Mud! Mud! Glorious Mud!!
It was a lovely day, splodging around with Ed, Dave Chilton and More Spiders. Met up with Yoggy plus a few more blasts from the past.
In spite of the mud, I was still able to meet a few people from my past. It was great to chat to Eric Barnes about the old days spent on the Inner Lakes of Lough Ree in Ireland.
Ed did a little spotting for me and I was able to get a pristine first edition of "Fly Dressing Innovations" by **** Walker for well under the going price.
I had an interesting discussion about Walker on the Medlar Press stand with Jon Ward-Allen, the boss of Medlar Press. It looks like the Biography of **** Walker, written by Barrie Rickards will be available in November.
But the highlight to me of Chatsworth was when they announced that Hywell Morgan was due to do a casting demo.
I have, in my life, seen all the so-called fly casting experts you can name. From my own point of view, they, quite frankly, have been nothing special. I reckon I can equal, if not beat them.
But Hywell Morgan!
He truly is a one-off.
Probably the finest fly caster the world has ever produced.
