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Hi Clive
Just had a look at your site and i cannot find Llanbradach angling club the club has been running since 1984 and has a great stretch of the rumney river.our web site is www.llanbradachanglingclub.co.uk
The Llanbradach Angling Club was established in 1984 to provide fishing for the village of Llanbradach and surrounding areas, over the years the club has obtained fishing rights on the river Rhymney and sought to improve the quality of the river as a whole along with its fishing.

The club controls approximately one and half to two miles of fishing on the Rhymney that is leased long term and in some cases owned.  The boundaries are from the footbridge at Pwll-y-pant in the north to the little farm in the south, some of the fishing is double bank and the species available are Salmon, Sea Trout, Brown Trout, Grayling and coarse fish. Welsh International trials have been held on the waters and the internationals have found the graying fishing of a high quality
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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.
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CHRISTMAS
I would like to thank my visitors and angling friends for a good year and wish all the best and tight lines for Christmas and the New Year. Please keep all your views and comments coming plus any reports and pictures.
clivesangling@cardiffcity.net
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Hello Clive,
congratulations to the amazing Welsh result in Hungary! Some of the Welsh Anglers I remeber from the time I was in Cardiff. Ist a pity, that just half point seperates you from the Top three. Anyway, the Welsh are better anglers than football-players. Just the other way round than the germans.

Do you think you will return into the welsh (angling-) team ?

Best wishes from Germany

Jürgen

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Angle Looking at fishing through the eyes of Woman  Click here.................................................
(Ladies please send your views and articles to clive@angling-news.co.uk)
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READER REQUEST CAN YOU HELP?

Hi, I have the following old split cane fly fishing rods and I am enquiring as to whether you could help me with their valuation as I want to sell them.Their details are as follows,
Martin James “Greaves”  (Redditch England)
3 piece, fly rod, 10 ft, split cane

Forshaws of Liverpool  “Silvercrest”

3 piece, fly rod, 12.5 ft, split cane

Hardys England,  Perfection No. 5  Palakona

2 piece, fly rod, 9 ft, split cane with original case

C Farlow & Co. Ltd London,  “The Farlight” No. 2961

3 piece, fly rod, 9.5 ft, split cane

Kassnar International Ltd  (Full Graphite) London

2 piece, fly rod, 9.5 ft

Very old 3 piece split cane fly rod
11.5 ft.
There is no name on this one but it looks far older than the others.

My work email address is below.  I hope that you can help me on this matter.
Thank you, Regards,Wayne.
Wayne Rooney

FCOS Ltd

Building 6500

Avenue 6000

Cork
Airport Business Park

Cork
  Tel 021-4380370  Fax 021-4839328 Email:
wrooney@fcos.ie
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Reader Request Can you help?
From: MARGARET BOWATERTo: enq@angling-news.co.uk Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 3:31 PM

Subject: Catfish
Hi,
Can you please tell me what is the largest catfish caught with rod and line in England?  <>My son caught a large catfish yesterday and I wondered if it exceeds the current record.  <>Thanks.  <>Margaret Bowater
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WORST SUMMER
I did mention at the beggining of the year in my news letter to expect more rain in the coming years with climate change. Then it was no suprise that this summer is the worst on record with floods dominating the headlines. How about the poor fish in the middle of this. I expect it may take a long time to recover especially the midlands. It has been over 10 years now that I became victim  of the floods, loosing my house in Evesham was perhaps the worst event to happen to me. My heart is saddened for all those people (Over 1/4 million people affected) who have suffered the floods. I only hope that something good may come from this, perhaps better river defence's and relief channels should be considered. Email me your thougths to my personal email box clivebranson@cardiffcity.net

READER REQUEST CAN YOU HELP?

