Career
Ritz returned to France in the 1930s. His experience with fly fishing made him one of the foremost specialists on the subject. He invented the parabolic fly-rod, which is still used, and which was commercially produced by ABU Garcia. He was a publicist for the High speed - high line style of fly casting (HSHL). He founded the "Fario Club", which was the most select fishing club in the world during the later part of the twentieth century.
Ritz spent several years assisting his mother to manage the Ritz Hotel, then assumed presidency of the empire in 1953, after she died. He attempted to introduce his progressive ideas when he opened le bar Vendôme and the l'Espadon restaurant but found himself hampered by the board of directors. His father died in 1918.
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