Czech Nymph Masterclass 2009

Friday, 12 November 2010 14:19

John Woods

Source: TAUNTON FLY FISHING CLUB NEWSLETTER No. 20 (www.tauntonflyfishing.co.uk)

I emailed everyone the flyer for this masterclass early in the year but no-one took up the offer. You missed a great value fishing holiday with lots of opportunity to learn new things and fish different waters, very different to Somerset & Wiltshire.

Not only was there no-one else from the club there, there was no-one else from the UK. The only other Brit currently lives in Belgium and there were two other Belgians, 3 Dutch, a German, a Finn, a Canadian and an Australian. Quite a group.

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One fly and cautious fish in the gin clear waters of Bosnia

Thursday, 14 October 2010 15:08

Author: Roman Heimlich
From September 6 -12 of 2010, the 16^th European Fly Fishing Championship took place near Banja Luka in Bosnia. There were 17 teams and 5 individuals registered. Four rivers were chosen for the competition - Sana, Sanica, Vrbas, Janj and Plivské Lake.

The Czech team consisting of Tomáš Starýchfojtů (captain), Martin Grün (manager) and competitors Jája Šram, Ivan Vančura, Luboš Roza, Filip Apjár and Roman Heimlich set off on Tuesday, 31. August with a several day head start so as to have enough time to get familiar with the local rivers and fish, and to try out the best tactics and lures.

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