New ANDE braid line to be tested during EFSA official event
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One year ahead of the EFSA Boat Championships 2018 practicing competition held in Iceland
EFSA Iceland Open 2017 was held from Olafsvik West-Iceland from 24th to 27th May with 46 anglers from 5 Sections; England (19), Ireland (11), Scotland (5), Iceland (9) and Belgium (2). Download full report for details: click here
EFSA Scotland Annual General Meeting awards
At the EFSA Scotland AGM March 2017 the following Life Members were presented with Honorary life Memberships in appreciation of their service and commitment over many years: Ian Mac Gregor EFSA Scotland Secretary Joe Edward EFSA Supplies Officer Scotland/ H.Q...
JUST SUBMITTED – POTENTIAL NEW EUROPEAN & WORLD RECORD FOR ATLANTIC HALIBUT
EFSA England angler Colin Searles caught this enormous 155 kg (341 lb 11 oz) Atlantic halibut on April 26th while fishing out of Laukvik, Norway. Colin battled the massive halibut for nearly an hour after the fish hit the jig...
C.I.P.S. and EFSA – Start of a new Era of collaboration
On April 22nd 2017 in Rome the president of C.I.P.S., Mr. Ferenc Szalay met with the president of EFSA, Mr. Horst Schneider accompanied by the respective president for Italy, Mr. Ugo Matteoli and Mr, Massimo Brogna as well as the...
European Boat Championships 2017
The European Boat Championships 2017 (28th July – 06 August, Maloy, Norway) official boat drawing has been recently done in public by organisers from Nordfjord Havfiskeklubb; download the results: Boat names & daily draw Måløy 2017 Måløy, Norway 2017 list...
Langeland – Denmark 30th October to 2nd November
We have a lot of interest in the event and have decided to add a fifth boat. With that any stragglers who still want to fish the event: we have 8 more places available on a first come first serve basis....
New potential records for cod on light line
On March 22nd and 25th EFSA Russia angler Oleg Bartenev has caught 2 potential new European record cods (27,9 kg and 28,95 kg) in Norway (Sørøya island, Hasvik) using ANDE Tournament monofilament line with 20 lb (9,1 kg) and 16...
Changes to angling rules, record requirements, and recognized game fish species
The IGFA’s Board of Trustees recently met for their annual meeting where they ratified several significant changes to the IGFA’s International Angling Rules and World Record Requirements. Detailed information regarding these changes please click here: https://www.igfa.org/News/ruleschange2017
BigGame Open 2017 Marlins and Tunas
Azores – São Miguel Island / Ponta Delgada • September 8th – 13th 2017 EFSA Portugal will hold an open tournament and invites teams from EFSA sections to participate in it. The tournament will have three days of fishing, on...