Name?
Chris Thornhill

Age?
39

Where do you live?
Partille, just outside Gothenburg, Sweden

Nationality?
English!

What do you do for a living? (Your job)
I work in the Enviro'mental' Station at Astra Zeneca in Mölndal

Do you have a website? If so, what is the address?
This is my website www.screamingdelkims.com

What year did you start carp fishing?
1982, during the Falklands War with Argentina.

What is your PB carp in Sweden?
Mirror Carp 12.2kg - Härlanda Tjärn
Common Carp 11.8kg - Henrikstorp

What is your PB carp outside Sweden?
Common Carp 16.0kg - Montana Lake, Bulgaria.

What is you favourite venue in Sweden?
It was Ballasjön, but after being BANNED, i would say Härlanda Tjärn.

What is your favourite venue outside Sweden?
Montana Lake, Bulgaria

Who do you fish with the most? Or do you fish alone?
I fish with my girlfriend Jeanette.

What rods do you use at the moment?
2 Diawa Powermesh 13ft and 1 Rod Hutchinson Sabre 13ft. I did have 2 but i broke one casting a PVA bag.

What brand of bait do you use?
Energy Baits.

Do you use Homemades or Shelf life baits?
Both

If you could only use one flavour, which flavour would it be?
Scopex, Scopex and Scopex!!!

What are your favourite particles?
The cheapest ones :) Corn and Hemp

Are you a member of ‘Svenska Karp Klubben’?
YES.

What is the best piece of carp fishing equipment you have ever bought?
My headlamp!! For years i walked round with a maglite between my teeth!!

Do you fish for other species apart from carp?
YES, everything that swims, but mostly Pike, Tench, Bream and Perch.

If you could change something in Swedish carp fishing, what would it be?
All the bitching,backstabbing and talking shit behind people's backs. Not forgetting "Jantelagen"!!!!

What is your most memorable moment in carp fishing?
Watching my girlfriend land 8 carp and a Sturgeon in Montana Lake in Bulgaria 19.7kg, 18.1kg, 15.7kg, 12kg and the rest between 8 and 10kg
Then Getting my new PB safely in the landing net in Bulgaria on the same trip

What is your worst moment in carp fishing?
Catching my 12.2kg PB and not having my camera with me!!!

What is your funniest moment in carp fishing?
When i took a friend carp fishing for the first time in England. I told him to bring a couple of chairs and he brought 2 from his dining room table. Then the same day he made a rig with PVA string. And then he tried to fry some eggs with a blow torch!!! What a day that was. Thanks to Alan Isaacs from Stretham Hill, London for a hilairious day

Which carp fishing magazines do you read?
Advanced Carp Fishing, Svenskt Karpfiske and any others i can get my hands on.

Chris Thornhill