The 2015 FIPS-Mouche European Fly Fishing is being held on the 21st-27th September in Trentino, Italy, on the Sarca river and the Lake of Nembia. 

Programme:

21st Sept – Parade and Opening Ceremony

22nd Sept – Official Practice Sessions 1 & 2

23rd Sept – Competition Sessions 1 & 2

24th Sept – Competition Session 3

25th Sept – Competition Sessions 4 & 5

26th Sept – Closing Ceremony & Gala Dinner

Official Programme: PROGRAMM-DEPLIANT_EN

You will also find more information at the official website here, and on their Facebook page here. John Horsey is also covering this event on his Facebook page here, as is Ben Bangham here.

Team England FF is represented by John Horsey, Lewis Hendrie, Howard Croston, Tony Baldwin, Mike Dixon, Ben Bangham (reserve) and Ian Greenwood (captain/manager).

Session One

After the first session England were in 6th place, with the Czech Republic 1st, Italy 2nd, Finland 3rd, France 5th and Poland 6th. Howard Croston came 3rd in his session on Sector 4 on the Sarca river with 49 fish, while Lewis Hendrie came 4th with 3 fish in Sector 5 on Lake Nembia, just two fish behind the 1st place in this sector. Team Results after Session One: Session_1_Team_Results_provisional Individual Results after Session One: Session_1_Indiv_Results_Provisional

Session Two

After the second session England moved down to 7th place, with the Czech Republic 1st, Finland 2nd and France 3rd and Poland 4th. Team_results_after_session_2 Mike Dixon came 4th and Tony Baldwin 5th in their sessions on the Sarca river, while Howard Croston came 5th on Lake Nembia. Sebastian Delcor of France is currently the top individual, ahead of Roman Heimlich of the Czech Republic. Howard Croston is currently 15th and Mike Dixon 26th. Individual_results_after_session_2

Session Three

England were lying in 8th place after the third session, with the Czech Republic still in 1st, in front of France who moved into 2nd, ahead of Poland in 3rd, while Finland dropped to 4th. Team_results_after_session_3 John Horsey won his session on Lake Nembia, the only angler to catch four fish. Individually, Sebastian Delcor of France is still in 1st place, ahead of Roman Heimlich of the Czech Republic, with both anglers scoring three 1st places in their three sessions. Individual_results_after_session_3

Session Four

Following some good individual performances, England recovered to 7th place after the fourth session. The Czech Republic are still 1st with 61 points, ahead of France in 2nd with 84 points and Poland 3rd with 92 points. Team_results_after_session_4 Lewis Hendrie won his session on Sector 3 of the Sarca River with 26 fish, 15 more than the Czech competitor in second place, while Howard Croston got 2nd on Sector 2, also on the Sarca River. Individually, Sebastian Delcor of France is still in 1st place on 6 points, with three 1sts and a 3rd, ahead of Roman Heimlich of the Czech Republic on 7 points, with three 1sts and a 4th place. Individual_results_after_session_4

Session Five

England finished the Championships in 7th place. The Czech Republic are the new European Champions, with 74 placing points, some distance ahead of France in 2nd place with 102 points, and Poland 3rd with 112 points. TRENTINOEFFC_Team_results_after_session_5

Individually, Roman Heimlich of the Czech Republic is the European Champion, winning his last session on the Sarca River, with Sebastian Delcor of France taking the Silver after coming 3rd in session five. Bronze medallist was Tomas Adam of the Czech Republic. TRENTINOEFFC_Individual_results_after_session_5

Competition Sectors:

Sector One: Sarca River, Val Genova

Sector Two: Sarca River, Caderzone – Pinzolo

Sector Three: Sarca River, Tione

Sector Four: Sarca River, Terme di Comano

Sector Five: Lake Nembia

Videos

Scotland take Gold in a tight contest

Results:

1st Scotland (91 fish) 207lbs 9ozs

2nd England (92 fish) 201lbs 0.6ozs

3rd Ireland (84 fish) 182lbs 10ozs

4th Wales (63 fish) 139lbs 8.2ozs

Brown Bowl for biggest bag: Craig Smith (England) 14 fish for 30lbs 0.2ozs

Full Results: iffa2015autumn

AT TEFF Chairman Clive Collier commented, “We knew this was going to be a tight match, and as the day progressed it seemed as though the eventual result would be very difficult to call. Congratulations to Brown Bowl winner Craig Smith of England, and to Scotland for coming out top in a very close contest”. 

