One Off Shows
The Secret Of England's Success

Duration: 37 minutes
Series: One Off Shows

Italy's match fishing team were regarded as unbeatable on home venues, and came into the 2008 World Match Fishing Championship full of confidence as reigning world champions.

But England have assembled the most powerful squad of match anglers in history in many people's opinion, and they found a way to upset the apple cart and storm to team and individual gold on the Spinadesco Canal.

This is a fascinating, exclusive insight into how the team of Will Raison, Alan Scotthorne, Steve Gardener, Sean Ashby, Des Shipp and Stu Conroy were able to pull together, and how they hid their 'secret weapon' from the other 37 competing nations.

OnlineFishing.tv's head of channel, Gareth Purnell, has fished in 15 world championships himself and he talks exclusively to gold medal winner Will Raison about how the team formulated a plan and put it into practice, and how it feels to be a world champion.

Nothing like this 37-minute programme has ever been made before about the World Championships.

The show explains the nuances of international match fishing, and includes exclusive footage of the event, including interviews with all the home nation teams plus other key players like France, and the event's surprise package, San Marino.

There's great footage from the pre-match parade, the two-day match, the presentation (and the celebrations afterwards, including the team going headfirst into the venue) and interviews with the England management team including managers Mark Downes, Mark Addy and international events manager Dick Clegg.

If you match fish this is a must-see, but even if you don't, it's a one-off opportunity to gain a flavour and understanding of one of the biggest events in the angling calendar.