Westbury man Josh Flowers competed in the 41st World Championships held in Asturias, Spain from 25-30th September.

He was a member of the Australian team including. Tom Jarman (Captain), Craig Dawson, Jason Mahoney and Stewart Dick.

Conditions in the Asturias were challenging, with warm and humid weather and low water levels. To make things worse, the end of the competition was hit with torrential rain that turned the streams milky brown.

Josh had a pretty frustrating time during the five day competition. He managed to land every fish he hooked on the Pilona river stretch, but on the Trubia had a tough time finding fish on a shallow section of stream, but ultimately landed a couple of fish. 

The very tough Narcea River presented few opportunities for anglers, but he artfully managed to catch a fish from one chance to save the blank on an overall heavily pressured stretch of river. 

Josh landed four fish from the bank of Lake El Arenero. On the last day he had a solid session on the Caudal catching four fish.

The Aussies finished up 12th overall a massive effort beyond home town winners Spain. Our top performer was Tom Jarman who came in the top 20 coming, finishing 19th overall individually. Josh was the third placed Aussie and finished well in the top 100.