Jamie Hughes wins Fish'O'Mania title for a second time
Monday 20 July 2015 09:31, UK
Jamie Hughes became only the second angler in the 22-year history of Coral Fish'O'Mania to win the title twice after completing a dominant victory.
The 32 year-old from the Wirral collected the £30,000 top prize with a winning weight of 16.600kg, which put him 4.050 ahead of nearest rival Connor Barlow at Cudmore Fisheries in Stoke-on-Trent.
He joins Matt Hall as the only other double-winner of the tournament after previously winning the title in 2013.
"It is an unbelievable feeling. I always said I would love to win it twice but I didn't think it would happen," said Hughes.
"The match went a lot different than all of us planned I think. We all thought we would be catching a lot more fish. Perhaps the disturbance around the lake scared some of the little fish and it has fished completely differently."
Hughes, fishing off the favoured peg 4, caught consistently throughout and steadily pulled ahead of the chasing pack in the half hourly weigh-ins.
By the halfway stage, he had built a clear lead as he caught F1s, two tench and plenty of small carp and skimmers.
Second-placed Connor Barlow from Manchester took the £5,000 cheque, while Wayne Taylor bagged the trophy and £1,000 for the biggest fish after landing a 2.100kg carp.
