Fly fishing tournaments already has impacted public waters here. It's not for the private, richly fed streams only. Not at all. Not here, anyhow.

I know of more than one public trout stream here in western NC that was "off-limits" for fishermen except those in the tournament because a fly tournament was being held on the stream. These waters, stocked with fish from our state agency, was suddenly off-limits to everyone but the tourney participants, until the tourney was over. And one stream, the tourney admins didnt even clean up the "beat" signs on the stream banks when they were done.
I havta agree with Appalachian Angler to a point, that these tourneys are geared towards the "X-Games" type folks. It's run-n-gun, bragging rights, hook`em, jerk`em out as fast as possible, measure, toss back. Wonder how much good fish-handling is practiced to keep the fish healthy for release? Seems some companies are catering to it also, with the new-age-ey look and feel. Just look at Sage's newer logo.