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The 31st World Fly Fishing Championship wrapped up in Italy last week. The TroutLegend Fly Fishing League is very proud to announce that the US Youth Fly Fishing Team has brought home the very first Team Medal from a World Championship… and Gold to boot! Youth angler Dan Marino secured the individual Silver medal with 4 other anglers in the top 12 (Noah Thompson 8th, Robbie Wirth 10th, Aston Boone 11th, Austen Randecker 12th, & alternate Owen Welch). The US Youth Team powered to a win with 18 less placing points than 2nd place Italy and 33 less than bronze medal winners Spain.

Meanwhile, the Adult Fly Fishing Team USA fell just short of the medal stand in 5th place. Perennial performer Lance Egan made a late stage ascent to finish 6th with team mates Devin Olsen and Norman Maktima hot on his heels with 11th and 12th finishes respectively. Team USA captain Anthony Naranja finished 36th and Loren Williams 73rd. A little luck may have nudged Team USA into a medal position with 6 placing points separating 5th and Bronze. Fly Fishing Team Canada could not capitalize on their 8 position jump in the 3rd session and took a slight step back in their World Championship showings with a mid level 14th place finish. Byron Sheperd lead Team Canada’s efforts with a 29th finish followed by Arron Varga 42nd, Sorin Comsa 72nd, Clint Goyette 78th, and Terrence Courtoreille 88th.

A big “tip of the cap” to everyone that competed in the recent 2010 Canada National Fly Fishing Championship .  Reports say it was a tough wind blown loch tournament where experience and local knowledge really payed off.  With this event’s  successful end we bring a whole group of extremely skilled  anglers onto the leader board.

http://troutlegend.com/leaders-board-2010-2011/

Detailed results of this competition and all future “TroutLegend Sanctioned” competitions will be available for download as a free member of the TroutLegend Forum: HERE

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.