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We just got this up-date from Dr. Way Yin
concerning the Musto International Spey Casting Championship
This year's Musto International Spey Casting Championship was held at Harewood House near Leeds, England. The finalists were Scott McKenzie, from Inverness, Scotland, Ian Gordon from Speyside, Steve Choate, Matthew Tonkin from Cornwall, England, Brendon Begley, from Ireland, and myself. The general field included two gentlemen from Japan as well. Scott McKenzie took first place with a fantastic cast of 51 yards using my personal XLT 10/11 and an 17' 11" Bruce and Walker. Ian Gordon finished 2nd (49 yards) using a custom 18 foot Carron rod and a prototype 90 foot belly Jetstream line. I was lucky in third place (46 yards again) using a 16 foot Scott A2 prototype and an XLT 9/10. Steve tied for fourth with a disappointing cast of 42 yards (Burkheimer 18 foot custom and 10/11 XLT) with Matthew Tonkin (18 foot Bruce and Walker with 10/11 XLT) and Brendon Begley finished 6th (34 yards) using an 18 foot Clan rod and an Airflo prototype line. The competition was held on stillwater (lake), and the wind made things challenging (side-onshore from the right). During the finals, the wind did die for the last three casters (Brendon, Ian, and Scott) to give the fans lining the grandstand a great demonstration of distance spey casting in difficult conditions.
We just got this up-date from Dr. Way Yin
concerning the Musto International Spey Casting Championship
This year's Musto International Spey Casting Championship was held at Harewood House near Leeds, England. The finalists were Scott McKenzie, from Inverness, Scotland, Ian Gordon from Speyside, Steve Choate, Matthew Tonkin from Cornwall, England, Brendon Begley, from Ireland, and myself. The general field included two gentlemen from Japan as well. Scott McKenzie took first place with a fantastic cast of 51 yards using my personal XLT 10/11 and an 17' 11" Bruce and Walker. Ian Gordon finished 2nd (49 yards) using a custom 18 foot Carron rod and a prototype 90 foot belly Jetstream line. I was lucky in third place (46 yards again) using a 16 foot Scott A2 prototype and an XLT 9/10. Steve tied for fourth with a disappointing cast of 42 yards (Burkheimer 18 foot custom and 10/11 XLT) with Matthew Tonkin (18 foot Bruce and Walker with 10/11 XLT) and Brendon Begley finished 6th (34 yards) using an 18 foot Clan rod and an Airflo prototype line. The competition was held on stillwater (lake), and the wind made things challenging (side-onshore from the right). During the finals, the wind did die for the last three casters (Brendon, Ian, and Scott) to give the fans lining the grandstand a great demonstration of distance spey casting in difficult conditions.