Started fishing as a teenager on the littleton section and around lincoln weir around 1977. caught lots of small barbel in them days but never above 4lb, match fished for the cock and magpie, bewdley for a few years and then retired from fishing for quite a few years, got back into fishing about four years ago, but now only love to fish for barbel, they were my first love and they will be my last, wanted to catch a double for years, last year achieved that with a 11lbs 5oz beauty, 3 more in the 10lbs + bracket this season so on a roll now.

Warehouse Manager for a Print Management company in Oldbury.

Apart from the obvious barbel addiction. big bench presser. British champion 90kg masters one class, 2006 & 2007, British record holder with 175kg in the under 90kg Masters 1 equipped class in the British Drug free Bench |Press Association, also love a bit of northern soul music, also a keen fan of Guinness.Just started playing golf again after a nine year break