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Thames River Open
The registration is open for the biggest river competition of the summer. Thames River Open comes in a new, very cool format, open for all fishing styles with artificial lures and a 100% payout system.
More details about the registration, prizes and rules HERE or at the Angling Sports store.
Project “Fly vs Spin” continues
Good times at Island Lake competition where fly guys met spinning guys in a friendly competition. So far “Fly vs Spin” project was a success and in just a few weeks from now it will host the biggest river competition for this summer in London, Ontario on the mighty Thames River. This competition will have a new format different then last year and it will be open to all fishing styles that are using artificial lures.
Island Lake Competition
After the success of Lake Nipissing Competition, the project “Fly vs Spin” continues with Island Lake Comp. Scheduled for July 16th this competition will be open to all artificial lures fishermen, this includes fly fishing, spinning and baitcast. For more details and /or registration please click:

Lake Nipissing – Sotto Cup
This competition, organized by SFFC, is an official comp in the Provincial Fly Fishing Championship and part of the project “Fly vs Spin”.
The competitors list:
- Dave Culver
- Mark Pietrowski
- Ghedas Cepinskas
- Radu Suliman
- Claudiu Chirigel
- Lucian Holdevici
- Hari Klein
- Cosmin Muresan
- Jordan McIntyre
- Joe Moreira
- Calin Ardelean
- Dan B.
- …
For more info here: INFO®ISTRATION
FLY vs SPIN
This is a project we’ve been working on for quite some time and we decided that 2016 is a good season to start.
No need to say more about this debate between fly fishing and spin fishing, it’s time to let actions speak.
This year Team “Sotto2”, from the Ontario Fly Fishing League, will participate in several professional tournaments using fly fishing gear against spin/bait-cast gear fishermen. We will be uploading videos from each event, just follow our website updates or Facebook page.
This is a shout to all fishermen who feel that this is a cool way to express their passion for the sport; if you think you’re ready for action join us in one of these events:
May 14 – Gloucester Pool
Top50 Pike Series Tournament Trail – www.top50pike.ca
May 23rd – Wildwood Lake
Angling Sports Pike Derby – www.anglingsports.ca
June 11th-12th – Lake Nipissing
SOTTO Cup – www.sffcl.com
July 16th – Island Lake
OPFFC Pike Wars – www.sffcl.com
If you decide to participate or have any questions leave a comment here, on our Facebook page or send us an email from the Contact us top right menu.
Registration is open
Make sure you get a spot by finishing the registration procedure
- Dave Culver
- Keefer Pitfield
- Lucian Holdevici
- Mark Pietrowski
- Joe Moreira
- Hari Klein
- Cosmin Muresan
- Jordan McIntyre
- Ian Troup
- David Forgeron
- David Nonomura
- …
Click here to REGISTER for Grand River competition.
Click here for more DETAILS
Competition Point System – Explained
We will try to explain in more detail here the international system we used at Lyndon Competitions. All the rotations and mathematical tricks are made in an effort to take out the “luck” factor as much as possible. From this point of view the competitors are being split in 3 groups. These groups will fish 3 sectors around the lake. Every group has 7 competitors. These 7 competitors will compete against each other in 3 sessions. Each game(session) is held on a different sector and at the end of each session the competitors are being put into each group’s leaderboard according to the fish points they accumulated in that session. This gives them a session placing which you can see in the first 3 columns…
Name | Session1
placing |
Session2
placing |
Session3
placing |
Total points from placing | Final place | Total fish points |
Keefer Pitfield | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 73 |
Ian Troup | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 66 |
David Nonomura | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 56 |
Hari Klein | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 36 |
Kevin Nonomura | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 43 |
Ionut Cotinghi | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 28 |
Mason Whary | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
Ciprian Rafan | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 43 |
Jesse Tetreault | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 22 |
Cosmin Muresan | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 19 |
Blair Wilson | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 20 |
Mike Thompson | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 26 |
Mark Pietrowski | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 23 |
Calin Lumperdean | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Gedas Cepinskas | 1 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 9 |
Rubin Szauter | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 12 |
Doug Robertson | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 12 |
Jordan McIntyre | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 13 |
Dave Culver | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 12 |
Lucian Holdevici | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 7 |
John Wilson | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 16 |
…the best placing into a session being 1 and the worst being 7. At the end of the competition we take all these placings and add them up, and you can see the total in the fourth column named “Total points from placing”. The perfect score you can have in this column is 3, that means that you’ve placed 1st in every session, and the worst score you can have is 21, that means that you’ve placed last in every session.
