David Gourong
FRANCE
The Irish Fly Fair - Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh
25th & 26th October 2025
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Born in 1972, in Alsace, France. Fishing has always been a part of my life. I started with coarse fishing when I was 11 years old and it’s only when I moved to Norway in 1999 that I made my first cast with a fly rod and tied my first flies.
Living by the Oslo fjord at that time, I was flyfishing mostly for sea trout, cod and Pollock in wintertime. And when the ice had melted my cast was for pike, salmon, brown trout, grayling, sea bass and mackerel.
I then moved to Cornwall, southwest of England. Where I played with sea bass, pollock and mackerel for a year. Now, I’m back in France since 2010, living in the southwest of the country outside of Toulouse with Isabelle and our son Jules.
I became a member of the “Club Français des Pêcheurs à la Mouche”. Now my flies are eaten (or try to be …...!!!) by brown trout, grayling, pike and a new fish for me … largemouth bass. I have tied my own fishing flies for all these species over the years but, what I like the most is creating a fully dressed salmon fly or a fly that will be framed. I’ll put all my skills and perfectionism in those flies. I just love playing with those beautiful feathers and materials for those complicated patterns. It’s so gratifying when the fly is finished.
Over the years, I have been invited to tie flies at different shows around the world and I’m very proud and look forward to be able to come and share my skills in Enniskillen. I am with the Chevron Team, find me on the Chevron Stand. Feel welcome to have a talk with me and if you have any questions, I’ll be happy to answer them if I can!!! See you there:)
Email: lilleflue@yahoo.fr
