National Championships 2002On Sunday the England Youth Fly Fishing Association held its annual championships with 40 of the best young anglers fishing for the reservoirs famous trout. Aged 12 to 17 they fished in pairs with an experienced boatman in breezy conditions and had a great day with a total catch of nearly 200 trout weighing nearly 400 pounds. Individual winner was James Hunt (13) from Measham, Derbyshire with 12 fish followed by Luke Lavelle from Kingsthorpe Northampton and Luke Shevlin (14) from Rutland. Fourth place went to the only girl competitor, Lisa Isles (13) from Poulton le Fylde, Cumbria with 10 fish. The winning boat pair was James Hunt and Lisa who were supervised by well known expert local angler Andy Linwood of Perry who was very impressed by their skills. ‘They both fished really well casting very skilfully and took the hard fighting fish with green nymphs fished in mid water’. The competition was fished to new rules with 6 fish weighed in and additional fish returned to the water counting as 2lbs each. Fishing results: qualifiers for EYFFA England team 2003
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