In Episode 6 of The World Fly Fishing Championships ft. Signature Tyer Howard Croston we cover sessions 4 and 5 of the World Fly Fishing Championships in France. This is the last installation of our six-part series. In this episode we head initially to the Têt river and watch as Howard has some major developments in his understanding of how the French rivers and trout work. Then, on the last day we head to the Camporells lakes, which are a series of alpine lakes in the French Pyrenees. They’re just like the Carlit lakes, and Howard once again reveals us what years of stillwater fly fishing experience can do for you in these technical fisheries. In this last day of competitors Howard actually gets in his stride and reveals us how you need to take every day as a brand-new one, and battle to the last 2nd. Just like the very first series of lakes, Howard fishes a great deal of dry flies and reveals us a sophisticated understanding of how stillwater trout feed.
What is this series? In this Fulling Mill initial documentary production we follow Signature Tyer Howard Croston for 9 months as he gets ready for and fishes in the 2024 World Fly Fishing Championships in France. We begin with his life in the house, preparation and group practice, then follow him to France where we cover every minute of the occasion. The World Fly Fishing Championships is the leading fly fishing competitors of the fiscal year, and it brings the very best anglers from worldwide together for 5 days of extreme fishing. It is a video game of great margins, and traditionally it has actually been accountable for much of the developments in fly fishing that many anglers consider given today. This is a 6 part series, and this is episode one.
Howard Croston is a World Fly Fishing Champ (2019) and member of the English International Fly Fishing group. He’s likewise the Worldwide Brand name and Item Supervisor at Hardy. As one of our Signature Tyers Howard is continuously innovating brand-new flies, and has numerous tested trout fly patterns in our collection. A dazzling angler and tyer, we’re enjoyed have Howard and his know-how as part of the Fulling Mill group.
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00:00 Intro
01:42 Competitors day number 4: the Tête River in France
03:31 Howard begins fishing the very first beat
05:30 The 2nd beat on the Têt River
08:43 Howard wrap-ups 3 huge lessons he discovered on the Têt
12:06 What’s the ideal mindset?
13:13 The last day of the World Fly Fishing Champions on the Camporells Lakes
15:31 Howard describes his stillwater methods on the very first lake
17:02 Dry fly fishing on lake number 2
17:57 A lesson discovered on lake number 2
18:58 Lake number 3
20:34 The standings heading into the last lake session
21:37 Howard deals with a difficult beat on the last lake
23:42 Completion of the last session!
25:04 Howard shares some last ideas after the competitors is over