When a tie occurs the total of fish points are used to break the tie. If the tie cannot be broken the competitors will receive the same place and the next one will be empty.
Please read the rules for more details.
Lyndon II – Results
Keefer Pitfield | 1 | 73 |
Ian Troup | 2 | 66 |
David Nonomura | 3 | 56 |
Hari Klein | 4 | 36 |
Kevin Nonomura | 5 | 43 |
Ionut Cotinghi | 6 | 28 |
Mason Whary | 7 | 26 |
Ciprian Rafan | 8 | 43 |
Jesse Tetreault | 9 | 22 |
Cosmin Muresan | 10 | 19 |
Blair Wilson | 11 | 20 |
Mike Thompson | 12 | 26 |
Mark Pietrowski | 13 | 23 |
Calin Lumperdean | 14 | 14 |
Gedas Cepinskas | 15 | 9 |
Rubin Szauter | 16 | 12 |
Doug Robertson | 16 | 12 |
Jordan McIntyre | 18 | 13 |
Dave Culver | 19 | 12 |
Lucian Holdevici | 20 | 7 |
John Wilson | 21 | 16 |
Lyndon I – interview
Interview from the last competition Lyndon I
Competitors’ List-April 16th 2016
- David Nonomura
- David Forgeron
- Jordan McIntyre
- Dave Culver
- Lucian Holdevici
- Cosmin Muresan
- Hari Klein
- Keefer Pitfield
- Ian Troup
- Mark Pietrowski
- Doug Robertson
- Mason Wharry
- Mike Thompson
- Gedas Cepinskas
- Ionut Cotinghi
- Ciprian Rafan
- Calin Lumperdean
- Jesse T.
- Rubin S.
- John Wilson
- Blair Wilson
Waiting List:
- Alex Frizzel
- …
LYNDON I – results
Here are the results of LYNDON I – April 2nd 2016
Name Placing Total Competition Points
Keefer Pitfield | 1 | 69 |
Ciprian Rafan | 2 | 69 |
Ian Troup | 3 | 71 |
Hari Klein | 4 | 76 |
Cosmin Muresan | 5 | 56 |
Alex Frizzel | 6 | 44 |
Mason Warry | 7 | 76 |
Sorin Comsa | 8 | 50 |
Ionut Cotinghi | 9 | 34 |
David Nonomura | 10 | 49 |
Blair Wilson | 11 | 38 |
David Forgeron | 12 | 38 |
David Culver | 13 | 21 |
Calin Lumperdean | 14 | 21 |
Jordan McItyre | 15 | 15 |
John Wilson | 16 | 12 |
Rubin S. | 17 | 6 |
Mark Pietrowski | 18 | 11 |
Joe Moreira | 18 | 11 |
Lucian Holdevici | 20 | 4 |
Gedas Cepinski | 21 | 16 |
Lyndon Competitions
Rules Snapshot
- Barbless hooks
- Catch and Release
- Landing net
- No split-shot/ tippet rings
- No indicators
- Maximum 3 flies rig
- Continuously tapered or leveled leader
- One conventional fly rod may be used at one time
- Competitors may have spare fly rods
One more week…
Hi guys,
We have one more week until the start of the Championship. I hope you’re getting ready, filling the boxes with new flies, cleaning the fly lines and greasing the reels. The first competition will align at the start 21 competitors, one third of them having already a strong competition experience. This competition format will allow the less experienced competitors to watch live experienced fly fishermen applying various techniques on the lakes.
We all wish you good luck!
FREE STILLWATER CLINIC
This Saturday during the practice we will have a presentation/clinic about lake fly fishing.
FREE attendance
FREE coffee
FREE lunch
FREE set of flies (competition series)
This is a unique opportunity to meet one of the best fly fishing teams in Ontario, 2015 Team Silver Medalists in Ontario Fly Fishing Championship. A day when their fly boxes and knowledge are open for you.
Please let us know if you are interested by sending a pm or email.
Important: if you choose to fish with us on the private lake there is a fee that goes towards the fisheries.
REGISTRATION IS OPEN
Welcome to the new SFFC website!
Please take a look at the menu on the left to see all the competitions for 2016.
