World_Fly_Fishing_Championships

World Fly Fishing Championships

World Fly Fishing Championships

International sporting championships for fly fishing

The World Fly Fishing Championship is organised by the Confédération Internationale de la Pêche Sportive (FIPS Mouche) and takes place annually since 1981 between 30 teams of six individuals per country over five sessions. The WFFCs consist of four separate categories: the Youth Division, the Senior Division, the Masters Division and the Women's Division.

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FIPS Mouche

FIPS Mouche[1] is an abbreviation of "Fédération Internationale de Peche Sportive Mouche" (in English, the "International Fly Fishing Federation"), which is the fly fishing arm of CIPS (Confédération Internationale de la Pêche Sportive), founded in Rome in 1952,[2] the world regulating body for many different disciplines of fishing.[1] FIPS Mouche hand over the management responsibility for the organisation of upcoming FIPS Mouche event, in its entirety to selected host nation's fly-fishing governing body. The host nation is to ensure health and safety welfare, promotion, sponsorship and media arrangements, meet financial requirements and selection of suitable venues.[3]

Rules

Six rounds with a duration of three hours of fly fishing are fished at five different geographical locations (sectors), a mixture of lakes and rivers to test all skills,[4] as chosen by the host nation beforehand for its abundant trout and game fish populations. All fish caught will be measured for length, rather than weight and are returned to the water alive.[4] Points are awarded to the most successful anglers and section points per round according to placing, with the winner receiving one point; the lowest overall score wins.[4]

History

The first ever WFFC was held in Luxembourg in 1981 and won by team Netherlands, that winning team also produced the first ever individual world champion who was Cor Wittkamp.[5] Three years later in 1984, the 4th WFFC held in Spain was won by first class cricketer and footballer Tony Pawson of England, Although his team England were just beaten to the title by Italy.[5] Four years later in 1988 at the 8th WFFC in Australia the Individual world champion was John Pawson of England, son of Tony who won in 1984.[6] Pascal Cognard of France became the first angler to win the individual world championship three times when he won the 20th WFFC in England in 2000, having previously succeeded in Norway in 1994 and in the United States in 1997.[7] The Czech Republic set the standard in 2014 at their home water, having won the team tournament a record 10 times.[5] The World Fly Fishing Championship Team event has been won by the host nation on just 10 of the 40 occasions that the tournament has taken place (to 2021), a one in four chance.[5]

Results for All Team Divisions

Youth Team Results

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Senior Team results

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Senior Individual results

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Masters Team Results

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Masters Individual Results

Masters Individual Results

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Women's Team Results

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Recent and Upcoming Events


The 2020 event was postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though resumed in August 2021 in the Kuusamo and Taivalkoski regions of Finland.

The 41st WFFC took place in September 2022 in the principality of Asturias in Spain,[31] fished on the rivers Caudal, Piloña, Trubia, Narcea,[50] and on lake El Arenero [51] near Tineo.[50] Spain as hosts, were also the winning team, with France in second and Czech Republic third.[10] Julien Daguillanes of France won the individual title [30] for the second time, having previously won before in 2016 in the United States.[36]

The 43rd WFFC will be held in the Ariège, Aude and Pyrénées-Orientales regions of Occitaine, in France from 22nd - 30th June 2024.[52]

2018 > Trentino, Italy

River Sarca at Castello di Arco, near Trentino, Italy

Italy Hosted the 38th FIPS Mouche World Fly Fishing Championships in 2018, which was fished in Comano Terme, Trentino area of Italy.[53] Spain won the team event and also the individual with David García Ferreras victorious at The event was based at the Sarca River in Tione di Trento at the foot of the Natural Park Adamello Brenta, at Arco and at Pinzolo. Also at the Noce River at the Val di Non, and the Cornisello lake at the foot of Monte Giner near Mezzana within view of the Brenta Dolomites.[53] Species available in these waters include Marble trout (Salmo marmoratus) and Lake Char (Salvelinus umbla), both species indigenous to this region, also Brown trout (Salmo trutta) and Grayling (Thymallus thymallus).[53]

2019 > Tasmania, Australia

Mersey River, Tasmania

Australia hosted the 39th FIPS-Mouche World fly Fishing Championships, which took place between 30 November to 8 December 2019 in on the island of Tasmania. The venues fished were Penstock Lagoon, Meander River, Woods lake, Mersey river and Little Pine lagoon which had featured before in the 1988 World Fly Fishing championships.[54] The lakes and lagoons are situated near the small town of Miena, Tasmania, including Penstock lagoon, Great Lake and Little Pine Lagoon. The geographic centre of Tasmania is located on the western shore of the lagoon.[55] The species of fish caught were brown trout (Salmo trutta) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Brown trout (a non-indigenous species to Tasmania) were first introduced to Australia on 4 May 1864 when 2700 live brown trout ova, which had been packed in ice since leaving England, were hatched into the Plenty river near Hobart, Tasmania. Rainbow trout from North America were introduced in 1894.[56] The team event was won by France, the individual title went to Howard Croston of England.

2021 > Kuusamo, Finland

The 40th FIPS Mouche World Fly Fishing Championships was originally postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, then fished during August 2021 in the Kuusamo and Taivalkoski regions of Finland.[57][58] Both the team event and individual titles were dominated by the home nation Finland taking 4 of the top 5 places including the new world champion Heikki Kurtti.[12]

2023 > Slovakia

The Váh river near Piešťany, Slovakia

Slovakia held the 42nd FIPS Mouche World Flyfishing Championship 2023, which was won by France, who also won the individual prize with Pierre Kuntz securing the title. The venues fished were the rivers Váh, Belá, Poprad and Orava and on the water dam Palcmanska Maša located on the river at Dedinky near Dobšiná.[59]



Rolls of honour

Team medal table

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Multiple individual champions

France Pascal Cognard 3, England Brian Leadbetter 2, Italy Pierluigi Cocito 2, Italy Valerrio Santi Amantini 2, Czech Republic Antonin Pešek 2, France Julien Daguillanes 2.[7][48][6][5][36][30]

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