The President of the Organizing Committee Bakir Izetbegović Bosnia and Herzegovina is honoured to Championship, I am satised that in welcome you as the host of the 35th World Bosnia and Herzegovina, every year, Fly Fishingin Championship, an event sports shing attracts a large number of with a long tradition of nurturing sport true lovers of this noble sport. spirit and strengthens relationships, among fans of shing as well as between Among other things, all previously the states. mentioned conrm the fact that currently, Bosnia and Herzegovina has about 150 In addition to sponsoring of Presidency of Sport - shing associations /clubs/ with Bosnia and Herzegovina, the importance 40000 active members. of this event is seeing in the fact that after the 14th Winter Olympic Games in Dear competitors, fans of sport shing, Sarajevo, this championship is one of the guests and visitors, I wish you a pleasant most important sporting manifestation in stay in our beautiful country and to return Bosnia and Herzegovina. your homes with the most beautiful memories from Bosnia nad Herzegovina. As a president of the Organizing Committee of the 35th World Fly Fishing At the Championships like these we are all winners. President of Executive Committee Mayor of Municipality of Jajce Đorđe Klepić Edin Hozan Dear competitors and friends of sport Dear competitors, guests and friends of sport shing, shing, we wish you a welcome to the city of Jajce Bosnia and Herzegovina is honoured to wich will be a host of the 35th World Fly Fishing welcome you as the host of the 35th World Fly Championship. We are trully pleased that we Fishing Championship, which will be held from have the privilege to host the World Fly Fishing 16 to 21 June 2015 in the city of Jajce. You are Championship, which will bring together coming in the country that has about 4 million participants from more than thirty countries. people of different religious and national This is an important event for Bosnia and backgrounds, consisting of two entities (the Herzegovina, as well as for the city of Jajce, Federation of B&H and the Republic of Srpska) because y shing is not a just a sport, it is also a and the Brčko District of B&H. some kind of art and connection with a nature. There are are many great sport shing We wish you to achieve a good results, but also to events behind us such as 27th World Club feel comfortable in our beautiful country. We will Fishing Championship (2007), held in Čapljina – do best from us to present our beautiful country Hutovo Blato (Federation of Bosnia and and her beauties. Herzegovina), 16th European Fly Fishing Dear guests, our intention is that city of Championship (2010), held in city of Banja Luka Jajce became a city which will you bring in your (Republic of Srpska), as well as 15th World hearts and the place that you will also gladly Fishing Championship for the Disabled and 6th visited into the future. World Cup Championship for Veterans (2013), held in the city of Čapljina-Karaotok (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina). All mentioned events were successfully organized and widely praised by major ofcials and many sport shing associations. Furthermore, we would like you to better understand our country, friendly people and customs, and return to your homes with the most beautiful memories from Bosnia and Herzegovina. We wish you a successful visit and pleasant stay in our beautiful country. I would like to welcome you with our traditional shermen greeting BISTRO! 3 4 5 DESCRIPTIONS OF COMPETITION VENUES The upcoming 35th World Fly Fishing Championship will be held on four rivers and one lake. The competition venues cover a length of 6000 meters, and competitors start places are long about 180 meters with an interspace of 10 meters from the left and from the right sides of the competitors. It is allowed to sh all kinds of sh represented with the minimum lenght of 20 centimeters. The competition is organized in full compliance with the rules and propositions of FIPS MOUCHE FEDERATION. It is alowed to use all shing techniques with the hook without counter-hooks, aggravation larger than allowed hid in ies – nymphs, and caught sh are drawn with the landing net (meredov). Selected practice venues are on the Pliva Lakes, the Pliva River and the Vrbas River. Substitute practice venue (I training) is on the Sana River in the city of Kjuč. We expect a good weather conditions during the competition, temperature ranging from 17 to 22 Celsius degrees and favorable water level of rivers. 