Daily Cast Archive

As we return to the fly of the week, I thought I'd look at the pattern I mentioned in last week's coverage of the 3wt Cup: the deadly crystal shrimp.

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Tracy and I are not long back from our trip to Spain to compete in the 'Master De Lanzado A Mosca' casting event organised by the CNL (Comision Nacional De Lanzado). We had a really great weekend, made even better by the weather – in contrast to the rain, snow and hail of last year we had lovely warm sunshine. In fact it was the first time this year that I've cast in just a T-shirt, that said most of the Spanish casters were still wearing thick coats and hats, so I guess our definition of 'warm' differs considerably. After some morning sight seeing and a leisurely lunch in Guadalajara on the Friday we were invited to a presentation 'evening' at the Fly Centre in the outskirts of Madrid. When I messaged to say we were heading over I was corrected regarding the time – apparently in Spain anything up to 9pm is the afternoon no matter how dark it is. Unfortunately we got delayed in the afternoon rush hour traffic on the A2 and didn't arrive in time for the presentations, but we did get there for cheese and wine and socialising outside of the tackle shop. After picking up some fly tying supplies and some big streamer flies (hopefully for chucking at cudas and sharks in a few weeks) we headed back to Guadalajara for a couple of beers and an early(ish) night before the casting competition the next day.

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Now this might seem like I’m the last person to issue this sort of advice. I must have broken a couple of hundred fishing rods. I’ve cast them to death, I’ve jumped on them, I’ve thrown them over cliffs, I’ve driven over them, I’ve driven away from them while leaving them on the car roof, I’ve broken them trying to unstick from snags and of course I’ve been unlucky.

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Since we announced that Andy Dear is building Sexyloops rods in Texas, there has been significant interest in purchasing rod blanks. Thank you! However, unfortunately we are not set up to sell blanks in the US. We have sold a couple in the past to long-term Sexyloops’ readers, who enjoy building their own rods at home. Not many; a small handful. But more than this doesn’t work for a few reasons…

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I am seated at Nassau’s Lynden Pindling airport waiting for my flight to Los Angeles, reviewing my return trip to Acklins. First, the experience and skill of this year’s group members blew me away. They were all fine fellows and their enthusiasm, diverse interests and good will added joy and energy to our outings. I hope to fish with them again. Sticking with Getaway Flyfishing will make this a real possibility. 

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