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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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Scotland Will Host 2009 World Fly Fishing Championships

It's official - the 2009 World Fly Fishing Championships will be hosted by Scotland.

More than 25 countries over seven days of competition are expected to participate in this fly fishing event in Stirling and Perthshire.

Although this even has been hosted by the U.K. before, it's the first time for Scotland. The fly fishing event was held in England in 2000 and 1987 and in Wales in 1990. It was also held in Galway, Ireland in 1995 (which is not part of the U.K.).

For more information about the 2009 World Fly Fishing Championship, please visit EventScotland.org (more information will be posted as it become available).

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