EFFA Fly Casting Department

The EFFA Flycasting Department consists of some of Europe's leading flycasting instructors. They are the representatives of their member countries. The department tries to continously improve teaching techniques and takes care of the EFFA flycasting instructor certification programme.

The Fly Casting Department

 Günter Feuerstein Günter Feuerstein (A) - chairman

Internationally well-known EFFA Master Fly Casting Instructor and fly tyer (Chatsworth Angling Fair, FFF-Conclaves, Danish Fly Festival, Fly Fair, ...), chairman of the EFFA Fly Casting Instructor Programme, originator of several modern trick casts and improved techniques like GF Power Haul, GF Vertical Bow, Snap-T and Snap-Z as well as the modern GF Magic Switch Cast. New nymph fishing techniques, video-productions, specialized in fresh water ecology, fly fishing consultant Team LOOP.


Günter Feuerstein
Günter Feuerstein

Wolfgang Fabisch Wolfgang Fabisch - vice chairman (Ger)

Well known international EFFA Master Fly Casting Instructor, developed a lot of innovative fly fishing products and tools. Demonstration caster at several trade and angling fairs, great experience in steelhead fishing in British Columbia
 Wolfgang Fabisch
 Wolfgang Fabisch 

Jupp Verstraten Jupp Verstraten (Ger)

International, high innovative Fly Casting Instructor and fly tyer (Fly Fair, FFF-Conclave) Fly casting demontrations at national and international trade fairs and fly fishing events, EFFA Master Fly Casting Instructor, brought a lot of input into the EFFA Instructor Certification Programme.  
Jupp Verstraten

Sepp Fuchs Sepp Fuchs (NL)

International instructor and fly tyer (Fly Fair, Danish Fly Festival, FFF-Conclave, several international and national shows and fly fishing events), member of the "Dutch Association of Advanced Fly Tiers" D.A.A.F.T. EFFA Master Fly Casting Instructor, very innovative instructor (SF-roll cast training of the lawn) former Dutch fly casting champion, own video on fly casting.

Sepp Fuchs
Sepp Fuchs

Göran Andersson Göran Andersson (SWE)

Best known fly casting instructor in Scandinavia, EFFA Master Flycasting Instructor h.c.; international instructor and demonstrator with world-wide reputation(Fly Fair, Chatsworth, Danish Flyfestival, Speyorama, ...), revolutionised the two handed fly casting(father of the Underhand Technique), large input in fly fishing and fly casting, writer of different fly fishing books, films and articles, excellent rod builder and tackle designer, co-owner of LOOP

Göran Andersson
 
Göran Andersson
Göran Andersson

Rudy van Duijnhoven Rudy van Duijnhoven (NL)

International Fly Casting Instructor and fly tyer (Fly Fair, Danish Fly Festival, several international shows und and trade fairs), EFFA Master Fly Casting Instructor, Chairman of the "Dutch Association of Advanced Fly Tiers"(D.A.A.F.T.). Freelance writer and photographer, fly fshing journalist working for BEET

Rudy van Duijnhoven
Rudy van Duijnhoven

Uwe Rieder Uwe Rieder (A)

Well known international Fly Fishing Instrucotor, fly tyer and guide. EFFA Master Instructor, fly casting demonstrations at a lot of trade fairs and fly fishing shows all over Europe, well experienced in all parts of fly fishing if it´s fishing in alpine rivers, fishing on the big rivers fo Skandinavia or saltwater fly fshing the tropics.
Uwe Rieder
Uwe Rieder

Michael Greve
Michael Greve (DK)

Well known Danish flycasting instructor, sepcialized in seatrout fishing and salmon fishing with double handed rods, EFFA Master Flycasting Instructor, several publications in fly fishing press.
Michael Greve
 
Michael Greve
Michael Greve

Roberto Pragliola Roberto Pragliola (I)

International instructor and fly tyer (Flyfair, Danish Flyfestival, FFF-Conclave, several evetns and trade fairs), founded the Italian Fly Fishing School SIM(Scuola Italiana di Pesca a Mosca), EFFA Master Fly Casting Instructor, very innovative fly caster, originator of the TLT-technique, developed very special rods mainly used for dry fly fishing (TLT) and fly tying tools, member of IBRA(Italian Bamboo Rodmakers Association)

 Roberto Pragliola

Claudio Balassone Claudio Balassone (I)

International instructor and fly casting demonstration caster (Fly Fair, Danish Fly Festival, several events and shows) of the Italian Fly Fishing School (TLT-techniques), specialst in high precision casts with ultra-light dry fly tackle, EFFA Master Fly Casting Instructor. 
Claudio Balassone
Claudio Balassone

Guido Vinck Guido Vinck (BE)

International Fly Casting Instructor and fly tyer (present at many trade fairs and events), former multiple times casting world champion, EFFA Master Fly Casting Instructor, editor of the fishing magazine BEET, well known through several fly fishing publications.
Guido Vinck
Guido Vinck

 

Hans Spinnler (CH)

Master Fly Casting instructor from Switzerland, specialized on two handed fly casting, fly casting demos in Germany and Switzerland, represents Switzerland in the EFFA membership department, can be found the whole summer at his beats at the River Orkla in Norway.