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 the volunteers that were able to help to make it happen!
Here are the results from the SE Regional
Top 3 Medalists:
Gold – Randy Hanner
Silver – Chris Lee
Bronze – David Woody
5 qualified competitiors:
Randy Hanner
Chris Lee
David Woody
Paul Colcord
Taylor Bussey
Here are the results from the Rocky Mountain Regional
Top 3 Medalists:
Gold Devin Olsen
Silver Lance Egan
Bronze Kurt Finlayson
5 qualified competitors:
Dan Oas
Glade Gunther
Jeremy Sides
Clint Losee
Eddie Pinkston (Team USA – Alternate)
We also have an alternate from the Northwest Regional. Sean Baker has made the qualifier list from this region.
Please remember to get your registration in asap! I look forward to seeing all the regional medalists and qualifiers in Central PA next month! There will be a presentation of medals to all medalists prior to the start of the National Championships so those medalists please plan on being at this award ceremony the day before it starts.
Congratulations again to all that participated in the National Qualifying system!
Regards,
Anthony Naranja
Fly Fishing Team USA – Captain
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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 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.
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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 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
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September 20, 2009
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