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March 6, 2008
World Title on the Line
For fly anglers, the World Fly Fishing Championships are probably the closest thing to the Olympics. So Scott Robertson of Bend no doubt was thrilled when he was recently named captain of Fly Fishing Team USA as it prepares for the most prestigious ... June 25, 2007
US Fly Fishing Team Places Sixth in World
“Everybody gave everything they had, one fish here or there, a better beat, a few more fish and we would have had a medal. We were that close,” Jack Dennis, coach of the US Fly Fishing Team wrote on the National Fly Fishing Championship ... August 20, 2006
Bret Bishop wins American fly fishing title, heads to Portugal for worlds
Fishing is his sport today, but Bret Bishop was a basketball player back in his high school days at The Community School in Sun Valley—a guard, but not quite Magic Johnson. Community School basketball coach Mike Wade recalled .....
June 10, 2006
Boisean earns place on Fly Fishing Team USA
While Bret Bishop's students were studying for their finals, their teacher was acing his own final exam by winning the National Fly Fishing Championship in Colorado. Bishop is an English teacher at Capital High School in Boise. Last week, he out fished 64 other anglers .....
June 08, 2006
Grand Junction’s Anthony Naranja in position for world event
Like so many of us, Anthony Naranja spent the weekend fishing. Rewarding? Yes. Relaxing? Absolutely not. Naranja, a Grand Junction dentist and avid fly angler, was competing in the first national fly fishing championship, with the top 15 finishers winning .....
June 5, 2006
Idaho angler pulls in five trout in final two hours
With two hours left in the national fly fishing championship on Sunday, Bret Bishop was running out of time. Skunked up to that point, Bishop was in second place and fishing one of the toughest venues of the championships — Lily Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park .....
May 20, 2006
Fishing for country-GJ’s Naranja wears many hats for Fly Fishing Team USA
It certainly isn’t money that’s driving Anthony Naranja in his bid to be one of six anglers selected to Fly Fishing Team USA, which will represent the U.S. at the international finals in August in Portugal. Top trouters only get nice medals and a brief moment of .....
March 23, 2006
English teacher and summer guide also is a competitive fly fisherman
Pete Erickson of Boise got his start as a competitive fly angler by chance, but now the sport has taken him to Europe three times and will give him another shot at a world championship next fall in Portugal. Like most fly anglers, competing was .......
September 13, 2005
Fly Fishing Team USA struggles to 15th place at World Fly Fishing Championships in Sweden
Extensive preparation couldn't help Fly Fishing Team USA overcome challenging fishing conditions and the experience of the European teams at the World Fly Fishing Championships. The Americans were blanked on several fishing beats during the four-day event in Swedish Lapland, Aug. 19-22, placing 15th out of 21 teams in the competition.......
March 16, 2008
First Western Regional Fly Fishing Team USA Trials to be Held in Sierra Foothills this October
On October 29 & 30 Fly Fishing Team USA will hold the first Western Regional Trials in the Sierra Foothills above Fresno. These trials are to help determine the team that goes to the 2006 World Fly Fishing Championship in Portugal. Fly Fishers for Conservation, the local club in Fresno is sponsoring the event. The image of tournament fly fishing at first put the creeps through me. (My personal places of solitude and sanctuary from the world .......
September 1, 2005
Oceanside's Barbara Pentoney cast in role of fly-fishing pioneer
On those family vacations in Jackson Hole, Wyo., where the picturesque Grand Teton mountains provide the backdrop, Barbara Pentoney would cast her fly-fishing line and notice her uniqueness. Others noticed it too. Their surprised looks and double takes made that obvious to Pentoney. Wading hip deep into secluded trout streams, reeling fish after fish from the water, it was impossible not to recognize that the young girl with the long ...... April 22, 2005
For Jack Dennis, it's all about the teaching
Jackson Hole, Wyoming -- By any yardstick, Jack Dennis has had a great life. The renowned Jackson fly angler is a successful author and businessman, and much in demand as a speaker at fishing gatherings. He travels the world to fish exotic locations, and has a collection of famous angling buddies from basketball icons Bobby Knight and Denny Crum, to Vice-President Dick Cheney .........
April 21, 2005
Commitment pays off for Jeff Currier
LARAMIE -- Ask professional fly angler Jeff Currier about the secret to fishing well, and his answer is as emphatic as a hungry trout striking a dry fly. "You have to be committed," Currier said. Currier was one of four expert fly anglers who shared their knowledge last weekend at the Wyoming Anglers' Symposium at the University of Wyoming. It may be an understatement to say Currier ...........
