Swing the Fly Issue 2.2 Fall 2014 | Page 142

Contributors

Eoin Fairgrieve is an ex river guide and a full-time speycasting instructor based on the River Tweed in Scotland. He is a consultant for Loop Tackle Design as well an avid photographer and angling writer. With a keen interest in fly fishing media, Eoin's articles and images have been featured in some of the sport's leading publications.

Emanuel Medina My father bought me a fishing rod when I was two years old, but till I was four years old there was no hook at the end of my line!! At that age I caught my first trout in the Epuyen River and I never stopped fishing after that. When I was eighteen I started working as fly fishing and rafting guide and studying tourism at the

same time. During the summers I’ve been guiding for different fly fishing outfitters in the Patagonia. Through the winters (our off season), I’ve travelled along South and Central America. There I worked as a Rafting Guide in Costa Rica and Peru. Working in different operations, countries, outfitters and wild rivers gave me the knowledge and confidence to start my own fly fishing Company: Trout Bariloche.