World/Euros

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.

RM SLOVENIA 2012 – final eng

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. No further details as yet on these but 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. More info will be posted once known.

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Czech Republic – 2011 European Fly Fishing Championship

The 17th Fips-Mouche European Fly Fishing Championship is taking place in the Czech Republic from the 30th May 2011 to the 6th June 2011. The Official Hotel is Hotel Ruze in Rozmberk, South Bohemia. There is 3 river sessions, 1 lake session and 1 bank session in the championship. The minimum size limit is 18cm’s.

The Five Sessions are as below:

Vltava 29P – River Session – between Lipno Reservoir and the Equalizing Reservoir of Lipno 2. In the Sector 1 (Vltava 29P) there will be a rotation between beats. This gives the competitor double the beat length to fish. For example, Competitor 1 fishes beat 1 for 90 minutes, then has 30 minutes for rotation and then fishes beat 2 for 90 minutes. Competitor 2 fishes beat 2 and after 90 minutes fishing followed by the rotation then fishes beat 1. In the case of odd number of teams the system of rotation will be clarified during the Captain’s meeting.
Vltava 29 – Boat Session – on the Equalizing Reservoir of Lipno 2.
Vltava 28 Upper Part – River Session – just below the town of Vyssi Brod.
Vltava 28 Lower Part – River Session – below the upper part of Vltava 28 and above the town of Rozmberk.
Malse 6 – Kvetonov Lake – Bank Session – there will be a rotation in place in this session so that all competitors fish all four banks. During bank fishing in the lake, there will be 4 periods of 45 minutes fishing and 3 times 20 minutes for the rotation between beats. Beats will be at least 30 metres.

The Irish Team for the European Championship in the Czech Republic has been announced and is as below:

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.

Click here for the Official Website: Czech Republic 2011

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Italy – 2011 World Fly Fishing Championships

The 2011 World Fly Fishing Championships are being held in Italy from Monday 29th August to Friday 2nd September 2011. The Senior and Youth Championships are taking place at the same time. The Seniors are based in Lago Brais e Torrenti with the fishing in the Bolzano (Alto Adige) Region, while the Youths are based in Fiume Tevere with the fishing in and around Arezzo (Toscano).

The Irish Senior Team has been selected as is as below:

Thomas Drinan (Munster)
Tom Beecher (Munster)
Sean O’Connell (Munster)
Dave O’Donovan (Munster)
John Healy (Munster)

Captain: Pat Noonan (Leinster)

Click below for the Rules Modifications for the 2011 World Senior Fly Fishing Championship in Italy.

RM World 2011 Italy

The official website is: http://www.sfwc2011.it/eng/index.html

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The 15th Fips-Mouche European Flyfishing Championships took place in Cork/Kerry from 20th to 26th September 2009. A big congratulations to Dave O’Donovan who finished 3rd overall, winning a European Bronze Medal, Ireland’s first ever Individual Medallist at the World or European Championships.

Team Results after Session 6: EURO Team Results

Individual Results after Session 6: EURO Individual Results