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TroutLegend Coop Rocky Mountain Expansion

DejonHamann — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:10:24 +0000

We are very proud to announce the introduction of two new teams into the TroutLegend Competitive Fly Fishing Cooperative: “Team America Cup” based near Denver, Colorado led by David Pehle and “Team TroutLegend Utah” based near Salt Lake City, Utah led by Jeremy Allan. The addition of these 2 Rocky Mountain loci will greatly enhance the Coop’s mission to support and grow the culture of Fips-Mouche style competitive fly fishing in North America.

Both of these teams are looking for talented new Members. Whether you’re a new and ambitious beginner in the comp’ circuit or a “tried and true” veteran being a part of a team is the best way to enhance your skill set and give back to the sport. Contact information and team updates for both of these squads can be found here in the forum under their respective team boards.

US National Championship State College, PA 2009 Results

DejonHamann — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:40:13 +0000

1 George Daniel – B USA 19 10860 16 385
2 Lance Egan – B USA 20 13660 21 400
3 Norman Maktima – A USA 22 11080 16 410
4 Mike Sexton – A USA 23 14400 22 370
5 Devin Olsen – C USA 24 18020 28 351
6 Brett Bishop – A USA 26 13200 19 440
7 Cody Burgdorff – D YT 26 6600 10 332
8 Brian Kimmel – B USA 26 5020 7 388
9 Anthony Naranja – B USA 30 11320 17 350
10 Pete Erickson – A USA 30 6720 10 415
11 Josh Stephens – C USA 30 5420 8 335
12 Zach Herbel – NW 31 6020 9 385
13 Leonard Saurers – MW 31 5220 8 360
14 Guy Jeans – NW 31 3440 5 370
15 Kurt Finlayson – NW 32 7620 11 387
16 Barney Naylor – MW 32 6060 9 345
17 Brian Capsay – C USA 32 4480 6 352
18 Danny Marino – D YT 34 12620 18 420
19 Aaron Jasper – SW 34 10320 15 430
20 David Woody – SE 34 5500 8 370
21 Ed Pinkston – RM 35 2300 3 380
22 Randy Hanner – SE 36 5900 9 350
23 John Knight – AD1 37 7080 11 350
24 Glade Gunther – RM 37 6840 11 350
25 Chris Lee – SE 37 4600 7 320
26 Riley Cotter – B USA 38 6700 10 390
27 Loren Williams – C USA 38 5300 8 315
28 Paul Colcord – SE 38 3520 5 365
29 Dan Oas – RM 39 9200 14 425
30 Noah Thompson – D YT 39 4700 7 370
31 Kevin Thomason – MW 39 4220 6 350
32 Chris Galvin – AD1 40 4980 7 372
33 Dejon Hamann – MW 41 5740 8 380
34 Wes Congdon – SW 41 3740 6 310
35 Jeremy Sides – RM 41 3080 4 417
36 Scott Robertson – C USA 41 1680 2 450
37 Jim Hickey – SW 42 3000 5 305
38 Alec Gerbec – NW 42 2880 4 340
39 Clint Losee – RM 43 5480 8 310
40 Josh Curtis – SW 43 5120 8 330
41 Will Travis – D YT 45 3420 5 350
42 Taylor Bussy – SE 45 2380 4 287
43 Sean Baker – NW 46 3040 5 300
44 Robbie Wirth – D YT 46 1500 2 325
45 Rob Kolanda – A USA 47 1500 3 320
46 Thomas Ludwig – AD1 48 3760 6 340
47 Justin Lyons – AD1 48 1160 2 250
48 Ben Metcalf – AD1 50 600 1 250
49 Charles Kempe – SW 50 0 0 0
49 Allen Bole – MW 50 0 0 0

T Minus 1 Week to National Fly Fishing Championship 2009

DejonHamann — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:26:09 +0000

1 week left until some of the top fly fishing anglers in the United States converge in State College, PA to take a shot at making team USA! Competitors will start to filter into the State College region soon testing their skills and flies against Pennsylvania’s world class Wild Trout fishery. If you have a bit of time on your hands and live in the region you might want to go out and watch some of these fine anglers compete. Bring a pair of binoculars, a folding chair, and get a completely free lesson in how some of the best fly fishing anglers pursue wild trout.

