Irish competitor Brian Connaughton of Team Wild Hunter gives us the lowdown on the next series of Fly vs Jerk:

Fly vs Jerk is one of Europe’s most exciting pike fishing challenges, now running for 17 years. It’s a boat-only competition, fly and lure fishing only, and everything is strictly catch-and-release.

For Fly vs Jerk 17, five teams went head-to-head across Europe:

  • Team Gator
  • Team CWC
  • Team Wild Hunter
  • Team Decathlon Caperlan
  • Team Dutch Fly Guys

This season, myself (Brian Connaughton) and Daniel represented Team Wild Hunter, fishing here in Ireland, while the Dutch Fly Guys fished in Holland. The other teams fished in Scandinavia, with Team CWC taking on their session in Finland.

The series will be released on YouTube, with the first episode airing on Friday, 6 February, and a total of six episodes in the season. The final episode will be shown at Sportfiskemässan in Sweden, which runs from the 13th to the 15th of March, with the episode being played on the last day of the show (the 15th).

What makes Fly vs Jerk so intense is the points format. In each episode there are three points up for grabs:

  1. Longest five fish (combined length)
  2. Heaviest fish
  3. Most fish caught

That means a team can score anywhere from 0 to 3 points per episode, so every decision on the water matters.

Like everyone else, we won’t know the final overall outcome until the episodes air. We had some updates early on, but after the first part of the season it went quiet, so we’re genuinely in the dark on how the other teams finished.

Now it’s just a waiting game — and we can’t wait to see how it all unfolds.

If you want a preview of what it’s all about, check out the trailer for Series 16 below:

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