Eoin Fairgrieve 

The Centre of Excellence is owned and run by Eoin Fairgrieve.  Eoin is a fully qualified casting member of the Association of Advanced Professional Game Angling Instructors (A.A.P.G.A.I) and World Team Speycasting Champion.  At the age of 24, Eoin became one of the youngest ever instructors to qualify in both the A.A.P.G.A.I trout and salmon disciplines and has been professionally teaching fly casting and fly fishing for almost twenty years.

Eoin began working as a salmon guide on the famous Makerstoun beat of the River Tweed in 1988, before starting up his teaching practice in 2001 to concentrate on casting instruction and education on the Tweed system. He specialises mainly in teaching modern speycasting techniques in a relaxed and friendly environment at the Centre of Excellence.  His teaching philosophy revolves around creating a relaxed and comfortable environment for the student to realise his/her full casting potential. Eoin’s intention is to give the caster an understanding of the fundamental principles of each aspect of fly casting and how they relate to more energy efficient fly presentation.

He is a regular features writer for the Trout & Salmon magazine as well as other publications and can be seen demonstrating fly casting during the year at a number major shows including the Trout and Salmon's Tweed Angling Fair, Lowther Fair and the Cheshire Game Fair.

As well as his teaching practice, Eoin is the Speycasting consultant for Loop Tackle Design of Sweden and has designed the company's new range of Classic Spey rods and lines launched in 2007. He has travelled extensively around the world in search of a wide variety of fresh and salt species and regularly hosts fly fishing trips to Loop Tackle Design's camps in Argentina and Russia.