Monday, March 31, 2008

Czechs Nymphs Win 28th Annual World Fly Fishing Championhship

Well, it's official now. The Czech Nymphs have won the 28th Annual World Fly Fishing Championship in New Zealand. Team U.S.A placed 8th in the overall competition. The New Zealand team took home the silver medal with France taking the bronze medal. You can check out the final team results by clicking here.

Anglers on the Czech and French teams also placed well in the individual standings. Josh Stephens (from Team U.S.A.) placed 20th in the overall individual standings. You can click here to view more individual rankings.

To view more information about previous World Fly Fishing Championships, click here.

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Friday, March 28, 2008

Initial Results of World Fly Fishing Championship

The 28th Annual Fly Fishing Championship started off great for Team U.S.A, who placed fourth after the first day of fishing. However, following day 2, Team U.S.A. slipped in the rankings and currently ranks 7th in the overall standings.

New Zealand is currently in the lead followed by the Czech Republic. England is currently in line for the bronze medal. You can check out the other rankings of competition by clicking here.

There are still two more sessions to complete before awards can be handed out. Stay tuned for more information ....

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

World Fly Fishing Championship This Weekend

Just wanted to send a quick reminder that the FIPS-MOUCHE World Fly Fishing Championship will be taking place this weekend in New Zealand.

Following two practice days, there are three days of competition (beginning March 22, 2008) at five different lakes and rivers involving both bank and boat fishing. Results are posted at the end of each day's competition at competition headquarters and on the NZ Fishing website.

The NZ National Open Feather Merchants Fly Tying Championship will also take place this weekend. This first annual Championship is designed to showcase the fly tying skills and artistic talents of fly fishers from around the world. It's open to all Competitors (team members) registered for the WFFC and all current members of SFFNZ.

Should be an exciting weekend! And of course, we'll be sure to post the final results here.

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Thursday, February 21, 2008

28th Annual World Fly Fishing Championship March 22-30

It's almost that time again for the world's best fly fishers to gather and compete for the World Fly Fishing Championship. This year's competition will be held in the Rotorua region of the North Island of New Zealand.

The championship will be held across three areas of the region. The first part of the competition will be held the north of Rotorua on Waihou river and the Ohinimuri River.

The lake fishing portion of the competition will be on two of the regions finest fishing lakes which are to the south of Rotorua and Lake Taupo, namely Lakes Otamangakau and Rotoaira.

The part of the competition will be held on the great Wanganui River near to the town of Taumaranui.

All these rivers and lakes contain wild trout only (brown and rainbow trout) and provide excellent fishing. Trout approximately 25 inches (65 cm) are caught regularly in local competitions.

For more information about the 28th World Fly Fishing Championship, click here.

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