The Event ran from the 26th to the 28th of March.

Official competition Results

Team results -

1 CZE - Czech Republic 125 pts
2 NZL - New Zealand 148 pts
3 FRA - France 164 pts

NZ Team with our silver medals.

The team did extremely well staying with the Czech republic until the last day. The Czech's and French have dominated the sport for the last 10 years. What surprised most is that we competed and in many sessions beat the Czech's on the rivers. This was in part to improving the technique we use on smaller fish where contact with your flies increases your strike rate. What surprised us the most was getting beaten by the Czechs on our lakes. Overall a great result and a team that worked well together. Thanks guys it was fun fishing with you all.

 

Individual results -

1 Martin Droz - CZE
2 Julien Daguillanes - FRA
3 Tomas Starychfojtu - CZE

 

My results

Sorry no pictures at this stage.

Individual placing 21st overall - Winner session 5

Day one - Session 1 Waimakariri river - 2nd Place 34 fish

This was a beat I had not fished before. I knew it was a long beat and wanted to cover as much of it as possible. There was certainly alot of fish. Very happy with the session and a great start to the comp. Was surprised to be beaten with 34 fish. The winner caught 37.

Day one - Session 2 Waihou river - 12th Place 10 Fish

A little dissapointed with the fish numbers. Dropped a number of fish which cost me vital points. Light was quite gloomy making visibility of takes difficult.

Day 2 - Session 3 Lake Otamangakau - 16th Place 2 fish

This was the worst session for me. The techniques we developed in practice just didn't work for me in this session. In the end I was lucky to pick up the two small fish in the last 15mins of the session.

Day 2 - Session 4 Lake Rotoaira - 3rd Place 3 Fish

This lake can often be an unknown. A large body of water. I managed a couple of good fish early then struggled until right near the end when I pulled a good fish with 5mins to go.

Day 3 - Session 5 Whanganui river - 1st Place 29 Fish

This was definitely a session I will remember for a long time. I had to cross the river 29 times. The Whanganui is not the smallest of rivers. I certainly was exhausted at the end of it.