English Boat championship Torquay 14/15th June 2014 Attendance for this year’s event was well down on last year’s championship held in Plymouth (30 down from 70) not sure if this is down to financial constraints or choice of venue, either way it’s hard for EFSA England to profit from such a low turnout, just remember your support in our events is crucial to maintaining the … [Read more...]

Olafsvik Iceland 2014 Species Championships (Cod) With 15 out of the 18 English competitors, 2 partners and our adopted German (Marcus) travelling together the near 12 hour journey flew past, especially the last ½ hour of the coach journey when the tarmac road run out and we drove at around 40mph down a single track road made up of crushed volcano (I think Krisjan Einar was … [Read more...]

The annual competition was once again saved from extinction by the Irish EFSA section stepping up and offering to organise the event.  They are used to organising fairly large competitions particularly on the East coast as they have access to good quality accommodation at a reasonable cost and numerous beaches.  However this year they did have some late reorganisation due to … [Read more...]

Sheerness Species Festival (Ray) 3rd and 4th May 2014 With anglers travelling from Lands’ end and John 0’Groats (well nearly) it looks as though we have representatives from most corners of the country, the weather reports from the beginning of the week had hanged for the better, the forecast 19-20mph north easterly had reduced to a mere breeze. The original plan was to … [Read more...]

Poole Fun Fish (Flounder) January 19th 2014. Piscary headed towards Brownsea Island and fished 150 yards from the shoreline. After two casts Neil Cottington was winding up his first flounder (and his fellow anglers on the boat). His rig was two down with four glass red real beads. Neil Bryant changed over to the same rig cast and had a fish within a few minutes he cast out … [Read more...]