NAME: Alijn Danau

AGE: 40

HOMETOWN: Ellezelles, a French speaking part of Belgium

MARITIAL STATUS: LAT-relation.

YEARS CARPING: 28-years

FAVOURITE VENUE: Rainbow Lake, France

FAVOURITE CARP: The next one!

PERSONAL BEST MIRROR: 31.3kg (69lb)

PERSONAL BEST COMMON: 27.2kg (59lb 15oz)

MOST MEMORABLE CARP FISHING MOMENT: Seeing the current World Record carp in real! It was in the hands of Gary ‘the Golfer’ Hagues from peg 19 at Rainbow Lake.

MOST MEMORABLE CAPTURE: A brace of mermaids!

VENUES YOU'D LIKE TO FISH: Lac de St. Cassien between 1985 and 1990 with the equipment we use today. That’s an anomaly but to me fantasy is more important than knowledge.

NORMAL LENGTH OF SESSION: For my local sessions anywhere from around 8-hours to 48-hours, and for my overseas trips mostly a week.

WHAT MAGS AND PAPERS DO YOU READ: VBK-Magazine (Belgian carp mag), Carp-Talk, Spiegel, Karper, De Morgen (a Belgian newspaper), sports mags, gardening and trees, blogs, etc.

DO YOU LIKE SPORT: Yes, especially watching it! I’m a big football fan.

ALL TIME DREAM GIRL: Manon

PEOPLE YOU ADMIRE: Inspiring, sparkling minds with humour, who can put things into perspective.

LIKES: Carp fishing, music, literature, architecture, travelling, football, sunshine after rain, sharing views with people similar to me, and writing.

DISLIKES: People who knock others down and narrow minded people who think that life or the world can be split up into black and white, good or bad. I don’t like funerals, or cold and rainy days.

AMBITIONS: To become totally Zen!