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ask if I can post this message on your website. email your Views to clive@angling-news.co.uk Hi Clive,
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You may already be aware of what I am doing but if not, please take time to visit our website, where you will find lots of information as well as a short film and all of our recent press releases. If you are interested then I would be really pleased to have you mention us on your site. < I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convienience. Best Regards &
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Luke ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Hi Clive, Hello everybody, I'm looking for anybody who has a story about how Angling has helped improve their lives. Specifically, I'd like to hear from anyone who has personal experience of mental health problems, and how Angling has benefited their mental health. Maybe it has helped you deal with depression or anxiety, gain in confidence, or rebuild a social life? I work for the mental health charity Mind, which is involved in England's first national anti-stigma and discrimination campaign called Time to Change. Research has shown that discrimination is best reduced through social contact and Time to Change's Get Moving project aims to organise mass participation events throughout the country where people with and without experience of mental distress can take part together. Get Moving events are based around a physical activity as much research has pointed to the benefits exercise has on our mental as well as physical health, some research even suggests it can be as effective as medication. So, we'd like to hear from anyone who would be willing to share their story with Get Moving and help us raise the profile of our campaign. <>Please email me at p.hardy@mind.org.uk if you would like to know more about Time to Change, Get Moving or how we'd like you to be involved. Thanks a lotPeter Hardy <>Get Moving Project Assistant Tel: 020 8215 2349 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hi Clive I am a candidate for West Midlands region for Libertas.eu <www.libertas.eu/uk> party for European Elections on June 4th and was told today by an angler that a new directive is coming in that all fishing ponds, lakes must be fenced in by 2010 and not just around lake but up by waters edge. Please can someone fill me in with more details so I can argue this corner! I am a farmer and farmer's wife so already have to contend with many EU directives, as Brussels makes 8 out of 10 laws in the UK. Libertas is for a democratic, accountable & transparent europe, putting up candidates throughout Europe in June.The only way to bring a holt to the corruption and un elected bureaucrats is to have a large enough party! Thank you. Zigi Davenport <zigi@allalps.com> ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I am writing to you regarding the Channel 5 TV show - Extreme Fishing with Robson Green. Each country Robson fished throughout the program he hired the services of a fishing guide. The new second series which has already been running for some weeks takes Robson on fishing adventures to Australia, Canada, Alaska and more. On April 13th Channel 5 will air the episode of Extreme Fishing with Robson Green filmed in Thailand. I was hired to guide Robson for the entire Thailand show, and so the following is my personal account of the 6 days filming with Robson Green and the fishing which entailed. This is somewhat of an exclusive insight into the Thailand episode as it has not yet been released on TV, we caught so many fabulous fish that they may not all make it to the final 1 hour cut - and I too have no idea which will be included and which will not until the night! I formed my guiding company
Fish Thailand (www.fishthailand.co.uk)
5 years ago and since have guided globe trotting anglers from over 50
different countries fishing all over Thailand. IWC Media
first contacted me about the filming 5 weeks prior to the shoot - I
felt very honored that my Fish Thailand Team and myself was requested
to guide the entire Extreme Fishing Thailand episode. Out of 6 days
filming there was only 4 days allocated to catch some of the wildest,
biggest and most elusive freshwater fish in Thailand from 4 different
provinces - a day for each venue!
Fishing and filming with
Robson Green was a wonderful experience and I can honestly say he has a
rare gift of kindness, honesty & humour coupled with a genuine
interest in people & their experiences. After meeting Robson for
the first time it immediately felt as though we were not
filming - nothing was staged like I had almost expected it to be and
there were many times I didn't even realise they were filming Robson
& myself; just two fishermen enjoying the moment. To me this is the
purest kind of fishing program where there are no tricks, the test of a
fishing show is not only the catching, but also the
struggling & the occasional blanks. If
I didn't manage to get Robson on the fish in the
day allocated, there would be no 'extra time' it would have
been a blank but it would still have made TV - and great TV
at that because of Robson, the crew and how they capture the moment.
For the Thailand episode
however, every day of the four days fishing went perfectly. We fished
on a river for freshwater stingray which the world has been hearing so
much about recently and in just 1 day caught a gigantic fish around the
500lb mark. A day in the jungle fishing for Indian Carp (rohu) in a
vast dam 60km long 15km wide we caught some magnificent carp, also
caught were Mekong catfish to 50lb, arapaima, redtail catfish,
alligator gar, pacu and so much more.
