Robert James "Bob" Nudd MBE (born 1944, in Chelmsford, Essex)[1] was the first angler to win four individual World Freshwater Angling Championships; in 1990, 1991, 1994, and 1999.[2]
About edit
Nudd represented the England team at the 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 a victory in front of a home crowd at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham, in 1994.[3] He has been individual World Champion on a record 4 occasions, making him the most successful international angler ever at the time, later surpassed by England teammate Alan Scotthorne.[2] Nudd's world titles were won at the following tournaments:
- 1990
Maribor, Yugoslavia[2] - 1991
Szeged, Hungary[2] - 1994
Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham, England [2][3] - 1999
Toledo, Spain [2]
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.[4] He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to coarse fishing in the 1995 Birthday Honours.[4][5]
Nudd lives in Cambridgeshire, England, and writes monthly for Coarse Fishing Answers and 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. Nudd presented a new TV series for Discovery Shed in March 2009.[6]
He features in a Masters of Angling DVD, offering professional techniques in angling. His DVDs include Commercial carp tactics, Paste on the pole, Surface fishing with controller floats, Pole secrets and Expert fishing on the Pole.[citation needed]
Nudd is still a keen match fisherman at local level (2021), winning the Diss and District Angling Club Mere Masters semi-final at the age of 76.[7]
References edit
- ^ "About Bob Nudd". Bob Nudd official website. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "World Angling Championships Tables since 1954". Clive Branson (World Champion 1987)for Angling News. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Holme Pierrepont's 20th Anniversary". drennantackle.com. 5 September 2014.
- ^ a b White, Jim (2 June 2020). "Angling world champion Bob Nudd relishes return to the water". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020.
- ^ The United Kingdom:"No. 54066". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 16 June 1995. p. 22.
- ^ "Discovery Shed - World champion angler Bob Nudd gives weary City boys fishing tips on the pond at Victoria Park, East London". flickr.com/Discovery Shed. 20 March 2009.
- ^ "Four-time world champion angler Bob Nudd MBE cruises into final of Mere Masters event in Diss". dissexpress.co.uk. 23 April 2021.
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