I have only just learned that Brian had passed away recently and i could not see any news about him from any of the GREENHILL AC Facebook pages !!! He left us in March of this year and it makes me really sad as he was a great friend and i would have liked to have passed my sincere thoughts to any group covering his funeral.
Brian i first met in the late 80's when i am sure he became a member of the GAC . He fished mostly at Roy Marlow's fishery but would occasionally fish with the GAC matches. During the early 90's i had 6 teams of 6 in the 'one - off' match every year on the Trent . It was the Courtaulds classic where we fished Barrow Village , John Thompson Doctors surgery , Metal Works Lane , Power station , The Mound, and Cuttlebrook.
When Brian drifted from fishing he got into KOI-CARP keeping and built himself a large pond with a side viewer to watch his fish. He also installed 4 large filtration units in a separate brick shed for the ponds filtration management. We used to go out on trips to other KOI-Collector clubs to view the fish .
I remember his son ( I think he has at least two sons ?) Robert would also fish Thurlaston lake and other open matches we ran . Brian was a fan of DAIWA fishing gear and i bought second hand of him the famous 'porky-Pig' feeder rod for the times i might draw an animal peg on the Trent.
Bless ya Bri ! 😢😢😢😢
Recent pictures of Brian fishing the Greenhill AC local waters at Thurlaston .......
