[Matt Henderson]

Not sure what is worst, the entertainment or the cammo jumper?

Still if work hadn't interfered I would have liked to have been there.

[the water buoys]

   Nice report Ben 

[Ben Dixon]

Not sure what is worst, the entertainment or the cammo jumper?

Still if work hadn't interfered I would have liked to have been there.

How dare you compare my lucky fishing fleece to the coffin dodgers, you'll pay 

WIll have a date sorted for 2012 in next few days, get it booked off.

Ben

[Dutchfly]

Great report, nice pics and unbelievable distances with a #3!  Is the Colquhonnie still being run by Dave and his friend?

Personal circumstances keep us from coming to Scotland this year sadly, but hopefully things will be better next year so we can join the fun.

Cheers,

Jeroen

[Mike Barrio]

I loved this photo by Rodrhi ....... all the casting going on and he takes this one

[Matt Henderson]

How dare you compare my lucky fishing fleece to the coffin dodgers, you'll pay 

You've seen my casting that should give you plenty of ammo!

On a more serious note how was the CTS affinity X rod to cast?

Matt

[Hamish Young]

On a more serious note how was the CTS affinity X rod to cast?

I liked it, in fact..... I liked it a lot Very stiff but boy is it a powerhouse. Not a rod I would choose to fish with, but for chucking a line it's very impressive 

H 

[Ben Dixon]

You've seen my casting that should give you plenty of ammo!

On a more serious note how was the CTS affinity X rod to cast?

Matt

Matt,

You'd be welcome to borrow it for a week or so if you like.

Cheers

Ben

[Matt Henderson]

Thanks Ben, will give you a shout if I'm out your direction.

Matt

[Mike Heritage]

Hi Guys, I'm back on board.

 The 3 weight contest was the best fun of the weekend, that rod and line combo is just fantastic. Twelve casts over 100ft and topped by a whopping 117'4'' by Fredrik. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I wouldn't have believed it. It's a great fishing rod as well, I want one. Oh, I bought one  .

 Thanks Mike for thinking up such a great contest (and the fishing).

  Mike

[Mike Barrio]

Hi Mike

Yes, I thought the 3wt challenge was great fun ........ and the rods survived it too!

Twas an awesome weekend

Best wishes
Mike

[Mike Barrio]

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

[Jim Eddie]

Thats pretty awesome ona 3# Mike 

 

Jim