John Wilson (angler)

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John Wilson is a British angler. He is from London but now lives in Norfolk where he fishes on his local River Wensum.

John has been a keen angler from an early age and loves to fish alone and with son Lee and Nephew Marthin Bowler. He has also fished with friend and Who Wants To be a Millionaire host Chris Tarrant. John has been filming angling programs for over 20 years and also writes a column for the Sunday Express Newspaper. Some of his most memerable adventures include fishing on the River Nile, Zambezi, Fraser River System and River Ebro where he has caught many different types of fish from Sturgeon to Shark.

John recently filmed a new TV series which was aired in Autumn 2006 on Discovery Real Time TV called Dream Fishing. It featured daughter Lisa Wilson and nephew Martin Bolwer. There was some real 'dream' fishing in New York state, Norway, Scotland and Wales. It was lovely.

[edit] Favourite Words/Sayings

  • "Talk about talking something up Wilson"
  • "(Absolute) magic"
  • "Well, ..."
  • "What a clonker!"
  • "Wonderful fishing here in..., eh?"
  • "Magic fun"
  • "Monstrous"
  • "Great, eh? Great."
  • "Wow"
  • "I don't think it's a monster, but..."
  • "Lovely"
  • "Very nice"
  • "My local River Wensum"
  • "Gin-like/Crystal clear" - descriptions of clean water
  • "I'm here at ..., which is the brain-child of ..."
  • "Crack of dawn"
  • "Dawn start"
  • "Yeas, im in"
  • "Greedy devils, they really are" - On Perch/small Pike
  • "Trotting"
  • "That's lovely"
  • "On this rig, I'm gonna start off with ..."
  • "Knit one, pearl six"
  • "In a right two-and-eight" - cockney rhyming slang for "In a state"
  • "Oh, sugar!"
  • "Fixed paternoster rig"
  • "Is this magic, or what?"
  • "I will be back"
  • "Giving him a bit of teddy"
  • "Sunken willow"
  • "Rubber beads"
  • "Fabulous fishing"
  • "Just check that clutch... that's lovely"
  • "Smelt"
  • "Yess! I'm in, wow!"
  • "Who's a happy/clever bunny!?"
  • "Wilson, you clever devil"
  • "Gudgeon"
  • "Whoops"
  • "Joey mackerel"
  • "Bird's nest" - A mess of tangled fishing line
  • "I love it when they tail-walk" - On Pike
  • "They've got some power these Tench"
  • "My favourite centre-pin"
  • "Is he going to grab it..ooh....YES! Woahhh"
  • "Floating dog biscuits"
  • "are you ok, do you want me to take over? (whilst fishing with his daughter)
  • "My own private lakes"
  • "I had to spend thousands of pounds to build a 6 foot fence around my own private lakes, by the River Wensum near Norwich"
  • "Chubber float"
  • "What a scrappy fight, wonderful"
  • "Its some fishing here in ....... ,it really is"
  • "Now, is it a monster?"
  • "Well I never did"
  • "That's a nice looking fish" (Any fish which John catches).
  • "Away you go my son"
  • "Flying treble"
  • "Would you believe it!?"
  • "He's only just hooked!"
  • "Chin him" (Lift a fish out of the water, by holding it's lower jaw).
  • "Come to Johnny"
  • "Right, let's put him back straight away"
  • "He's just kiting round to the (left/right)"
  • "That is the (Perch/Eel, etc)!!!" (Said when a large fish comes to the surface).
  • "Now then, what size is it?" (Said during the initial stages of a fight).
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