Dear Clive
I am trying to find a supplier of adjustable plastic line clips (as found on some bite indicators): I would be appreciate it if you have any suggestions as to who could supply these clips.Many thanks Rita   rita@sinclairtraining.fsnet.co.uk

Remember: rod licences expire on March 31, 2007

The reminder comes as nearly 500 cases of fishing without a valid rod licence were brought in front of the courts by the Environment Agency in February 2007, resulting in more than £62,000 in fines and costs.

"Fishing for salmon, trout, freshwater fish and eels in England and Wales requires a licence from the Environment Agency. Failure to have a licence is an offence. Those caught fishing illegally face tough penalties, including fines of up to £2,500 and a ban from fishing. This time around the courts fined the illegal anglers a total of £31,592 and charged them an additional £30,946 in costs," confirmed Environment Agency Head of Fisheries Dafydd Evans.

"The protection of vulnerable fish stocks and increasing fishing participation are among the Environment Agency’s key environmental objectives. The money raised through rod licence sales; some £19m, is invested directly in fisheries work that benefits all anglers."

New rod licences can be purchased from 15,000 Post Offices and other outlets which sell them; a direct debit can be set up, and for a small additional charge they can be purchased over the phone (0870 1662662) or from web site - www.environment-agency.gov.uk/rodlicence any time, day or night.

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READER REQUEST
Hi Clive can you please tell me if there is any clubs for disadvantaged children in the bridgend area that would like some surplus rods I have hanging around they are not modern rods but in good condition thanks Alan
email; abanks@talktalk.net
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BUG IN THE SYSTEM
Due to angling-news email box which has been hi-jacked by some foriegn scource ( hacker)  I have been unable to answer
readers questions and quiries lately. However I am now useing a web based email  @ 
angling_click here  Sorry about the inconvenience
. I hope to continue with out to much trouble for the near future..
Regards Clive Branson
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OLD TACKLE CAN YOU HELP!
hi Clive
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<> Many years ago I inherited my father's fishing tackle and I've been keeping it dry and warm for nearly 40 years ! I've been thinking of selling it (I think there are some worthwhile items) but have no idea of its value.  Briefly the kit comprises:- an Aspindale Severndale split cane match rod (which my father used to fish the all-England on many occasions) in the original bag, it looks flawless, has all the original bungs in the ferrels etc. (unused since 1964 and hung up in a wardrobe in the spare bedroom). There is also a Hardy Conquest 4 1/8" reel in perfect condition and in the original box with price £4/4/-  (4 guineas) which I suspect is worth selling. Both of these items are at least 50 years old. the rest of the kit ( casts, floats, ambidex centre pin reel etc) is in a wicker fishing basket of the same vintage. There is a second anonymous split cane rod. Would you or could you recommend someone who can give me an idea of the value of such things ?  Any help would be much appreciated Thanks, Pete Veasey pete.veasey@talktalk.net


Reader request Can You Help!
Dear Mr. Branson,
We from the Italian Headquarters of the European School of Management are currently working along with the Regional Tourism Agency in a project to develop the fishing tourism in the Piedmont Region. In order to structure the project in a solid way, we are interested in all the data and statistics we can obtain concerning sports fishing (local and abroad).
Considering we have been working on this for some time now, a reasonable amount of data has been collected. However, there are still some gaps and we would be really gratefull if you could help in that. Here are the specific information that would be of great value to us:
-Total Number of sports fishermen in the World -Most popular destinations for fishing in Europe and abroad (maybe an idea of percentage per destination) -The annual growth of sports fishing since around the year 2000 -Seasonality of the activity

How long do the fisherman stay, in average I understand the information required is very specific, but anything you could add would be of great use, even if it concerns only your specific market Thank you so much for the help Yours truly,
ecunha@escp-eap.it


BANDITS???
Morning, Just wanted to make a query with regards to Gold Valley in Surrey. Is this the only place that rips off parents ?? my son liked to fish here but doesn’t drive, its too far to walk and now this place wants £5 just for me to sit there and bring money to the Raison clan.. There are no concessions for young aspiring fishermen, so now its costing me £20 for two rods just to get cold and wet. Bandits and thieves, not a place to go.  Best Regards, Martin Smith, Martin.Smith@servicetec.com


