Grafham Water & Elinor Trout Fishery, Huntingdon, England

Monday 12th to Friday 16th June 2023

Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing is pleased to be hosting this year’s 5N Championship, which will be based at the Racecourse Hotel, Huntingdon. The fly fishing will be from drifting boats on Grafham Water, and from the bank at Elinor Trout Fishery. Teams will compete to FIPS-Mouche rules at four 3-hour sessions spread over 2 days.

Four Teams have registered, representing England, Scotland, Ireland and Norway.

England:
Mark Withyman (Captain), Andy Taylor, Simon Clarke & Gilliaum Vermeulen

Scotland:
Ian Runcie (Captain), Scott Freeman, Ian Wilson & Ron Chesney

Ireland:
Declan O’Sullivan (Captain), Darren Curran, Eamon Keaney & Richard Willis 

Norway:
Cato Vivelid Nilssen (Captain), Erlend Vivelid Nilssen, Henrik Botnevik & Geir Granli

CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAMME

Monday 12th June
15:00 Check in at hotel
20:00 Dinner in hotel
21:00 Captains’ Meeting & Draw

Tuesday 13th June
06:30 Breakfast
09:00 Practice Sessions – Grafham & Elinor Sectors
20:00 Dinner in hotel
21:00 Captains’ Meeting

Wednesday 14th June
06:30 Breakfast
09:30-13:00 Session 1 – Grafham & Elinor Sectors
14:15-17:45 Session 2 – Grafham & Elinor Sectors
20:00 Dinner in hotel

Thursday 15th June
06:30 Breakfast
09:30-13:00 Session 3 – Grafham & Elinor Sectors
14:15-17:45 Session 4 – Grafham & Elinor Sectors
20:00 Dinner in hotel
21:00 Medal Ceremony

Friday 16th June
06:30 onwards Breakfast & Departure

The 2023 5NFFC is being sponsored by both Hunt’s Original and FlyFishNorth, who are kindly providing samples of their Fly Preparation and Fly Tying materials.

England Team Captain Mark Withyman said: “It’s always a real honour to represent your country in your chosen sport, so I and the team are all delighted to be fishing the 5N on home soil. We believe that these competitions are important to be supported as they represent the stepping stone to other Fips mouche events and as such are a valuable introduction to the pressures and intensity that those competitions hold. Our thanks go to the organisers, controllers and competitors for holding the event which I’m sure will be a good one”

Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing 5NFFC Event Organiser Paul Page said: “June is a challenging month for trout fishing as both water temperatures and weed growth increase. However, there are plenty of fish to be caught and returned safely at both fisheries. Grafham Water and Elinor Trout Fishery are well established and renowned Midland stillwaters so we can expect a good competition.

LINKS

Holiday Inn Huntingdon Racecourse Hotel –
www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/gb/en/huntingdon/xhuhr/hoteldetail
Grafham Water – www.anglianwaterparks.co.uk/grafham-water-park/fishing
Elinor Trout Fishery – https://elinortf.co.uk/
Hunt’s Original – www.huntsoriginal.co.uk
FlyFishNorth – www.flyfishnorth.com
Angling Trust – www.anglingtrust.net
Team England Fly Fishing – www.te-ff.org