The competition will be held on sections of the following rivers during the listed times and dates. Check in with TCO fly shop in State College late next week for exact locations and directions to the streamside competition http://www.tcoflyfishing.com

Rivers:
Penns Creek
The Little Juniata River
Spring Creek
Big Fishing Creek

Times/Dates:
9am-12pm, 2pm-5pm – - Sat 10/24 & Sun 10/25
9am-12pm – - Mon 10/26

Or if you’re of the mind, organizers may still need volunteers:
Volunteer Signup

You’re dedicated TroutLegend Reporter will be on the scene! Check back for quick updates as the competition rages on and hopefully many lush pictorial essays before and after the actual event.

Point Totals for 2009 Team USA Championships

DejonHamann — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:02:42 +0000

Here is the updated pointed totals with the SE Regional and the Rocky Mtn Regional points added in.

Remember top 15 point totals will make Team USA. Point totals have been tallied from National Championship to National Championship. Next year’s point tally will include this year’s National so the only carry over is the National Championship points. The World Team competing in Poland will be determined by 3 top point getters and 2009 US National Champion. Pete Erickson and Mike Sexton have already been determined to be on the 2010 World Championship Team. These 6 individuals will make up the 5 starters and alternate for Team USA in Poland.

This year’s National Champion will receive 15,000 points and a spot going to the 2010 World Fly Fishing Championships in Poland! Good luck to everyone!

Regards,
Anthony Naranja
Fly Fishing Team USA – Captain

Fly Fishing Team USA Point Totals
(Heading into 2009 National Championship)

1. George Daniel 12,000
2. Josh Stephens 10,483
3. Devin Olsen 9,244
4. Lance Egan 9,109
5. Pete Erickson 8,744
6. Anthony Naranja 7,950
7. Mike Sexton 7,483
8. Loren Williams 5,084
9. Bret Bishop 4,880
10. Norman Maktima 4,557
11. Scott Robertson 3,551
12. Eddie Pinkston 3,500
13. Randy Hanner 3,300
14. Jim Hickey 2,700
15. Kurt Finlayson 1,910
16. Rob Kolanda 1,604
17. Brian Kimmel 1,438
18. Brian Capsay 1,250
19. Riley Cotter 1,200
20. Matt Powell 1,125
21. Jake Ricks 925
22. Dejon Hamann 913
23. Trevor Wine 900
24. Alec Gerbec 800
25. Chris Lee 800
26. John Roberts 701
27. Barney Naylor 700
28. Sandy Wright 693
29. Charles Kempe 600
30. David Woody 533
31. Merry Waugh 530
32. Spencer Higa 480
33. Leonard Sauers 467
34. Paul Colcord 400
35. Tom Smith 343
36. Wes Congdon 300
37. Tony Felicilda 300
38. Zach Herbel 300

Volunteers needed for US Fly Fishing Championships 2009

DejonHamann — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:18:21 +0000

Volunteers needed for United States Fly Fishing Championships

State College, PA-The United States Fly Fishing Championships will be held in the State College Region October 24th through October 26th, 2009. The event is sponsored by the United States Youth Fly Fishing Team and the Central PA Convention & Visitors Bureau. Fishing waters that will be utilized for the event include Spring Creek, Fishing Creek, Penn’s Creek and the Little Juniata River. Organizers of the event are looking for volunteers to help manage and judge the competition.

Some of the Criteria are as follows:

Sector Judges-Sector Judges are responsible for the proper conduct and record of the competition and supervising and training controllers.

Controllers-Controllers are responsible for recording details of each eligible fish per supervised competitor and enforcing competition rules during the event.

To volunteer to be either a Sector Judge or a Controller for the event, please log on to www.centralPACVB.org/volunteer to fill out an application.

Remaining Qualifiers for 2009 Team USA Nationals

DejonHamann — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:09:39 +0000

With hints of Fall all ready hitting nearby streams there are just a few events left to qualify for the 2009 Fly Fishing Team USA Nationals, October in State College PA. In addition to the 2 regional opportunities below there is also the Canada Nationals left on the horizon… not a qualifying event, but a point gainer in the new system.

From Anthony Naranja, Team Captain/Coach:

“This is to announce the SE Regional Qualifier for Sept 5 & 6, 2009 in North Carolina. Registration will be Sept 3rd starting at 8:00 am. Contact Josh Stephens for more information at jstightline@hotmail.com

Also I was just informed by Brian Kimmel that there are still available spots left to compete in the Montana Regional Sept 11-13th. You can contact Brian at finaddict@imt.net”