Thanks
Hiya clive.
You wont remember me, we spoke breifly once in your pub, was it the maindy in gabalfa, near the flyover? and at holmpierpoint during the world champs. I grew up in cardiff and went to i think it was john phillips fishing school near the entrance to the docks? must have been late 70,s!!( are you really that old!) yesterday i bought this months match fishing, for the first time in years, i had my tackle nicked 6 years ago and never bothered to replace it, family commitments and such like! i opened it up and there you were and it just brought it all back, you gave me and other welsh anglers, im sure, so much enthusiasm, i watched all your videos as a kid! any way just wanted to say thanks really and im pleased to see your as keen as ever. I live in the midlands now and I’m off to fosters tackle tomorrow to spend a fortune, keep safe clive and be happy. Gary webb........


NEW WATER OPEN
Naseby reservoir this is the newest bww water to open on the leicester/northants border it is 90 areas with lots of carp between 5  8 pound also bream tench roach perch and pike to 30 pound day tickets £5 weekdays £6 at weekends £8 for two rods. email for more information. Harrybosworth@aol.com


OLD TACKLE FOR REVIEW
dear clive,
if you wanna pass any old tackle queries thru to me, I can probably help. Though still churning out a weekly column for The Independent on Sunday, I also run Classic Angling, a magazine for those who collect old tackle, like the classic fishing stories or those who are just interested in the history of fishing. best email is keith@pma-group.com. There's website www.classic-titles.com but it's way out of date. must get round to it...Don't do the world championships any more: been there, dun that, and it's bloody hard work. hear you've been through some tuff times. Still fishing a bit (but it's never enough, is it?) though not in matches any more. you have to work too hard to keep up. best wishes, keith elliott
 


INDIA ANGLING
We have visited your lovely site, we would like to request U to add our link in your site. This site is one of kind & can be good resource to visitors. Please add our link www.indiaangling.com
Link matter: Home for angling in India, We specialises in organising Angling tours & Expeditions in Indian Himalayas. Offering Golden Mahsser & trout Angling tours. We will also linking your site shortly. Best regards Gaurav


ANYONE WITH A RECORDING OF

Dear Mr. Branson's, As a live in the city of Damme in Belgium I remember very well the world championship in 1988.May I ask you if you don't have an VHS videocassette of this championship. Best regards
Jean Gobert Vissersstraat 62 8340 Damme dego@busmail.net


Fishing Ireland

Dear Clive; I came across your website whilst surfing. As I am sure you know, sites come higher up the search engine listings depending on popularity, which they measure by the number of external links to a website from other sites with related content. I would be pleased to exchange links with you.  This may be of mutual benefit by interchanging traffic or improving searchability.  If you are interested: Please put up a link to our URL:-  http://www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net
Title:        Angling for Atlantic Salmon on Ireland's Cork Blackwater
Description:  Ireland's premier salmon fishing lodge - 15 miles private fishing on the Blackwater.  High catch record fishery - almost 1,000 salmon caught per year. Hotel/cottage accommodation, tackle shop, smokery & guides. Tuition with Glenda Powell (APGAI-IRL Salmon) – Europe’s highest qualified female salmon fly-casting instructor.  Cork 1 hr.  Daily updated river report. For river reports -  if you have a suitable location - could you please include a link to the river report page. Title:  Salmon Fishing TODAY on the Cork Blackwater in Ireland
URL:- http://www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net/Fishing Report/fishingreport.htm Description: Daily updated river report from Ireland’s premier salmon fishing Lodge. 15 miles private salmon fishing on the Cork Blackwater. and then email me:- info@ireland-salmon-fishing.net with the URL of the page where the link is situated. As soon as I have verified this, I will immediately put up a link to your site.  Please send me the desired listing text. If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me here at the Lodge.
Ian Powell Blackwater Lodge Hotel & Salmon Fishery Upper Ballyduff County Waterford Ireland Tel: 00 353 58 60235 (or 0871 4740135 cheap rate from the UK - 10p/minute any time)
 


