I’ve just drew breath from what is the best fly fishing show, well, certainly in Europe, and perhaps the world! Huge crowds were entertained by some of the world’s best fly casters, including, this year, the world’s best, Steve Rajeff.
Whilst many show focus on many other outdoor sports/pursuits, this one is purely fly fishing and I believe is well worthy of and merits the tag of best of Europe.
As expected the new Hardy Sintrix rod created a huge interest at this show and those coming to test it here were not in any way disappointed, well at least not until they were sold out. The show also gave people a chance to try the new double handed Sintrix rods also, with again, much interest in this state of the art product. I have so many pictures and stories from this event and will post them when I get home next week. The highlight of this is a video of Steve casting an 18 foot rod with a 100 feet of line SINGLE HANDED!! I will post this with Steve’s permission when I return. Quite unbelievable!!
Having finished and tidied up the show on Monday, Michael Mauri, Garry Scott and myself then had a very successful two day casting course with all students making great progress, with one in particular shocking all of us with his rapid movement from beginner to very accomplished caster in a single day.
Fishing for trout somewhere tomorrow, I hope they are as plentiful as the fish we saw and came to our wool during the course!
Great Pics and more stories on their way.

Hi Ian,
ReplyDeleteI would love to watch this video (asap), because I had to tie flies during Steve's demos :-(
Tight lines and dry socks
Sven