NAME: JON JONES
AGE: 36
STARSIGN: Aries
FAMILY SITUATION: Single
YEARS CARPING: 20
PERSONAL BEST MIRROR: 46lb
PERSONAL BEST COMMON: 34lb
MOST MEMORABLE CAPTURE: Banking a fish called No Name from Horton Church Pool in the Colne Valley, England.
MOST MEMORABLE ANGLING MOMENT: This would have to be another capture, but on this occasion it was the setting on the bank that made it so special. It was during the winter when I had Patshull Church Pool to myself and I went on to land an old mirror called Billy which weighed over 30lb. It was a capture which subsequently made the cover of Carp-Talk.
FAVOURITE VENUE: Horton Church Pool in the Colne Valley.
VENUES YOU’D LIKE TO FISH: Horton again!
FAVOURITE VENTURE PRODUCT: I really love the Razerback bivy
WHO ARE YOUR ANGLING ICONS: I’ve only got one and that is Rob Maylin
ANGLING CV: I’ve had features published in Carp-Talk, Crafty Carper, Angling Times, Total Carp and Mirror Carp (Germany). I’ve made two appearances in the TV programme The Carp Show. I was also involved in the editing of the Carp Show and Extreme Carp TV programmes also I am the cameraman for both the British Carp Angling Championships programme and Extreme Carp programme. I work for the holiday company Angling International and help organise the British Carp Angling Championships too. You could say I’m kept busy…
FAVOURITE TV PROGRAMMES: Comedy as long as it makes me laugh!
FAVOURITE MUSIC: R n B, and soul
WHAT MAGAZINES AND PAPERS DO YOU READ: Golf and camera mags
DO YOU LIKE SPORT: Yes, I like all sports especially football and cricket
ALL TIME DREAM GIRL: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Camen Electra, Beyonce Knowles, would you like me to continue….
PEOPLE YOU ADMIRE: Tiger Woods. He knows he can do it and shows us how to do it!
LIKES OUTSIDE OF ANGLING: Golf, any sports if I have time. I also like to do a bit of photography.
DISLIKES: The winter. It’s too cold for a thin bloke!