[Mike Barrio]

Hi folks

We held a Barrio 3wt Challenge at the Sexyloops Scottish Gathering in Strathdon last weekend. This was a knockout distance casting competition and it proved to be great fun

The kit consisted of two Barrio LC903 3wt rods fitted with standard 90ft Barrio GT140 WF3F fly lines. Basically, names were drawn from a hat and competitors cast in pairs down the tape for two minutes, whoever cast furthest went through to the next round

The casting was amazing

Fredrik hit 117' 4"
Tamas 102' 3"
Will 103'
Al 97' 8"
Hamish 94' 8"
Totsy 96'
Stefan 111' 11"
Ben 102' 1"
Mike H 107' 4"
Lee 109' 4"
Rhodri 98' 9"
............................. and Fredrik's other casts were 112' 7", 111' 4" and 113' 1"

Fredrik won a Barrio fly reel for first place and Stefan won a Barrio fly reel for second longest cast, since Fredrik would have won both prizes!

Here is a slow motion video of Fredrik making one of his 100+ ft casts in the 3wt competition

[cliftz]

congrats! Bunch of very good casters.
 

[Fredrik H]

Hi Mike!

It was great meeting you in Scotland. We had a great time over there!

That 3wt kit of yours was really nice, I was also very impressed by the new GT90 lines. It's a shame we didn't had the time to come fish at your place, maybe next time!

Best regards,
Fredrik

[Mike Barrio]

Hi Fredrik
Welcome to the forum

Yes, it was a great weekend and great to meet you too. The 3wt competition was good fun, we must do it again next year!

Well done at the Pitea event by the way, awesome casting

Best wishes
Mike