FLY FISHING TEAM FINLAND 2007

SHORT INTRO: World Championships in fly fishing has been organized since 1981 by international organization called FIPS-Mouche. Finland has participated in the World Championships since year 1985 (see history). Finnish team is currently selected partly based on the success in the previous World Champs and partly based on the top placings in the National Finals. The responsible organization is the Finnish Federation for Recreational Fishing.

TEAM: leadership


Due to home games the FLY FISHING TEAM FINLAND is this year exceptionally large and consists of six anglers (one reserve) and four management team members, including the manager and the captain. Below you will find the profiles of the team members.

	ANGLERS

	LEADERSHIP

Team Diary
When the games are on, you can follow here what is happening to the Team Finland.

Name: Tero Mantyla Role: manager, member of the management team Age: 28 years Hometown: Hameenlinna Fishing Clubs: Hameenlinnan Perhokalastajat, Merikarvian Perhokalastajat National Finals: 2006 (5.) Prefers: big fish

Name: Antti Vappula Role: member of the management team Age: 27 years Hometown: Helsinki Fishing Club: Espoon Perhokalastajat, Itikkaperan Perhokalastajat WFFC experience: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 European Championhips: 2004, 2005, 2006 National Finals: 1999 (3.), 2000 (3.), 2001 (2.) Prefers: fixing his hair

Name: Mika Manninen Role: member of the management team Age: 46 years Hometown: Tampere Prefers: Varzina' s huge brown trout and hunting

Name: Mika Vainio Role: captain, member of the management team Age: 39 years Hometown: Espoo Fishing Clubs: Espoon Perhokalastajat, Mikkelin Koskikalastajat WFFC experience: 1997, 1998, 1999 National Finals: 1996 (3.) Prefers: searching for that fish-of-a-lifetime For more detail, please see his homepage.