'Sixty Years A Fisherman' is John Wilson's new Autobiography.
Published by Green Umbrella Publishing the book charts Johns rise from his modest beginnings in Endfield, North London to the heady heights of being one of Angling's biggest celebrities.
John Wilson is probably Angling's best known personality. With over 30 hardback books and his famed TV series 'Go Fishing' to his name.
But this is just a small part of Johns life and in this Autobiography 'Sixty Years A Fisherman' he tells of all the twists and turns that have made him one of fishing's biggest stars.
In 400 pages John shares his life from his birth in Endfield, North London and his beginnings as an Angler. To his formative years as a hairdresser on a cruise ship where he got to fish all over the globe. He then tells how after a brief stint managing a hair salon in Barbados with his new wife, it was back to England to realise his dream of owning a Tackle shop. John opened 'John's Tackle Den' in Norwich near to his beloved River Wensum. At this time John was also a budding Angling journalist and featured regularly in the national Angling press, He wrote and published the first of his many Angling books. As well as creating and building his own Fishery. These things alone had helped him to become well known amongst Britain's anglers. But it was 'Go Fishing' his first Angling television series that launched him to become a household name. The series 'Go Fishing' was to run for over 17 years with over 100 episodes and was to be followed with other hits like 'John Wilson's, Fishing Safari'. These television programmes and his many books all helped to endear him to the nations Anglers.
'Go fishing' was to become hugely popular and in it John encapsulated the joy of the sport and encouraged a whole new generation to 'Go fishing' Be it River, Lake, Sea or Fly fishing John included it in his wonderful programmes. In later series of the show John started filming abroad and we saw him fishing in fabulous locations for everything from Golden Masheer in India to trolling for Marlin in the tropics. 'John Wilson's Fishing Safari' took this even further and saw him Fishing in countries across the globe.
John Wilson is without doubt one of Angling's Top Stars but he is first and foremost an Angler. John like me is happiest when he is out on a river bank long trotting for Roach but he's also at home fishing for Cod on a Norwegian ford or fishing for Tarpon in the Florida Keys. It is this diversity and exceptional skill and his love for the sport that has made him a firm favourite in the world of angling.
In its 400 pages with all its fantastic colour pictures 'Sixty Years A Fisherman' gives a clear picture of John Wilson's interesting and incredible life. John Wilson has worked hard to secure his place in Angling's accolades and deserves his success.'Sixty Years a Fisherman' is a cracking good read and gives a clear insight into How,When and Why John Wilson became and remains one of the worlds top anglers.
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