WINTER BREAK

My wife and I returned from Spain just a week ago.We were there on a factfinding mission and were visiting a little fished area of the river Ebro. It was 17 November, the weather was still warm enough to walk around in Tshirts and sunbathe on the beach. We sat by the river having a beer when we noticed a couple of herons and a couple of cormorants on the far bank. An eagle flew by too. Common carp were in the shallows just a few feet away and
catfish were there in abundance splashing around every now and then andmaking their presence very clear. The area is surrounded by mountains and access to the river was easy. No bamboo jungles to wade through to get to the water here! I for one will certainly be fishing here next time I go.What I couldn't understand is why so few people fish this area when all around there are companies specialising in the upstream stretches near the dams. There is certainly good sport to be had where we were. Just thought I'd let people know that there is good fishing in the less known less commercialised areas of the Ebro. John. www.ebro-fishing.com
(ED..I'm booking my flight to-morrow)
 


Hi Clive,
Great web site!
My name is Andy Rymer - a long-time match angler. I saw your article in Match Fishing and decided to check out your site. I run a web site on behalf of The Willows Carp & Coarse fishery in York (www.willowsfishery.co.uk) and would be delighted to reciprocate links with your site. Many thanks and good luck with the site,
  


Want to ask me a question re; coarse fishing tips Clive Branson. I will try and answer them. Simply email your question and I will put the answer up on MY ANGLING TIPS PAGE 

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FAIR 2006


From July 28-30 all roads lead to Broadlands, in Hampshire, site of this year's CLA Game Fair, the world's
 biggest countryside event.The fishing area at the Game Fair is in its own right Britiain's biggest angling
exhibition, offering visitors a wealth of diverse features, exhibits and demonstrations.
On the FishingWales stand in Fisherman's Village we greatly look forward to meeting you.
Do come along and have a chat.The Game Fair officially opens at 9.30am-6pm
(open until 7.30pm on Friday) However the gates open for early arrivals:
6.30 am Friday and 7am Saturday and Sunday so you can get in early and enjoy some
breakfast while studying the programme.
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CAN ANY ONE HELP THIS LADY
From: Sue Jones To: clive@angling-news.co.uk Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 8:17 AM
Subject: maggot holder Hello
I wonder if you can assist please.
A friend of mine collects old objects and we are using some in a Christmas quiz. One item she tells me is a maggot holder. It is like a small varnished wooden bottle with a bung in one end and holes of a suitable size for maggots to wriggle through. She has another similar one made of horn. I used to do coarse fishing and have never come across one of these. I know that you throw maggots into the river to attract fish to the general area of the hook but do not think these items were used for that purpose. They have no obvious means of being attached to a line and the horn one would be too heavy and the wooden one not last very long being constantly submerged in a river.I would be fascinated to know what their specific use was and would be very grateful if you can shed any light on this mystery Many thanks Regards Sue
Reply from reader
Hello Clive.
I have used similar objects in the past. I made mine from old plastic bottles. It may sound strange in todays world, but objects simialr to these were used a long time ago for slow release of maggots into a swim! they were simply tied to a peice of string and suspended from a pole or overhanging branch. They were not very effective unless quite large, because they emptied fairly quickly. An old method of pre-baiting maybe, but it did mean a constant slow trickle of maggots falling into the water to attract fish into a particulr swim prior to the days of groundbaits. Usually a few days
of this treatment worked but the containers needed regular re-fills. Kind regards. John.
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CAN YOU HELP

