flyfishing.bg Pro Team
With immense pride, we present to you our Pro Team – a group of people deeply devoted to fly fishing. People that are literally addicted to fishing with a fly and line and believe that the moments spend at the river or at the fly-tying vise are above all else. Fishers for whom bad weather and seasons do not exist. These anglers find no bad time to fish, as every season holds its charm. Friends, for whom the day would be incomplete without witnessing the sunrise on the river and will not leave before sunrise because it’s the time of the best hatch and predators are most active. Our Pro Team consists of exceptional flytyers who annually participate in the largest European exhibitions and whose flies have been featured in numerous books. These friends play a vital role in selecting products for our store, based on their infinite knowledge and experience. Their dedication shines through in their daily posts, sharing pictures of their outings, fly-tying creations, and promptly answering countless questions from enthusiasts like you.
Fly Fishing PRO TEAM
Fly Fishing PRO TEAM
Georgi Mutavdzhiiski
Joro has enormous experience in fishing with a fly and a line both at home and abroad. His favourite fish are the Balkan trout and the grayling, which are painted on the arch at his home. Of course, he takes great pleasure in catching all other trout fish, Danube trout (Hucho Hucho), pike, etc. Joro loves the Bulgarian trout rivers, the high mountain lakes, the crystal karsts in Bosnia, and all the big rivers in Slovenia and Norway. Mainly he fishes with dry flies and nymphs, and his craftsmanship is definitely jewel-like. For him, fly fishing is associated with a lot of movement and the rivers are usually always "short" for him, and all-day fishing "from dark to dark" was invented just for him!
Fly Fishing PRO TEAM
Veselin Spasov
A fly to the bone - no matter what part of the planet it is, on what river and for what fish - the important thing is that it is on an artificial fly and line. Veso fishes for trout on all rivers and high mountain lakes in our country, very often skips for his favorite graylings and taimen in the countries of the former Yugoslavia, for raspers on the Danube, for Golden Dorado in Bolivia ... Apart from dry flies, he especially loves to fish with streamers and with high class fly rods. A very good tyer, and for the quality and precision with which he ties streamers, we can all envy him!
Fly Fishing PRO TEAM
Ivan Popov
Ivan is a member of the Plovdiv club "Maina Fly" and has vast experience in trout fishing. Naturally, he fishes in all ways and with different types of artificial flies, but nymphs definitely bring him the greatest pleasure and success. With his exceptional technical literacy, he contributes greatly to the competence and development of the shop in categories such as fly vises, tying tools, rods and reels. In addition to our trout rivers, he annually fishes in the crystal waters of Slovenia and Austria. A very good tyer with great attention and great criticality to details and tying materials, where he definitely has a lot to teach everyone!
Fly Tying PRO TEAM
Fly Tying Pro Team
Theo Atanasov
Undoubtedly the most respected and popular Bulgarian lacemaker on the European scene, and also overseas! Personal friend of the biggest names in fly fishing, honorary member of the European Fly Fishing Association (EFFA), published author flies in many books and magazines, participant in many European fairs and infinitely respected by everyone at EWF - both organizers and exhibitors, and presenters, and binders, and casting agents and visitors! And we all know how much he has done for the development of fly fishing in Bulgaria - his participation in our national meetings, many tying meetings and casting lessons, filmed so many films, live broadcasts and taught live to so many beginners in this fishing. Theo is an absolute encyclopedic personality in fly fishing, with vast knowledge in every single part of it, and we are honored to have him on our Pro Team!
Fly Tying Pro Team
Stoyan Philipov
Stoyan has been living in London for many years, where he has long been a very popular and respected shoemaker. He is invited annually as an official guest tyer to the biggest fly-tying fair on the island - BFFI (British Fly Fair International), as well as to the prestigious fairs in Holland and Denmark, to many club gatherings, his flies have been published in many books. Over the years, Stoyan has contributed tremendously to the development of fly tying in Bulgaria as well - a permanent participant in our national assemblies, where he demonstrates tying artificial flies every time, daily publishes and gives advice, previously in all forums, and now in social networks.
Fly Tying Pro Team
Konstantin Karagyozov
In recent years, Koceto Karagyozov has been a regular participant and tyer at the largest European fly-fishing exhibition - EWF (Erlebniswelt Fliegenfischen) in Munich, as well as tyer at many other exhibitions in Norway and Italy. He won the German Open Artificial Fly Tying Competition in the "Realistic Flies" category, and his flies have been published in many European and American books and magazines. His style is absolutely creative and inimitable, and as a world-famous shoemaker says - "We, Kotse, may be shoemakers, but you are an Artist!" ...
Classic PRO TEAM
Classic Pro Team
Kancho Borisov
If someone in Bulgaria can be called an absolute classic in fly fishing, it is definitely Kuncho from Veliko Tarnovo and it is no coincidence that he is in our "Classic Pro Team". This is all about dry and wet fly fishing from the beginning to the end of the season. Henna is definitely one of the best rod builders in the world and has definitely won over many people across the globe with his glass fly rod jewelry creations. Incomparable and unique vintage style, definitely a rod made of it is a dream for all of us.
Classic Pro Team
Ivan Stanev
With Giovanni, it's always about dry fly or wet fly fishing only and glass fly rods only. And in this he is insanely consistent! Naturally, all this is complemented with a very high-quality single malt whiskey! As part of the Classic Pro Team he is very helpful with his knowledge of traditional fly fishing - a religion that many of us practice! "Dry or die!" - this motto was definitely invented for him!
Classic Pro Team
Dancho Savov
The Chairman of the Fly Fishing Federation in Bulgaria - Dancho Savov! Definitely a logical part of our Classic Pro Team - Dancho is a walking encyclopedia of fly and line fishing - an extremely knowledgeable person who is absolutely always endlessly interesting to talk to - whether it's Charles Ritz, the Catskill style at the dry flies, the springs of Pliva or the story of Hardy ...
Photo PRO TEAM
Photo Pro Team
Georgi Kotsakov
A wildlife photographer at an absolute world level, Kotsaka is a man with a huge encyclopedic knowledge of living nature, and all this quite naturally makes him a very good fly and line fisherman and a zealous follower of our fly fishing religion. His interests span the entire range of this fishing - from tying artificial flies, casting, vises and tying tools, rod building and all this broken through the only correct point of view for him - maximally efficient fishing. The precision with which he approaches everything related to fly fishing definitely brings him the nirvana he is looking for. All the good stuff on this site was created by him and we're honored to have him on this Pro Team!
Competition PRO TEAM
Competition Pro Team
Branimir Markov
The captain of our racing team and motivator of the young guys! Branko is an angler with great experience on both our and foreign trout rivers, loves nymph fishing and is an exceptional "technician", which makes him very useful in many product categories of the store. The research he usually does on each and every product is mind-blowing and we have a lot of confidence in him.
Competition Pro Team
Dimitar Petrov and Andrey Artarski
The young guys on the competition team are definitely very good anglers and after a large number of trophies and medals collected during the year they finished 2nd in the final overall standings leaving behind some very big names in competitive fly fishing. Mitko and Andrei are young, fast, they successfully fish in absolutely any way - and dry flies, nymphs, streamers, which gives them a very big advantage and the results show it!
