The 2003 World Fly Fishing Championships were held in Jaca Spain. Jaca is a beautiful community settled in the Pyranees mountains of Northern Spain. Some 20 countries from around the world were represented at the FIPS Mousche XXIV World Championship. The events take place over 5 days with 2 days of official practice and 3 days of fishing. There were 5 competition venues, 4 rivers and 1 lake. Each venue was held during a 3 hour time period so everyone fished two venues per day and took half a day off on Sunday. Scoring is done using strictly Catch and Release. Anglers must have a controller measure and release each fish unharmed. The rivers fished were the Aragon, Subordan, Veral, Gallego, and a high mountain lake. On the following pages you will see pictures of the people and places from the Championships. I must say it was one of the best experiences of my life. The friends I made, the things I got to see, and the things I got the opportunity to learn are a life experience I'll never forget. For those of you who would like more pictures, please feel free to email me. The pictures here have all been reduced for file size and are only a small sample of the thousands of pictures and video I have available. Congratulations to Team USA for it's highest finish ever, and to Jeff Currier for his Individual Bronze Medal.

John W. Wilson
Team USA