It’s been another busy show season for team Nutrabaits with 3 shows so far this year in 3 different countries, with 2 shows left for us. Montluçon in France then back to the U.K. for the new Doncaster Carp Show.
It’s always a pleasure for our team to meet our customers, talk carp fishing, help if help is required, letting us know of your success using our baits, or anglers thinking of using our baits for the first time, then call by for a chat and let one of our team talk you through the different ranges. It’s not about selling at the shows for Nutrabaits, it’s about meeting our customers, helping anglers when needed and putting faces to names.
We’ve received 100’s of messages asking if we will be at this years The Big One, please accept our apologies but for the first time in many years we’ll be missing the show due to our already busy show schedule. But don’t worry a show special will be available online the whole weekend.
I would like to give a brief snap shot of my life and introduce myself;
My name is Richard Handel and was born in 1965 in Suffolk. I have worked as a UK Operation & Intermodule Manager for a shipping company. I live in Hampshire now and am married with 2 young children, both girls so I am a bit outnumbered even the cat is a girl!
I have been fishing since I was about 7 years old. I started on small local rivers in Suffolk, then moved onto gravel pits and then carp fishing. My personal best is a 39.08 mirror, over recent years I have started river fishing again, on the Hampshire Avon, this is a nice break from the carp lakes.
My life has turned a big corner this year, the company I was working for relocated their Operation centre to Estonia. I was offered a job at the head office in London. This would have meant a 5 day commute and working in Stratford. As a family, we did not fancy this, as I would hardly spend any time with the children (and the Mrs). So after 22.5 years, I was given a nice redundancy package and with my wife is working full time. I became the house husband.
This has meant a complete turn around in my fishing, as I can pick and choose when I go. I have found a splendid new syndicate to fish this year, which includes 5 lakes and some 8 miles of river with only 150 members. It's an amazing change to the way I am able to fish.
I am now trying to start my own tackle business and make a bit of a name for myself in the world of fishing, as I have retired from real work.
Richard
UK Carp & Coarse Fishing 