In Episode 6 of The World Fly Fishing Championships ft. Signature Tyer Howard Croston we cover sessions 4 and 5 of the World Fly Fishing Championships in France. This is the final installment of our six-part series. In this episode we head first to the Têt river and watch as Howard has some serious breakthroughs in his understanding of how the French rivers and trout work. Then, on the final day we head to the Camporells lakes, which are a series of alpine lakes in the French Pyrenees. They're much like the Carlit lakes, and Howard again shows us what decades of stillwater fly fishing experience can do for you in these technical fisheries. In this final day of competition Howard really gets in his stride and shows us how you have to take every day as a new one, and fight to the last second. As with the first series of lakes, Howard fishes a lot of dry flies and shows us an advanced understanding of how stillwater trout feed.
What is this series? In this Fulling Mill original documentary production we follow Signature Tyer Howard Croston for 9 months as he prepares for and fishes in the 2024 World Fly Fishing Championships in France. We start with his life at home, preparation and team practice, then follow him to France where we cover every moment of the event. The World Fly Fishing Championships is the premier fly fishing competition of the calendar year, and it brings the best anglers from around the world together for 5 days of intense fishing. It is a game of fine margins, and historically it has been responsible for many of the innovations in fly fishing that most anglers take for granted today. This is a six part series, and this is episode one.
Howard Croston is a World Fly Fishing Champion (2019) and member of the English International Fly Fishing team. He’s also the Global Brand and Product Manager at Hardy. As one of our Signature Tyers Howard is constantly innovating new flies, and has many proven trout fly patterns in our collection. A brilliant angler and tyer, we're thrilled to have Howard and his expertise as part of the Fulling Mill team.
Video filming and editing by @patricktillard A huge thank you to Patrick for the amazing work he put into this project.
A special thanks to FIPS Mouche for supporting us in getting access to film at this event: https://www.fips-mouche.com/
00:00 Introduction 01:42 Competition day number four: the Tête River in France 03:31 Howard starts fishing the first beat 05:30 The second beat on the Têt River 08:43 Howard recaps 3 big lessons he learned on the Têt 12:06 What's the right attitude? 13:13 The final day of the World Fly Fishing Championships on the Camporells Lakes 15:31 Howard explains his stillwater tactics on the first lake 17:02 Dry fly fishing on lake number 2 17:57 A lesson learned on lake number 2 18:58 Lake number 3 20:34 The standings heading into the final lake session 21:37 Howard faces a challenging beat on the final lake 23:42 The end of the final session! 25:04 Howard shares some final thoughts after the competition is over
