- Tim Rajeff, our speaker this month, is a manufacturer and
distributor of fly-fishing
- equipment and an expert and former champion fly caster. Few people
are as well versed and
- knowledgeable about fly-fishing equipment as Tim. He describes his
presentation as a down to
- the nuts and bolts talk about the otherwise hard to find facts about
rods, reels, & lines. Come
- prepared to take notes and to never look at your equipment the same
again. Insider knowledge
- like this is hard to find.
- Born in San Francisco in 1959, Tim grew up in a middle class working
neighborhood about
- a mile and a half from the Golden Gate Angling and Casting Club. Tim
started fishing at the age
- of five. His early fishing education took him from trout
fishing in Yosemite Valley to bass
- and carp fishing in the Russian River in California. Later Tim’s
family took their annual vacations to the
- Rogue River near Medford Oregon and it is there that Tim started fly
fishing. Tim was nine years old
- when his brother Steve got into tournament spin and fly casting. Tim
soon followed and began to
- compete at the local and state level.
- Have you ever found yourself standing in a stream and found yourself
wondering if your
- fly rod, reel, and line are the right ones for you?
- Have you ever thought that the sales clerk at your favorite
fly-fishing shop might have sold
- you something you really didn’t need? Have you ever felt baffled at
the plethora of choices
- that confronts you every time you open a fly-fishing catalog? Well
fret no more! We have
- found a solution for your troubles. We’ve invited somebody who can
explain it all for
- you. He’s in the business.
- In 1973 Tim worked with Frank and Gladys Gray at the Fenwick Fly
Fishing School outside
- West Yellowstone Montana. During
college he spent a summer on the Big Hole River in
- Montana working for the Complete Fly
Fisher. Tim also spent two summers guiding in King
- Salmon Lodge Alaska. Tim’s most recent
lodge effort was setting up operations on the
- Ponoi River on Russia’s Kola Peninsula.
Tim spent five summers there prior to settling in the
- Portland area in 1995. Tim now leads
groups of fly fishers to many unique destinations including
- Mongolia.
- When not fishing, Tim balanced his time between skiing, tennis, and
tournament casting.
- The rivalry with his brother peaked in
1984 when Tim won the National combined Fly Casting
- Distance and Accuracy trophy and
narrowly missed the grand all-round title as well. In
- doing so Tim broke the national
distance record for the ten weight line class at 186 feet and
- the 15 foot rod class record at 265
feet. Tim’s international recognition came in 1984 in Lintz
- Austria where Tim captured the World’s
Single Hand Fly Distance gold medal with a cast of
- 205 feet. Tim retired from competitive
casting in 1985 and now is the owner of Rajeff Sports, the
- North American distributor of Aiflo
products.Tim owns his own rod and reel company.
- ECHO rods are affordable and can be
found in shops around the country. Tim’s future calls
- for hosting more fly fishing and
casting schools combined with an advanced casting book and
- video with his brother Steve.
