This year the Annual EFSA European Shore championships was hosted by EFSA Holland using beaches in the Zeeland area. The Dutch organisers set out to provide anglers with a package that would be low budget but retain good quality accommodation and well-organized matches with excellent bait and on beaches that could provide a good opportunity of catching reasonable numbers of … [Read more...]

Weymouth Species Festival 16-17th November 2013 So here we are some 8 months later than planned, the weather looked a lot better than it did back in march, but the forecast for the fishing was a little less optimistic. A few of the competitors had booked a practice day on-board one of the boats booked for the weekend, they returned with little to show for the day out. Day 1 … [Read more...]

This year the annual EFSA England Shore competition was held on the mighty Chesil Beach in Dorset. This was a fishing adventure that started with a boat trip across the fleet from the Bridging Camp landing in an area highly prized for its access to deep water and largely untapped fishing due to the difficulty factor in access. Once across the Fleet the anglers were faced with … [Read more...]

European Boat and Line Championships 2013 3rd to 11th August Monday morning and the 115 anglers mustered on the quayside to board 1 of the 4 boats. Each boat had up to 30 anglers on board, with each side of the boat having 15 anglers as ‘one boat’ for the purpose of the championships so 4 boats would give 8 boat winners. On a positive side the boats had good facilities with … [Read more...]