“When the Iron Curtain came crashing down in 1989, nobody predicted the effect this would have on angling in Britain. The subsequent membership of the European Union by former communist states in Eastern Europe prompted immigration to Britain – and a clash of angling cultures swiftly followed. Unfortunately this has understandably generated much bad feeling is negatively affecting the environment. Unfortunately, it must be said, the British authorities’ reaction to this unprecedented scenario was slow – but one young immigrant from Poland, a passionate angler, showed us all the way: Radoslaw Papiewski.”

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Source: The Angling Trust