If you have ever listened to Keith Arthur’s fishing programmes on Talk Sport radio, you might have heard him mention his best ever Thames match catch and the £ 1000 he won for it. He achieved this at a “Champion of Champions” match I organised at The Compleat Angler Hotel in Marlow back in 1998. Along with Keith, anglers such as Ian Heaps, Alan Scotthorne, Kim Milsom, Dave Vincent, Steve Gardener, Sandra Halkon-Hunt, Mark Pollard, Wendy Locker and, my particular idol from the 70’s, Ivan Marks, made up the only ten anglers who took part. They were, however, the cr

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