’ in Newport, South Wales. I somehow managed to catch two perch and a small tench fishing against a tiny set of pads on peg 23- no...
The first time i can ever remember going fishing was when i was about 8 or 9 years old. I wasn’t really intrested in fishing at the time but I knew my brother was heavilly involved with the Worksop Cadet team, and it was coming up to the the most eagilly awaited cadet, junior and intermediate matches of the year, the NFA National. It came to one of the practice sessions before the National and...
I started fishing at the age of 14,spending most of my early learning years at Dam Flask and Worsborough Reservoir This was where I learnt and developed most of my angling skills and techniques which are imperative in today’s way of angling . I spent many years team fishing intensely, with great success, but I now mainly concentrate on the commercial fishing scene, and with out fail at least once...
Known as Pat, I’m Patrick Pritchard, 36 years old, and born and bred in Wrexham, North Wales. For my sins, I am a staunch Wrexham fan - not that is much for me to shout about as we languish in the Blue Square Premier League. Fishing is my other passion, and this means you will usually find me on the bankside at least 3-4 times a week. In between, I run my own outside catering business with...
My first memory of my venture into fishing goes back to when I was about 6 years old, I had become close friends with a chap around the corner along with his family. He kept asking me to go but with other commitments like going to watch Leeds United on matchdays with my Uncle It made me continuously put it off, but one day I finally agreed, this led me into going fishing with him and his mate, his...
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 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...
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 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...
Tom Scholey talks to Fishing4Fun blogger, and Dynamite Baits 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,...
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 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 is one of England’s rising match stars. A regular feature in the international set up, the current U18 world champion is the only person to have won the junior world title three times. 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...
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...
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