What I think is very special
about the Thailand episode and the venues I guided Robson fishing to,
is that every past & future client of mine is given the same level
of guiding and opportunities to catch the fish that Robson did at the
same places as Robson fished with me. If anything other clients will
catch more than Robson on a Fish Thailand fishing holiday because they
will not be restricted to just one day at each venue. There were no
setups, no staged fish - everything about Extreme Fishing with Robson
Green Thailand episode was real life fishing & true fishing
experiences.
 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Alan Campbell wrote:Hello Clive Would you know of any small club that would do a swap with us. We are an Oxford based club with a prolific stretch of the Thames at Sandford. We are looking for an exchange with a club that have a stretch of the Wye for a day outing. Thanks in advance Alan Campbell Secretary Littlemore Angling Society (Any Club interested please email me at clive@angling-news.co.uk __________________________________________________________________________________________ Angling; Emergency meeting after Welsh Federation of Coarse Anglers collapses Jan
29 2009 by Anthony Woolford, South Wales Echo http://www.hicksteadlakes.co.uk/home.html Hi, my name is Nick Tait, co-owner of HICKSTEAD LAKES fishery, West Sussex. I found your site though a mutual partner site 'Fish South East'......... I am writing to ask if you would like us to include a link to your web pages..We are already linked to uk fisherman,fish south east,the anglers trust and several bait and tackle shops, and will be adding more over the next few weeks, our site is getting increasing traffic each week, and this may benifit both of us. hope to hear from you soon. nick tait ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Dear Clive, CARP SHOW Although I'm based in the UK, there are carp anglers from all over the world on this mailing list. Therefore, I'm sure that some of you will want to know a bit about Europe's biggest carp show. If so, please click here: http://carpbargains.co.uk/carp-2009-show-zwolle _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ READER HELP Hello Clive! I am working for a film company shooting a short film on the Gower Peninsula next week and we are looking for sea creatures to put in a rock pool and film. I thought with your knowledge of the sea and the local area you may be able to help? We are looking for: A crab a hermit crab a star fish a jelly fish a sea urchin and an anemone Is there anyone that would be able to help us find/handle them for the film shoot? We of course would pay them. I hope to hear from you! Kind Regards, Vinca Petersen tel: 07772720134I email vinca@vinx.co.uk _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ came across your website which was very interesting & wondered if you could include us on you free for sale page? The lake is hundreds of years old & was re-established in 2005 when we purchased the house. We have, upto now just relied on word & mouth bookings & all have left us with positive comments, one lad even writing an article on us, which sadly no one published, you may be interested in this, please ask if so & I'll email it over to you. We are trying to get the fishing side going & so could do with any help we can get. Many thanks for taking the time to read this & we value your help & opinions.Kind Regards Sharon Wolfenden FOR SALE ITEM: Beautiful fully stocked carp lake in Northern Brittany, 30mins from St Malo. Set in stunning surroundings & edged with huge oaks, the lake is stocked with Linear, Commons & Mirror upto 35lb. Not over fished so catching is usually plentiful. Situated 1km from a village with all amenities & just 50m from two luxury gites. Parking is next to the lake as well as a bbq. Amenities on site also include a heated swimming pool, badminton, table tennis & boules etc. as well as things to keep the little ones occupied. So something for the whole family .See our website: www.fishingholidaybrittany.net or email: s.wolf@aliceadsl.fr ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hi clive, I am trying to buy a subscription to a magazine for christmas, for my friends teenager who loves carp fishing, but as i don't fish, i was looking for some expert advice. Please could you advise....there are so many!!! thanks stephen ps. he's a 12 year old boy and a novice. and I will have him subscribe to your site too. