Team USA has once again departed for this year’s World Fly Fishing Championships. The 2009 Championships are taking place June 5 – 12th in Drymen, Scotland. After a great early season of US Regional Qualifiers, Team USA looks to be primed and ready for a very challenging championship. The venues for this year are 4 lakes and 1 river. The Lakes are as follows: Loch Leven, Loch Awe, Lake of Mentieth and Carron Valley Reservoir. The river venue is the River Tay. We will participate in 8 days of practice prior to the event and will be sending updates daily. If you would like to follow the championships online you can do so at: Worldflyfishingchampionships2009.com
We have announced our competitors, captain and managers for this championships as follows:
Team Manager: Walter Ungermann
Team Captain: Josh Stephens
Competitors: George Daniel
Lance Egan
Pete Erickson
Anthony Naranja
Mike Sexton
Devin Olsen – Alternate
Coaches: Vladi Trzebunia
Jerry Arnold
We appreciate all of the support and best wishes from all of you!
Best Regards,
Anthony Naranja
Fly Fishing Team USA – Captain
June 2, 2009
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