If you were not able to attend the Grand River Spey Clave in Paris Ontario this past Saturday you missed out on a great event. Although the weather conspired to challenge both presenters and attendees the event was excellent and much of the credit goes to the leadership of Randy Wilson (no relation to our store owner – Randy is much better looking than our Wilson…). This event is due to the efforts of many volunteers but in particular it is due to the vision and energy of Randy and we would like to congratulate him on helping make the clave into what it is, namely, one of the premier fly fishing events in Eastern Canada.

This post is a short one… “GO!”

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This update was forwarded by Randy Wilson and we thought we would pass it along:

“We are now less then two months from the Spey Clave and counting down. We presently have seven guest tyers that will be tying some of thier favourite salmon and steelhead patterns in the event tent through out the day. We have confrimation with six instructors that will be doing casting/fishing demos in Steve Rajeff, David Bishop, Courtney Ogilvie, Doug Swift, Larry Halyk and Rick Kustich. I am working on a few possible additions to the demos and will post them as the are confirmed. During the day we will have brief talks from the three Larrys. Larry Halyk will talk about On Stream Fishing Etiquette, Larry Mellors will discuss the Grand River Fisheries Management Plan and Larry McGratton will talk about The Friends of the Grand River and their on going efforts and projects on the river.

Mike Verhoef will be set up along the river bank with his rods and gear to work one on one through the day with people with their casting. Work and planning for this Clave began last Fall and it is slowly but surely all coming together. Look forward to seeing everyone there.”

Cheers & thanks,Randy

For more information on the Spey Clave please go to www.grandriverspey.ca/

The Grand River Spey Clave originated in 2007 and has quickly become one of the biggest Claves in North America. Top instructors from around the world have attended to demonstrate their skills in Traditional, Skagit, and Scandinavian Spey techniques on the banks of the Grand River. If you have not yet heard, Steve Rajeff is one of this year’s guest instructors and the event will again be held at Bean Park in Paris on October 15, 2011. This year the Clave is being sponsored by the Friends of the Grand River and all proceeds from the raffle will be put towards improving the Grand River fishery.

For more information please go to www.grandriverspey.ca/

This note was sent to us by the organizer of the Grand River Spey Clave, Randy Wilson (you can tell there is no relation because he is much better looking than me!), and if you have not attended this event we strongly encourage you to put it on your calendars.

Grand River Spey Clave
Date:Saturday Oct.15, 2011
Place:TBC

Note that the Clave has been moved to October which is prime steelhead season and will present anyone interested with an excellent chance to hook into one of the Grand River’s hard fighting fish.

Cheers & Thanks,

Randy Wilson
www.grandriverspey.ca/