I regret to say that I have had it confirmed today that the casting competitions at the CLA have been cancelled.
Despite previous assurances from the organisers that the Saltwater event (which was 'saved' last year) would stay alongside the Spey competition they are now
all gone. I believe some sort of kayak event will be taking their place.
This means we no longer have any competitive 18' Spey event in the UK. It also means that event and the unique Saltwater event are thus consigned to history.
I confess to being less than amused by this news.
I have not quite determined if I will try and do something about this - yet.
Very sad news indeed.
H