Central Hawke’s Bay’s Charlie Laird to fly fish at world youth championships in Slovakia
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- Sixteen-year-old Charlie Laird of Central Hawke’s Bay College will represent New Zealand at the 2027 World Youth Fly Fishing Championship in Slovakia.
- Laird is one of five New Zealand teenagers who will rotate across five venues and catch and release fish longer than 20 centimeters.
Sixteen-year-old Central Hawke’s Bay College student Charlie Laird has been selected for New Zealand’s five-member team at the World Youth Fly Fishing Championship in Slovakia in July 2027.
The young anglers will rotate across five venues, catching and releasing as many fish over 20 centimeters as possible. Laird is accustomed to catching trout, but now faces the challenge of learning to fish for grayling.
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