John Bird is part of the smallest, most prestigious club in carp fishing. He’s one of just twenty men to have caught a record carp, and standing alongside the likes of Walker, Yates, Hearn and his close mate Oz Holness, he is in esteemed company. But this man is far more than an entry in a record book, and we tracked him down to his quiet home in the wilds of Kent to find out more about an angler who can boast both Two Tone and the Black Mirror in his album. Get ready for one of our new favourite For The Record interviews to date!
Up Next in Season 2
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Lee Jackson | For The Record | S2: Ep.4
Lee Jackson is one of carp fishing's great characters and for many years was at the very forefront of the big carp scene here in the UK. His pursuit of Two-Tone, the British record carp, was documented in ACF magazine and captured the hearts of thousands of anglers as step-by-step he penned his j...
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Gaz Fareham | For The Record | S2: Ep.5
We’d wanted to interview Gaz Fareham for along time and it's great to say we have now done so; as you can imagine, there was plenty to talk about! We discussed Subsurface, teaching, working in angling and whether his newfound obsession with the wide blue yonder on The Continent could ever kill hi...
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Ian Russell | For The Record | S2: Ep.6
If you had a gun to your head and needed to put your trust in someone to catch a carp, in order to save your life, it should be this man, Ian Russell. When it comes to catching under pressure, Ian's the undisputed champion, that many have tried and failed to beat. Years ago he founded Heathrow Ba...