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ '''' FREE BAIT OFFER TODAY '''' Hi'' my name is Chris Fox company owner of www.bagupbaits.co.uk the bait bait company online. Please visit our new improved bait website it is full of new boosted baits at discount prices any 2 baits for £5.00 ( Also you can try our pellets for free click on free samples ) www.bagupbaits.co.uk free pellets today ( PLEASE FORWARD ON THIS FISHING EMAIL this free bait offer on to angling friends offer ends soon ) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Many thanks for your time Chris Fox WWW.BAGUPBAITS.CO.UK I came across your website which was very interesting & wondered if you could include us on you free for sale page? The lake is hundreds of years old & was re-established in 2005 when we purchased the house. We have, upto now just relied on word & mouth bookings & all have left us with positive comments, one lad even writing an article on us, which sadly no one published, you may be interested in this, please ask if so & I'll email it over to you. We are trying to get the fishing side going & so could do with any help we can get. Many thanks for taking the time to read this & we value your help & opinions. Kind Regards Sharon Wolfenden FOR SALE ITEM: Beautiful fully stocked carp lake in Northern Brittany, 30mins from St Malo. Set in stunning surroundings & edged with huge oaks, the lake is stocked with Linear, Commons & Mirror upto 35lb. Not over fished so catching is usually plentiful. Situated 1km from a village with all amenities & just 50m from two luxury gites. Parking is next to the lake as well as a bbq. Amenities on site also include a heated swimming pool, badminton, table tennis & boules etc. as well as things to keep the little ones occupied. So something for the whole family . See our website: www.fishingholidaybrittany.net or email: s.wolf@aliceadsl.fr ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hi Clive A few days ago I saw my first mink on the Taff, beside the weir at Forest Farm. I'm trying to find out if this is a known thing and if anyone might be interested in the sighting and one wildlife forum suggested that anglers might be involved in controlling mink. Do you know anything about this? Bob Magee Cardiff Hi Merlin Mink have been a pest for anglers for a while all through out the waterways in the UK for a number of years The suggestion is that they escaped from mink farms in Essex in the 1980s and have spread into most rivers. They are difficult to control and have a detriment affect on fisheries while they can be savage to humans I suggest that angling clubs should contact pest control companies to eradicate these nuisance animals. Regards Clive _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ <<<------NEED A TACKLE SHED Click on the icon if you are looking for a Quality Shed or Building for storing your fishing tackle _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WELL DONE HOLBEACH & DISTRICT ANGLING CLUB Hi Clive As you have seen we came sixth, what a result for a bunch of club anglers. It certainly made a few teams look. I must thank you as our plan was to waggler fish throughout the match, don't bother with the feeder, much the same as you do. The whole team were in agreement that the only way we would get the result we wanted was to do something different and after watching you perform, in our mind that was the way to go. When on the practice we went out for the bream on the hot bream pegs and saw three small skimmers and the odd perch, this was too much of a gamble and we would be doing the same as everyone else, feeder for the first and last hour and do anything in the middle hours. I've been fishing Nationals for 25 years for various teams and without doubt this was, thanks to your help, the best plan I have ever had. At first it did seem like a gamble but on our last practice day it confirmed it could work, and it did! I checked all the sections out on the Friday and they all looked perfect. On the South Drain the rudd were topping all over and they looked in the region of 4-6oz so we thought that would be a good draw and should be good fishing. I did the draw and managed to draw out 4 end pegs, not bad in a random draw! I was by two of my old teams, Mark One and the Royal Navy and when I opened the envelope I said to them "you know I said we would be in the top ten", I said "well make that in the top five", well as expected they took the p**s. It took the smile off there faces when the results were given out. I was chuffed to bits. As you have probably heard it fished really hard with hardly anything feeding only small perch. The one bit off advice that you mentioned, which was the best bit of info was to introduce small balls of supercup and crumb to kick start the swim, this worked for nearly all of us and was probably what got us the result. I qualified for the Individual National on the River Nene which I have fished hundreds of times in various leagues and Nationals, it's only 20 miles away so I will be up there this weekend and the next, trying to get that sorted and see if the roach are feeding yet. Once again Clive on behalf of all the lads and myself thanks for your help, without it we would never have achieved such a good result. Kind regards Arnie Palmer Captain, Holbeach and District Angling Club Hi Clive, Hope you remember me,
Arnie Palmer (Holbeach & District AC). We sat behind you for quite
sometime during your recent Super League Match, the one where you were
second. For me as captain of our team in the forthcoming Div One
National, it was a great experience to see how you approach the river
and receive the advice you freely gave to us.
