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28th Fips-Mouche World Fly Fishing Championships, 2008
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2008 World Fly Fishing Championships Nineteen fly fishing teams from around the world plus four individual anglers representing a further four countries compete in New Zealand for team and individual championship titles. All team members also participate in the individual championships. The championships are being held in the Rotorua region of the North Island from 22-29 March 2008. Following two practice days, there are three days of competition at five different rivers and lakes involving both bank and boat fishing. Results are posted at the end of each day's competition at competition headquarters and on this website, nzfishing.com. |
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New Zealand Open Fly Tying Championship The first NZ National Open Fly Tying Competition, sponsored by Feather Merchants and Umqua, is being held at the Kingsgate Hotel on Sunday March 23, 2008. Viewing of the flies and the master fly tiers at work is open to the public in the Redwoord Room from 3pm -4.30pm. Find out more ... |
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Rotorua Lakes Ecology and Restoration Programme A symposium on the Ecology and Restoration of the Rotorua lakes is being held at the Kingsgate Hotel in the Hangi room on Saturday 29th March from 10am-12.30pm. This event is free and open to the public. Find out more.... |
| Organisers and hosts | Sport Fly Fishing NZ (Inc.) |
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| Based at | Kingsgate Hotel Fenton Street Rotorua |
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| 2008 programme | The table below outlines the programme. For the full programme please see the 2008 World Fly Fishing Champs website.
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| Contact | Jill Mandeno President SSFNZ International Organiser WFFC 2008 Fax : +64 9 630 7170 (home) Email: jillmandeno@attglobal.net Email: info@2008worldflyfishingchamps.com
Paul Dewar Mobile: 021 63 88 26 Sports Fly Fishing NZ (Inc) Phone 64 4 472 7827
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| Website | The official website for the 2008 world chapms is: |
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| Fishing waters | The 2008 champs are based in the central North Island of New Zealand in the Rotorua, Taupo and Lower Waikato regions. Venues Sector I: Whanganui River Sectors II: Lake Rotoaira Sector III: Lake Otamangakau Sector IV: Waihou
River Reserve river: Ohinemuri River Reserve lake: Lake Kuratau View further details and a map of the fishing venues at the 2008 World Fly Fishing Champs website. |
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| Maps | A map of the fishing venues is provided at the 2008 World Fly Fishing Champs website includes See also the nzfishing.com maps for the: |
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| How it works | Venues The five river and lake venues where the competition takes place are known as "sectors". Each sector is divided into beats of at least two hundred metres, with the same number of beats in each sector as the number of participating teams. The beats are selected to provide all competitors with equal fishing opportunities and to ensure that noone is either advantaged or disadvantaged by the quality of the beat. Scoring Following two practice days, the three days of competition begin. Over the three days, each individual angler fishes at each venues for a three hours session. Anglers are fishing against the clock and, if a caught fish dies before it is released, no points are awarded. Their catches are measured and scored, and the team scores are calculated by combining the 25 individual session scores. Sector judges conduct and supervise the competition, while volunteer controllers measure the fish and ensure participants adhere to the rules. Results Results are posted at the end of each day's competition at competition headquarters and on this website, nzfishing.com. Flies Participants can use any fly they want so long as it includes no more than one bead at the head. The bead can be no longer than four millimeters. Flies can be weighted, but the weight must be concealed within the fly. Competitors can use up to three flies at a time, as long as the flies are 20 inches apart on the fishing line. Boats Lake fishing will be conducted from identical New Zealand-built StabiCraft 389 Frontier boats. |
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| Didymo prevention | The use of felt-soled (footed) boots or waders is prohibited during the world championships in order to help prevent the spread of didymo to North Island fishing waters. | ||||||||||||||||
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Results
Results of the fly tying championship and each day's fly fishing will be published here after 10pm NZ time.
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