2011 Event Information

The America Cup International Fly Fishing Tournament 2011

Thank you to all the competitors, volunteers, controllers, drivers, ranch owners, sponsors, and
the Town of Vail for participating and making The Cup a great success this year!

Rob Kolanda
Individual Gold Medal 2011
Team Gold Medal 2011

Team 1st Place - Gold Medalist - TEAM EMERGER
Sandro Soldarini (Italy), Todd Oishi (Canada), Michael Drinan (Ireland), Marek Walczek (Poland), Rob Kolanda (USA)

Team 1st Place GOLD         Team Emerger   
Sandro Soldarini, Todd Oishi, Michale Drinan, Marek Walczek, Rob Kolanda

Team 2nd Place SILVER     Team Wyoming
Josh Graffam, Charlie Card, Sean Baker, Josh Curtis, Dan Oas

Team 3rd Place BRONZE   Team Caddis
Ben Metcalf, Chris Galvin, Riley Cotter, Dzifa Glymin, Jeremy Sides

Cam Chioffi - Team Eastern Fly Anglers Youth Team

Thank you to the many volunteers and that helped to this year a great success.  Braving the weather in both rivers and lakes was proof of your dedication to support the fine anglers that traveled so far to be here.  
Thank you to The Town of Vail for supporting this event and allowing the anglers to showcase the area waters to their fullest potential. Thank you to the venue owners that allowed us access to their trout filled waters.  
Town of Avon - Colorado Department of Wildlife - Colorado State Parks
The Coyote Ranch - The Blue Valley Ranch

Fish Count for The America Cup International Fly Fishing Tournament - Vail 2011
Morning Session 1 - Number of fish caught 663
Afternoon Session 2 - Number of fish caught 459
Total Day 1 fish caught 1,122
Morning Session 3 - Number of fish caught 419
Afternoon Session 4 - Number of fish caught 378
Total Day 2 fish caught 797
Morning Session 5 - Number of fish caught 270
Total Day 3 fish caught 270

Total fish caught sessions 1 - 5        2,189

THE AMERICA CUP INTERNATIONAL FLY FISHING TOURNAMENT Vail, Colorado 2011
Thank you to everyone that volunteered and helped make this event a success!

Sector Judges
Thank you all for stepping up and making the venues run smoothly.  Adam for taking on a daily variety of
drama on the Colorado, Streb and Chris for moving tons of boats to Sylvan, Tate for doing the late night
put ins at Nottingham, Michael Johnson for showing up ready and willing, and Lance Glaser and Sherri
Topping for helping set the beats on the Blue and for helping to run the show on the ranch.
Camp Machete
Big thanks to the Sylvan Lake crew who went way beyond the call of duty from staying on site with the
boats for 4 nights to entertaining the nearby campers for the weekend.  Bob, Chris, Zim, Larry, Kitty, and
others that will go unnamed.
Venue Owners
Thank you for use of the land/lakes: Mike Oros for Blue Valley Ranch, Karl and Jenn Berger for Coyote
River Ranch, DOW & Colorado State Parks for Sylvan Lake and Town of Avon for Lake Nottingham.
Boat Owners
Thank you to Boat owners: Bob Streb, Chris Sandoski, Charlie Card, Dan and Jill Chalfant, Nova Guides,
Noreen Galaba, Paul Zimmermann, Rick Messmer and Jeremy Sides, Minturn Anglers, Alpine River
Anglers, Fly Fishing Outfitters, and Gore Creek Fly Fisherman.
Supporters
Thank you to Coco Melin and Ricci Jo Martinez at the Evergreen Lodge, The Vail Daily for the local
coverage and front page stories, TV8 for all the interviews, Scott Willoughby from the Denver Post, Russ
Miller and Rob Kolanda for getting us the drogues, Morgan Grimshaw for hats and t‐shirts, Darrell Miller
from Riverside Trophies for the medals, Bruce from High Country Custom Impressions for the Cups,
Sherry at Eagle Embroidery for the logos on the shirts, JD Murphy, Robert Valuck, and Brad Befus for the
Colorado Youth Team, Kari Miller Social Media Coordinator for Vail Resorts, Jeff Place for the lanyards,
Larry Grossman  Vail sneak Peek, and to Mark Tamborino for the Kirby Kosmos lunches each day,  
Timberline Tours for the professional drivers and comfortable transportation, Matthew Clark for
controlling and assisting with scoring until late into the nights.  Thanks to Tim Ramey, John Wright, Lisa
Chioffi, and others for the awesome photos for the website!!   Thank you to Tred Barta for supporting
The Cup and for providing a screening of his show The Best & Worst of Tred Barta.
Sponsors  
Thank you to all the sponsors and partners that supported The Cup this year. Town of Vail, Town of
Avon, Blue Valley Ranch, Coyote River Ranch, DOW & Colorado State Parks for Sylvan Lake, Bozeman
Watch Company, Hardy Greys, Ross Reels, Scientific Anglers, Smith Optics, Mountain Beverage, Nova
Guides, PFFL, Emerger, Minturn Anglers, Alpine River Anglers, Fly Fishing Outfitters, and Gore Creek Fly
Fisherman, Dr. Slick, NuCast, Seagur, Trout Legend, Eagle Valley Trout Unlimited, and Ammala Rods.
And to my lovely wife, Jodi, for doing all the volunteer coordinating, sector judge at Nottingham, rowing
a boat, and for being the rock in which I lean!
"Thank you to anyone we missed and Thank you everyone!"       John & Jodi Knight
John Knight
The America Cup International Fly Fishing Tournament
PO Box 6084 Vail, CO 81658
970-376-5703 jknight@theamericacup.com

Event Hype

Vail's local TV station TV8 doing a series of interviews on the tournament.

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