A Resounding Success for Gaelforce at 2015 Spey O Rama

1st Tommy Aarkvisla of Norway ,2nd Gerard Downey of Ireland and 3rd Geir Hansen of Norway, all used the line with great success and provided us with the best final I have ever witnessed, congratulations to all who took part, I would like to say a special congratulations to Martin Kiely of Ireland who qualified for his first Spey O Rama final..

The GAELFORCE Equalizer EED80 line took the top 8 places in the 10 man open final, with 9 out the 10 lines being used, a remarkable achievement

The GAELFORCE Equalizer EED80 & 15M line took the top 3 places in the ladies final,

The GAELFORCE Equalizer EED80 line took 6 of the 10 places in the seniors final

The GAELFORCE Equalizer EDD80 line also took the longest cast in the open qualification 191ft Vasily Olshannikov

The GAELFORCE Equalizer EDD80 line also took the longest cast in the Womens final 133ft Kara Knight winning the prestigious Knut Syrstad Trophy

The GAELFORCE Equalizer EED80 line also took the longest cast in the mens open final 184ft Tommy Aarkvisla winning the prestigious Knut Syrstad Trophy

The Jimmy Green Spey O Rama rules, 6 minutes, 12 casts, 3 casts in either discipline is by far the most difficult and prestigious distance casting competitions in the world, the one where the winner is crowned as the complete all round Distance Spey caster, the highest accolade one could wish for in the sport.

GAELFORCE Flyfishing has taken great pride from these achievements and will strive to push the envelope and create a product which meets the needs of the ever increasing Distance Spey Casting scene.

Thank you very much to GGACC for hosting the finest competition on the Distance Spey casters calendar, with a special thank you to all who have supported GAELFORCE Flyfishing, it is very much appreciated.

All photographs courtesy of Dmitry Kochetov & George Nitkin.

Without a shadow of a doubt the top three casters in the World.

3rd Geir Hansen 2nd Gerard Downey & 1st Tommy Aarkvisla also longest caster in final winning the Knut Syrstad Trophy in memory of a wonderful friend

The much anticipated drawing of the sticks, this in itself is nerve wracking!!

Great views of the competitive International action at the GGACCs pristine casting facility

Gerard Downey and Bruce Kruk training

The Pride of Russia

Ready for the grand final

A good cast can sometimes bring this Viking reaction

Tommy Aarkvisla 1st and Geir Hansen 3rd. A proud day to be Norwegian.Your hard work and winter training paid off. Congratulations to you both.