AT Team England FF was represented by: Ian Colclough (capt), James Atkinson, Rob Barden, Chris Bobby, Martin Burgess, Mark Glass, Kim Green, Paul Golding, Gary Haskins, Mike Heritage, Carl Malpass, Craig Smith, Mark Stevens, Mark Withyman & Paul Angell (manager).

The Angling Trust reports: “After four days practice in a variety of conditions England knew that there were fish to be caught in most areas of the lake. Tactics and areas to be fished would be dependent on the weather conditions on match day. Friday saw bright sunshine with very light breezes which would make the fishing challenging. As expected the start saw the fleet split evenly with around half the boats turning left out of the harbour and heading towards Lochend, with the rest going to Gateside Bay. Tactics would be to use a washing line, with buzzers between various boobies and fabs, and to vary the line according to conditions. The retrieve would be either to fish static, or a figure of 8 retrieve, with dries becoming a major tactic during the afternoon, especially if cloud cover came in. The rules for the day were to kill your first 3 fish, then fish catch and release, with each subsequent fish counting as 2lb.

The warm and bright and almost still conditions meant that boats had to search out fish. Eventual Brown Bowl winner, Craig Smith, winning his first cap for England, fished Otter bay and Kate’s Brae for the first 5 hours, taking 8 fish, before moving to Gateside Bay where he took the remainder of his 14 fish final tally. A superb result when the rod average for the day was just under 6.

At the weigh in, it was obvious that the result would be a closely run thing. Scotland with 90 fish just eased ahead of England, who caught 91, on the weight of a couple of large fish. Ireland finished with the bronze, with Wales in fourth place.

Paul Angell, Autumn Loch-Style Team Manager stated “It was a great team performance, based on the sharing of knowledge and ideas to develop a strategy that very nearly produced another gold medal and an outstanding performance to take the individual top position by new cap Craig Smith. The team wish to thank all the sponsors of Team England Fly Fishing for their help and support, and particularly Craghoppers for supplying the team clothing for the event and we look forward to 2016.”

This was fished on Llangollen/Maelor AA water of the River Dee, Llangollen. 

1st. Andrew Scott – Total Fish 24 – Total Fish Points 1125 – Total Placing Points 4

(2015 National Rivers Champion)

2nd. Simon Robinson – Total Fish 20 – Total Fish Points 945 – Total Placing Points 5

3rd. Phil Dixon – Total Fish 25 – Total Fish Points 1228 – Total Placing Points 10

4th. Chris Richardson – Total Fish 15 – Total Fish Points 748 – Total Placing Points 10

5th. Lewis Hendrie – Total Fish 21 – Total Fish Points 956 – Total Placing Points 11

6th. Andy Cliffe – Total Fish 20 – Total Fish Points 930 – Total Placing Points 12

(Reserve)

AT Team England FF finished 4th in the ‘5 Nations Competition’, behind Belgium 1, Ireland 3, and Scotland 1. This event was held at Ballyvourney, Ireland, from 13th to 18th July 2015. 

1. Scotland 1  (115 trout) 53 Team placings 65720 Team points

2. Ireland 3 (104 trout) 70 Team placings 59540 Team points

3. Belgium 1 (85 trout) 73 Team placings 49640 Team points

4. England (86 fish) 75 Team placings 49040 Team points

Individual Gold – Ben Bangham (England) 34 trout 7 Placings 18700 Points 

The Team representing Team England was:

Ben Bangham

Martin Burgess

Andy Cliffe

Jay Curry

Stuart Wardle (Development Coach and Manager) 

The competition was fished to FIPS Mouche rules over 4 sessions on the following venues:

Loch Lein (Boat – 2 sessions)

Gouganebarra Lake (Bank – 1 session)

River Allow (River – 1 session)

Congratulations to Scotland, Ben and the rest of AT Team England. 

Team Manager Stuart Wardle commented: ‘What a great venue. TAFI provided fantastic hospitality, great venues and great fishing to make this a really fantastic competition. AT Team England use the 5 Nations as a development opportunity for developing International anglers and the Team worked hard together to produce a very credible performance finishing only 2 placing points off a podium place. The icing on the cake was Individual Gold for Ben Bangham of Team England, with only 7 placing points it illustrates a very consistent performance from Ben and a credit that is shared amongst all the team and brings some reward back to England.’

