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Luke Littler to star in different sport on ITV as darts sensation, 18, links up with Tony Bellew and Barry Hearn
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LUKE LITTLER is aiming to show there's just a fin margin between success and failure.
Darts' world champ is joining fellow big names of sport like Tony Bellew, Steve Davis and Barry Hearn for an angling event to be shown on ITV4.
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Luke Littler will hope to improve on his debut in last year's event
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Ex-boxer will also be competing in a 32-strong line-up
But the Nuke, 18, came BOTTOM on his debut in the Target Sports Star Fishing Championship last year.
That's despite the keen angler sharing a snap of a sizable catch he made at the competition in Warwickshire.
The Warrington whizkid teamed up in 2024 with former Ally Pally kings Adrian Lewis and Rob Cross, plus Target Darts boss Garry Plummer.
Now he'll be back at the Tunnel Barn Fishery on July 29 alongside ex-world cruiserweight boxing champ Bellew, snooker's six-time Crucible king Davis, promoter Hearn and a string of other stars - from both sides of the microphone.
The 32-strong line-up also includes Lewis, Cross and James Wade from darts, as well as Derek Redmond, Gail Emms, George Groves, Johnny Fisher, Andy Goldstein, Hayley Turner and Gary Newbon.
Littler hopes to show Big Fish has a more meaty meaning than just being his favourite checkout at the oche.
And he also hopes to bounce back from England's World Cup embarrassment.
The Nuke and Luke Humphries went into the pairs tournament as the world's top two players and the last two Ally Pally kings.
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Luke Littler has impressed fans after taking up a new sport
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But they began to flounder from the start and fans had plenty to carp about afterwards.
Welshman Gerwyn Price, who suffered disappointment in the final against Northern Ireland, described the duo as "rubbish" and appeared to suggest they lacked "camaraderie".
Gerwyn Price runs rule over Luke Littler and Luke Humphries' England's World Cup of Darts flop
At least Littler won't be under the same type of pressure when he contests the angling competition, which raises five-figure sums for charity.
Organisers have stressed their 13th annual event is "not open to the public".
But a two-hour highlights package will be on ITV4 at a date to be confirmed.
