The ethos of The Total Fly Fishing Company is to provide clients with outstanding value for money, providing the highest possible standards of professional casting tuition/guided fishing in a fun and totally stress free environment.

In addition to casting instruction, the Company arranges river & saltwater fly fishing in the UK, Norway, Iceland, New Zealand & Cuba.

David Griffiths
Managing Director

David has fished for all game fish since he was a very young boy, catching his first trout on the River Wye at Builth Wells (on the fly!) aged 5. He has a wealth of fly fishing experience in all parts of the world. He was fortunate enough to be taught to nymph fish by the legendary Frank Sawyer. Notably, David has undertaken casting demonstrations at various national and international fly fishing fairs in the UK, USA, Europe and in Japan. He is an APGAI & STANIC qualified instructor in the salmon, trout & sea trout disciplines.

James Mills
Technical Director

James is also an APGAI and STANIC qualified fly fishing instructor. He acquired a wealth of international experience as an instructor before establishing The Total Fly Fishing Company with David. He is a consummate caster in both salmon and trout fields cutting away all of the spurious mystique surrounding fly fishing: casting in particular. He is intent upon making the learning process enjoyable and fun - he measures success by hooking people to fly fishing for life.

John Hotchkiss
Marketing Director

John is a GAIA Level 2 instructor. He started life as an actor before running a successful London PR & Marketing company. Recently he produced the highly acclaimed TV fishing series "The Take" which was transmitted here on Sky Sports and internationally. John has been an avid fly fisher all his life and has fished throughout the world. His many trips have taken him to New Zealand and South Africa for trout, and to Iceland, Norway and Russia, and many rivers in Scotland and Ireland for salmon. More remote trips have seen John casting for steelhead on the mighty rivers of British Columbia to dry fly fishing for sea-run char in Greenland!

His all time favourite fly fishing is sight fishing for the wily wild brown trout of New Zealand's South Island and for salmon, riffle hitching on the gin clear rivers of Iceland.