NAME: Kevin Folwell
LIVES: Rugby
OCCUPATION: Retired Engineer
TOP ACHIEVEMENTS:
- White Acres Veterans Festival 2020, 1st
- White Acres Veterans Festival 2019, 3rd
- Marukyu Veterans UK Final 2018, 1st
- Veteran’s World Championships 2018 5th Individual, 3rd Team
- Veteran’s National Championships 2016, 1st
- A/T County Championships 2012, Winning Team
- National Championship Winners with Team Image
- GEC National Championships, 1st Individual
TEAM: Previously a member of Drennan Oxford, Trevs Browning, Team Image. Now individual
BIGGEST FISH: Approximately 20lb carp (I’ve never weighed one!)
BEST MATCH WEIGHT: Natural, 165lb bream in Denmark. Commercial, 215lb f1’s TBF
FAVORITE METHOD: f1’s shallow on the pole, silvers on commercials and stick float on running water
FAVORITE VENUES: Packington, Tunnel Barn Farm and the Thames
ANGLING AMBITIONS: To win team and individual gold at the Veterans World Championships
FAVORITE ITEM OF TACKLE: Drennan Acolyte Pro Pole
ABOUT: Kevin has been involved with some of the best teams in the country winning many team awards with his home town Rugby in his early days before joining Hinckley where he fished with the legendry Billy Makin. From here he fished with Team Image alongside Mark Pollard before moving to a successful Trevs Browning to fish with the awesome Dave Vincent and a host of top rate anglers. His next move saw him join Drennan Oxford at a time when the boys were starting to win in the big league showing some of the top river teams in the country that they were a serious outfit. More recently Kevin has concentrated more on his individual fishing with a good deal of success, especially since taking early retirement and having more time to devote to his fishing. “My proudest achievement of late has been my involvement with the England Veterans Team. Wearing an England shirt is a great honour and the culmination of a lifetime of devotion to the sport but I’m happy fishing anywhere doing any method. Angling is my life!”