A fantastic dislpay of Speycasting from Russias Sergey Kluev earns him Silver medal.

GAELFORCE Equalizer EED 80FT &100FT distance casting lines excelled at the prestigious World Championship in Flycasting held at the purpose built facility in Fagernes Norway August 14-17 2014 taking Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in both 15ft 1inch and 18ft Speycasting categories, a momentous achievement.

18ft Spey

(Gold )Sakari Siipilehto of Finland with his wealth of experience in line designs managed to take the gold medal in the 18ft category with a line made from both the EED100 & EED80 combined, Congratulations Sakari on your meticulous line preparations for the conditions you were faced with in the finals and taking gold for Finland with 62 metres. (The EED 80FT lines were the lines used for the remaining medal places.)

(Silver)Vidar Naess of Norway produced a magnificent display all weekend 61metres.

(Bronze)Tellis Katsogiannos of Sweden a true fighter 59.5metres

Photo courtesy of Bernd Ziesche

15ft 1 inch Spey.

(Gold) Eirik Ernes Larsen of Norway A huge congratulations taking gold in the 15ft 1 in Spey class which is a combined right and left cast giving him a total combined score of 111 metres, very impressive there were some serious celebrations on the podium.

(Silver) Sergey Kluev of Russia was in brilliant form all weekend and truly deserves his place in the medals.

(Bronze) Sakari Siipilehto of Finland was very consistent all weekend.and will never forget Fagernes 2014.

Photo courtesy of Bernd Ziesche

A special mention to GAELFORCE team member Sergey Kluev, I would like to congratulate you for your dedication to training and hard work during the cold Russian winter months. I have trained with you in Scotland and seen your progress over the last four years, we have also watched you train right through the snow and pack ice for the last four years,total respect!! I applaud you for your dedication to the sport and have the utmost respect for your recent achievements, Congratulations from all your fellow team members.

Sergey Kluev with James Chalmers.

Sergey and James having fun.