He may have been born without limbs but that hasn’t stopped Clay Dyer fulfilling his dream of becoming a professional fisherman.
The 36-year-old has caught more than 7,000 fish and even refuses to
use any available aids as he believes they give him an unfair advantage
over other competitors.
‘There are modified rods and reels I could use but I’ve never looked
into them,’ he said. ‘Other anglers don’t use anything special –
I want
it to be an even playing field.’ Instead, he competed in the Bassmaster
Open Series – a professional bass fishing tour across America – by
holding the rod between his neck and shoulder before rotating his body
to send the line out into the water.
He then uses his partial right arm to operate the rod’s reel,
snapping the rod with his neck and shoulder in order to get the fish
into his boat.
Mr Dyer, from Tennessee in the US, caught his first fish
when he was eight. ‘My family was always fishing – I caught my first
fish in my grandparents’ pond,’ he said.
‘I loved all kinds of fishing from catfishing to browns but bass fishing is a lot more lucrative so that’s why I chose it.
‘The competitive fishing circuit is like a great big family. We all
compete but, at the end of the day, we all respect each other.’
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