The weather was much better than expected (just one shower in the morning and not too much wind) when on Saturday the 21st of October the Dutch Championship in Fly-fishing for Trout was fished at Tavern ‘t Mun in Appeltern.
Text and pictures by Rudy van Duijnhoven
Nine teams that represented different trout fisheries in the Netherlands took in the final. Every team consisted of five fly-fishers that had fished themselves in the team through competitions at the trout fisheries.
The drawing was done at 7.00 hours in the morning, the first session started at 8.30 hours.
John Arens fishing. Every participant would fish eight sessions of 25 minutes, the participants were divided in two groups.
Every trout that was caught would mean 1 point for the competition fly-fisher, the time of the capture within a session was also of importance for the ranking.
Tino Groentjes fishing in the competition. A ranking was made for each session, these would later be added to each other. It was therefore of importance to catch trout in as many sessions as possible.
It looked like the trout congregated at both ends of the pond, this is where most of the fish were caught.
The competition was fished following the “catch & release” principle. The pond of ‘t Mun was hired the following day by a group of people, all trout that would be caught this day were going to be be killed and smoked, after which they would be donated to a food bank; a nice initiative.
Every trout was supposed to be landed with a landing net. It was only allowed to fish with barbless flies tied on hooks less than 2,75 cm in length and with a properly pressed down barb. It was allowed to make use of a strike indicator as well as to add some split shot to the leader to get the fly down.The points are added for every participant. The final was organised by the NVVF, the Dutch Federation of Trout Fisheries and Tavern ‘t Mun in Appeltern.
One of the prizes for the individual winner in 2017.
The results for the teams:
1 FVV DE FOREL 80 trout, 780,5 points;
2 FVV DE BERENKUIL 97 trout, 804,5 points;
3 FV BREUKINK 75 trout, 834,5 points;
4 FV DE KOOL 77 trout, 892,5 points;
5 FV VAN BERLAGE 65 trout, 908,5 points;
6 FV DE RUIGENHOEK 49 trout, 1011,5 points;
7 DE ZUILEN 57 trout, 1014,0 points;
8 HEIOORD 43 trout, 1048,0 points;
9 ‘T MUN 50 trout, 1056,5 points.
The individual results:
1 Mario Teering, 25 trout, 101,5 points;
2 Guido Brauckmann, 20 trout, 104,5 points;
3 Ben van der Meer, 27 trout, 110,0 points;
4 Tino Groentjes, 18 trout, 114,5 points;
5 Mark Dereij, 28 trout, 125,5 points;
6 Robert Sappulette, 22 trout, 129,0 points;
7 Bas de Vries, 22 trout, 144,5 points;
8 Jorn Snijkers, 15 trout, 148,5 points;
9 André van der Kuip, 17 trout, 149,0 points;
10 Marco Eulink, 22 trout, 151,0 points.
1 comment on Final Dutch Championship Fly-fishing for Trout fished at ‘t Mun
I am looking for information on any trout fishing in Holland competitions from 1941. I recently have obtained a medal from that period and seek information.Thanks kindly in advance for any assistance … < Tight Lines Always Tommy
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I am looking for information on any trout fishing in Holland competitions from 1941. I recently have obtained a medal from that period and seek information.Thanks kindly in advance for any assistance … < Tight Lines Always Tommy