Guide Profile - Stephen Buss

Stephen Buss - Born Surrey, UK - Age 32

Fishing Guide

Top 3 Personal Bests

Carp - 54lb 14oz Common
Catfish - 194lb Wels
Barbel - 17lb 4oz Golden Comizo

Fishing Achievements

Thirty 30lb+ carp within thirty nights fishing.
150+ 150lb+ guided catfish within 12 months
Inventor of Pebble Rig for modern day fishing.

Fishing Accreditations

IGFA Certified Fishing Guide

COMPANY

Stephen is the backbone of our guiding operations. His business acumen & professional studies prior to the guiding arena ensures he is the best person to manage your fishing adventure expectations. A well rounded negotiator, strategic thinker & competent in four European languages, Stephen also has fishing running through his veins. Fastly becoming a famous fisherman in his fathers footsteps his enthusiastic approach, attention to detail & ability to adapt to change has set him aside from all the other guides working the river. We applauded his 150th 150lb+ Wels Catfish, to have him back this up with some 85 other fish over 175lb & six different 200lb+ monsters on his pebble rig makes us proud to have him represent the company.

PERSONAL

Unlike my father I am relatively new to the public eye of fishing & admit I have a lot to learn regarding the political correctness of our sport. My fishing background has been thorough, I started young both in freshwater & at sea & soon understood a passion for angling. As a young boy my father was my fishing hero, I remember most his fishing sheds, like a prize hoard of pirate’s treasure, regularly pondered over & moved from pillar to post. Watching him fondle with rigs & his secret bait recipes sowed seeds of desire & aspiration to love the sport of fishing like he did. I first fished with a six foot pole & learnt how to control glass & carbon in my hand & understood the momentum of the float, weight & bait attached. I then progressed to a match rod & mastered the art of loaded wagler & stick float fishing with a fixed spool reel. My fishing time back then was split between playing war in the woods with my school chums, but soon all holidays & spare time would be spent either stalking the river, free lining crust for chub on my centerpin or down the ponds with the float & feeder rod banging out tench after crucian on sweet corn & bread paste. It was when I caught my first carp that an awakening inside registered big fish, of course I had seen pictures of big fish but thought that only happened when you were older! After several mixed fishing seasons, some in search of Cod & Sea Bass I started to accompany my father at weekends from the age of 11 on his fishing sessions to Frencham ponds with Andy Little & so that was the start & the end who knows? I was not schooled nor primed for a career in fishing, my first taste of guiding was a bitter one for some, the Wels rigs & methods I had first been shown bore little regard for long term fish care & protection, my change brought about the pebble rig & since then my catch records & fishing accounts have had some call me a God of Catfishing! Well maybe one day? I suppose to some I make fishing look easy but then time casts no shadows on ability. As I fish & learn the waters as expected by those who hold trust in my charge, I spend more time on the bank than in the house; my televisions have been made redundant & just like my Father once did I Eat, Drink, Sleep & live for fishing.

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