Nicole Bremner

How fishing and running saved me from a life of addiction, with angler extraordinaire Bev Clifford #116

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"People will instantly judge a book by its cover, that because you're a woman who wants to have nice hair, have their nails done or have false eyelashes you can't participate in a certain sport...the old stereotypes still exists unfortunately," My guest today is Bev Clifford, who has forged a path for herself in a very male dominated industry...fishing.  Bev's father is Kevin Clifford,  who was one of the founders of the weekly angling magazine, Carp-Talk, and once hailed the 'Carp King of the North', so carp fishing is in her blood. She worked at the magazine form an early age, and took over the business when her father retired.  However, she didn't take up carp fishing herself until she was 26 years old following years of battling with drugs, alcohol and eating disorders. "After struggling with alcohol and drugs, I needed that time on my own, I needed to figure myself out, I needed to become comfortable being on my own," she explains. "Your 20s are a bi