t.z. | Friday, 3 March 2017
Danish Fly Festival 4th and 5th March 2017
Look forward to a weekend in the sign of fly fishing, when Northern Europe's largest flue festival opens its doors. The many exhibitors and dedicated fly fishermen who you can meet at The Danish Fly Festival, will all make your two days in Kolding is unforgettable. There can be traded, exchanged experiences, listening to interesting lectures, experienced world class fly casters, testing equipment and not least meeting old and new fish friends.
Konstanse and yours truly will hold the sexyloops flag high at the fly tying tables :-)
Flycasters
By the indoor casting pool in hall 2 you will find casting instructors from Denmark and abroad who demonstrate fly casting techniques, special casts and their abilities with one and two handed fly rods. The fly casting instructors are looking forward to meeting you by the indoor casting pool and are happy to answer questions and come with tips and ideas on how you get the most out of your fly casting. Here is who you can find at the fly casting pool: Antti Guttorm Finland, Charles Jardine England, Kenny Frost Denmark, Morten Jarldstad Olesen Denmark, René Gerken Denmark, Thomas Gundersen Thaarup Denmark, Tomas Strandgren Sweden, William van der Vorst Holland
Flytiers
In the centre of hall 1, you find the fly tying island, where fly tiers will demonstrate their techniques, exiting use of materials and demonstrate their skills at the fly tying vice. The fly tiers are looking forward to meet the festival participants who visit the fly tying island, for inspiration, advice and ideas for their own fly tying, and if you want the original fly, then many of the fly tiers are willing to sell you one of these creations.
Here is who you can find on the fly tying island:The every flydresser (;-) has 2 half days. This is very nice as one also has time to look around.
If you want to plan coming by, here is the schedule:
Flytyer, Country, Saturday, Sunday
Martin Jørgensen, Danmark, 10:00 - 13:30, 13:30 - 17:00
Bent Mathiesen, Norge, 13:30 - 17:00, 10:00 - 13:30
Sean Stanton, Skotland. 10:00 - 13:30, 10:00 - 13:30
Sacha Pütz, Tyskland, 10:00 - 13:30, 13:30 - 17:00
Dennis Skelmose Jensen. Danmark, 13:30 - 17:00, 10:00 - 13:30
Thomas Züllich & Konstanse Larsen, Norge, 13:30 - 17:00, 10:00 - 13:30
Jonas Andersson, Sverige, 13:30 - 17:00, 10:00 - 13:30
Stig M. Hansen, Danmark, 10:00 - 13:30, 13:30 - 17:00
Kim Mäki, Sverige, 10:00 - 13:30, 10:00 - 13:30
Jonatan Ternald, Sverige, 13:30 - 17:00, 10:00 - 13:30
Agne Sjöberg, Sverige, 13:30 - 17:00, 10:00 - 13:30
Jesper Fohrmann, Danmark, 10:00 - 13:30, 13:30 - 17:00
Stuart Smith, England, 13:30 - 17:00, 10:00 - 13:30
Anders Ståhl, Sverige, 10:00 - 13:30, 13:30 - 17:00
Hans van Klinken, Holland, 10:00 - 13:30, 10:00 - 13:30
Rob Dings, Holland, 10:00 - 13:30, 13:30 - 17:00
Jens Chr. Pilgaard, Danmark, 10:00 - 13:30, 13:30 - 17:00
Amalie Vinderslev Østergård Nielsen, Danmark, søn 13:30 - 17:00
John Mortensen, Danmark, 10:00 - 13:30, 13:30 - 17:00
Allan Kuhlmann, Danmark, 10:00 - 13:30, 13:30 - 17:00
Louise Nielsen, Danmark, lør 10:00 - 13:30
Andy Weiss, Tyskland, 13:30 - 17:00, 10:00 - 13:30
Søren Præst, Danmark, 13:30 - 17:00, 10:00 - 13:30
Bo Teut Kloster, Danmark, 10:00 - 13:30, 13:30 - 17:00
Rune Westphal, Danmark, 10:00 - 13:30, 13:30 - 17:00
Michael Olesen, Danmark, 13:30 - 17:00, 13:30 - 17:00
Jens Lund Adamsen, Danmark, 13:30 - 17:00, 13:30 - 17:00
Oscar Boatfield, England, søn 10:00 - 13:30
Torben Thinggaard, Danmark, 13:30 - 17:00, 10:00 - 13:30
Charles Jardine, England, 10:00 - 13:30, 13:30 - 17:00
But it´s not only flytying of course -- there is much more going on. Much more --- the Network session
As a visitor at The Danish Fly Festival 2017 you can participate in one or more network sessions. The network sessions are managed by two coordinators who initiates the session with a short presentation followed by free conversation on the subject. So it is the participants who influence the sessions direction and what will be exchanged in the network.It is expected that the maximum participators will be 20-25 people. Participation will require registration prior to the meeting. http://flyfestival.dk/en/network-session-view
Don´t miss Viking Lars talking about flylines .... http://flyfestival.dk/en/network-session-view/4
However, they have announced this being a talk in Danish, which will be very interesting, as one knows - the Danes don´t even understand each other. - check out the documentary about the Danish language here: