World fly-fishing competition winner catches 38 trout

World fly-fishing competition winner catches 38 trout (Prague Daily Monitor)

Wow, 38 trout in one competition, I wish I had half os this guys skill. The world fly-fishing competition is over for 2006, I wonder where it will be next year?

Prague, Oct 15 (CTK) - Czech Jakub Vedral today won the Orvis Cup 2006 international trout fly-fishing competition held in Prague centre this weekend, which was the first world event of this kind in the Czech Republic, the organisers told CTK.

Vedral caught 38 trout.

A total of 140 fly-fishers competed in Prague in three rounds from Saturday morning. Along with Czechs, fly-fishers from Ireland, Slovakia and the US took part in the special contest.

A total of 10,000 trout were released into the Vltava (Moldau) in the very centre of the city near Slovansky Island before the event.

Fly-fishers competed in small boats on the Vltava river. Each boat had a two-member crew - a contestant and a referee counting the catch, who took turns after an hour.

The biggest fish caught at the weekend was 51-cm long, organiser Lucie Martinkova told CTK.

However, the trout did not end up on a frying pan as the fly-fishers returned the fish caught back into the river.

The competition is good news for regular Prague fishermen since the river will now abound in trout that can be caught as from Monday.

The competition also proves that the quality of the river water in Prague has considerably improved as trout is greatly sensitive to the purity of water. This species now lives normally in the Vltava River in the Czech capital, the organisers say.

Thanks to the Prague Daily Monitor for this report.

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