32nd World Fly Fishing Championship SLOVENIA 2012 & European Fly Fishing Championship PORTUGAL 2012
The 32nd FIPS-Mouche World Fly Fishing Championships and Conservation Symposium are being held in Bohinjska Bistrica, SLOVENIA, from the 3rd to the 9th June 2012. There are 4 river sessions and 1 lake session in the championship. The river sessions are being held on the Sava Bohinjka Upper, Sava Bohinjka Lower, Kokra and the Main Sava while the lake session is being held on Most na Soci.
The fish are to be measured from the tip of the nose to the extremities of the tail squeezed together with a size limit of 200mm. The eligible fish are – Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Marble Trout, Hybrid Trout (marble x brown trout), Lake Trout, Grayling, Danube Salmon, All other species.
The maximum leader length is 18 feet from flyline to point fly and no egg flies are allowed. The rule modifications are as below.
Congratulations to the anglers who will make this team as it should be a tremendous championship with excellent fishing.
The 2012 European Championships are being hosted by Portugal in the Coimbra Region from the 13th to the 20th May. It appears to be in the same region as the 2006 World Fly Fishing Championships so it could well be a very tough championship going on the previous one. The only info coming out from Portugal is that there is 5 river sessions or 4 rivers and 1 lake session if there is more than 15 teams entered. More info and clarification will be posted once known.
11th Fips-Mouche Youths World Fly Fishing Championships, France 2012
The 11th Fips-Mouche Youth World Fly Fishing Championships are taking place in the Lozére Region in France from the 8th to the 15th July 2012 with the competition itself being held from Wednesday the 11th July to Friday the 13th July.
There are four river sessions and on lake session (from a boat). The designated for the championship are the Lot (Upper), Lot (Lower), Colagne and Allier while the lake session is on Charpal Lake. The river beats will be an average of 350 metres in length and following on from the World Youths in Italy this year one of the river sessions (the session on the Upper Lot) is dry fly only with only one dry (floating) fly being allowed.
The eligible species on the river sessions are brown trout and grayling while on the lake session the eligible species are roach, perch and pike.
The Rule modifications for the championships can be viewed here: RM FRANCE 2012
The best of luck to all the Youths that will make the Irish Team which will be announced in due course.
Italy 2011 World Championships – Results
Congratulations to Tom Drinan who had a fantastic World Championships and climbed steadily up the leaderboard over the duration of the championships to finish in 5th position overall. Tom was 25th after the first session on day one. He improved to 12th position after the third session on day two and had a marvellous last day by winning his fourth session and finally finishing in 5th place at the end of the fifth session. The Irish Team finshed in 15th place overall.
Individual Senior Positions
5. Tom Drinan
46. Dave O’Donovan
61. Tom Beecher
95. Sean O’Connell
96. John Healy
Final Individual and Team Results: Seniors Final Results
The Irish Team - Tom Beecher, John Healy, Seanie O'Connell, Dave O'Donovan and Tom Drinan
Tom Drinan (5th overall) and Pat Noonan (Captain)
Individual Youth Positions
39. Sean Dempsey
49. Thomas Foley
51. Michael Conroy
52. Andrew Naylor
55. Sean Cassidy
59. David Armstrong
The Youths finished in 11th position overall in the team placings.
Final Individual and Team Results: Juniors Final Results
The Irish Youths Team that took part in the 2011 World Youths flyfishing Championship (left to right: Michael Twohig, Sean Dempsey, David Armstrong, Thomas Foley, Sean Cassidy, Andrew Naylor, Michael Conroy and Tom Lofts)
Best wishes to Seniors and Youths in World Championships in Italy
The best of luck to the Mens Senior and Youth Teams that are partaking in the World Championships in Italy. The Youths team have an early start in the morning as they away at 5.30am while the Seniors are flying out on Thursday.
The Youths team is as follows:
- Thomas Foley (Munster)
- Sean Cassidy (Leinster)
- Sean Dempsey (Leinster)
- Andrew Naylor (Leinster)
- David Armstrong (Leinster)
- Michael Conroy (Leinster)
A big thanks to Tom Lofts (Team Captain) and Michael Twohig (Team Manager) for getting the Youths ready for this fantastic occasion.
The Senior Team is:
- Tom Drinan (Munster)
- Tom Beecher (Munster)
- Sean O’Connell (Munster)
- Dave O’Donovan (Munster)
- John Healy (Munster)
Captain – Pat Noonan (Leinster)
Unfortunately, Campbell Baird (Ulster) and John Buckley (Munster) have had to drop out and a big thanks has to go to Pat Noonan who has taken on the Captaincy role at very short notice.
