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Team USA Medals at the 2015 World Fly Fishing Competition

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That's actually kind of huge for team USA. Jeff Currier is quite the incredible fisherman himself and to follow in his footsteps is cool. A silver for the team is quite awesome. Now, cue the haters who think this sport can only be enjoyed the way that they feel it should be enjoyed, you know the ones who snub their noses at any kind of competition as some how degrading the sport for everyone.
 
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A lot of the techniques developed by these competative fly fishers and casters translate directly into the recreational side of the sport. Competition always creates innovation. From the double haul developed for competative casting to bead head nymphs which came from competitive fly fishing, we all benefit.

Think about Dynamic Nymphing, written by George Daniels, a former member of Team USA. It is a wonderful book.
 
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Devin is a good friend of mine and his way of fishing is terribly effective. We spent a day steelhead fishing last fall where he landed 11 steelhead tightline nymphing compared to my 3 with traditional fly fishing techniques... The day before he landed 18. His passion for the sport is like few that I have met. There is definitely something to be learned from their approach to fly fishing.
 
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Could someone help an ignorant soul out. What is tight line nymphing? What is full contact nymphing? Are they the same? Do I need a helmet or pads? Is this a method to secure water by tackling other anglers? The full contact moniker has me intrigued.
 
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Tightline nymphing, also called Euronymphing (broken down into various methods - Polish, Czech, French, and Spanish) is a method of using heavy slim nymphs without a strike indicator or added slit shot at various distances with very little or no fly line out of the guides, maintaining contact with the nymphs so as to feel the strike. Leaders can be as long as 30 feet for the French and Spanish styes of nymphing.

International flyfishing rules do not allow floats or added weights.

International competition changed in 1989. This is when Vladi Trzebunia, a member of the 1989 Polish National Team, introduced a method of catching fish that would be named Polish Nymphing, Vladi's personal score was higher than the combined total scores of the next three teams, so of course the Polish Team won the gold. Outscoring the next three teams is like a single member of the USA Women's Soccer Team outscoring the combined goals of the Japanese, German, and British national soccer teams in the World Cup.

Vladi then came to the USA and became a coach to the US team. Until he became a coach, a member of team USA had never even taken a single medal in any event. Jeff Currier, a protoge of Vladi, then won the first ever personal medal for Team USA.

http://www.jeffcurrier.com/vladi-trzebunia/

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_5514624

http://flyfishingbum.blogspot.com/2010/07/vladi.html

http://www.fieldandstream.com/node/1005012803

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q= Vladi Trzebunia
 
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It stands to reason that when you have no fly line on the surface but only mono/fluro between you and the nymph that you're able to detect strikes much easier. I was using the system for nymph fishing on the Metolius before anyone gave it a name ... I honestly didn't know it was something not everyone was doing. :)

There's always going to be a disagreement between those who are into competitive flyfishing and those who are not. As usual, for me, each to their own.

I know one thing for sure. The Wallowa Valley is beautiful place on the planet and working as a fish bio in Joseph would be one fine gig.
 
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It stands to reason that when you have no fly line on the surface but only mono/fluro between you and the nymph that you're able to detect strikes much easier. I was using the system for nymph fishing on the Metolius before anyone gave it a name ... I honestly didn't know it was something not everyone was doing. :)
I know what you mean. I hear about these 'new' techniques that are taking the fly fishing world by storm. Then, after a little research I find they are often just a new name given to something fly fishers have been doing for a long time. I have books written decades ago that describe these same methods.
 
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