hi clive, i,ve just found your site exploring sites about the river dee.i,m trying to find the areas of the river which you can fish with just a rod licence(coarse) . as a young lad i used to fish at chester(bandstand) and on the meadows,and after a long lay off (30+ years) have only just returned to fishing.knowing that all things have changed i wanted to re visit the river again and wish to know the free areas to fish.
best wishes  keith skinner(parkgate,cheshire) keith.skinner1@tesco.net
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 Hello, My name is Finn Marriage, I am partner and webmaster in a fishing Tackle sales website www.reeldeals.co.uk. I would be extremely grateful if you would consider publishing a  press release on your website about our new exclusive range of carp fishing items. Crafty Carper magazine have already done so for their December issue and we are hoping for the same response from Total Carp and Advanced  Carp Fishing. Our business is primarily web based and we are looking to build a  good web presence. If you choose to publish the release and we see a  significant amount of traffic your website will be our first port of  call for online advertising. I have attached a text document of 190 words and 3 pictures. Please feel free to use what you like. Even a short text link would be much appreciated.Many Thanks Finn Marriage Reel Deals
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Couple required to Manage Campsite, SW France

From April 2006 Set in 17 acres of rural France, with 2 Fishing Lakes, Bar and Snackbar, 2 Swimming Pools,
English owned family Caravan Park, with Mobile Home Hire and 25 emplacements for Campers and Tourers.
Free accomodation offered - must be able to speak "some french". and love fishing
visit our web site www.twinlakesfrance.com to apply for this position please fax 01142 463800 or email
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Hi Clive,
Great web site!
My name is Andy Rymer - a long-time match angler. I saw your article in Match Fishing and decided to check out your site. I run a web site on behalf of The Willows Carp & Coarse fishery in York (www.willowsfishery.co.uk) and
would be delighted to reciprocate links with your site. Many thanks and good luck with the site,
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My partner and I are moving to Spain in the near future.
We own a small farm of 5 acres very close to the River Ebro and will be organising
fishing holidays for fishermen. To this end I have been building a
website which will be advertised in the Anglers Mail or the Angling Times.
 
We are therefore looking for good sites with which to mutually link to.
I plan to upload the site on Monday or Tuesday evening to http://www.ebro-fishing.com
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HELP NEEDED FOR YOUNGSTERS
From: Spacix1@aol.com [mailto:Spacix1@aol.com] Sent: 09 September 2005 23:32 To: juniors@angling-news.co.uk
Subject: junior fishing club
Hi my name is les wain I am the secretary of a volunteer kids fishing club we started in september 2004 and still working to better our self's, we have 7 adults and 14 kids aged from 11yrs to 16 years on an average saturday we are lucky to get 7 kids now football has arrived, we always have 3 adult threw only fish saturdays 9am to 1.30pm all the kids fish plus the three the adults we keep the group to gether by one adult sitting at one end the other on the other end and one in the centre we all have our CRB`s and only 2 of us have yet to do the child protection yet, hopefully with in the month we ha also ha a risk assessment done
but we are trying to find out what other clubs official policy is for taking these kids fishing just for a few hours, we started this up so the kids would have some where togo and do their fishing in safety.
<>any help would be gratefully appreciated <>thank you les wain  <>secretary of P.Y.A.S
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READER REQUEST
From:
Lesley Forrester [mailto:lesley@lexiauk.co.uk] Subject: Hardy Fairy Palakona Split Cane Rod
I am looking for a book/catalogue/help that will tell me the type/name of reel that should be used with this rod. Plus researching history & date. Contact lesley@lexiauk.co.uk

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CAN YOU HELP JIM

Jim Coleman mailto:JJLcoleman@aol.com
DEAR CLIVE
I live in Lydiate, Merseyside not far from the Leeds/Liverpool canal.  Some weeks ago the local tackle shop went out of business hence as a new fresh water angler I have no access to anyone who can give me information concerning fishing the local canal.  I understand that some stretches are controlled by clubs whilst others are free (to those with a national rod licence, which I hold).  I have tried all avenues but no one can tell me where I can fish, what licences I require nor who I should get in touch with.  One telephone number I was given the man resigned his post nine years ago.
 
