A conversation with members of the Bulgarian national fly fishing team following EURO 2026 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We discuss the challenging rivers, extreme heat, pre-championship reconnaissance, the draw, strategies and Bulgaria’s performance. Mitko finished fourth individually – just one place away from a medal.
What remains after a European Championship once the emotions have settled? A conversation with members of the Bulgarian national team about preparation, competition in Italy, difficult draws, the leading teams and the lessons that can help competitive fly fishing in Bulgaria move forward.
Even though I missed out on a medal, I'm happy with my performance because I certainly gave it my all, it was undoubtedly my best game at the European Championships.
The 30th European Fly Fishing Championship on the rivers and lakes of Bosnia and Herzegovina has passed. A very difficult competition with a very large number of participants – 20 countries!
Good performance of our national team in the lineup - Georgi Stoyanov - Captain, Marius Mitov, Alexander Metodiev, Deyan Georgiev and Dimitar Petrov
1st place for Dimitar Petrov and 2nd team place for Andrey Artarski and Dimitar Petrov - Team flyfishing.bg
The Gradac Open Cup, a new competition for me, on the Gradac River in Serbia, was also successful
Probably the most dynamic race I've ever been on - conditions for fishing anything and everything, but in extremely variable conditions - in simple terms - we fished in sun, clouds, torrential rain and thunder.
Dimitar Petrov
This year's Scierra Trout Cup - Mihalkovo 2022 competition, held on the Vača River near Mihalkovo, was also successful! Greetings and thanks to the organizers!