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 Tim McClew grew up in Auckland playing cricket in the summer on Saturdays and sailing on Sundays. Summer holidays were spent cruising the Hauraki Gulf on the family yacht.
When Tim was 13 years old his father bought a cheap fly rod combo for their mutual benefit. This lead to the discovery of lakes and rivers and eventually after a lot of perseverance to catching that first fish.
Tim gave away fishing in 2006 / 2007 to compete in the Speights Coast to Coast multisport race which he successfully completed but a knee injury meant the end of multisport and a return to Fly Fishing .
In 2009 Tim discovered a new Fly Fishing shop in Auckland and met Kiyoshi Nakagawa and Peter Scott. Yoshi invited Tim to join the Invitational team to compete in the Oceania Champs that year.
Tim was always a keen fly tyer but this was the opportunity to up-skill his fishing to a competitive level under Yoshi’s teaching and encouragement.
Tim finished 13th in the 2010 National champs to make the selection for the 2011 Oceania champs and then in 2011 finished second in the Nationals to qualify for both the Commonwealth team to Tasmania and the Worlds team to Slovenia in 2012.
Tim is a self- employed builder based in Auckland, a member of Certified Builders, and demonstrates the same level of skill and desire and attention to detail to be the best in building as he does in fishing.
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