Marin Fly Show
Bob Pauli and I attended yesterday. This is a show for fly fishers not the abortions of what most California Shows have become an outdoor show with a little fly fishing.
Jim Vincent, Simon and others were there. Simon had the new GS 7/8 available for trial. Jim, Simon and the other Rio people were there to help and answer questions.
Simon gave a great casting performance yesterday that was well worth the trip over. I estimate that there was as least 100 people watching Simon the Spey Magician do his incredible Spey Casting.
Bob Meiser had his display right by the exit door that went to the casting pond. He had several rods rigged up for trial from his two handed switch rods, his Spey rods and some other new rods. Everytime I went to the pond, I saw other people trying his rods.
He is working on a new rod that the East Coast Stripper Fishers should love. He had a few new rods at the show including a critter launcher in a 9 weight two handed switch rod that was less than 9 foot long. I think Bob uses it to taunt big Pike with the launched critters.
As Fred noted re the Seattle show, Bob's booth at Marin was very popular, and Bob is becoming a major player in the custom rod making for those who use two handed rods.
The show was proof that we are living in an incredible age of development and fine tuning for the Spey Fisher. Thanks to the rod makers, big and small, the line makers like Rio and the people in love with Spey Fishing and who share their skills with us.
One is the ability to get down to where the fish are without carrying a dozen shooting heads. That is Rio's new Sink Tip Compensator. Get your hands on Rio's new catalog and go to page 11 and see how many options this new Tip Compensator offers you with just the standard sinking tips that come with the New Rio lines with changeable tips. Discussions with a few guides confirmed my own observations of what a great tool this is for us.
