John Wilson (angler)

John Wilson MBE
Born	1943 Enfield, London.
Residence	Thailand
Known for	Television programmes on angling, author of many books on fishing

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 was born in Enfield, London where he fished on several local waters including 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 lived at Great Witchingham, Norfolk where he fished on his local River Wensum and owned his own lake complex before moving to Thailand in 2013.

Wilson was awarded a MBE in the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours List.

In April 2013, Wilson announced his intention of selling his Norfolk home and settling in Thailand.

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.

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