Ahead of the 2022 Cazoo FishOMania at Westwood Lakes, this Saturday, 23 July. We profile all 25 anglers and tell you a little about them.
Name – Andy Bennett
- Nickname – Bagger
- Age – 37
- Place first went fishing – Coombes res
- Favourite place to fish – Whiteacres
- What would you do with the £50,000 if you won – Get married
- Favourite method – waggler
- First FishO memory – netting the last fish to win in 2019 with all my family and friends cheering
- Bank runner name – Paul Holland
- FishO Stat – Winner in 2019/2020
Name – Adam Richards
- Age – 33
- Place you first went fishing – Charltons Pond, Billingham
- Favourite place to fish – Anywhere as long as I’m catching plenty!
- What would you do with the £50,000 if you won – treat myself to a new van and take the rest of the year off work!
- Favourite method – Stick float fishing for chub
- First FishO Memory – the first couple of minutes of my very first FishO final, casting a feeder to the far bank turning to chat to a friend behind me to hear a huge splash from a fish-spooking near the far bank and turning round to see my rod almost being pulled in…. The perfect start…. If only it had lasted all day!
- Bank Runner name – Nick Speed
- Last FishO Final – 2018, unsure of where I finished but it was well down!
Name – Andrew Dyson
- Nickname – Andy
- Age – 38
- Place you first went fishing – bridge water canal Eccles
- Favourite place to go fishing – old Hough fisheries and Heronbrook
- What would you do with the £50,000 if you won? – Pay off my debts and buy a van for my business
- Favourite method – pole shallow
- First FishO Memory whether from, competing, or watching – The first was probably watching Matt Hall win
- Bank runner name – Martyn Steele
- FishO Stat – Debut
Name – Andy Power
- Nickname – “The Power” /“The Somerset Spodder”
- Age – 34
- Place you first went fishing – North Devon, aged 11
- Favourite place to go fishing – Chew Valley for pike
- What would you do with the £50,000 if you won? – Buy some new trainers, and some fuel to go fishing.
- Favourite method – Waggler fishing
- First FishO memory whether from competing or watching – Qualifying for my first FishO from Willinghurst Fishery aged 21, using a Preston method feeder with pennies glued to the bottom for extra weight.
- Bank Runner name – Matty Dawes
- FishO Stat – 8th final / two-time runner-up
Name – Alex Hulme
- Age – 32
- Place 1st went fishing – A local lake called isle pool with my dad and brother catching roach and skimmers.
- Favourite place to go fishing – Heronbrook Fishery.
- What would you do with £50,000 if you won? – House deposit
- Favourite method: Meat fishing for carp.
- First FishO memory: Going to Hayfield to watch Neil Machin win the final in 2006.
- Bank runner: Ash Davies.
- FishO Stat: Debut
