The World Fly Fishing Championships ft. Howard Croston Episode 3+4
Read Time: 3 Minutes | Published: 27th February 2025 | Author: Fulling MillOur World Fly Fishing Championships video series has continued to release for the past few weeks. Episodes three and four are now live on our YouTube channel.
In episode three Howard completes his final practice in the UK, packs an absolutely massive pile of gear, and then heads off to France with the team. There, they spend a week practicing at various lakes and rivers around France in advance of the World Fly Fishing Championships, before we joined up with them a few days before the competition started. They do some fly tying, gear prep and Howard walks us through some of the things they learned in their week practicing there, what their nightly fly tying looks like and how they’re feeling in advance of the competition.
To watch the third video in this six part series, click the link below.
If you’ve already watched episode three, head below to watch the fourth episode in the series.
In Episode 4 we follow Team England to the opening ceremony, the captains meeting and the first day of competition. On day one Howard fishes the Aude river, where he fishes two beats for both trout and grayling. The first is in a town center, and the second is well down a valley into some wild and overgrown terrain. Howard walks us through what gear he has, what rods he rigs up, and what flies he fishes—single nymph, double nymph, dry dropper, dry fly, big nymphs, small nymphs—and the puzzle as he tries to work it out.
This is a six part series and we’re airing the episodes one at a time. Tune in every Friday at 3PM EST to see the remaining episodes.
In this Fulling Mill original documentary series we follow Signature Tyer Howard Croston for 9 months as he prepares for and fishes in the 2024 World Fly Fishing Championships in France. We start with his life at home, preparation and team practice, then follow him to France. There, we cover every moment of the event. The World Fly Fishing Championships is the premier fly fishing competition of the calendar year. It brings the best anglers from around the world together for 5 days of intense fishing. It is a game of fine margins, and historically it has been responsible for many of the innovations in fly fishing that most anglers take for granted today. This is a six part series.
To make sure you see the rest of the films in this series, please subscribe to our YouTube channel if you haven’t already. You can click here to do that.
Want to learn more about Howard Croston? Check out his Q&A on our blog from when he joined the FM team.
Developed over many decades of fishing around the world, Howard has some incredibly effective fly patterns with us. You can shop all of them here on our website.
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