Christopher Rownes

Originally from England Christopher now lives in Switzerland where he works for Guideline Flyfishing and runs his own fly fishing school.
Christopher has over 45 years of experience in Flyfishing and is a specialist in Spey casting techniques with the single-handed Rod. 

He was privileged to study Fly, casting under the guidance of the legendary Mel Krieger. It was a Mel who introduced him to Fly casting instruction. Mel and Christopher gave countless workshops together all over Europe. 

Christopher has demonstrated at all the major Flyfishing shows worldwide.

In 2008, he became a certified Master fly casting instructor of the FFI and in 2019 recipient of the Mel Krieger of Fly casting award in recognition of significant contributions to the FFI Certified Casting Instructor Program, and dedication to fly casting instruction worldwide.