and the
The Cascadia Spey Casting Circuit
Present
North Santiam Open
July 19th and 20th
Timber-Linn Park Albany, Oregon
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Greg Pearson and Todd Hopkins will being teaching a
Spey class in Lewiston, Idaho:
August 22, 23 & 24
Friday 7:00 pm-8:00 pm Lewis-Clark State College, Activity Center West, Room 136
Saturday 1:00 pm-5:00 pm, on the river
Sunday 1:00 pm-5:00 pm, on the river
Cost: $149.00 Register online at www.lcsc.edu/cp or call 208-792-2282
Greg Pearson is an avid outdoorsman and former professional snowboarder. Greg is a fly fishing guide near his home of Salt Lake City, and has avidly pursued Atlantic Salmon in Quebec and Steelhead throughout the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. He is a regional representative for a number of fly fishing companies and a FFF Certified Casting Instructor who’s enthusiasm for fishing a fly is infectious. His original and acclaimed artwork is highly sought after, and he has illustrated several fly fishing books, including Simon Gawesworth’s Spey Casting and Dec Hogan’s A Passion for Steelhead. He is featured in the DVD “Spey to Z” along with fellow instructors Way Yin and Topher Browne.
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I first met my friend William Olson in 2003. He was fishing a reel that looked something like a Bogdon. I was pretty impressed when he told me he made it from scratch. When I pulled a little line off I was blown away by how smooth it felt. William has made a small number of these reels and I wanted one. While William's reels are usually disk drag I wanted a click drag so he made it for me. It arrived this weekend. One cool feature is the backing plate turns with the spool and can be used to palm the reel.
Click here for pics of my reel.
William has started making his reels full time. He will also have them at the Clearwater Spey Clave on Sept. 27, 2008 for everyone to look at. Please contact me for more info.