Many years ago I was chairman of the North West Association od Sea Angling Clubs, helping persuade the government to adopt nursery area's for fish stocks.  Unfortunately due to ill health all that is behind me now.  Al I want to do is speak to someone who can confirm one way or the other as to what I requirements I need to fish locally. There is not even a site on the internet giving this basic information, can you help me? Many thanks
                         
My name is BOB MAYERS i am secretary of llandegfed fly fishing association and we in conjunction with llandegfedd water are holding a open day. Free of charge open to everyone that would like to come along. I have put a attachment with this e-mail to explain what will be happening on the day and hope that you can give this a mention on your excellent site  so the public and kids on holiday  will know what we are doing  and come along for the day  yours sincerely
bob mayers Llandegfed Rangers Tel; 01291 673722
ENQUIRIES TO BOB MAYERS 07980 254282 / 01495 757008
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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
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Fishing taster day aims to get disabled anglers hooked

Suffolk-based disability charity Optua and the Environment Agency are inviting people to take part in a special angling event later this month in Essex. The Fishing Taster Day takes place on Friday 26 August at Fennes Fisheries at Bocking near Braintree as part of National Fishing Week and has been organised by the Suffolk Disabled Angling Forum and Essex Disabled Angling Club. Neil Ruddock, the former West Ham footballer and keen angler will be attending the event.
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ment Agency for the Eastern Area and Optua Leisure, which organises activities and trips for disabled people, are partners with both the Suffolk Disabled Angling Forum and the Essex Disabled Anglers Club. David Finn, Optua's Leisure Manager, said: "The aim is to provide a fun day out and encourage more people to have a go at fishing and see the facilities that exist for them. Everyone is welcome - whether they already fish or they're keen to have a go."The event starts at 10am and ends at 4pm. Admission is free and all equipment needed is provided with qualified coaches and volunteers on hand to help. Optua is also providing free transport from Suffolk.
<>For more information call Teresa Chapman at the Environment Agency in Ipswich on 01473 706045 or Optua Leisure on 01449 770154.
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READER REQUEST CAN YOU HELP?
From:
Oll Lewis [mailto:lewisoll@yahoo.co.uk]
Hello, My name is Oll Lewis and I'm a cryptozoologist from Glamorgan researching giant pike in south wales for a documentary on how very large pike can provide a rational explanation for tales of lake monsters in LLangorse lake in Brecon and other Welsh lakes. I am paticully interested in LLangorse lake as a 68 lb pike (by far the biggest recorded in britain) was caught there in the 19th century and I know of a large pike having attacked a water skier there in the summer of 1999 (also reported on the achives of your website).  I was wondering if you had heard any stories of large pike in wales recently, no matter how anecdotal they may be and if so could you please email me any that you have heard.  Thank you for your time and trouble.  Oll Lewis
THE ARTICLE IN QUESTION
A WATER-SKIER was nursing a badly injured foot yesterday after being bitten by a pike in a Welsh lake. Darren Blake was treading water when the predator, estimated to be up to 5ft long, attacked. He felt himself being pulled into the Llangorse lake, in the Brecon Beacons, before the pike bit him, leaving an inch-long gash on the ball of his foot and six V-shaped toothmarks on his sole. The Llangorse skiing club has now issued a warning to its 80 members about the fish.Mr Blake, 31, said yesterday: "Now I know how those people feel when they get bitten by a shark. I was in terrible pain, but mostly it was the shock of something trying to eat me. I can't tell you how terrifying it is when something grabs you from under the water."Mr Blake, from Lichfield, Staffordshire, said: "I am hobbling around at the moment, but I am just glad to have my foot in one piece - that fish could have killed someone with a weak heart." 5 September 1998: [International] Mystery bite kills snorkeller
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