1. Competition venue- Pliva River Sector I „A“ ŠIPOVO This competition venue is located on the Pliva River in Šipovo about 30 kilometers away from the city of jajce. The river is quite fast in the upper course and in some places the depths ranges is from 2-3 meters. In this part, it is best to use the nymph for shing , while the river is a little wider and slower in the lower part. This river is inhabitated with all kinds of salmonid sh, but the competition venue is dominated by grayling(Thymallus – thimallus Linnaeus) . 6 2. Competition venue - Sana River Sector II “B” RIBNIK This competition venue is located on the Sana River at the place called Ribnik, downstream from the mouth of the Ribnik River to the town of Ključ. The width of the river is 25-30 meters, and the length is about 1-2 kilometers. The river is inhabited with grayling(Thymallus- thimallus Linnaeus) , brown trout (Salmo trutta m. fario Linnaeus), salmon (Hucho-hucho Linnaeus) , and cyprinidal sh species, of which the most dominant is chub(Leuciscus cephahus) and barbel (Barbus Barbus Linnaeus) , and has a very small quantity of the rainbow trout(Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum) . The 16th European Fly Fishing Championship took place on this competition venue. 3. Competition venue – Sanica River Sector III „C“ KLJUČ 7 It is the same as the previous competition venue (Sana River), the 16th European Fly Fishing Championship also took place on this competition venue. This competition venue is the farthest from the city of Jajce (85 kilometers). The width of the Sanica River is 25-30 meters with an average depth of 1 meter. The Sanica River is very rich in grayling(Thymallus-Thimallus Linnaeus) , brown trout (Salmo trutta m. Fario Linnaeus)and salmon (Hucho-hucho Linnaeus) , chub in the lower part of the sector (Leuciscus cephahus)and pike (Esox Lucius) . The dominant species for the most parts of this sector is grayling. 4. Competition venue – the Pliva Lakes Sector IV “D” JAJCE This competiton venue is located an a beautiful and natural Pliva Lakes, 7 kilometers away from the city of Jajce. The Pliva Lakes are about 3500 meters long, and the competition venue begins from the mouth of the Pliva River where it ows into the Pliva Lakes. The width of the lakes on the competition venue is 300-400 meters and the depth of lake is up to 30 meters in some places, while the depth is 6-8 meters in the shing sector. This lake is inhabitated with the following species of sh: brown trout (Salmo trutta m. Fario Linnaeus), grayling (Onorhynchus Mykiss Walbaum) and lake trout (Salmo Trutta m.lacustris Linnaeus), and cyprinid species carp (Ciprinus carpio) , pike (Esox Lucius ) and tench (Tinca Tinca) . The competitors on this competition venue strictly sh from a boat moving along a marked sector. The best results at the 16th European Fly Fishing Championship were achived with a streamer (strimer) in three versions on a one rod (imitation maggots, the leeches and litle sh). 8 5. Competition venue - Vrbas River Sector V „E“ Donji Vakuf This competition venue is located on the Vrbas River, downstream of the city of Donji Vakuf, about 40 kilometers away from the city of Jajce. The lenght of the competition venue is about 6 kilometers, width 25-30 meters, with an average depth of 1-2 meters or 3 meters in some places. The most common species along entire sector is grayling(Thymallus thymallus Linnaeus) . The best way to catch grayling is to use a nymph and dry y. The Vrbas River is also rich in brown trout (Salmo trutta m.fario Linnaeus), salmon (Hucho-hucho Linnaeus) and cyprinid, while the most dominant species is chub(Leuciscus cephahus) . 9 Substitute venue –Sana River – Ključ A substitute venue is located on the Sana River downstream from the city of Ključ, about 65 kilometers away from the city of Jajce. Characteristics of this venue are almoust same as the characteristics of competition venue from Sector II B (because it is located on the same river). This competition venue was also a substitute venue for 10th European Championship which was held in 2010. Training venues 1. 1st training venue on the Pliva River is located 300 meters downstream from the starting number „A“ – 30, Sector I „A“ Šipovo. In this part, the Pliva River is wider, and an average depth is 3 meters. It is best to sh using nymphs and dry ies. 2. 2nd training venue is located near to the venue in Sector 4 „D“ – the Pliva Lakes –Jajce and has all the characteristics of the competition venue. 3. 3rd training venue is on the Vrbas River downstream from the venue of the Sector 5 „E“ – Donji Vakuf. The characteristics of this venue are the same as those of the 2nd training venue. 10 OFFICIAL ACCOMMODATION FOR TEAMS The Turist Hotel 98 is located in the charming medieval city of Jajce widely known by its rich history and historical heritage.