Favourite venue: Lac de St Cassien in France.
Most memorable carp fishing experience: Loads! I suppose it would be anytime in the evening when I’m having a bottle of good wine with good friends on the bank, waiting for the next run.
Venues you'd like to fish: Rio Ebro in Spain, Rainbow Lake and the Orient in France.
Normal length for a session: Two days and nights.
Angling CV: I passed my fishing licence (we need that in Germany) in 1993 and fished for zander quite intensively. In 2002 I started carp fishing and became sponsored in 2005.
Angling icons: There are a few who have inspired me, including my good friend Meik Pyka, Steve Briggs and Terry Hearn.
Likes outside of angling: Hunting for wild boar with my dog Tessa.
All time dream girl: Dita von Teese.
Dislikes: Envious people and liars.
Unfulfilled angling ambitions: To catch a 15kg-plus koi carp from a wild water.
Most memorable capture: This would be when I caught Ourasil, one of Cassien’s big males in the summer 2006. The sun was still hidden behind the mountains that early morning when I rowed out the rig. I went to sleep for a couple of hours soon after. A single bleep abruptly woke me up. A second later was the next bleep and again and…I ran to the rod, the swinger was dancing up and down so I struck, jumped in the boat and started the fight. The sun was brightly shining on me in between and the fish just felt massive on the other end. It seamed like ages but finally the bubbles were coming up and with them a broad shouldered mirror. I immediately recognized Ourasil! When it was in the net I screamed at the top of my voice! It woke my girlfriend Frani and my friend Sven who was on the bank further up. Tessa the dog was also jumping and barking with joy. My grin didn’t leave for the rest of the trip, and we went on to catch loads of big fish. It was a holiday and a fish I will never forget.