CROSSWORD & PUZZLES
Test your brain
1 Star of his own Fishing Adventures, this Australian TV host was famous for kissing his catches and his catchprase ‘It’s yibbida-yibbida time!’ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 Which famous water did Dick Walker catch the then-record Clarissa from in 1952?
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3 On the subject of Clarissa, what was the initial name given to her by Dick?
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4 In the Noughties a stretch of river called Adams Mill dominated the barbel record, but which river was it part of?
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5 Which widespread and popular fish was originally introduced to the UK during the Middle Ages for food?
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6 It’s thought that this species of fish only spawns in the Sargasso Sea in the west Atlantic Ocean, with every fish having to migrate there, but what fish is it?
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7 What was the name of Martin Bowler’s TV show where he targeted big fish with Bernard Cribbins?
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8 Resembling small maggots, what’s the name given by anglers to the larvae of the greenbottle fly?
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9 If an angler was talking about catching redfins, what species would he be describing?
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10 Which famous Welsh water holds the current British pike record, caught at 46lb 13oz by Roy Lewis back in 1992? For a bonus point, can you spell it without peeking at the answers?
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11 What fish species is sometimes called the pike/perch?
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12 Can you name this new world champion being lifted up by the crowd back in 1982?
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13 To which country did John Wilson retire to run a fishery?
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14 Drilled bullet and Arlesey are both types of what?
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15 Which river did Georgina Ballantine catch the 64lb salmon record from in 1922?
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