Few events at ESPN's Great Outdoor Games combine strategy and finesse like the One Fish competition.

The Games are one of the few venues where competition is introduced into the sport of fly-fishing. But the results are exciting. The ten best fly anglers in the world compete on their own stretch of the Ausable River with the goal of landing the longest trout.

	Tom Rowalnd followed a simple strategy to capture the 2001 One Fish competition.

There are two flights of anglers — morning and late afternoon. The anglers are allowed to land as many trout as they can in a three-hour period. The "catch" is that they can only submit one fish as their official fish. That's where the strategy becomes a factor. If an angler catches a 15-inch brown trout and he has two hours left to fish, does he return that fish to the water and risk not catching a larger fish?

In 2000, Tom Rowland, a saltwater guide from Florida, made up his mind before the competition began. He decided that if he landed a fish 18 inches or longer he would make it his official fish and quit fishing.

As it turned out Rowland presented his fly delicately and landed an 18 1/2-inch trout. After much deliberation, he decided to stick to his pre-game strategy and submit that fish. It turned out to be the right decision and he took home the gold.

The seeds for the contest are based on the outcome of the casting competition to be held the day prior to the tournament. Each angler will have a choice between the two flights, and their location, or stretch of the river, with one angler per 1/3 mile.

Anglers will fish for the longest trout they believe they can catch during their flight. Trout will be the only fish measured for competition purposes and will be measured to the closest quarter inch. Once the angler has designated a trout as their catch during their flight, they are done fishing and the length and girth of that trout are recorded as their Official Length and Official Girth.

The angler with the longest Official Length wins the tournament. Official Girth measurements will be used to resolve ties. Fishing is only permitted within the actual river boundaries; fishing from or into tributaries is not permitted.