International Fario Club
About Charles Ritz...
Charles Ritz and Ernest Hemingway at the Ritz
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Two opposed aspects of Charles Ritz's life, Director of the Ritz Place Vendôme and painstaking river's runner. |
On the river Loue in the Jura region of France
| His fame as a fisherman has met and probably overtaken the hotelier. The United States, England, Germany, Italy and especially Japan recognize the heritage left as a rod designer, improving materials and techniques. |
An article published in Trout and Salmon by Terry Thomas
A article published in Point de Vue by Laurent Sainsot
| Few men contributed that much to the evolution of flyfishing than this grandson of a swiss peasant, renowned among the gotha. At the age of 26 in 1917, this slim young man is sent in New York by his father, the founder of the famous hotel. While completing his formation, Charles Ritz spends his time to refurbish split bamboo rods, bought inpawn shop nearby. |
| He leaves as an heritage several books, one written with Tony Burnand in 1938, "A la Mouche", then his masterpiece "A Fly Fisher's Life". The book, printed in 1953 in French, was published in English ten times, translated into German "Erlebtes Fliegenfischen", Italian "Una Vita per Pesca" and Japanese as well. |
