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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”

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

State College Recon #2 Redux…

DejonHamann — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:13:26 +0000

I recently wrapped up the first leg of my mission to prospect the streams surrounding State College Pennsylvania which will possibly hold venues for this year’s National Fly Fishing Championship for Team USA. The first trip was an exciting mix of “easy as pie” Euro Style Nymphing on the Little Juniata and tough “head scratching” selective dry fly action on Spring Creek.

With my buddy Todd Wright running co-pilot again this time we made a b-line for Big Fishing Creek (BFC). Despite many reports of BFC being a creek that would humble even the most proficient angler we got into fish on our first few drifts. Later on, as we proceeded up river to more popular sections the fishing got tougher.

Oddly enough there was some sort of “fishing contest” being held at one of the local hatcheries on BFC… which half scared us to death as we rounded the corner. Our first thought at seeing nearly 125 cars parked at the first access point was: “if it’s this freaking crowded I’m packing it up till Steelhead season!”

All prodigy of stream born insects were taking flight the first evening on BFC. Among a smorgasbord of the usual suspects like Sulphurs and many forms of Caddis we saw some giant black stones and a nice, but sporadic hatch of the famous Green Drakes. Most anglers, including those being guided kept in tight little pods in the slow water trying to coerce picky fish with picky patterns. We ran jubilantly for the fast, gradient falling riffle sections and spooned out a few butter orange wild browns with character to boot.

As evening fell we settled down to some slow water and started to figure out a few pieces of the puzzle. Heading back to the car we stopped to chat with a really friendly father and son team. Chris Hazer and his father turned out to be active with the Youth Team USA and we shot the proverbial manure for some time about cripples, comparduns, Humphries, and the joy of retiring to this fly fishing paradise.

Copious amounts of various micro brews, homemade roasted almonds, and a moon laden night capped off the first day.

Next morning we broke camp and meandered our way, with directions from a streamside guide near Colburn, up over and into the mountain Campground of Poe Paddy State Park. This is a picturesque campground nestled away from any main roads or towns and set right on the bank of the mighty Penns Creek. Our timing was merely happenstance, but that was unique as every other angler in the park had driven from far and wide to fish the well publicized and fantasized Green Drake’s of Penns Creek. It’s a funny thing seeing so many cigar smoking fisherman with plastic wrap still on their rod handles sitting around on the banks just waiting. And when I say funny I mean odd. As in one of the oddest things I’ve ever seen streamside.

Literally every 50 feet of the river for the last 2 hours of daylight had an angler sitting on the bank just scanning, waiting for a rise. Then friends would give the heads-up or flip a coin and one angler would wade out to take a few casts at the rise form, possibly hook a fish… or not, and then settle back to his perch on the bank. So odd. Again, we worked what most would call “B” water during the day and found some very enthusiastic wild trout.

Later on that evening we decided to play the “Penn Drake Sitting Game,” and found a nice stretch, and waited. I must say it does have a certain sort of appeal to it – concentrating more on conversation and waiting rather than fishing. And my devilishly favorite moment was catching a gorgeous rising brown after laying out an 80 foot cast on a dime!! Sometimes it’s fun to have an audience.

After a dinner of Venison Ragu, Venison Breaded Cutlets, and a bit too much Cab we packed up a backpack full of beers and headed out into the 11 o’clock hour to find some midnight risers. Story has it that some of the best Green Drake surface fishing happens just after midnight. Unfortunately, we spent more time pissing in the bushes and stumbling over rocks then fishing. The moon never quite made it’s way over the streamside trees to give the fish a visible backdrop. Still, we did manage to go 3 for about 12 swinging stimmies across the surface. Night time fishing is exhilarating… as long as you don’t kill yourself.

The next day we decided to skip that scene and headed toward “Fisherman’s Paradise” on Spring Creek. Much to our surprise we found a whole section of extremely willing fish coming with ease to size 18 black Caddis. Alas, every trip has it’s end and so does this story. I have to go now and see if there might be a cheap little property available sitting on the banks of Big Fishing Creek.

Team USA departs for Scotland World Championships 2009

DejonHamann — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:25:20 +0000

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

Team USA: Midwest Regional 2009 Results

DejonHamann — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:09:40 +0000

I wanted to congratulate those that competed in this weekends Midwest Regional Qualifier! Conditions were extreme and very difficult. Sounds like another qualifier where you cannot predict the conditions, but you just have to fish your tail off! Great job up there guys! My congratulations and appreciation goes out to Kevin Thomason, Terry Wittorp, Steve Birman, Barney Naylor and all of the volunteers that help put on another great qualifier in Michigan. These guys have always set the standard for putting on a great tournament. I would encourage everyone that has not been able to compete in Michigan to get to this qualifier in the future.

Final results:

Gold Medal – Loren Williams
Silver Medal – Barney Naylor
Bronze Medal – Leonard Sauers

Qualifiers for US National Fly Fishing Championships
1) Barney Naylor
2) Leorard Sauers
3) Dejon Hamann
* Allen Bole
* Kevin Thomason

(* Will make the Nationals if we take 5 from the region)

Congratulations again to all that participated! We will see many of you at this week’s competition in Bend, OR!

Regards,
Anthony Naranja (Team Captain)