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A most wonderful event hosted by the Long Beach Casting Club in sunny Southern California! :smile2:
This event pulled in some great competitors from SOR: Whitney Gould, Mike Ivy, Jim Ansite, Tommy Aarkvisla (flew in from Norway) :surprise:
Being a member for years with the LBCC, spey anglers were the minority, but last weekend we were the majority!
I have never seen so much renewed interest in spey angling.
First time competing and loved the camaraderie among the competitors - especially help from the Open division pros like Tommy A and Jim A.
We pulled out the SH round casting hoops and replaced with a casting box, distance markers, and flooded the pond up to 2' of water!
This is a must go to event - it was super friendly, pro novice event that differs a lot from the GGAC SOR. Everyone was so helpful with the nervous novice class entrants.
Vendors from Bruce & Walker, Whitney Gould, and Poppy from Red Shed drove all the way over from Idaho to put their great rods, reels, T Shirts and famous Gaelforce lines up for sale!
Ended up spending a lot more than I wanted: $25 bottle of 12year old rum from silent auction, $100 Gaelforce ESS trout spey line for my 5wt, and a new G Loomis Pro 4X 10wt 15' rod for next year's competition!
A great time was definitely had by all!
Next year can't wait to compete in the Intermediate class because I can't do the Novice again....:tsk_tsk:
https://vimeo.com/253436985
Here's Poppy from Red Shed at the event:
Women's division competing:
This event pulled in some great competitors from SOR: Whitney Gould, Mike Ivy, Jim Ansite, Tommy Aarkvisla (flew in from Norway) :surprise:
Being a member for years with the LBCC, spey anglers were the minority, but last weekend we were the majority!
I have never seen so much renewed interest in spey angling.
First time competing and loved the camaraderie among the competitors - especially help from the Open division pros like Tommy A and Jim A.
We pulled out the SH round casting hoops and replaced with a casting box, distance markers, and flooded the pond up to 2' of water!
This is a must go to event - it was super friendly, pro novice event that differs a lot from the GGAC SOR. Everyone was so helpful with the nervous novice class entrants.
Vendors from Bruce & Walker, Whitney Gould, and Poppy from Red Shed drove all the way over from Idaho to put their great rods, reels, T Shirts and famous Gaelforce lines up for sale!
Ended up spending a lot more than I wanted: $25 bottle of 12year old rum from silent auction, $100 Gaelforce ESS trout spey line for my 5wt, and a new G Loomis Pro 4X 10wt 15' rod for next year's competition!
A great time was definitely had by all!
Next year can't wait to compete in the Intermediate class because I can't do the Novice again....:tsk_tsk:
https://vimeo.com/253436985
Here's Poppy from Red Shed at the event:

Women's division competing:
