Orvis Strikes Again in “Best of the West” Casting Competition

Orvis Scottsdale Fishing Manager Cinda Howard shows off her first-place cap after winning the “Best of the West” casting compeition at the Phoenix ISE show. photo by Spencer Higa

Back in January, we posted about Peter Kutzer and Molly Semenik’s sweep of a Denver casting competition at the International Sportsmen’s Exposition. Then, later in the month, Orvis Regional Business Manager Hutch Hutchinson won the Sacramento, California leg of the prestigious Best of the West Fly Casting Tournament.

Now we’ve got another top finisher: this time, it’s Cinda Howard, Fishing Manager of Orvis Scottsdale. You may remember Cinda from that gigantic pike she caught in Alaska last summer. She beat all comers at last weekend’s Phoenix ISE show and will now join all the other winners from the various shows at the Finals in Salt Lake City in a couple of weeks. Great job, Cinda!

Cinda Howard (center) with the second- and third-place finishers in Phoenix. photo by Dave Brown