Speycast: Eoin Fairgrieve Fly Fishing: About Speycast

About Speycast
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While working as a ghillie on the River Tweed, he became one of the youngest
ever instructors to qualify in both the A.A.P.G.A.I trout and salmon disciplines
and has been professionally teaching fly casting and fly fishing for over twenty
two years.  In 2000 Eoin set up an angling development program called
'Tweedstart' to encourage more children to take up fishing. In 2005 he was
appointed Scotland's first Angling Development Officer and has since taught over
6000 children all aspects of fly fishing including entomology, habitat &
conservation as well as fly casting and fishing techniques.  Inspired by
teaching many youngsters to fish, Eoin has written two children's educational
fly fishing books called My First Trout and My First Salmon.
Images: Yngve Ask www.scanout.com
He has travelled around the world demonstrating spey casting and conducting fly
fishing seminars as well as working as a consultant for tackle companies and
government agencies.  He is also is a regular features writer for the UK's
leading angling publication,Trout & Salmon Magazine, and has contributed to
angling publications in Europe and South America.  In 2006 Eoin was a member of
the Scottish fly casting team that won the Emerald World Speycasting
Championships.
Scottish Speycasting Team: Eoin Fairgrieve, Ian Gordon, Gary Scott, Scott
Mackenzie & Bill Drury.
Eoin's Contact Details: Tel 01573 226700, Mob:0771 5977060, E-mail:
eoin@speycast.co.uk