Team USA 2009 Point Holders

DejonHamann — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:11:30 +0000

“Hello All Competitors! The 2009 US National Fly Fishing Championships are quickly approaching. It has been determined that we will be qualifying the top 5 finishers from the following regionals; New Mexico, Michigan, Oregon, Montana and North Carolina. If one of the last two regionals does not occur, we will be utilizing either the 2008 Utah Regional and/or the 2008 Colorado Regional for an alternate team. This makes 5 regional teams, 4 Team USA Teams, 1 Canadian Team. The point system has been confirmed through June and is included in this email. Some modifications were performed due to re-evaluation of weighting previous events. The following multipliers were used for the points: All regional events were given their points with no multiplier. The 2007 National Championship, 2008 America Cup and 2008 Canadian National Championship were given a 1.5 multiplier. The 2008 and 2009 World Championships were given the most weight with a 5X multiplier. The 2009 National Championship will be given the weight of a 3X multiplier. As a reminder, there will be no points awarded for this year’s America Cup. Those that have qualified thus far should be receiving contact from the National Championship committee in regards to information and dates. I look forward to seeing everyone there!

Regards, Anthony Naranja”

Fly Fishing Team USA Point Totals

(As of July 09′)

George Daniel 12,000
Josh Stephens 10,163
Pete Erickson 8,744
Lance Egan 8,409
Anthony Naranja 7,950
Devin Olsen 7,844
Mike Sexton 7,483
Loren Williams 5,084
Norman Maktima 4,557
Bret Bishop 4,530
Scott Robertson 3,551
Eddie Pinkston 3,500
Jim Hickey 2,700
Rob Kolanda 1,604
Kurt Finlayson 1,443
Brian Kimmel 1,438
Brian Capsay 1,250
Riley Cotter 1,200
Randy Hanner 1,200
Matt Powell 1,125
Jake Ricks 925
Dejon Hammann 913
Trevor Wine 900
Alec Gerbec 800
John Roberts 701
Barney Naylor 700
Sandy Wright 693
Charles Kempe 600
Merry Waugh 530
Spencer Higa 480
Leonard Sauers 467
Tom Smith 343
Wes Congdon 300
Tony Felicilda 300
Zach Herbel 300

Fly Fishing Team USA 2009 World Results and New Point System

DejonHamann — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:16:24 +0000

Thank you to all that followed Team USA this year at the 2009 World Fly Fishing Championships! As many of you know, this championships was truly a one-of-a-kind event. For the first time in it’s history, the Championships were predominantly a stillwater or loch (lake) championship. For those that have followed Team USA over the years, historically Team USA has not performed well in the stillwater venues and for us to have a 4 out of the 5 venues consist of stillwaters, we were anxious to see how much improvement Team USA has had in these type of venues. The other uniqueness to this event was the fact that more countries participated than ever. 27 countries were involved in this championship.

We arrived into Scotland with the understanding that the wild brown trout native to Scotland were different than our “German” brown trout introduced into our country, and all the countries soon found out how difficult these natives were going to be. The normal Scottish weather was also nowhere to be found. The typical cold, windy, rainy Scottish day was only there for the opening ceremonies with torrential downpouring rain and the wary brown trout were as common as the much needed cold, windy, rainy day! All the days of competition were like a day you wish you had at the beach. Sunny, warm with very little wind. This type of weather not very conducive to catching wild loch brown trout. As you can see through the daily results, not many fish were caught and in fact in most cases if you caught one fish in a particular venue you had a great chance of winning that venue. Overall, if you got through this championship by catching 1 fish at each venue, you would have gotten into the top 5 and most likely received a medal. The top individual medalist were the only competitors to have caught at least one fish in each venue. Even the top Frenchman that finished 4th blanked 1 venue. All in all a very difficult championship for all competitors.

In the end Team USA finished with a very big comeback coming from 13th place on the final day to finishing 8th in the World, 1 possibly 2 fish from a medal. In a stillwater championships where Team USA historically has not faired well, I am extremely proud of our team! I know that we fished as well as we could and we utilized all the resources we could by fishing all of our competitors. A big congratulations goes to top Team USA finisher, Pete Erickson who finished 13th overall and had a great chance at an individual medal!

We now prepare for the rest of the qualifiers and National Championships in Oct 2009 as well as for the 2010 World Championships in Poland. Team selection for the Poland championships will be as follows: Two individuals from this year’s World Championships qualified by their individual finish in Scotland. Those two are Pete Erickson and Mike Sexton. The top 3 Point System individuals since the last National Championship will be going to Poland. Finally, the 2009 individual National Champion will have a spot on this team. Once we have those spots filled, we will determine the starting lineup and the alternate. The 3 point system qualifers will be determined from the accumulated points achieved since the 2007 National Fly Fishing Championships through the qualifiers at the end of July. We are doing this to be able to send this team to Poland 1 year prior to the championships to get prepared for the 2010 World event. So the only individual we will not know will be the 2010 National Champion which will be crowned in Oct.

