Hardy & Greys Ltd Category Product Manager, Howard Croston and the England Fly Fishing team have won the 2009 World Fly Fishing Championships.
The competition, which took place between the 5th and 12th June at five different venues across Scotland saw the five-man team take gold with Ian Greenwood as Manager and Baz Reece as reserve for the team.
Howard joined Hardy & Greys Ltd Consultant, John Horsey and other members of the 2009 Team including Iain Barr, Simon Robinson and Davy Parker.
All anglers were using Hardy & Greys equipment and kitted out wearing Hardy EWS2 Waders and Wading Jacket, a Soft Shell Jacket and Mid Layer Fleece and Greys Platinum Wading Boots, Greys GRXi Shirts and Trousers, and GRXi Over trousers.
John Horsey fished using the Hardy Demon 10’ #8 rod for Loch Leven and Loch Awe, and his Hardy Angel2 10’ #7 rod for Menteith and Carron Valley. John used the Hardy Premium Floater on these venues.
On the river Tay, John used a 10’ #5 Hardy Marksman outfit, plus the Greys Streamflex 10’ #4 and #5 complete with Streamflex reels.
Dave Parker used the Greys G-Tec 10ft #7 and Streamflex 10ft #4 rods as well as GRXi+ Reels and Howard Croston used the G-Tec 10ft #7 rod and Streamflex 10ft #4 along with Demon reels.
England’s Iain Barr won the title of World Champion.
John Horsey said;
“This gold medal has been a long time coming – we last won a Team Gold back in 1995. In the early years, the Championships were contested by only a dozen or so Countries, but this year’s entry from 29 Countries made it the biggest World Championships in history and to win Gold made it even more satisfying. Congratulations also go to Scotland for their first ever Team Bronze medal.”
Howard Croston said;
“I would like to thank Sweethope Lough for the use of their venue when practising in the run up to the Championships. We are very proud to have won this competition and the team all worked hard to achieve first place.”
Hardy & Greys Ltd would like to congratulate Howard, John and the England Team on their success.
World Fly Fishing Championship Results Table
1- England
2- France
3- Scotland
BBC News coverage of the competition – www.news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/8108090.stm