On the top right you’ll find the menu for rules,results and other events like fly fishing schools, fundraising events, volunteering,etc.
If you need help or more info, just use the comment box at the bottom of the page.
To participate in the SFFC Ontario Provincial Fly Fishing Championship you need to have a yearly valid membership with the League.
SFFC 2015 Ontario Fly Fishing Championship
Hi guys,
A new year – a new Championship. Follow us on Facebook and our new website for more details:
http://www.sottoflyfishingclub.com
Fly Fishing school
A month ago we posted this on Facebook:
We would like to thank our friend Bing Gan for this project:
The plastic surgery residents from Western University London, Ontario got their first fly fishing lesson from Sottoflyfishing Club Canada together with Dr. Nick Carr a visiting professor from Vancouver, and Mr. Bing Gan a local fly fisheman.
Great day on the water!
It’s time for a new fly fishing school!
We are going out Friday with a new group.
Lake fly fishing competition – pictures&interviews part 2
In the second part of this article we have more pictures and another interview/feedback with Rob Cesta, a young guide and a formidable fly fisherman. You can find him at http://www.flyguide.ca . This is his feedback:
1. Could you give us a few words about yourself?
I am an independent fly fishing guide who has been fly fishing since his teen years. My love for the sport has lead me to pursue a career where i can spend as much time on rivers and lakes that I can, and can take me around the world fishing.
2. When did you start doing fly-fishing competitions? Why?
This was my first competition! I had always followed competitive fly fishing news and used the techniques, in rivers, that were popularized by competitive anglers and when I saw the chance to compete myself I jumped right at it! Competition leads to innovation and refinement of skills, what a better way to progress as an fly angler and step up your game!
3. How do you prepare for a competition? (techniques, fly tying, training, gear, etc.)
For this, my first, competition I solicited advice from my friends and contacts who have competed before. While their advice was invaluable I still used online resources and picked up a phone to ask some questions about the venue and the fish we were to angle for. Tying wise, I had a selection of commonly used still water patters that are known to produce, some in naturals and some in wilds. Because it was a still water competition the gear i selected was based on the ability to fish different depths of water. If the fish were suspending and feeding at a certain depth, getting my flies into the appropriate position is key! As for training, I wish I had a chance to get onto the body of water previous to the competition and practice, but unfortunately that was not possible. Know your water!!
4. How was the fishing in this competition?
The fishing in the competition was slightly more difficult than expected. Being a stocked pond I thought the fish would have struck anything in their path out of curiosity or hunger, while this was fairly true positioning on the water body played a massive part for success.
5.A few words about the strategy/flies/rods/lines?
The strategy I used in the first session didn’t pay off, I blanked!!! I quickly changed my set up in the second session, and a better position in the pond allowed me to be very successful, 7 landed and many more hooked! For equipment, having rods with different a floating line and three others with different sink rates allowed me to explore what produced most effectively, when i found what worked, I stuck with it! Mind you, you don’t need 4 rods rigged and on hand, having a reel with different spools that have different sink rates of lines on each one would be handy for your average angler.
6. How would you describe the general atmosphere?
The atmosphere was one of general camaraderie. We are all anglers who are of like minds, how could we not all get along!? There was a feeling of competition in the air, but that did not stop the competitors from offering tips to each other on how to better achieve success and get fish in their nets!
7. How would you rate the organization part on a scale from 1 to 10?
The organization was 10/10! It ran very smooth and seamlessly! I was very impressed.
8. What suggestions would you have for the same competition in the following years?
The only thing about the competition I would change was the physical layout of the individual placements of the pond. The end towards, what I can only assume, where the fish are fed was unbelievable productive, where as positions towards the other side of the pond were not nearly as productive. I would, next year, to even the field by omitting A5, B1, B2, and B3 as positions, and also, C4 (?) the position with the tree in the middle i would have used the tree as the divider between positions instead of having it right in the middle… casting was a B*$CH!
9. What advice would you give to those who participated for the first time?
Advice i would give to a first time competitor is have the ability to adapt! If something is not producing, have a way of changing up quickly and find something that does work! Have a variety of lines, or sink tips and flies to suit the scenario.
10. Will you come to this event next year?
I will absolutely, 100%, be attending the even next year! Hopefully there will be another competition organized sooner, it will be tough to wait an entire year!! If there was one organized once a month, I’d attend every one.
New pictures, enjoy!