Fly Fishing Team Selected for Poland 2010

Jill Mandeno the president of Sport Fly Fishing NZ Inc is pleased to announce the New Zealand Silver Flies team to compete in the World Fly Fishing Championships in Poland in June 2010.

The team is selected through regional and national competitions culminating in a final selection competition between the top 10 anglers.

The team is Paul Dewar from Levin (Captain), Des Armstrong (Palmerston North), Dan Comer (Rotorua), Tony Houpt (Wellington), Aaron West (Auckland) and Peter Scott (Auckland).

The last World Championships New Zealand competed in were held in New Zealand in 2008, where the NZ finished a very good 2^nd.

The competition includes a conservation symposium which gives anglers an opportunity to discuss world wide trends in conserving fisheries.

For further information, please contact Paul Dewar at pdewar@dewtec.co.nz or phone 021 429980.

The top 10 anglers from this event went to a fish off to decide who would be in the NZ team. The results of both events are added together for the final result

The fish off was held with 2 sessions on the Ohinemuri on the Saturday and two on the Sunday on Lakes Rotoaira and Otamangakau.

Des Armstrong won the first session on the Ohinemuri with a great total of 12 fish from Craig Farrar and Neil Hirtzel with 8; he won again in the afternoon with 9 fish with Dan Comer and Aaron West with 5 each. On Rotoaira Aaron came through with 7 with Lloyd Armstrong getting 6.

Lake Otamangakau was an unknown quantity for the after session as it had not been used for a competition for a long time. Dan Comer managed to land 10 fish to score first place here from Des

Des won the fish off with Dan second and Aaron third so the combined totals meant the NZ team is

John Bell
Aaron West
Des Armstrong
Craig Farrar
Lloyd Struthers
Paul Dewar (Captain)
Dan Comer (Reserve)

This is top quality team which I believe has a great chance of taking out the world title here in 2008.
Paul Dewar