Hanak European Grayling Festival

03/12/2023

Massive congratulations to all the anglers who fished the competition this weekend. It was a pleasure to see you all again and the River Dee didn’t disappoint. Congrats to Wet Your Knot for winning for the second time on the trot.
Can I take this opportunity to thank all the angling clubs and owners who allow us to use their water for the competition. Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and see you all next year.

02/12/2023

Saturday morning and afternoon accumulated score - tight lines to all the teams tomorrow

02/12/2023

Beat allocation for Sunday

02/12/2023

Best of luck to all the teams fishing today 🎣

25/11/2023

25/11/2023

15/11/2023

A team is looking for 1 angler due to illness if you are interested please PM
Place now filled thanks for sharing 👍

10/10/2023

We have a few team spaces just come available for the festival if you are interested in entering this wonderful event please message for more details. It will be first come first serve

30/06/2023

Please sing this petition so that we can make sure juvenile fish survive

209 signatures are needed to reach the next milestone!

06/12/2022

I had the pleasure of watching Del Spry of the England Army Vets in action on Sunday…… a great performance Del 👏👏👏

06/12/2022

The Three Degrees 😂…… great effort by you and your team 👍👏

06/12/2022

So Wet your Knot who you taking home with you….. Hywel, Barry or the stunning trophy? 😂

06/12/2022

Best lady angler of the competition was Ingvild Aurdal of Norwegian Ladies.….. great effort Ingvild 👏👏👏

06/12/2022

Winners of the Fair Play Trophy which was the prize founded by the original co-founder of this competition Moc Morgan were Zoom Anglers…. Well done guys 👏👏👏

06/12/2022

An up and coming Welsh angler unsurpringly found himself amongst the prizes…… well done Rob Redman on your 49.1 cm fish 🎣👌👏

06/12/2022

As always the best individual prize takes some serious effort and application and this year was no exception. Congratulations to Robert Hackett….. well done young man!!

06/12/2022

The lads from Ireland have a long tradition of success in this competition…… 2 of the top 3 were from the Emerald Isle this year - congratulations to Ireland Mirko Nymphs on a very commendable 3rd place 👌

06/12/2022

Well done to the Irish Slayers for a great runners up performance…… no Grayling in Ireland you say? 👀

06/12/2022

More photos from the weekend….. massive congratulations to Wet your Knot on a brilliant win 👏👏👏

04/12/2022

Massive congratulations to Wet Your Knot for winning this years HANAK Grayling Festival. Well down to all involved and hope you all have a safe journey home

03/12/2022

First day results- Well done to everyone roll on tomorrow

02/12/2022

Draw for the beats - good luck to everyone 🎣

28/11/2022

Team captains here are the competition beats. Captains meeting will be help at 7pm Friday in Hand Hotel- see you there

24/11/2022

Attention
Due to a very late cancellation there is 1 space for a team of 3 anglers or 3 anglers who want to make up a team.
Please get in touch ASAP

02/11/2022

Due to a late cancellation there are 2 team (3 anglers) spaces in this years HANAK Grayling Festival which is being held 3rd 4th December. If you are interested please get in touch asap

05/12/2021

Well what a fantastic weekend in Llangollen. Massive congratulations to all anglers who fish the festival this year and congratulations to all the winners. Can I say a big thank you to all the people who help make this event run as smoothly as it does - Barry Thomas - Dylan Roberts - Brian Turner- Dave Wooldridge and Jean Bathers.
Also a big thank you to all the angling clubs and Owners that allow us to use the water for the competition.
Hope you all have a safe journey home.
Next year’s competition will be held 4th -5th December.

05/12/2021

Prizes for the festival are ready hope all the anglers have a great last session. Big thanks to Franta HANAK for sponsoring the competition

04/12/2021

Current team standings after 2 sessions

04/12/2021

Beat draw - Tight lines to all the teams