Meet Our Team Leader & Consultant - Mark Wells

Name:Mark Wells

Lives in:Swindon

Occupation:Events Manager

Angling Category:All-Rounder

Describe yourself as an angler:  I'm an 'all-rounder' that has been fishing for over 40 years - if it swims I will try and catch it enjoying the challenge of fishing for any species on a wide range of venues over land or sea. 

Most of my fishing is carried out on quick day sessions due to work and family commitments but I try to get out at least once a week. Since becoming a consultant with Hinders Baits I have been doing more night fishing which I really enjoy.

Most of my recent fishing has been on still waters but I also relish fishing running water usually on the Avon, Thames and the Wye and when possible from a beach or deep-sea charter boats.

Favourite Venue:River Wye

Favourite Species:Barbel

Favourite Method/Approach:Surface floater fishing

Favourite Hinders Bait/Range:Blitz – I just have the ultimate confidence in allof the Blitz products across the range and I feel that the boiles, pellets, groundbait and glugs can be adapted to target most coarse species.

Most memorable session:Home Pool, Wednesday 28th December 2017: when I 

arrived at the lake it was all frozen except for the two corners at the bottom of the lake, I nearly turned around and put the kit back in the van but decided to stay and cast my rigs tight to the enclosing ice. The freezing fog was so dense you couldn't see across the lake and the line was freezing in the rod rings but within 45minutes of casting out the middle rod screamed into action resulting in a new personal best at the time in the shape of a 29lb 14oz Fully Scaled Carp...not quite a snow carp...more a frosty fish.

Target for the next 12months:I have three targets for this year to catch a 50lbplus Catfish, my first double-figure Tench and toincrease my Roach PB.

Current Personal Best Captures include:

Barbel - 12lb 9oz

Bream - 13lb 2oz

Chub – 7lb 14oz

Common Carp - 36lb 11oz

Crucian Carp - 3lb 6oz

Fully Scaled - 29lb 14oz

Ghost Carp – 14lb 10oz

Grayling – 1lb 14oz

Mirror Carp – 44lb 7oz

Leather Carp - 25lb 4oz

Linear Carp - 28lb 14oz

Perch - 2lb 11oz

Pike - 21lb 8oz

Roach - 2lb

Tench - 8lb 9oz