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Todd Oishi resides in the town of Maple Ridge, which is located in the Fraser River Valley near
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Throughout the year he pursues rainbow, cutthroat, brook and brown trout, as well as whitefish, grayling, steelhead and salmon. Todd has a passion for outdoor photography and writing, and has had his photography and several of his articles published online and in 'The Canadian Fly Fisher Magazine'. He has been a guest speaker at several fly fishing clubs and headlined as a featured fly tier at B.C.'s largest outdoors and fishing show.
Todd has been selected eight times to compete as a member of the Canadian National Fly
Fishing Team (Team Canada), which has traveled around the globe to attend various international competitions. During 2006 Todd flew to the Czech Republic to attend the Czech Nymphing Masterclass, which was taught by Jiri Klima (coach of the Czech national team), and in 2007 he traveled to the River San in southeastern Poland to study Polish Nymphing technique through Vladi Trzebunia. In the spring of 2008 Todd flew to Scotland to study loch-style fly fishing tactics and techniques with John Buchannan (Scottish National Champion), and later that month he made a second trip to the UK to study loch-style fly fishing in the Chew Valley with John Horsey of Team England (England's highest capped International angler).
He actively promotes and instructs fly fishing and casting, and founded a fly fishing club at a
high school in his home town, where he shares his passion for fly casting, fishing and fly tying with its students and teachers. His ultimate goal is to encourage growth and participation in the sport of fly fishing, while providing educated and responsible fly fishers for the future.
In the world of competitive fly fishing...
Locally:
Todd competes annually at the Trojan Pond Fly Fishing Tournament in the Highland Valley of
British Columbia. Fourty teams of fly fishers (eighty anglers) compete at this annual fly fishing tournament, which is the largest of its kind in Western Canada. Todd's three teams (three different fishing partners) have finished in 1st place four times out of five entries. Against all odds - in 2003 his team tied another team for 1st place with the same point score; number of fish; and longest fish length. He has also won the "Biggest Catch" award/trophy and has scored the highest individual points several times ( read more... )
Nationally:
At the 2005 Canadian National Fly Fishing Championship (which was held in Campbell River,
British Columbia) Todd won the individual gold medal and helped to lead his team (Team Mustang) to a gold medal in the team category ( read more... ). He placed within the top ten at the 2006 Nationals, which were held on two rivers in Fergus and Elora, Ontario. At the 2007 Nationals Todd formed and captained a new team (Team Stillwater Solutions), which won the gold medal in the team category. His teammates Norm Rupprecht and Brian Chan won the gold and silver individual medals, while Todd missed-out on the bronze medal by only a single fish during the 4th session ( read more... )
Internationally, he has competed at the following championships:
2005 World Fly Fishing Championships - Lycksele, Sweden ( read more... )
2006 North American Fly Fishing Championships, Boulder, Colorado ( read more... )
2006 World Fly Fishing Championships - Coimbra, Portugal ( read more... )
2006 Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships - Llangollen, Wales ( read more... )
2007 World Fly Fishing Championships - Kemi, Finland ( read more... )
2007 North American Fly Fishing Championships - Boulder Colorado ( read more... )
2008 World Fly Fishing Championships - Rotorua, New Zealand ( read more... )
2008 Lexus European Fly Fishing Championships - Chew Valley, England ( read more... )
2009 World Fly Fishing Championships, Drymen, Scotland ( read more... )
Summary of Todd's fly fishing accomplishments and achievements:
2002 - Trojan Pond Fly Fishing Tournament, Kamloops, British Columbia - 1st place
2002 - Trojan Pond Fly Fishing Tournament, Kamloops, British Columbia - highest individual points
2003 - Trojan Pond Fly Fishing Tournament, Kamloops, British Columbia - tied for 1st place
2004 - Trojan Pond Fly Fishing Tournament, Kamloops, British Columbia - cancelled (severe winds)
2005 - Trojan Pond Fly Fishing Tournament, Kamloops, British Columbia - 'Largest Catch' award
2005 - Trojan Pond Fly Fishing Tournament, Kamloops, British Columbia - highest individual points
2005 - 25th World Fly Fishing Championships, Sweden - Member of Team Canada
2005 - Canadian National Fly Fishing Championship - Individual gold medal
2005 - Canadian National Fly Fishing Championship - Team gold medal
2006 - Czech Nymphing Master-class with Jiri Klima, Northern Bohemia, Czech Republic
2006 - North American/US National Fly Fishing Championships, Colorado - Member of Team Canada
2006 - Canadian National Fly Fishing Championship - Top-ten finish
2006 - Trojan Pond Fly Fishing Tournament, Kamloops, British Columbia - 1st place
2006 - Trojan Pond Fly Fishing Tournament, Kamloops, British Columbia - highest individual points
2006 - 26th World Fly Fishing Championships, Portugal - Team Canada Member - top Canadian rod
2006 - Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships, Northern Wales - Member of Team Canada
2007 - Polish Nymphing Master-class with Vladi Tzrebunia, River San, Poland
2007 - 27th World Fly Fishing Championships, Finland - Member of Team Canada
2007 - Trojan Pond Fly Fishing Tournament, Kamloops, British Columbia - 1st place
2007 - Trojan Pond Fly Fishing Tournament, Kamloops, British Columbia - highest individual points
2007 - Canadian National Fly Fishing Championship - Team Captain
2007 - Canadian National Fly Fishing Championship - Team gold medal
2007 - North American/US National Fly Fishing Championships, Colorado - Member of Team Canada
2008 - 28th World Fly Fishing Championships, New Zealand - Member of Team Canada - Team 9th
2008 - Loch-style Fly Fishing Master-class with John Horsey, Chew Valley Lake, England
2008 - Lexus European Fly Fishing Championships Heat, England - Largest fish - qualified for finals
2008 - Trojan Pond Fly Fishing Tournament, Kamloops, British Columbia - results TBA
2008 - Canadian National Fly Fishing Championship; Captain - results TBA
2008 - Lexus European Fly Fishing Championships Finals, England - results TBA
2009 - 29th World Fly Fishing Championships, Scotland - Member of Team Canada - results TBA
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