Finally managed to get on line

After 2 weeks of practise and 2 1/2 days of competition I have some good news with the results in Tasmania
The final result are out of 16 teams
Australia A 1st
England 2nd
N Ireland 3rd
Australia B 4th
NZ A 5th
Scotland 6th
South Africa 7th
Canada 8th
IOM 9th
Wales 10th
I have never been in such a hard competition with venues switching off and on.
The two rivers were contrasting with the Meander river being a more conventional river with ripples and runs. The South Esk was more like a spring creek, when you caught your spooky fish they dived in the weeds. most people losing 50% of the fish they caught.
The bank session on Little pine ( the lake of death)a 30 acre lake 70% of the competitors blanked. England used 26 foot leaders to catch the really spooky fish.
Finally the boat sessions were on Woods lake and Arthurs lake- where the fish after pressure were found close in on the weeds.
I am really proud of the England guys- going into the last day we were 3rd and all the team avoided a blank session under pressure.
Only a few points separated teams 2 to 5 and had chris Bassano not fished so well for Australia A the final result would of been more interesting as 2 of their Anglers blanked on the last day.

For those who do not do competition trout fishing its practising for 12 days  6 hours per days plus travel to the lakes /rivers ( normally 1 1/2 hours away) refining techniques, then back for some dinner and team meetings and flying until midnight.
The competition consists of 5 sessions each 3 hours long where you fish in groups of 16 anglers- the pressure comes if you catch no fish ( blank) where you put the team under pressure as the points system penalises you.
Our team individual results from 80 anglers were john Tyzack 3rd Dave Grove 7th  myself 15th Stu Wardel 23rd and Andrew Gooding 31st.