Fly Fishing Team Japan is a group of fly fishers to attend at the Annual FIPS Mouche World Fly Fishing Championship and Conservation Symposium (WFFCCS) every year. Fly Fishing Team Japan has been supported by World Fly Fishing of Japan（WFFJ) since February 2000 and is registered as the trade mark since December 2006. WFFJ is founded by Misako Ishimura and she is the elected president. She has been leading Japanese anglers to the WFFCCS in 2002-France, in 2003-Spain, in 2004-Slovakia, 2005-Sweden, and 2006-Portugal. Only WFFJ has the right to hold the WFFCCS in Japan and to form Fly Fishing Team Japan.
If you have a Japanese passport and want to become a competitor or a reserve at
WFFCCS, please e-mail at info@flyfishingteamjapan.org. If you don't have a Japanese passport but you are interested in WFFCCS,
Team Japan will be able to invite you as our guest.
Fly Fishing Team Japan is involving with WFFCCS for its importance of the
gathering anglers internationally and the conservation symposiums for the
wild trout.
Currently, Team Japan is the only Asian team among the approximately 23-country
participants from the world. Seeing and meeting the world class fly fishers
are a very memorable experience. You will enjoy fly fishing from the different
angles and will learn the importance of team play in the sport of fly fishing
after attending toWFFCCS.
The friendships, which are born during WFFCCS, will be a life long treasure.
Some team anglers and team guests are attending WFFCCS time after time.
Meeting them and having a growing friendship are awesome experiences to be a part of WFFCCS.
The 28th WFFCCS will be held near Rotorua in New Zealand from March 22
to March 30, 2008. We will catch and release Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout
from the
rivers and the lakes. If you are interested in WFFCCS or supporting Team Japan,
please e-mailto info@flyfishingteamjapan.org
We promote the sport of fly fishing for saving native and wild trout.
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About World Fly Fishing Championship:
The first World Fly Fishing Championship
(WFFC) was held in 1981 under the auspices of the International Confederation
of Sport Fishing (CISP), which was established in 1952 in Rome. CIPS is now located in Italy and controls international world competition
in all fishing disciplines. It was administered by the
International Federation of Fresh Water Sport Fishing (FIPS-Ed) in the
beginning. After 1988, the international
Federation of Sport Fly Fishing (FIPS-Mouche) was founded as an independent Federation
within CIPS and administrates WFFC.
Now only
members of FIPS-Mouche can host WFFCCS and attend it. WFFC
is conducted in accordance with the Olympic ideal. It begins with an opening ceremony; there are
practice sessions, five competitions, and closing ceremony where the presentation
of medals is featured. The conservation
symposium is held during the championship to save wild fresh water fish. The banquette is held on the last evening of
WFFCCS for all anglers, guests, hosts and local volunteers. Over 300 people ( over 140 captains,
competitors, and reserved anglers, about 40 guests and 120 hosts/volunteers )
gather and celebrate for the sport of fly fishing during about a week long
event of WFFCCS. It has been held by the
host country which is decided at CIPS FIPS-Mouche by-annual congress. There were 25 WFFC since 1981 over in Europe,
the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
How are the
individuals and winning teams selected? And
what are their rewards in WFFC? The numbers
of trout and grayling, which are more then 20 cm long and caught by a fly in
front of their gills are counted and measured by their length and then released
by the controllers. Anglers are given
points based on the counts and measurements and then ranked within the each
group.
The group consists of each angler from each national team. There are 5 competitors in each national team. It means that 5 groups are formed in the championship. After the 5 sessions at the 5 different venues, the each competitor's position in the each session is added and the angler whose number is smallest wins the gold medal. The team ranked with the smallest number, which is added with each team member's ranking, wins and team members are given the team gold medals and the winning team retains the large silver plate until the next championship. The silver plate is engraved with each of the winning team in the past. The second and the third place individuals and teams receive silver and bronze medals respectively.
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About Conservation Symposium at WFFC:
2002 in France -Proposal of making the unified measurement systems for water in the rivers and lakes internationally.
2003 in Spain - Introduce their restoration programs around local rivers and lakes for saving wild brown trout and
how to maintain the healthy population.
2004 in Slovakia - Introduce their conservation programs to save Hucho Hucho (salmoniformes), which is one of the
largest fresh water fish.
2005 in Sweden - Introduce their restoration programs of the water ways (rivers) for saving wild fish.
2006 in Portugal - Introduce their fresh water fishing regulation and efforts to establish conservation programs
followed by the friendly gathering for exchanging information among of the attendees.
2007 in Finland – Report about Baltic Salmon stocking history and its future
World Fly Fishing of Japan Membership:
You will get a World Fly Fishing of Japan (WFFJ) logo pin when you become a new member.
*You can request and participate in fly fishing seminars to learn casting and fly tying.
*Yu will get a chance to join fly fishing trips to the Catskills and Long Island.
*You will be able to know and participate the projects to conserve the streams and fish.
*You will be able to connect with other anglers and nature lovers internationally through the WFFJ web site or contacting wffj@earthlink.net.
*You will support Fly Fishing Team Japan and get international information including fly fishing destinations, products, arts and literature by contacting at info@flyfishingteamjapan.org.
How to become a member:
Fill out the WFFJ membership application for
every year, from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31（The first member may include Nov. Dec. in the previous year of
membership), which will be sent to you by your request. And mail it back along with the membership
dues, US$20.00 check or money order. Please
send e-mail to wffj@earthlink.net
for the membership application form and other information about WFFJ.
PS: To be a part of Fly Fishing Team Japan, you should be a member of WFFJ.
