Tonight, he sleeps in the fishes

By VIRGINIA WHEELER
October 03, 2007


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A CHAMPION angler is to be turned into FISH FOOD when he dies.

Terminally-ill Pete Hodge, 61, has arranged for his remains to be made into bait so his riverbank mates can enjoy a bumper catch.

So instead of “sleeping with the fishes” — a phrase made famous by The Godfather when a mobster was dumped in the sea — he will go one better by sleeping IN the fishes.

Pete, who has motor neurone disease, is a national champ and winner of hundreds of competitions.

His ashes will be “balled in” as groundbait mix by pals at the Huntspill River near Bridgewater, Somerset.

He said: “It may sound strange but this is my dream. To be back in the river catching fish is where I belong.

“I hope my friends make me proud with their catches.”

Pete has already had a coffin made — fashioned as a giant wicker fishing basket.

Ben Weir, of Angler’s Mail, said: “No one has turned themselves into fish bait before.”

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