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Angling History and Achievements: Represented Wales at four CIPS World Championship events, and four Home nation Championships.
Biarritz, France. Day 1, overall winner.
Vitoria, Brazil. Overall event 4th placed individual, two zone wins, highest placed UK angler, headed the table for two days, bad third day, forth zone place on final day.
Settable, Portugal. Team Gold medal, one zone win, and one zone second.
De Hanne, Belgium, Team Bronze medal, zone win, zone third. Twelth individual position.
Dover, England. Team Silver. Day1, zone winner. Day two, zone second.
Shannon, Ireland. Team Gold, 2x, s Zone 2nds.
Bridlington, England. Team, silver.
Barry, Wales. Team Silver.
Headed South Wales sea master table, twice. Regular finalist.
Zone wins at SAMF final.
Won a lot of opens on the South Wales match circuit, including big fish, big bag and catch and release matches.
Zone wins at south coast opens.
Past, County casting Champion.
Heaviest fish (some);-Bass 9lb 12oz, Cod 19lb 4oz, Conger 30lb, Hound 16lb 8oz, Pollack 9lb 10oz, Ray Blonde 17lb 7oz, Thornback, 13lb8oz, Small eye 13lb, Spotted 5lb 5oz, Wrasse 5lb.
Most memorable angling moment: Being asked to represent Wales at Home Nation then onto World Championships competitions
Winning CIPS World Championship team Gold, in Portugal.
Being in Brazil, pegged twice next to the eventual individual Gold winner and beating him on each day.
World championship zone wins.
First open win.
Releasing a 17lb cod after capture, seeing shocked faces.
Watching my son catch his first hound, and my daughter catching an 8lb cod the releasing it.
Favourite Venues: West coast Ireland. Ogmore, Sully Island, Marcross, Talacre in Wales. Chesil Beach, South east.
Future plans / Venues you would like to fish: To carry on enjoying fishing at the highest level possible, and offer help to people who struggle to catch.
Favourite Ultima products: Tapered leaders, F1 all diameters, especially 0.20dia and 0.25dia Titanium, for fixed spool simply BRILLIANT.
Favourite rigs: The one that catches! Light continental rigs. Free lining sand eels for Pollack, or better still free lining maddies for Golden Grey Mullet.
Favourite bait: Velvet peelers. Differing baits at various times of the year and what my target species is, crab, s/eel, black lug, ragworm mackerel. |
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People I would most like to meet: Ali, Elvis, Kelly Brook, KYLIE.
Favourite TV programmes: Politically uncorrect comedy, wildlife and historical documentries, some cooking programs, Floyd, Stien, Oliver.
Favourite music: All types, Chilli Peppers, Rat pack, Winehouse, Ga ga, Elvis, Paolo Nantini, in XS, Stereophonics, literally all types.
Other sports: Workouts (gym), Concerts, mixing, BBQ,s.
Likes: Seeing people enjoy themselves, Competition, good manners, a thankyou.
Dislikes: Rude people, those that have no respect for their catch and moan. Anglers who ask for advice, give them some traces show them what to do and then go and do their own thing with no leader tied or grips to their leads. Unreal.
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