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John Wilson MBE (born 1943) is a British angler who has been involved with angling television production for the last 20 years featuring on Channel 4 Television and more recently on the digital TV channel, Discovery Real Time. Wilson was voted 'The Greatest Angler of all Time' in a 2004 poll by readers of the Angling Times Newspaper.〔(Wilson voted greatest angler of all time ) Retrieved 14 July 2011〕 Wilson was born in Enfield, London where he fished on the River Lea. He had careers in hairdressing, the Merchant Navy and printing before opening his own fishing tackle shop based in Norwich in 1971.〔Wilson,J, ''Where to Fish in Norfolk and Suffolk'' ISBN 0-7117-0183-0 Retrieved June 18, 2008〕 Wilson now lives at Great Witchingham, Norfolk where he fishes on his local River Wensum and owns his own lake complex.〔 Wilson was awarded a MBE in the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours List.〔(News report Wilson awarded MBE ) Retrieved 15 June 2009〕 In April 2013, Wilson announced his intention of selling his Norfolk home and settling in Thailand. 〔(News report ) April 19, 2013〕 〔(News report ) Retrieved 2 October, 2013〕 == Published works == Wilson is best known for his television programmes which cover coarse fishing, game fishing and sea angling. He has fished all over the world in locations such as the River Nile, Zambezi, Fraser River system and River Ebro as well as many locations within the UK. Target species are varied from coarse fish such as pike, perch and carp to exotic species such as Sturgeon, shark and catfish. Wilson's latest series, ''John Wilsons Dream Fishing'' aired in Autumn 2008 on Discovery Real Time TV. The series featured Wilson, his daughter Lisa Wilson and nephew Martin Bowler going 'dream' fishing across the world including New York State, Norway, Scotland and Wales. Wilson is also an author on the subject with several published works, and wrote a column for the ''Sunday Express'' newspaper until 2009 and continues to write within the UK angling press. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Wilson (angler)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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