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The winners of the 2008 British & International Flytying Championships
are listed below;

Damien Deprez - France. Winner - Open International.
Joel Penttila - Finland. Runner Up - Open Open International.
William Dalgetty - Scotland. Winner - Open British International Category.
Dave Wiltshire - England. Runner Up - Open British International Category.
Tyler Befus - Canada. Winner - 16's & Under Category.

BIFC 2008 Judges where - Jens Pilgaard - Charles Jardine - Teddy Patlen.

Damien Deprez - France. Winner - Super Realistic Category.
Damien Deprez - Wins the Varivas/Alberto Coppini trophy .

Silvan Hugues - France. Runner Up - Super Realistic Category.

Timo Kontio - Finland. Winner - Fully Dressed Salmon fly Category.

William Dalgetty - Scotland. Runner up - Fully Dressed Salmon fly Category.
William Dalgetty - Scotland. Winner - Open British International.

Joel Penttila - Finland. Winner - Open Salmon fly Category.

William Dalgetty - Scotland. Runner Up - Open Salmon fly Category.

Joel Penttila - Finland. Winner - Nymphs & Wet Fly Category.

Dave Wiltshire - England. Runner Up - Nymphs & Wet Fly Category.
Dave Wiltshire - England. Runner Up - Open British National Category.

Joel Penttila - Finland. Winner - Streamers & Saltwater Category.

Christopher Knox - England. Runner Up - Streamers & Saltwater Category.

Silvan Hugues - France. Winner - Realistic Fishing Flies.

Joel Penttila - Finland. Runner Up - Realistic Fishing Flies.

A. Scurrell - England. Winner - Dry Flies & Terrestrials.

Tyler Befus - Canada. Runner up - Dry Flies & Terrestrials.
Tyler Befus - Canada. Winner - Under 16's Category.

The 2008 British & International Flytying Championships is sponsored by Varivas hooks.
Click on their logo to find out more about Varivas hooks.
Over €4200.00 in prizes where won in 7 categories.

Varivas - Overall International winner;
Damien Deprez - France, will receive this Alberto Coppini sculpture worth €2500.00, plus a certificate. Runners up places will recieve certificates.

See below for other prizes & categories;

[To see more of Alberto Coppini's sculpture work please click here]
[To read more about Alberto Coppini click here]

Fly Only - Overall British National Winner;
€140.00 (£100.00) Voucher from Fly Only. Plus a certificate.
Fly Only - Overall Ladies Winner;
€140.00 (£100.00) Voucher from Fly Only. Plus a certificate.
Fly Only - Overall Under 16's Winner;
€140.00 (£100.00) Voucher from Fly Only. Plus a certificate.

Click on Fly Only logo to visit their website.

Overall Categories - Runners Up;
The runners up in the 4 overall categories will all receive a limited edition copy of Flytyers of the World Vol 1 worth €84.00 (£59.95) from VEM Publishing. Plus a certificate.

Click on VEM logo to visit their website.

Flytying Categories.
The winner of each flytying category will recieve a prize and certificate. The runners up will receive a certificate.

flytying.dk - Fully Dressed Salmon Flies
€140.00 (£100.00) Voucher from flytying.dk
flytying.dk - Open Class Salmon Flies
€140.00 (£100.00) Voucher from flytying.dk
rutlandfishing.com - Nymphs and Wet flies
€140.00 (£100.00) Voucher from rutlandfishing.com
rutlandfishing.com - Dry Flies and Terrestrials
€140.00 (£100.00) Voucher from rutlandfishing.com
virtual-nymph.com - Realistic Fishing Flies
€140.00 (£100.00) Voucher from virtual-nymph.com
virtual-nymph.com - Super Realistic
€140.00 (£100.00) Voucher from virtual-nymph.com
Varivas - Streamers and Saltwater
€140.00 (£100.00) Voucher from Varivas

Click on names above to visit their websites.

Click to download a copy of the BIFC competition rules.
Click to view the BIFC competition rules.
Click to download an Entry form.
Click to view the CITES regulations & notes for the two Salmon categories.
Click to download all.

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Winners & Places for The 2007 British & International Flytying Championships.

The winner of the fantastic 50cm Alberto Coppini sculpture worth €2500.00 and a signed certificate goes to Joel Penttila of Finland. Joel did very well in this competition. Considering he is under 15 years old he certainly has the talent to become a flytyer everyone should look out for. Well done Joel.
We would also like to thank everyone who entered this years competition and a special thanks to all the winners of the flytying categories who will recive special certificates which are signed by the judges.
The competition was judged by Charles Jardine - Theodore Patlen and Stan Fudala who unanimously selected Joels entry as the overall international winner. Then the Spring Flyfishing Show's invited flytyers where asked to select a winner with Joels entry receiving the most votes.

The 2007 British & International Flytying Championships Coppini trophy is awarded to
Joel Penttila of Finland.

1st Place Overall international Open Category - Joel Penttila - Finland. Trophy winner.

1st. Place Super Realistic Category - Deprez Damien - France

1st Place Wet Fly Category - Joni Haapanen - Finland

1st Place Hairwing Salmon Category - Ari-Hekki Rintaniemi - Finland

1st Place Classic Salmon Fly Category - Joel Penttila - Finland

1st Place Streamer Category - Thorsten Struben

1st Place Saltwater Category - Joel Penttila - Finland

1st Place British International Category - Christopher Knox.

Runner up Wet Fly Category - Joel Penttila.

Runner Up Classic Salmon Category - Ari-Hekki Rintaniemi - Finland.

Runner Up Hairwing Salmon Category - Joel Penttila.

Runner Up Saltwater Category - Ilja Penttila.

The 2007 British & International Flytying Championships.
Hosted by The Spring Flyfishing Show. Sponsored by Varivas hooks.