Bob Nudd

Robert James "Bob" Nudd MBE (born 1944, in Chelmsford, Essex)[1] was the first angler to win four individual World Freshwater Angling Championships; in 1990, 1991, 1994, and 1999.

[2] Nudd represented the England team at the international level for more than 24 years, during which time he became arguably the best known angler in the world.

[3] He has been individual World Champion on a record 4 occasions, making him the most successful international angler ever at the time, later surpassed by England teammate Alan Scotthorne.

[4] He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to coarse fishing in the 1995 Birthday Honours.

[citation needed] Nudd is still a keen match fisherman at local level (2021), winning the Diss and District Angling Club Mere Masters semi-final at the age of 76.