The events that qualify for the point system to determine the Poland Team are as follows:

2007 National Championships – Boulder, CO
2008 World Fly Fishing Championships – New Zealand
2008 Pagosa Springs, CO
2008 Salt Lake City, UT
2008 America Cup – Frisco, CO
2008 Canadian National Championship – Mont Tremblant, CA
2009 Santa Fe, NM
2009 Michigan
2009 Bend, OR
2009 World Fly Fishing Championships – Scotland

The following events will also be included for the point total to make the roster for Team USA. Team USA will be selected at this year’s National Championships by the Top 15 accumulated points from the 2007 National Championships to the 2009 National Championships.
*2009 SE qualifier
*2009 Bozeman, MT
*2009 America Cup
*2009 Canadian National Championship – BC
*2009 Boise, ID
*2009 US National Championship

Points are achieved through any of these events by finishing in the top 30% of the total competitors at any of these events. For example, at any regional qualifier, there has typically been 24 competitors. In order to get into the points one must finish in the the top 8 out of the 24 competitiors. Obviously, the higher the finish the more points accumulated.
In this example:
1st place = 2400 points
2nd place = 1200 points
3rd place = 800 points
4th place = 600 points
5th place = 480 points
6th place = 400 points
7th place = 343 points
8th place = 300 points

Competitions that are considered International (excluding the World Championships) have a mulitiplier of 3. World Championships have a multiplier of 5. Thus the harder the competition the more points it is worth to finish in the top 30%. Also the more the competitor numbers the more points available.

These selection criteria as well as the Point system will be posted on the Team USA website. Updates to the website will be occurring on a consistent basis.

With this year’s Championship finished, Team USA has established itself as a Top 8 team in the World. Over the last 4 championships we have consistently finished in the top 8 and we are quickly approaching the top 5. Thank you for your continued support of Team USA Fly fishing!

Best Regards,

Anthony Naranja

World Fly Fishing Championship Results

DejonHamann — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:39:09 +0000

The competition is over! The World Fly Fishing Championship wrapped up some time today or yesterday – who can tell with these time differences. Ian Barr took top rod and catipulted a strong British team showing to Gold! France dominated much of the competition, but slipped to second in the last 2 sessions. And as always, it’s nice to see the “Home Town” team placing in the medals as Scotland pulls a team Bronze.

All though Team USA made some really strong moves in the 4th quarter from players Pete Erickson and Devin Olsen it just wasn’t enough and finished 8th place just ahead of Team Canada.

But I think the real story for North Americans was the incredible individual showing of Canada’s Donald Thom. “The General” as I’ve scripted him in some photos took the Individual Silver Medal. Just fantastic. All our congratulations to Mr. Thom and all the other winners and not so winners at the World Fly Fishing Championships!

Team Results

1. England
2. France
3. Scotland

Individual Results

1 IAN BARR – ENG
2 DONALD THOM – CAN
3 CHRISTIAN JADOUILLE – BEL

World Championship Update…

DejonHamann — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:35:01 +0000

With 3 sessions in the books the 2009 World Championship Fly Fishing event is more than half done. It looks like Team USA and Canada will have to have extremely strong showings in the last day of competition to medal. Just scanning briefly through the individual results is looks like Mike Sexton of the US squad and Donald Thom from the Canadian team are fishing well for North Americans.

Wednesday wraps up the 2009 World Championships with 2 more sessions. Anything can happen and usually does all though it looks like it will be difficult to unseat the 3 rotating powerhouses: France, England, and the Czechs.

29TH WORLD FLY FISHING CHAMP
DRYMEN SCOTLAND
JUNE 2009
1 FRA – FRANCE 107 41340 49 530
2 ENG – ENGLAND 156 28400 32 573
3 CZE – CZECH REPUBLIC 162 24740 30 720
4 FIN – FINLAND 181 17240 20 525
5 WAL – WALES 183 22720 27 462
6 POL – POLAND 189 15660 20 461
7 IRL – IRELAND 190 14640 17 475
8 ITA – ITALY 199 31320 34 480
9 SCO – SCOTLAND 206 18620 22 462
10 CAN – CANADA 207 19380 22 481
11 SAF – SOUTH AFRICA 209 17920 21 468
12 AUS – AUSTRALIA 217 20360 23 460
13 USA – USA 218 16260 19 525