The best of luck to everyone and here’s hoping that you all have a wonderful and enjoyable championship.
Ireland 11th – 2011 European Championship (Czech Republic)
The Irish Team finished in 11th position overall in the 2011 European Flyfishing Championship held in the Czech Republic. They dropped down from their 8th place after session four to finish in 11th place at the end of the fifth session. Only 4 place points separated the 8th to 11th positions. Mike Drinan had a brilliant championships finishing in 14th position overall. Well done all.
Individual Irish Placings after Session 5
14. Michael Drinan
32. Tom Drinan
54. John Buckley
60. Kevin Mitchell
74. William Kavanagh
Team Results after Session 5
1 CZE1 – CZECH
2 FRA – FRA
3 ESP – SPAIN
4 POL – POLAND
5 SVK – SLOVAKIA
6 ITA – ITALY
7 SCO – SCOTLAND
8 FIN – FINLAND
9 ENG – ENGLAND
10 ROM – ROMANIA
11 IRL – IRELAND
12 CZE2 – CZECH LADIES
13 WAL – WALES
14 BEL – BELGIUM
15 LUX – LUXEMBOURG
16 HOL – NETHERLANDS
17 GER – GERMANY
Final Individual Results: Individual Results after Session 5
Final Team Results: Team Results after Session 5
Day 2 – European Championship – Ireland 8th
Ireland improved their position from 10th to 8th position overall in the team standings at the end of the second day in the European Championship in the Czech Republic. Again there was some wonderful individual performances with Mike Drinan fishing brilliantly on the second day finishing 3rd on his lake session and 2nd on his river session helping him to improve his standing to 13th overall, while his brother Tom also had another great day finishing 3rd in his river session in the morning to be in 8th place overall but his 9th place in his river session in the afternoon helped him to 15th position overall at the end of four sessions.
The Irish team fished consistently well on the second day to finish 8th in Session 3 and 7th in Session 4 which helped them to finish in 8th place at the end of day two.
Overall Irish Individual Positions
13. Mike Drinan
15. Tom Drinan
50. John Buckley
68. Kevin Mitchell
73. William Kavanagh
Team Standing
8. Ireland
The best of luck to the Irish Team in the final session tomorrow.
Day 1 – 2011 European Championship (Czech Republic) – Ireland 10th
At the end of day one Ireland lie in 10th position overall in the European Fly-fishing Championships. After a very tough first session this morning where Ireland finished 16th out of the 17 teams competing, they recovered brilliantly and done a lot better in the afternoon session. There were some great individual performances in the afternoon sessions where Tom Drinan won his bank session with 29 fish and Mike Drinan came second on his river session with 32 fish. These brilliant performances along with solid performances from the rest of the team helped them to 5th place in the afternoon session and improved the teams place considerably from 16th to 10th position overall.
Individual Irish anglers at the end of Day 1
13. Tom Drinan
30. Mike Drinan
54. John Buckley
68. Kevin Buckley
77. William Kavanagh
The best of luck guys and here’s hoping that you all have a great second day at the championship.
Irish Team for 2011 European Championship
The Irish Team for the Senior European Championship being held in the Czech Republic from 31st May to the 6th June 2011 has been announced. The team is as follows:
Captain – Michael Twohig
- John Buckley (Munster)
- Willie Kavanagh (Munster)
- David Mears (Munster)
- Michael Drinan (Munster)
- Thomas Drinan (Munster)
- Kevin Mitchell (Connaught)
Best wishes to all who made the team and the best of luck to you all in the Czech Republic.
Irish Team for Worlds in Italy 2011
Italy – 2011 World Fly Fishing Championships
The Irish Senior Team that will compete in the World Fly Fishing Championships that are being held in Italy from the 29th August to the 2nd September 2011 is as follows:
Captain – John Buckley (Munster)
Competitors:
- Thomas Drinan (Munster)
- Tom Beecher (Munster)
- Sean O’Connell (Munster)
- Dave O’Donovan (Munster)
- Campbell Baird (Ulster)
- John Healy (Munster)
It is taking place in the SudTirol Region of Italy and the format of the competition will be 4 river sessions and one lake session. The Lake session is taking place on Lago De Braies while the River sessions are on Aurino (Upper), Aurino (Lower), Rienza and Isarco. Only two flies are allowed during river sessions. The size limit during the competition is 220mm’s (22cm’s). The competition itself is being fished on Wednesday 31st August to Friday 2nd September.
Click here for the Official Website: Italy 2011
