With the field for the final expanded to 32 anglers, the main event starts on Friday 8th July, with the draw for pegs at 8am at the event hotel. The five hour match then gets underway at 10.30am on two lakes, with 12 pegs located on Moors Canal and 20 pegs on Suez Canal.

This is a five hour match with a single weigh-in at the conclusion and is not open to the general public.

The 32 finalists will be divided into sections of four and the top two weights in each section after the five hour match will move forward to the 16-man televised section of the final on Saturday 9th July. The draw for the Saturday will take place at Cudmore around 5.00pm.

The second part of the final will commence at around 12.05pm on Saturday 9th and there will be the traditional weigh-ins every half an hour with the match concluding at approximately 5.05pm.

There is a whopping £50,000 on offer to the champion with the runner-up receiving a tidy £10,000. 

There are three other matches taking place on the Saturday; Fish ‘O’ Mania Ladies and Juniors and the International Masters. The Ladies and Juniors will consist of six anglers competing in each match and will take place on the Suez Canal. Each match will last for four hours with a single weigh-in at the conclusion.

The winners of the Ladies and the Juniors will receive £1,000 each.

The International Masters will take place on Arena Lake and comprise six anglers representing Holland, Italy, England, Scandinavia, Germany and France. The English representative will be the luckiest loser from Friday’s Fish ‘O’ Mania final. This will be the angler who finishes in third place in his section with a weight closest to the angler who finishes second.

The prize fund for the International sees the winner receive £3,000 while the second placed angler takes home £1,000.

Tickets for the big day are now available from www.fishomania.net as well as the venue, and Get Hooked on Fishing.

Source: Angling Trust Fishing News