We are just about unpacked from the Zander match we sponsored during the weekend and a very enjoyable weekend it was to. We were the proud sponsors of the Zandermania 2009 event run for the Lure Anglers Society members, 44 anglers entered the match which is a good turn out. In total 18 Zander were caught on the day with the biggest being about 6-7lb, that was a good result considering the awful weather we had on the day. Heavy showers and very strong 50mph+ gusts made life very difficult for the anglers as well as us trying to keep the Baxter Angling gazebo on the ground!

A bit of bad weather won’t put us off though and everyone soldiered on, the anglers were rewarded for their troubles with some nice Zander making an appearance. One of the funny moments of the day was some of the unusual captures, one being a full kitchen table! The best one for me though was what looked like Mr Crabtree had dropped his rod in the canal a few years ago, it had obviously been in there for a while as it was covered in mussels!

The mussel rod!

The one thing we do enjoy most about LAS events is the relaxed and friendly atmosphere, we really enjoyed chatting to the anglers and generally just having a good laugh. You won’t find a better bunch of anglers than the guys/gals of the Lure Anglers Society, a real pleasure to fish with and they are always more than happy to help their fellow anglers.

Myself & Phillipa would like to say a big thank you to everyone that attended Zandermania 2009, it was a real pleasure to meet you all and we looking forward to attending a few more LAS events this year.

The Baxter Angling gazebo at Zandermania 2009

The next event we’ll be sponsoring will be the LAS Nottingham Match on Sunday 18th October so what this space for updates during the next few months.