A group of us from the Surrey Fly Dressers Guild went to the Spring Fly Fishing Show, at Newark yesterday, leaving in a mini bus from Woking, at about 5:30am. The journey was quite uneventful apart from the 'two' stops for breakfast, the first was skipped as we would have to wait twenty minutes for it to open. By the time we reached our exit on the A1(M), there was quite a queue which lead to the showground, which added quite some time to the journey.
It turned out that the showground was also hosting The British Shooting Show as well and this is where most of the people were going. Initially the fishing show did not have a lot of people in it but after a bit it suddenly filled up. As people visiting either show could visit the other, I assume that the original influx to the gun show came across to the fishing show.
There were many trade stands selling everything from feathers to expensive rods and reals. There were fly tying demonstrations, as well as many renowned fly tyers, demonstrations of casting and casting competitions.
Click here for Chris Reeves Web Site
