Author - Russell Owen

Airflo Open Fly Fishing Champions

Reflections from Russell Owen on the Airflo Open Final at Rutland Water

Apologies for the delay in sharing my thoughts on our recent experience at the Airflo Open Final at Rutland Water. With the dust finally settled, I wanted to reflect on the competition and the strategies we employed. As usual, we prioritized extra practice, crucial since we don’t fish Rutland frequently. We closely monitored reports leading up to the finals, particularly noting insights from the English National held the week before. This year, those reports indicated challenging conditions, with fish hard to...

Airflo Open Championship 2023 Rutland Water

It was with great excitement that The Welsh Hawks set off for the grand final of the Airflo Open championship at RUTLAND water. Now this event holds a certain amount of magic with plenty of history! It first began way back in the mid-80s, back then it was sponsored by Benson and Hedges but obviously with the ban on advertising quite a few other sponsors have come and gone over the years. It's now been taken on by Airflo who...

Competition Preparation at Llyn Clywedog

I've written many reports on how a team or very occasionally individually the build up goes for a competition, but on this occasion and particularly with such a high profile match as The Fly Shop Invitational event being held at Clywedog here is a small insight into how we approach organising such an event! As the fishery goes the dates are set a year in advance with invites going out in early February to relevant team captains. Once that's sorted myself...

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