Fly Fishing Gear

One good thing with fly-fishing is that you don't need to carry with you that much fly fishing gear. Ideally, a fly rod, a fly reel, a fly line, some backing line, a few leaders, some spools of nylon, a filled fly box and a nipper is all that you need for fly fishing gear. Of course, we all end up with more fly fishing gear than those first needs. Pliers, scissors, zippers, net are things that we don't like to be without. Polarized glasses, a cap, a jacket, a pair of waders and wading shoes are also often necessary. But we must keep in mind that a fly fisherman is always on the move. This is not a static method of fishing. A fly fisherman is someone who fishes as he slowly makes his way upstream or downstream. His fly fishing gear must therefore be light and kept to a minimum. On this website, you will find all the fly fishing gear that you need, from tested brands that you can trust.

LOOP Fly Reels: New range - Better than ever...

I have not yet been able to finish to write all the new pages upon the brand new LOOP Evotec fly reels. You will find the first ones I have written in English here. Meanwhile, you may check what I have started to write about them in French.

LOOP Fly Lines

The fly line is very important to the fly-fisherman. It represents the weight that will enable the fisherman to cast and to send his fly where he wants to. A good fly line will help the fisherman in achieving this objective. A poor fly line may prevent him from achieving anything… Loop has the best fly lines in the world to suit any angler and to match any fishing situation.

Welcome !

I started fly fishing in 1978. In 1985, I started to write articles about fly-tying and fly-fishing for French magazines. I set up Rilap in 1988, and I have been selling fly-fishing gear since then. Fly-fishing is my passion. I am currently distributing several brands into France through fishing tackle shops and larger stores. I took the decision of having a web site the very first day I heard of the Internet. However, it was not until late 1998 that I acquired the tools for creating my web site by myself. I found that the cost of having it made by someone else was prohibitive, and I was a bit skeptical about the business such a web site could then generate. I launched this web site in September 1999, after about 9 months of research and page making. It has been an ever-growing business since then.

I had always wished to do my web site in English to make it understandable to the majority of visitors, but the French law imposes the French to do at least a French version of their web site in French. As doing a web site is very much time consuming, it took me a very long time before I could even start an English version of it. Here it is, with many missing links at the time being, but it will build up little by little as time goes by. In the meantime, you can always have a look at the more complete French version, and if you do not understand French, you may have it translated by Babelfish. The translation will not be very good; still it will be better than nothing.