30th World Fly Fishing Championships Poland

Rules

Rules modifications – download pdf file 127kB

 

Article 2 : General Information 

2.2 Add : One session will be held on a lake sector, fishing from boats powered – if possible –by outboard

motors and four sessions on river fishing from bank or wading. The Rotation of Groups is contained in

     Annexe A.

•  Sector I (Myczkowce Reservoir) – boat fishing,

•  Sector II (River Solinka),

•  Sector III (River San – Lesko),

•  Sector IV (River San – Postołów),

•  Sector V (River San – Zwierzyń).

Article 9 : Bank Fishing Competitions 

Add new 9.6 : Wading is allowed on the river sectors  and chest waders may be worn.

Article 10.: Boat fishing

There will be two competitors per boat. Competitors may only fish while the boat is drifting freely and not

under power or being rowed. 

Boats may drift with the bow either to the left or to the right. 

Drogues shall not be used. 

Competitors may only cast in the area allocated in Annexe B. 

Add new 10.11 : Competitors are required to wear their own  life jacket whenever they are in a boat, or on

a landing stage 

Article 11. Duration of events, scoring and practice sessions

11.1.  The event will be held in five scoring sessions.

11.3.1. Fishing will be conducted at h. 9.00-12.00 and 15.00-18.00, both on the rivers and reservoir.

Add new 11.5: All practice sessions will be catch and release

Article 21.4 

Add new 21.4 (e) The random draw for beats or boats, done by the pre-planned computer program to

generate the  random allocation of competitors to beats or boats will be kept secret till the departure of

the busses to the sectors. The allocation to the beats/boats will, at that time, be posted on the information

board and be given in each bus during travelling to the beats/boats.

Article  22.

22.2.1  Add:The controller carries out his work from the bank or from an island (only in the case of

indicated beats). Upon the request of the competitor the controller enters the island prior to start

of fishing and remains there until the end of the session.

Article 24. Eligible fish

24.1   Add : Eligible fish species: 

brown trout (Salmo trutta m. fario), 

rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), 

grayling (Thymallus thymallus) 

huchen (Hucho hucho).

Size limits:

•  Sector I (Myczkowce Reservoir) – 20 cm for all eligible species,

•  Sector II (River Solinka) – 20 cm for all eligible species,

•  Sector III (River San) – 25cm for all eligible species,

•  Sector IV (River San) – 25 cm for all eligible species,

•  Sector V (River San) – 25 cm for all eligible species.

Measuring will be done from the tip of the nose to the end of the longest part of the tail. 

Article 28. Flies

28.5.  Modify:  A maximum of TWO flies is permitted which must not be closer to each other than fifty

cm, measured eye to eye, hanging freely.

Article  30. Prohibitions

30.1.  Modify: The following is prohibited:

(a)  Fishing of competition sectors by competitors or their agents during a period of 30 days

prior to the official start of the event. This applies to competition and official practice

waters. 

ROTATION BETWEEN SECTORS 

ANNEXE A 

SECTORSNAMES I II III IV V
Myczkowcereservoir Solinka SanLesko SanPostolow SanZwierzyn
Thursday 17/06  9 AM A B C D E
Thursday 17/06   3 PM E A B C D
Friday 18/06  9  AM  D E A B C
Friday 18/06  3 PM  Free Free Free Free Free
Saturday 19/06  9 AM C D E A B
Saturday  19/06  3 PM B C D E A

ANNEXE B 

 All above information are used thanks to the organisers and come from the official website

All above information are used thanks to the organisers and come from the official website

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