Clive Branson (angler)

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Clive Branson (born 1951 in Cardiff) is a Welsh angler who won the individual World Freshwater Angling Championships in 1987 after being runner-up in 1986, and team bronze medalist for Wales in 1981.[http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sports/angling-news/2011/02/17/angling-shore-up-as-joe-arch-has-world-at-his-feet-91466-28183531/ Angling: Shore up as Joe Arch has world at his feet]{{cite news|url=http://www.angling-news.co.uk/Angling_News_Weekly-WorldChampionshipTables.htm |title=World Angling Championships Tables since 1954 | work=Clive Branson (World Champion 1987)for Angling News |access-date=2013-10-30}}

He loves to use custard creams and ice cream tubs and makes click bait posts on Facebook

Branson produces Gold Medal ground bait,{{Cite web|title=Gold Medal Groundbait – Clive Branso n|url=https://goldmedalgroundbait.com/ |publisher=goldmedalgroundbait.com|access-date=2021-08-21}} and is admin for the Match fishing page on Facebook that has over 25000 subscribers and was started in 2010.{{Cite web|title=Facebook Groups |url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/166492360037493/ |access-date=2021-08-21|website=facebook.com}}

Branson is also a prolific author, having written a number of books such as Clive Branson: My Autobiography; Clive Branson World Champion Angler (2018); Coarse Fish Encyclopedia By Clive Branson; Coarse Fish Methods and Techniques (2020); Clive Branson Float Fishing Manual; The Complete Float Fishing Manual (Coarse Fishing) 2020; and Legends in my Lifetime (2021).{{Cite web|title=Author Clive Branson |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=clive+branson&i=stripbooks&crid=10X97681YON7H&sprefix=clive+branson%2Cstripbooks%2C48&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 |access-date=2022-01-13|website=amazon.co.uk}}