Russ 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...

Welsh Hawks

The Fly Shop Welsh Hawks Take Silver at the Airflo International on Rutland – by David Hoppe

It is fair to say the team was just a little bit excited about the prospects of 3 days practice and 2 days competing at the Airflo Spring Invitational International Competition which was held at the mighty Rutland Water. The last time the Welsh Hawks competed as a Team on Rutland at was back in October 2019! The first day of practice was hard. It was 28 degrees and bright sun. We split the team into three areas; North Arm, Bowl...

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