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World Fly Fishing Championships, Bosnia, 2015

Report One
Thank you all for your contributions towards getting this team to Bosnia and the world fly fishing championships, 2015. All of those receiving this email have helped in some way to enable us (as self-funded fishermen) to have this opportunity. Again, thank you!
In Norway, two years ago, I wrote a regular report on all things fishing and social from the campaign and I will endeavour to do the same this year. For those who did not get those reports, please note that my spelling at times can be terrible and with "word recognition" working on my iPad, there may be occasions when you have no idea what I am trying to say. I do not have the time to read over what I have written so please excuse all of these mistakes. You will just have to take it as it comes. As you will see, I clearly have been lucky to work with very good magazine editors when my writing has gone to print!
If at any stage you have some questions or want to know more about anything in particular, please email me and I will get around to answering. Many people had questions about the gear we were using in Norway so I will try to add this into the text where appropriate.

: Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training; Category: Fishing Competitions; Published: 05 June 2015; Hits: 5598

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Eddie Wigston Memorial Trout Contest 2015

The very last Eddie Wigston Memorial Trout Contest was held on the 15th and 16th of March 2015, in the Bronte Park region of the Tasmanian lake country. Unlike recent years the weather was magnificent with Saturday just about as good as it gets for trout fishing in March.
It was another very successful event and one with mixed feelings being the finale to 23rd memorable years. With this event marking 25yrs since the passing of Eddie Wigston the family felt it was a suitable time to wrap up the event and mark the 25 year legacy in 2015.
It was not an easy decision with Garth and Stuart Wigston sharing some emotional words to the crowd throughout the presentation. While the event will be missed all attending this and previous years expressed their thanks and gratitude to the Wigston Family and all involved in hosting the past 23 contests.
It will be remembered as one of the best family orientated fishing competitions in the state and this year once again all the young junior entrants received a substantial prize to take home from Plano tackle boxes loaded with Tassie Devils to rod and reel combos vouchers from tackle stores around the state.

: Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training; Category: Fishing Competitions; Published: 02 April 2015; Hits: 6164

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Interclub 2015

While we await the report from this years report ... read last years!
http://pennfishing.com.au/2015/02/17/interclub-2015-tasmanian-perspective/

: Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training; Category: Fishing Competitions; Published: 20 February 2015; Hits: 4993

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Final Round (3) of the Tasmanian Trout Fishing Classic

The final round of the Lowrance TAS Trout Classic series could not have got any closer. The Cranka Lures Arthurs Lake round produced the second three way tie for series and kept up the count back system deciding each and every one of the three rounds.
The weather was fantastic, almost too good on Saturday but no one was going to complain after the horrendous conditions on the Great Lake in round two.
Teams gathered at the Great Lake Hotel on Friday night for the compulsory briefing where crowd favourite Robert ‘Bobby’ Ling was drawn out of the hat as the lucky recipient of the LOX Ambassador Series Hybrid Rod. The Calcutta was as always highly entertaining and would ultimately play out as a true form guide for the round ahead.
Teams headed out of Jonah Bay on Arthurs Lake at 7am Saturday morning. Spreading far and wide across the water. Conditions were warm and the sun was very hot after some low cloud cleared in the first hour. It made for some difficult fishing but bags didn’t really show it.

: Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training; Category: Fishing Competitions; Published: 07 December 2014; Hits: 5993

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Tasmanian Trout Classic Final – Round 3 Nov 29 and 30th Arthurs Lake

Round Two Tas Trout Classic – wrap up.
It was tournament time again for Tasmanian anglers with round 2 of the TAS Trout Classic Series run and won in the central highlands. Weather conditions were very challenging which created quite a lot of drama for the 33 entered teams.
The Tonic Eyewear Great Lake Classic got underway with the compulsory briefing at the Great Lake Hotel on Friday evening. One lucky entrant again walked away with a LOX Ambassador Hybrid Series rod valued at $350. Most entrants enjoyed the hospitality of the Hotel prior to the briefing with good food and cold drinks.

: Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training; Category: Fishing Competitions; Published: 27 November 2014; Hits: 5817

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Results for Tasmanian State Fly Fishing Championships 25/26 October

Hi Mike,
Plenty of fish caught at Arthurs, Penstock and Little Pine with Tom Jarman of Vic first, Christopher Bassano 2nd, Jonothan Stagg third, Mark Youngman 4th , Glenn Eggleton 5th.
Some big fish from Penstock and a good range of sizes in Arthurs.

: Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training; Category: Fishing Competitions; Published: 07 November 2014; Hits: 4906

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Tasmanian Trout Classic Tournament Series

Dates of the upcoming Tasmanian Trout Classic Tournament Series to be held August through November.

Dates and venues are as follows;

R1 - Derwent River AUG 30/31 launching from Millbrook Rise
R2 - Great Lake OCT 18/19 launching from Swan Bay
R3 - Arthurs Lake NOV 29/30 launching from Jonah Bay

: Category: Fishing Competitions; Published: 30 June 2014; Hits: 7381

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World Fly Fishing Championship 2014

The World Championships are over and we are on the road to Prague, just stopped now in Ceske Budovice for breakfast/coffee at - wait for it - McDonalds! The boys are looking pretty comfortable tucking into their Veprova Bageta Deluxes, loosely translated by John Fisher as "a Big Mac with a lot of something". We have another couple of hours of driving to Prague airport where Luke and Hobbsy will catch flights home and the rest of us will go on to Devon in England for the Commonwealth Championships.

: Category: Fishing Competitions; Published: 05 June 2014; Hits: 6427

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2014 Tasmanian Flycasting Championships

The 2014 Tasmanian Flycasting Championships were held at the beautiful Salmon Ponds at Plenty. The weekend celebrations of the 150th Anniversary since the introduction of Trout ensured a large positive crowd were present to watch the competition.

: Category: Fishing Competitions; Published: 09 May 2014; Hits: 6483

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Pirtek Fishing Challenge - Tasmania

Here's the final results for the Pirtek Fishing Challenge for tassie. I'm very happy with my result to catch what I did in the Mersey River as I knew it was going to be tough to be most fish taken from the lakes. I won a $300-00 prize pack from Berkley & Companion Equipment.

Cheers

Adrian