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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2022 | Volume 35 No. 51 Brian Danilkiewicz will be in Scotland next summer with the national fly fishing team.
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amloops fly fisher Brian Danilkiewicz has been named to the national fly fishing team that will represent Canada at the 2023 Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championship in Islay, Scotland, next summer. It’s not the first time Danilkiewicz has been tapped for the national team of six anglers. In 2020, Danilkiewicz was in New Zealand for the annual Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championship, ready to get his cast on. Just one day before they
were to compete, Fly Fishing Canada told the team to head home due to the COVID-19 pandemic prompting countries to close their borders. It was a disappointment for Danilkiewicz, but being chosen for the 2023 national team has given him a chance to once again prove himself. “This is kind of my redemption tour,” Danilkiewicz told KTW. The coming months will find him preparing for the three-day competition, to be held from June 27 to July 2. Danilkiewicz said fly fishing in Scotland will be more challenging than fishing lakes and rivers in the B.C. Interior. As well, the type of fish is different — with smaller, wild brown trout instead of
rainbow trout, so common in Kamloops-area lakes. “Brown trout are a little bit more aggressive than rainbows, Danilkiewicz said. “They’re also a little bit more predatory and they’ll stay in one little area. If you hook one fish, that could be the only fish for that little area, whereas rainbows will stick together a bit more.” The competition will see anglers fishing from riverbanks, standing on the shoreline, then wading out as deep as they can in an attempt to access the best fishing spots. Techniques will also be vastly different than local methods of fly fishing, Danilkiewicz noted. See CROSSING, A12
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