| RIP John Wilson 17:07 - Nov 13 with 1366 views | TheJam |
Total legend for angling |  |
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| RIP John Wilson on 17:22 - Nov 13 with 1341 views | bobbyramsey |
Indeed. RIP John... |  | | |
| RIP John Wilson on 17:24 - Nov 13 with 1332 views | textbackup |
Old man used to record his programs for me. Was he a Norwich boy? |  |
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| RIP John Wilson on 17:27 - Nov 13 with 1322 views | poppiesman |
Oh my, I didn't know that.
Very sad news, I loved all his fishing programmes.
Met him a few times at the Go Fishing Show at the NEC.
Did he move away a few years ago to live by a fishing lake in Thailand?
RIP John. [Post edited 13 Nov 2018 17:27]
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| RIP John Wilson on 17:28 - Nov 13 with 1318 views | Westover |
He did a lot for fishing with his TV shows RIP. | | | |
| RIP John Wilson on 17:33 - Nov 13 with 1303 views | stringy |
I know zip about angling, but knew of him when I started some archaeological research back in the day that I thought might be prehistoric fishing-related material. So I posted him a bunch of photocopies and scrawled thoughts and questions, and he was good enough to reply super quickly - though he admitted the material was not his area of expertise, he did give me some useful leads. Nice bloke given how busy he must have been. |  | | |
| RIP John Wilson on 17:39 - Nov 13 with 1291 views | Lord_Lucan |
| RIP John Wilson on 17:27 - Nov 13 by poppiesman |
Oh my, I didn't know that.
Very sad news, I loved all his fishing programmes.
Met him a few times at the Go Fishing Show at the NEC.
Did he move away a few years ago to live by a fishing lake in Thailand?
RIP John. [Post edited 13 Nov 2018 17:27]
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Yeah, he opened a place in Thailand. Not sure what happened to him after that.
I never met the bloke but he seemed a really nice guy. |  |
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| RIP John Wilson on 17:48 - Nov 13 with 1263 views | strikalite |
Very sad to see this, that man certainly had a passion for fishing, lived a good life...
Can hear him saying "careful Wilson" now...
RIP. [Post edited 13 Nov 2018 17:48]
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| RIP John Wilson on 18:20 - Nov 13 with 1213 views | backwiththeboysagain |
Certainly was, and a true gent. Met him for the time when I was a young teenager, went in his tackle shop and was surprised how much time he took in telling me tips on how to fish. Even signed one of his VHS tapes I’d bought. RIP John |  | | |
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| RIP John Wilson on 18:22 - Nov 13 with 1198 views | backwiththeboysagain |
| RIP John Wilson on 17:27 - Nov 13 by poppiesman |
Oh my, I didn't know that.
Very sad news, I loved all his fishing programmes.
Met him a few times at the Go Fishing Show at the NEC.
Did he move away a few years ago to live by a fishing lake in Thailand?
RIP John. [Post edited 13 Nov 2018 17:27]
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He was planning on returning to the UK this year I believe. He did an interview with the Angling Times a month or two back. | | | |
| RIP John Wilson on 18:30 - Nov 13 with 1185 views | pinewoodblueboy |
| RIP John Wilson on 17:39 - Nov 13 by Lord_Lucan |
Yeah, he opened a place in Thailand. Not sure what happened to him after that.
I never met the bloke but he seemed a really nice guy. |
Nooooooooooooo. Great ambassador for angling, fabulous TV shows highlighting a wide range of fishing disciplines. Learned a lot from watching them.
He had only recently sold up his Thailand lakes to move back to Norfolk to be near family i believe.
Seemed very well liked within the angling fraternity.
RIP John Wilson. |  | | |
| RIP John Wilson on 19:28 - Nov 13 with 1114 views | Burwell_Blue |
Gutted. Got me into fishing 30 odd years ago, him and Bob Nudd.
Slowly my childhood is being eroded. |  | | |
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