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Inside a National Fly Fishing Championship Event

Friday, October 30, 2009

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Well folks.  Long story short: “heartbreak weekend.”  I knew my odds at placing high enough to make the team were slim at best, but there’s always that little hopeful child deep in your soul that says: “maybe, just maybe! Tuesday: After ferrying my 4 year old off to PreSchool I race home and pack the [...]

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T Minus 1 Week to National Fly Fishing Championship 2009

Friday, October 16, 2009

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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 [...]

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Point Totals for 2009 Team USA Championships

Sunday, September 20, 2009

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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 [...]

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Team USA: “Regional Wrap Up 2009″

Sunday, September 20, 2009

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Hello Everyone! The final two regionals of the season have been completed! The competitor stage has been set for this year’s National Championships in Pennsylvania. I want to congratulate those that qualified and also the medalists from those regions. I especially want to thank Josh Stephens and Brian Kimmel for putting these together and all [...]

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Volunteers needed for US Fly Fishing Championships 2009

Thursday, September 10, 2009

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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 [...]

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Team USA 2009 Point Holders

Monday, July 27, 2009

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“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 [...]

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“Searching For Each Step” on The Little Juniata

Sunday, July 19, 2009

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Recently I was sitting on the banks of the Little Juniata River in Pennsylvania. Quietly sipping some water in the shade of a willow tree when an older gentleman came slowly down river swinging wet flies. Before he entered my stretch he gave the universal open hand query to fish through of which I replied [...]

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Point system and 2010 World Championship selection‏

Saturday, June 20, 2009

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Ladies and Gentlemen: There will be an adjustment to the latest email sent about World Team selection. Originally, we had wanted to be able to send a full team to Poland this summer to scout the water for next year’s championships. In order to do so we would have had to pick our team relatively [...]

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Fly Fishing Team USA 2009 World Results and New Point System

Thursday, June 18, 2009

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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 [...]

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State College Recon #2 Redux…

Saturday, June 6, 2009

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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” [...]

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