‘A BIG thank you goes to the Trout Anglers Federation of Ireland (TAFI) for the organisation, the controllers, the clubs and venues and hosts, and also to the Mills Inn for looking after us all so well.’  

Full Report: 5 Nations 2015 Report template for Competitions

AT Team England FF take silver, one point ahead of Wales

1. Ireland  (71 fish) 3199 points 43 placings

2. England (54 fish) 2432 points 49 placings

3. Wales (61 fish) 2760 points 50 placings

4. Scotland (32 fish) 1430 points 67 placings

Individual Winner – Peter Doherty (Ireland) 4 placings Moc Morgan Trophy

Biggest Fish – Rob Bending (Wales) 39.5cms Mike Childs Trophy

Full Results: iffarivers2015

AT Team England was represented by Howard Croston, Mike Dixon, Mike Heritage, Simon Robinson, Andrew Scott and Lewis Hendrie (reserve), with Mike Tinnion (Manager).

England Manager Mike Tinnion reports: Ireland’s River Liffey was the venue for this year’s IFFA Rivers International, and with very little rain for the previous eight weeks, it was going to be a real test of the anglers’ skills. Practice over the preceding days confirmed this with loads of trout visible, but not feeding.

The match day loomed with most teams settling on a mix of French nymphing, duo, and dry fly. Early rain cooled the morning and there were more fish rising than had been seen all week, by dinner time this had burned off and it was HOT!

The first two 90-minute sessions saw Ireland get their noses in front, with England a few points behind, then Wales and Scotland. The third session saw England gain a point on the Irish with Wales joining them. The fourth and final session saw low water, bright sunshine and water that had been fished three times before. Ireland surged again, helped in no small way by a superb effort by Peter Docherty, who gained four 1st places and the Moc Morgan trophy.

So gold for Ireland, England held on for silver, just pipping Wales, with Scotland fourth. For the full results please go to www.iffa.net.

It is a testament to fishing on the Liffey that 218 trout were caught, measured and safely returned on a hot summer’s day and with very low water. Thanks must go to John Higgins and his team of Assistants for a superbly run competition, once again fished in a manner that should make anybody present proud to have participated.

So the event moves on next year to the Aberdeenshire Don, another great river, to host what must be the closest fought annual match. 

Results Day Three Sixth Session

After a strong final session Team England finish 9th

England Individual Placings

Simon Robinson 24th

Phil Dixon 30th

Andrew Scott 47th

John Tyzack 71st

Scott Nellins 88th

Results Day Three Fifth Session

England Individual Placings After 5th Session

Andrew Scott 36th

Simon Robinson 38th

Phil Dixon 43rd

John Tyzack 86th

Scott Nellins 97th

Results Day Two Third Session

English Individual Placings After 3rd Session

Andrew Scott 23rd

Phil Dixon 27th

Simon Robinson 61st

John Tyzack 67th

Scott Nellins 88th

All still to play for!

TEAM RESULTS

England are  in 9th place, which is a good start to the competition.

Individual Placings

Phil Dixon 5th

Scott Nellins 24th

Simon Robinson 64th

Andrew Scott 77th

John Tyzack 104th

 The 35th FIPS-Mouche World Fly Fishing Championships is being held from 15th – 21st June at the city of Jajce in Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Tuesday 16th: Teams arrive at official hotel

Wednesday 17th: Official Practice Sessions 1, 2 & 3

Thursday 18th: Competitions Sessions 1 & 2

Friday 19th: Competition Session 3

Saturday 20th: Competition Sessions 4 & 5

Sunday 21st: Awards Ceremony & Closing Banquet

Competition Sectors: 1. Pliva River – Sipovo 2. Sana River – Ribnik 3. Sanica River – Kljuc 4. Pliva Lakes – Jajce 5. Vrbas River – Donju Vakuf

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Introductory Video

You will find more information at the official website and their Facebook page.

Team England FF is represented by: Phil Dixon, John Tyzack, Andrew Scott, Simon Robinson, Scott Nellins, Andy Croucher (reserve), and Paul Page (captain/manager).

Team CVs: 2015 team CV’s