Angler catches himself

An angler had a miraculous escape after catching himself in a freak fishing accident. Peter Inskip, 42, had to be cut off his own line after a two-inch lead weight shot through his neck and lodged at the top of his chest.

The dad-of-one was fishing for carp at a lake near his home when he tried to cast his line out into the water. As he went to flick it forward, the missile-shaped weight caught in undergrowth behind him. Instead of untangling it, the frustrated fisherman tugged as hard as he could.



It broke free and rocketed towards him — going straight into his skin “like a bullet”. Shocked Peter staggered to a nearby house to get help. Paramedics cut the fishing line before rushing him to hospital.

The engineer said: “I could see the line hanging out of a perfectly formed hole. It was still attached to my rod, which was in my hand, and I could feel the weight in the back of my throat. It really was the most strange feeling — I had caught myself.



“I wasn’t really in pain and there was not much blood because the weight went in so cleanly. When I woke up in hospital the doctors said it was a miracle. They just couldn’t believe that I was still alive.”

Medics sliced open his chest and broke his breast bone during the op. He also got six stitches in his throat at Royal Brompton hospital, West London.