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Charles
Chardine (U.K.) and Günter Feuerstein (A), the
two European honorary members of the FFF- Flycasting Board of
Governors in the States, presented and compared the European fly
casting styles with single and two handed rods in front of a crowd
of fly casting instructors and experts as well as interested
visitors of the fly fishing show.
The very
interesting and funny demonstration reached wide interest and the
never ending questions of the visitors made the demo one of the
longest in history. It lasted nearly two hours! In the end Charles
had to leave in a hurry because he was supposed to start tying a few
minutes later...
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The two FFF-Europe Masters compared
the single handed styles used on the British Islands with styles used on
the continent.
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Günter mainly uses the
pointer-on-top-grip made popular by the late Hans Gebetsroither. |
Charles uses the thumb-on-top-grip as
most fly casters in the U.K. do. |
Günter
points out that the thumb on top sometimes shows advantages when
fishing from a boat. |
Charles admits that he uses the pointer on top from
time to time, too. |
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both pros' had great fun and made the demo
easy to follow |
a short interview between the casts
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Charles personally likes the Spey
Casting
technique and explains where it comes
from and how to use it. |
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Günter prefers Göran Andersson's
Underhand Casting technique and
points out the advantages (normally he
uses the typically low grip)
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And when should we use
which one?
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Ch:
What are you doing down there? G: I am deep wading now! |
G:
For me Spey Casting is a deep wading technique. And therefore it is
great! |
Both where of the same opinion afterwards. We
will do that again!
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