September 21, 2004
Boise Fly Angler finishes 12th at World Fly Fishing Competition
Boise fly fisherman Pete Erickson finished 12th among 115 international anglers this month at the World Fly Fishing Championships in Slovakia. Erickson, 36, is an English teacher at East Junior High School in Boise; he also works as a fishing guide ...........
May 23, 2004
Lance Egan at ESPN Outdoor Games
Salt Lake City, Utah - Even though his application to compete in the Western Qualifier for July's Great Outdoors Games was rejected, Ryan Barnes still drove to Vail, Colo., hoping he could get into the fishing ...........
May 4, 2004
Fly Fishing Team USA to practice in Boise, Idaho for world contest
Boise, Idaho - Pete Erickson will join top U.S. fly anglers vying to be named to Flyfishing Team USA before heading to Slovakia this summer to compete in the world ..........
May 1, 2004
Lance Egan joins Simms Fishing Products as Angling Pro
Bozeman, Montana - Lance Egan lives in Sandy, Utah. He works at Fish Tech Outfitters in Salt Lake City, Utah and has fished the mountain west area extensively. In addition to Trout fishing, he loves to catch warm water species, his favorite being Carp ..........
April 1, 2004
A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work
Laramie, Wyoming - One of the symposium’s key speakers, Jack Dennis, is the host of the Outdoor Life Network’s “Fly Fishing” and a resident of Jackson. The fly-fishing expert’s presentation ..........
September 11, 2003
Experts rule One-Fly
Fly Fishing Team USA takes title, Worldcast's Janssen earns guide honors
Jackson Hole, Wyoming - For a change it wasn't the weather but water conditions that primarily challenged the 40 teams of anglers competing in the 17th annual Jackson Hole One-Fly. With releases from Jackson Lake Dam more than ..........
July 25, 2003
Little Big Fish
Casper, Wyoming - No American had ever been in the position Jackson's Jeff Currier found himself recently at the 2003 World Fly Fishing Championships. After scoring well on four rivers in the Spanish Pyrenees ..........
July 20, 2003
Jeff Currier 3rd in Spain - Jackson angler medals, helps lead Flyfishing Team USA to eighth.
Jackson Hole, Wyoming - Jeff Currier crawled, swam chilly waters cradling netted fish and risked intestinal illness in an attempt to reach the pinnacle of his sport. Utilizing every bit of knowledge he has accumulated ..........
July 19, 2003
Boisean defends his fly-fishing title
Boise, Idaho - Boise English teacher Pete Erickson is defending his gold medal in fly fishing today at ESPN´s Great Outdoor Games. The games will be on TV next week ..........
July 15, 2002
Pete Erickson pulls gold from an unlikely spot in One Fish final
Lake Placid, New York - Pete Erickson admitted he was in a "rotten mood" when he first surveyed his fishing hole on the Ausable River on Thursday. As a result of finishing 10th in the fly casting competition Wednesday, Erickson got a less than favorable fishing ..........
July 15, 2003
Wyoming men on national flyfishing team
Sheridan, Wyoming - A Sheridan man has become the latest Wyoming resident to join a national flyfishing team that will compete in the 23rd Annual World Flyfishing Championships and ..........
July 8, 2003
Egan shocked by Fly Gold
Reno, Nevada — Lance Egan decided it was time to cut his losses. After catching a 23-inch brown trout and a 19-inch rainbow trout during a practice session ..........
June 5, 2003
Action Optics joins Fly Fishing Team USA at 23rd annual World Flyfishing Championships
Ketchum, Idaho - Action Optics, the leaders in polarized vision, this week announced the sponsorship of Team USA and Team United Kingdom at the 23rd Annual World Flyfishing Championships ..........
March 16, 2003
Jeff Currier and Lance Egan, Fly Fishing Team USA Members in Casting Competition
Salt Lake City, Utah - Jim Gunderson of Salt Lake City won his third consecutive finals with a cast of 116 feet. Second was Rick Hartman ..........
December 3, 2002
Atomic Youth - Best New Outdoor Sportsman
"When Norman stalks fish, it's like watching a heron," says Duane Hada, 40, who coached Maktima as a member of the U.S. Youth Fly Fishing Team back in 1998. "He's got that predator in him." ..........
August 27, 2002
Youth Fly Fishing Championship News from Great Britain
Jefferson City, Missouri - In August, Tecumseh resident Aaron Taylor traveled to Wales in Great Britain as part of the first United States youth team to compete in the World Fly Fishing Championships ..........
July 30, 2001
America's Best Young Fly Fisherman? Cast Your Eyes at Norman Maktima
Walla Walla, Washington - Looking for the best young fly fisherman in America? Cast your eyes at Norman Maktima .......... |
