Geoff and
Paul have the following
qualifications: The Game Angling Instructors Certificate and the
Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Angling are awarded after candidates
have demonstrated their ability to instruct beginners and
experienced game anglers of all ages and abilities. The examination
tests the candidates ability to teach safe and effective casting
techniques, their knowledge of the life cycles and behaviour
of fish and insects. In addition qualified instructors can give
objective advice on choosing suitable equipment, as well
as guidance on appropriate tactics, angling safety and angling
law.
Fly
Fishing Devon
is run by Geoff Stephens and Paul
Kenyon who are qualified game angling coaches, experienced and
enthusiastic teachers and anglers.
Geoff
Stephens is Activities Manager at Bovey Castle Hotel on Dartmoor. He
lives in Chagford half a mile from
the river Teign and within easy distance of the lakes and streams used
by him and Paul.
Geoff's favourite fishing is for brown trout on the wilds
of Dartmoor. His most unusual catch is “a goldfish from a
goldfish bowl on a dry fly”. Meet Geoff and he will tell you
about it.
Until recently Paul
was a Senior Lecturer in the University of Plymouth. He lives
in Ivybridge which is about 10 miles east of Plymouth, on the edge of
Dartmoor.
Paul now devotes more
time than is reasonable to his lifelong love of all things associated
with trout and rivers - particularly the River Avon in South Devon.
From time to time he expresses this fascination in words and pictures.
