Name: Mark Fox
Year Born: 1968
Occupation: Home Appliance Installer.
About me:
I first started angling at the age of 12 when my dad purchased a boat for sea fishing, many a day would be spent catching mackel, plaice and dogfish.
Over time my love of the sport flourished and I found myself becoming acustom to course fishing on canals and local pools for anything that chased a maggot.
25 years on and now carp fishing is my focus, the methods have changed but my principles have remained.
I’ve fished venues far and wide both UK and Europe and endeavour to get out on the bank as much as possible.
Question: Current favourite venue & one in which you aspire to fish.
Answer: I’ve got the bug for a Gloucestershire based venue at the moment called horcott lakes as for future lakes I’d love to fish the idyllic looking Caerphilly Castle.
Question: Favoured hooklink material; fluorocarbon, coated braid or uncoated braid.
Answer: A really hard one to choose but if i had to it would be the skinline coated braid.
Question: If you could catch one carp whether dead or alive which would it be?
Answer: Easy one, Mary
Question: Hand sharpened or straight out of the packet?
Answer: Straight out the pack.
Question: Big windswept pits or small intimate ponds?
Answer: Small intimate ponds.
Question: Favourite season spring, summer, autumn or winter?
Answer: Winter due to the quieter banks.
Question: Favourite vardis product and why?
Answer: It’s a product that gets little coverage these days but for me it’s the 11D rig hook, just because ive caught hundreds of fish using them.
Question: What is your preffered lead arrangement Inline, lead clip or helicopter?
Answer: lead clip with a heavy lead.
Question: Who is or was your angling inspiration when growing up and why?
Answer: I really didn’t have one until one day Matt Hayes and Mick Brown sprung up on sky TV to present the great rod race… This changed my perception of angling forever.
