World Fly Fishing Championships Under Way in Scotland

The 2009 World Fly Fishing Championships are under way this week in Scotland for the first time, with competitors from 27 countries fishing for brown trout and grayling on the country’s “lochs and rivers.”

The U.S. team is made up of Walter Ungermann (team manager), Josh Stephens (team captain), George Daniel, Lance Egan, Pete Erickson, Anthony Naranja, Mike Sexton, Devin Olsen (alternate) and coaches Vladi Trzebunia and Jerry Arnold.

The 2008 championships were held in New Zealand, with the American fly fishing team finishing eighth overall.

You can read about what it was like to fish in last year’s world championships in About.com’s exclusive interview with U.S. team member Egan.

Lance Egan is one of the Americans competing in the World Fly Fishing Championships. Photo courtesy Lance Egan.