© BY D.HODA 2009-2012 / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / D.HODA, SALMENWEG 5, CH-4323 WALLBACH Start Up Event 2012 will take place on 11th March 2012 in Switzerland Fresh up your casting skills for the new season ! START UP EVENT 2012 Dear Fly Fishing Friends, after the successful Start Up Events 2010 in Rheinfelden/Germany and 2011 in Freiburg/Germany, this year the event will take place in Switzerland! The enthusiastic fly fishing colleagues Marco Pegoraro and Daniel Frey brought this popular event for the first time to Switzerland and organized a very interesting agenda! You are welcome to join the Start Up Event, on Sunday, 11th of March 2012 located on the sports grounds "Allmend" in Wolfwil  / Solothurn Marco und Daniel found the perfect location for this event. The sports grounds "Allmend" in Wolfwil in the state of Solothurn include 3 big sports fields, a club house and the river Aare nearby. All the facilities are given to make it a perfect event. The organization and instruction teams are motivated and pleased to welcome approximately 100 fly casters, so do not hesitate to register for this event here: www.flycasting.de Please see bellow what is prepared for your “entertainment ! - Casting Demonstrations The instructors will demonstrate all the fly casting secrets, from “basics till trick casts". Bernhard Liniger - will give an introduction about the Italian “TLT” (Total Line Casting Technique) casting technique for fast running rivers. - Casting Clinics for Groups (for all levels, from beginners to distance casters, with single and double handed rods) A multinational team of EFFA (European Fly Fishing Association) instructors will help you to improve your casting skills. From Switzerland - Robert Burkhard (EFFA certified instructor) - Urs Müller (EFFA certified instructor) - Fredy Illien (EFFA certified instructor) - Rudi Schmid (co-instructor) From Germany - Dieter Weiler (EFFA certified master instructor) - Horst Rathgeber (EFFA certified instructor) - Armin Fröbel (EFFA certified instructor) - Michael Rebholz (EFFA certified instructor) - Hartmut Zerrer (EFFA certified instructor) From France - Thibaut Giband (EFFA certified instructor) - Fly Tying Demonstrations - Marco Crippa (TEAM SWISSCDC) - famous exhibition fly tyer - Werner Becker (TEAM SWISSCDC) - Germany’s dry fly tying master 2010 - Split Cane Rod Making - Daniel Hoda - fine bamboo rods made in Switzerland - you tell you how a split cane rod is made and you will have the possibility to cast different type of rods for different line classes. - Fishing Trips Reports - Rolf Häuptli - www.fischerreise.ch Reports of fishing trips to Cuba, Sweden, Finland, Slovenia and Croatia - Roger Gyr - www.russija-fishing.ch Breathtaking pictures of fishing trips to the Kola and Kamchatka peninsulas. All the members of the organization and instruction teams will work for free! Like the years before, with the event 2012, we will support diseased people. Therefore, all the members of the organization and instruction teams will be pleased about a donation of CHF 50.- per person who will join this spectacular and unforgettable day. At the end of the day, the total amount will be donate to the trust for cancer suffered children, see also www.krebskrankekinder.ch In the club house, the service team will serve coffee and croissants for breakfast and a delicious  soup for lunch. This event is unique and a perfect possibility to get many tips and informations to improve your  casting skills for the new fishing season.  If you like to join this event, do not hesitate to make a registration on the following website, where you will also find a PDF file with additional informations: www.flycasting.de