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Menno van Dam werpt al met twee-handige hengels sinds de tijd dat iedereen zelf shooting heads samenstelde uit aftma 12 DT floating lijnen. Hij vist op zalm- en zeeforel rivieren in Noorwegen, Zweden en Finland maar het merendeel van zijn tijd besteed hij aan het zalmvissen in de Noorse rivier de Gaula.

Sinds de late jaren 80 van de verleden eeuw bezoekt hij iedere herfst de rivieren in het Skeenagebied in British Columbia. In Noorwegen gebruikt hij voornamelijk 14 voets #9 en 15 voets # 10 hengels voorzien van moderne Scandinavische shooting heads. In British Columbia gaat hij aan de slag met Skagit en Scandi hengels in de klassen 11’9” # 7 tot 13’6” # 8.

In de laatste twee decennia geeft Menno werpdemonstraties en workshops in heel Europa. Niet alleen de tweehandige hengel komt dan aan bod, maar ook de éénhandige. Hij is als tester betrokken bij het programma van Sage en dat van Rio.

Menno woont in Kampen (Overijssel) waar hij met veel plezier de grote snoek in de rivier de IJssel belaagt.

 

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I was born 1958 in Wuppertal and growing up in Düsseldorf. Since 1998 I live in Hilden (next to Düsseldorf).
I´m a fisherman since my childhood, but I started flyfishing and tying at the age of 38.
Around two years later I was tying on my first big flyfishing show, the Dutch Fly Fair.
Since this time, I´m tying my flies on shows in Europe and USA.
My favorite patterns are squidflies and shrimps.

Thé Ørgänizátiøn has been very busy for quite a while with the organization of the next Fly Fair which is planned for Saturday May 9 and Sunday May 10, 2020. Many of you, both visitors and participants, will still have fond memories of the Fly Fair 2018 and together with you we want to make the Fly Fair 2020 a great or even greater success again.

Never change a winning team.The general set up of the Fly Fair event will be mostly unchanged. For the venue we have opted for "Forelvisvijvers de Berenkuil",  Berencamperweg 11, in Putten the Netherlands. This beautiful venue can be reached easily by car (A28 motorway exit 9).

At the Fly Fair every flyfisher will find whatever his life style requires. Fly casting and fly dressing material, for every kind of fish be it alver or salmon, and all the hooks and clothes one may dream of from size 36 upwards. There will be plenty of opportunities to be informed about the available industrial and technological fly fishing gadgets and to admire the amazing craftsmanship of the semi-professional fly tiers specially invited to show their handiwork.

And if you are bored with your current holiday destinations, you will be able to explore new possibilities ranging from Putten to Patagonia. Hence our motto: The World of Flyfishing.

A lot of attention is paid to the Fly Fair 2020 in our magazine "de Nederlandse Vliegvisser". This magazine is sent to more than 4,000 members and is recognized as one of the most outstanding flyfishing magazines in Europe. And as a special offer, participating firms will be offered free advertising space in the spring edition. In addition, booth keepers will be put in the spotlight in various digital means of communication such De Digitale Vliegvisser, newsletters, websites and Facebook pages.

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the Fly Fair 2020 en we hope to realize a big event for and by flyfishers. The fair will consist of a complete village of pagodas (25 m2 each) and a large light canvas hall for the fly tiers. Even if the terrain is extensive, we have to warn you in advance that the number of pagodas will be limited. In case you wish to participate, please contact Jan Huisman: huisman.jan@ziggo.nl He will send you an information package, including a reservation form.


The Dutch Fly Fair of 2018 was a big success. We're already preparing the next edition. Of course this event can’t be held without fly tiers! Like last year we hope to meet a lot of them.

On behalf of the organization I’ll be coordinating the fly tying part. Main goal is to organize an amazing event that will be interesting for fly tiers and visitors. If you have any suggestions or questions don’t hesitate to contact me by phone or e-mail: jos@homus.nl.

 

Kind Regards,

Jos Herrebrugh
+31 (0)6-41828373

I was born 1958 in Wuppertal and growing up in Düsseldorf. Since 1998 I live in Hilden (next to Düsseldorf).
I´m a fisherman since my childhood, but I started flyfishing and tying at the age of 38.
Around two years later I was tying on my first big flyfishing show, the Dutch Fly Fair.
Since this time, I´m tying my flies on shows in Europe and USA.
My favorite patterns are squidflies and shrimps.

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Menno van Dam, a 47 years young Dutch guy who is casting 2-handed rods for salmon, seatrout and steelhead, since the time we did cut our own shooting heads out of DT floating #12 line. He fished salmon and seatrout rivers in Norway, Sweden and Finland and loves to spend most of his salmon fishing time on Norway’s Gaula river. Steelhead fishing takes him every fall, since the late 1980’s, to the Skeena system in British Columbia. These days he swings 14’ # 9 and 15’ # 10-weight rods with modern Scandinavian shooting lines in Norway and 11’9” # 7 to 13’6” # 8-weights loaded with Skagit and Scandi heads in BC.

The last 15 years he gives casting demo’s on shows all over Europe and holds casting workshops on both single and double handed casting. He is involved in product testing programs for SAGE and Rio. Living in Kampen, he loves to chase the big pikes in the river IJssel.