World Fly Fishing Championships

FIPS Mouche is an abbreviation of "Fédération Internationale de Peche Sportive Mouche" (in English, the "International Fly Fishing Federation"), which is the fly fishing arm of CIPS (Confédération Internationale de la Pêche Sportive), founded in Rome in 1952, the world regulating body for many different disciplines of fishing. ==Rules==

Six rounds with a duration of three hours of fly fishing are fished at five different geographical locations (sectors), a mixture of lakes and rivers to test all skills, Points are awarded to the most successful anglers and section points per round according to placing, with the winner receiving one point; the lowest overall score wins. ==History==

The first ever Seniors WFFC was held in Luxembourg in 1981 and won by team Netherlands, that winning team also produced the first ever individual world champion who was Cor Wittkamp. Three years later in 1984, the 4th WFFC held in Spain was won by first class cricketer and footballer Tony Pawson of England, Although his team England were just beaten to the title by Italy. Pascal Cognard of France became the first angler to win the individual world championship three times when he won the 20th WFFC in England in 2000, having previously succeeded in Norway in 1994 and in the United States in 1997. The Czech Republic set the standard in 2014 at their home water, having won the team tournament a record 10 times. The World Fly Fishing Championship Team event has been won by the host nation on just 10 of the 40 occasions that the tournament has taken place (to 2021), a one in four chance. ==Results for All Team Divisions==

Youth Team Results Masters Team Results Masters Individual Results Senior Team results Senior Individual results '''Women's Team Results''' ==Recent and Upcoming Events==

The 2020 event was postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though resumed in August 2021 in the Kuusamo and Taivalkoski regions of Finland. The 41st WFFC took place in September 2022 in the principality of Asturias in Spain, and on lake El Arenero near Tineo. ===2018 > Trentino, Italy=== Italy Hosted the 38th FIPS Mouche World Fly Fishing Championships in 2018, which was fished in Comano Terme, Trentino area of Italy. Species available in these waters include Marble trout (Salmo marmoratus) and Lake Char (Salvelinus umbla), both species indigenous to this region, also Brown trout (Salmo trutta) and Grayling (Thymallus thymallus). The lakes and lagoons are situated near the small town of Miena, Tasmania, including Penstock lagoon, Great Lake and Little Pine Lagoon. The geographic centre of Tasmania is located on the western shore of the lagoon. The species of fish caught were brown trout (Salmo trutta) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Brown trout (a non-indigenous species to Tasmania) were first introduced to Australia on 4 May 1864 when 2700 live brown trout ova, which had been packed in ice since leaving England, were hatched into the Plenty river near Hobart, Tasmania. Rainbow trout from North America were introduced in 1894. The team event was won by France, the individual title went to Howard Croston of England. === 2021 > Kuusamo, Finland === The 40th FIPS Mouche World Fly Fishing Championships was originally postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, then fished during August 2021 in the Kuusamo and Taivalkoski regions of Finland. Both the team event and individual titles were dominated by the home nation Finland taking 4 of the top 5 places including the new world champion Heikki Kurtti. 2023 > Slovakia Slovakia held the 42nd FIPS Mouche World Flyfishing Championship 2023, which was won by France, who also won the individual prize with Pierre Kuntz securing the title. The venues fished were the rivers Váh, Belá, Poprad and Orava and on the water dam Palcmanska Maša located on the river at Dedinky near Dobšiná. ==Rolls of honour==

Team medal table Multiple individual champions Pascal Cognard 3, Brian Leadbetter 2, Pierluigi Cocito 2, Valerrio Santi Amantini 2, Antonin Pešek 2, Julien Daguillanes 2, Pierre Kuntz 2. ==See also==