Vanarama Fishomania 2017 Betting and Preview – Angling Odds July 8

Angling's elite targeting Fishomania again this weekend

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It’s estimated that there are more than four million anglers in England and Wales, if you combine those who prefer coarse fishing with sea anglers and game fishermen.

It remains one of the most popular participation sports in the UK and, over 24 years, Fishomania has tried to promote fishing as a spectator sport. The annual event for angling’s elite is staged at the Cudmore Fisheries at Newcastle-under-Lyme near Stoke this weekend with more than five hours of live coverage on satellite sports channels. It has a new sponsor this year and the prize money has been boosted to £50,000 – that’s not a bad reward for a few hours sat beside a pond. Though, of course, it’s not as simple as that!

The 25 who have made it through 24 separate heats across England and one in Germany will be on tenterhooks waiting on the peg draw which will go a long way towards determining who ends up with the biggest haul in their landing net. Skill comes into it as well, of course, as well as choosing the right bait.

I’m still not convinced that angling is a spectator sport but try telling that to all those who populate canal and river banks all year round and will be glued to their TV sets for this tournament. The list of Fishomania winners reads like a who’s who of UK angling greats and those in the know still whisper in hushed tones of the day Neil Machin caught almost 100kg to win at Hayfield Lakes in Doncaster in 2006.

Bet365 have formed a market for Fishomania XXIV and have installed 2015 champion Jamie Hughes as their 9/2 favourite.

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Jamie Hughes is one of three previous winners competing at Cudmore Lakes this weekend. Bridgwater’s Steve Jackson and Nottinghamshire-based Steve Cooke are 20/1 and 22/1 respectively with Skybet, who also have a full list. Team England’s Will Raison smashed the double ton at Gold Valley Lakes in Hampshire in the penultimate Fishomania qualifier and is only 11/2 with bet365.

Vanarama Fishomania XXIV Current Odds

Jamie Hughes (9/2), Will Raison (11/2), Andy Power (10/1), Lee Kerry (12/1), Stephen Openshaw (14/1), Jason Collins and Steve Barraclough (16/1), Steve Jackson and Tony Curd (20/1), Lee Bennett and Steve Cook (22/1), Adam Richards and Jason Redgrave (25/1), Colin Scott and Dave Roberts (28/1), Paul Blinkhorn and Ross Harold (28/1), Ben Sharp, Chris Weeder, Keith Pentland, Richard Chapman and Steve Hamilton (33/1), Andy Adams (40/1), Robert Giles (50/1), Markus Billen (66/1)