The Hardy Cup 2016, a one day flyfishing competition, was fished on Saturday the 23rd of April on two of the waters of trout fishery the Berenkuil in Nijkerk, in the center of the Netherlands. The competition consisted of sixteen sessions of 30 minutes each, with some breaks for lunch and coffee in between.

After every session the anglers would move five numbers onwards.

Some fishing spots were on two pontoons on the large lake. Some 232 trout were caught in total, at least the same number were lost before they could be netted.

Peter Elberse won the competition on De Kool the Sunday before and here he did well again too.

Alex van Roon unfortunately lost some fish in some of the sessions, he still made it to 7th place in the end.

Three women fished in the competition and as it happened, they fished next to each other in each of the sessions.

Bram Zanis casting into the fresh wind which came from the north to northwest.

Sometimes it helps if you do same praying as well…

The restaurant of the Berenkuil has been largely rebuild last year. This is also the location where the Fly Fair will be held by the end of May.

It is nice to see some youngsters competing in matches like this as well.

Peter Elberse brings another fish to the net, all fish were returned to the water. It was important to land fish in as many sessions as possible, but even the best anglers blanked in some sessions.

Hendrik Hamstra, the owner of the trout fishery, talks to competition flyfisher John Arens.

The flyfishers suffered some hail showers in the last two hours, other than that it stayed dry throughout the day.

Angling shop Rien de Wolf from Amsterdam put up a nice stand inside the restaurant with mainly Hardy tackle.

The prizetable for the competition which also included a bellyboat.

Hendrik Hamstra and Leon Godijk, the organiser of the competition, put the results of the sessions in the special computer program.

Peter Elberse took bronze and a nice flyreel as a prize.

The second prize, the bellyboat, was for Bram Zanis.

Dennis Docter was over the moon with his new Hardy Zephrus 10’#7 flyrod, the first prize in the Hardy Cup 2016.

 

The results in numbers:

1. Dennis Docter, 198,5 points;

2. Bram Zanis, 236,5 points;

3. Peter Elberse, 243,5 points;

4. John Arens, 260 points;

5. Marty Maas, 262 points;

6. Ben van der Meer, 263 points;

7. Alex van Roon, 267 points;

8. Martijn Severin, 268,5 points;

9. Derik Pajdzik, 281,5 points;

10. Bas de Vries, 282 points.

 

In 2017 the competition will be fished at the same location on the 22nd of April. More pictures can be found at http://www.beet.nl/index.php?pageid=29&newsitemtitle=hardy-cup-2016-gewonnen-door-dennis-docter.