EFSA Cod Festival Dover 12th and 13th November Wind from the east The fish bite least This year's cod festival was fished in Dover on the 12th and 13th December with 32 entries. The talk prior to the event was of plenty of cod around with some local entrants expecting 10 plus cod just to their rod, what a difference a few days and a change in climatic conditions make! Day … [Read more...]

Flounder Festival Poole Clear skies and calm seas provided the backdrop to this year's Flounder Festival from Poole , and thoughts on the quayside were on the possibility of that elusive four pounder. The eight shore competitors and four boat loads of eager boat anglers dispersed at 8.45am and were soon heading towards the 'hotspots'. Unfortunately the only hotspots … [Read more...]

Species Championship 3rd and 4th May 2008 The 6th running of the Species Championship was awarded to Section Belgium who chose the port of Oostende as the venue. With a total entry of 83 anglers competing from 10 Sections this was a Championship completely in the spirit of an EFSA event; friends and family gathered to celebrate another Championship and much socialising … [Read more...]

Shore Championship of the British Isles The Welsh Section hosted this year's Championship which included participants from Ireland, Scotland, England and of course Wales. The part of the Welsh coastline selected for the competition was in the South West with beaches within easy reach of the picturesque town of Carmarthen which was the Championship HQ. There were International … [Read more...]

English Boat Championship Plymouth 2008 It was good to be back in Plymouth again although for us oldies it took some getting used to being on the other side of the harbour. Apart from a couple of hiccups with no early breakfast and one van breaking down taking the tackle round to the boats it was an excellent competition. First day we fished the East Rutts where there were … [Read more...]