The first report from this autumn is very sad. We were affected by very bad news from England, our friend Mike Childs passed away.  I will never forget his hospitality, he helped us so much in time when many people from UK treated us like not equal. Mike with his kind wife Valerie hosted Czech anglers during their first trips when exploring reservoirs in England. Mike introduced us to  still-water fishing and showed us first lake flies.
I met Mike for the first time during the European Fly-fishing Championship held in the Czech Republic in 2002 when I was a sector judge and Mike was the international judge for home competitors.

I was very proud, that I could help as a guide of the UK Youth Team led by Mike as captain during the Youth World Championship in the Czech Republic in 2004. I remember one afternoon when I was teaching a very young boy to fish with nymphs in a deep pool between big boulders, and after he caught nice trout we shared the joy together with Mike sitting on the bank. I have visited the UK for fishing and met Mike many times and I will never forget my first day in the boat with Mike on Rutland  in summer 2005.
If there is a fly-fishermen heaven, I wish Mike nice riffles and tight lines.