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Hi from Clive Branson and welcome to YOUR VIEWS page.

During my angling career, which has now spanned over 40 years (see My Story), I have witnessed many developments and much innovation. Billed as the worlds first professional angler, I introduced an innovatory approach to teaching videos and imported new concepts from abroad; high-tech fishing lines, wagglers and stick float on winders, new groundbait secrets and methods, pole float designs, just to mention a few. Throughout my career, innovation has been the key; I was an early pioneer in developing on-line information for anglers (see this archive for my first introduction). This angling web site was one of the first in the UK, established in 1997. The internet is now a crucial tool for anglers, benefiting us all well into the future;

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Dear Angling-news
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OLD TACKLE CAN YOU HELP!
hi Clive,<> 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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