Bob Nudd
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Bob Nudd was the first English angler to win four individual world angling
championships:
Nudd represented the England team at international level for more than 24 years, during which time he became arguably the best known angler in the world. The highlight of his professional career was victory in front of a home crowd at Holme Pierrepont
, Nottingham
, in 1994. In 1991 he received the most votes ever in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Award but was denied victory by the BBC
, who ruled that a campaign to vote for him in the weekly fishing newspaper Angling Times
was against competition rules. He has an MBE
for services to fishing.
Bob lives in Cambridgeshire
, England, and writes monthly for Improve Your Coarse Fishing magazine. He is still known as one of Britain's greatest anglers along with John Wilson, Dave Harrel and Richard Walker. Bob started presenting a new TV series for Discovery Shed in March 2009
Bob Nudd Features in a 'Masters of angling' in HD (High Definition
) DVD, offering professional techniques in angling. His Dvd's include 'Commercial carp tactics, paste on the pole', 'Surface fishing with controller floats' and 'Pole secrets. Expert Fishing on the Pole'. His proud grin also enlightens the cover of all the DVDs of this outstanding collection.
Angling
Angling is a method of fishing by means of an "angle" . The hook is usually attached to a fishing line and the line is often attached to a fishing rod. Fishing rods are usually fitted with a fishing reel that functions as a mechanism for storing, retrieving and paying out the line. The hook itself...
championships:
- 1990 (Yugoslavia),
- 1991 (Hungary),
- 1994 (England)
- 1999 (Spain).
Nudd represented the England team at international level for more than 24 years, during which time he became arguably the best known angler in the world. The highlight of his professional career was victory in front of a home crowd at Holme Pierrepont
Holme Pierrepont
Holme Pierrepont is a hamlet located south of the city of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. It is in the Gamston ward of the Rushcliffe local authority in the East Midlands region....
, Nottingham
Nottingham
Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
, in 1994. In 1991 he received the most votes ever in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year
BBC Sports Personality of the Year
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year is an awards ceremony that takes place annually in December. Devised by Paul Fox in 1954, it originally consisted of one titular award. Several new awards have been introduced, and , eight awards are presented. The oldest of these are the Team of the Year and...
Award but was denied victory by the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, who ruled that a campaign to vote for him in the weekly fishing newspaper Angling Times
Angling Times
The Angling Times is the UK's largest angling newspaper. They also publish Angling Times Advanced and Improve Your Coarse Fishing.Angling Times has advice from nationally known names in the sport, such as Steve Cole, Steve Ringer, Keith Arthur, John Wilson and Bob Nudd.The price of the publication...
was against competition rules. He has an MBE
MBE
MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
for services to fishing.
Bob lives in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, England, and writes monthly for Improve Your Coarse Fishing magazine. He is still known as one of Britain's greatest anglers along with John Wilson, Dave Harrel and Richard Walker. Bob started presenting a new TV series for Discovery Shed in March 2009
Bob Nudd Features in a 'Masters of angling' in HD (High Definition
HD DVD
HD DVD is a discontinued high-density optical disc format for storing data and high-definition video.Supported principally by Toshiba, HD DVD was envisioned to be the successor to the standard DVD format...
) DVD, offering professional techniques in angling. His Dvd's include 'Commercial carp tactics, paste on the pole', 'Surface fishing with controller floats' and 'Pole secrets. Expert Fishing on the Pole'. His proud grin also enlightens the cover of all the DVDs of this outstanding collection.