TM: You’ve been fishing for a long time – what got you hooked on fishing all those years ago?
CC: My fishing adventures first started at the age of six using a World War Two tank aerial as a rod trying to winkle out some wild brownies from the local brook. This set me out on a 70 year angling journey. I was ten when I sampled my first sea fishing sortie, a trip out from Falmouth on a charter boat; the first sea fish I caught was a humble pouting. While hooked on angling at a young age I did not start match fishing until after I got married in 1971.
TM: As a former World Champion angler, you have a long history in match angling. Which of the 23 world medals was the most satisfying?
Without question the most rewarding and satisfying moment in my angling career was winning the bronze individual medal in France during October 2001, just six months after a devastating farming accident. Just a few days after returning with