During and after the
match I made notes and wondered if the methods you used would work
throughout the river and on the other two drains and whether or not you
would use the same method on all the sections of the Huntspill.
We went back to the
section on the Tuesday after the Super League, I sat on the same peg
that you drew, as I had to see if I could beat all the feeder boys on
the famous Gold Corner. I used the same set up as you as I needed to
prove to the team that I could see nothing wrong with putting a plan
around the same method. Result was I had over 12lb, the nearest feeder
weight was 4lb.
Were not Dorking or
Barnsley Blacks, but I would like to think that with a decent method,
we would hopefully finish in a respectable position.
Do you think that the
Waggler will work on all the sections?
I understand from Graham
that if the Bream show there will be some big weights, but from what I
have seen you can sit on the feeder for an hour and have nothing, which
could be 2-3lb of waggler fish. If the whole team do this from the off
then as long as the roach feed, I cant see anything wrong with
basing my team plan around it.
If you have the time to
reply what would you do? Do you think it would work for the team, as
thats what Nationals are about?
Thanks for letting us see
how you fish. As I said it was worth more to us than fishing for a week
on the venue. We would have fished the method completely the wrong way
if we had not seen how you do it.
You are a total inspiration to me and I
cant thank you enough.
Kind regards
Arnie Palmer
Captain, Holbeach &
District Angling Club
Having given my advice Watch this Space Clive SEE MY TIPS ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ STAN
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Whatever your ability, from complete novice right through to regular match angler, whatever style of coarse fishing you want to do (eg stick float, waggler float, pole float, feeder etc), whatever species of fish you are hoping to catch, I have no hesitation in unreservedly recommending Clive's angling tuition. I spent two fantastic days coarse fishing with Clive and he tailored the sessions to my individual requests. I thoroughly enjoyed myself at all times, from chatting about fishing round the breakfast table right through to catching fish after fish after fish on the riverbank. I plan to come back soon. Jon Jagger (Taunton) Jons 20lb plus bag of Dace, Grayling, Chub / See My Tuition _________________________________________________________________________________________
JUNE 16th
Close Season Opens for rivers (The EA point of view) Just heard a rumour that Llyn Jane on Anglesey is closed and being converted to a caravan park. Can you please verify this story? Best Regards Steve Norris Hi Clive ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Buy your rod licence online You can now buy your new licence for 2008/09.Any angler aged 12 years or over, fishing for salmon, trout, freshwater fish or eels in England (except the River Tweed), Wales or the Border Esk and its tributaries in Scotland must have an Environment Agency rod licence. Money from the sale of licences helps to fund our work managing fisheries. If you are caught fishing without one, you are cheating other anglers and could be fined up to £2,500. Click Here ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hello
Clive, Do you think you will return into the welsh (angling-) team ? Best wishes from Germany
Jürgen _________________________________________________________________________________________Fishing with Jurgen Opladen A new series join Jurgen and follow his fishing trips around Europe Click on line I usually put this add on the WANTED section. However I am putting this up on My Views Page as my friend Dan frm the USA is very eager to find this spare.. Clive Branson... I am looking for a front cover for a abu 505. Any 500 series reel cover will fit and I would purchase if offered. If I have to buy a complete or partial parts reel I will. E-mail me at bailes48@netzero.net I have a complete 505 in excellent condition if I can't find a cover it will be for sale if any one is interested. Hope to find cover and use this reel Thanks for everyone's help. look forward to hearing from everyone. Dan Bailey mation using
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Dear Clive, Smashing website! I love reading match angling write ups! I had the pleasure of match fishing in the UK whist studying in Nottingham some years ago. I am currently home in Malaysia and sorely miss the match angling scene over there. The competitions here are complete mayhem with anglers fishing shoulder to shoulder in a puddle! Needless to say i gave them a miss. I got my hands on pole fishing, and Ive been told im the only pole angler in this country. I try to contribute some articles to a local angling mag on pole fishing and plenty of people are interested but the tackle shops here do not carry them.I've always wondered how countries managed to get into the World championships, seems that the list mostly consists of European nations. Any chance Asian countries (like Malaysia) could participate and if so, how?I have a million and a half question to ask you on match fishing! Hopefully we can keep in touch through email.Cheers!*Dean* Angling-News ARCHIVES (Back News Click Here) TO TOP OF PAGE  |
