FIPS MOUCHE 24th World Flyfishing Championship

The Championship was held in the Liptosky Mikulas area close to the Tatras Mountains in Slovakia. This area has an abundance of trout and grayling, and fly-fishermen from 23 countries took part in the event. They caught a total of 6256 fish during the 3 days of the contest. Most teams were test fishing for week before the contest started. There were no fish over 20 cm.

Most of the fish were caught on micro nymphs tied on Mustad Signature C49S, R50, R70 in sizes 15 – 20.

Sovakia won, the Czech Republic took
2nd place and France 3rd place in the contest.
Here are the winners.

Here are a few photos from the contest:

Photos and copy by Dr. Hook (Geir Sivertzen)