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The plans so far:

- End of may to Southern Germany / Trout
- ... September to Denmark / Searun browns
- ... October to Florida or the Bahamas if Diamond Dave from
FF South can set me up th ...

Today I left for my favourite stream quite late in the afternoon.
Back in the Netherlands I had noticed the large number of mayflies
at a particular stream, over the border in Germany the same thin ...

They are indeed agressive and not surprisingly those where the most active fish in the section I fished.
It was a blast seeing the brooktrout charge at the streamer and boy I never thought they would ...

Yesterday some friends and I went to the Mohne river in
the Sauerland region of Germany.
The particular stretch we fished was managed by a local flyshop
and well known for its large trout.

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It is a very good pattern and if I would have any left in my box today I would not have blanked...
I do tie flies but only in emergency, the polar magnus is on top of my ordering list right now.

I ...

I hopped over the border into Germany today to see if any of
the Roach and Dace in my favourite stream would be inclined
to take a fly.
Pretty soon I encountered a whole bunch of them and tried t ...

I have to admit I almost agree with Jeremy, that little mishap is what we consider down here a luxury problem.
Having said that I still think you deserve the Steelhead more than he does Smile

I am p ...

The trout that are in my stream where also recently stocked fish.
It almost seems that the trout quickly adapt their color to the sandy bottom.
Holdover fish are very rare since there are to many me ...

Nice fish, they look really good ... that little stream looks fishy to me.
I really love fishing those smaller kind of water.
That first picture of the flower looks somewhat like the stuff
that gro ...

Loads of rain and cold weather had prevented us from visiting one of our close by German
Trout streams.
Last Sunday the weather was finally good enough to see if life had returned to the stream.
A ...

Nice fish, must say I am envious seeing those magnificent fish you
are catching.
I have to stay content for the time being with this size fish of the rainbow clan, still fun though with the scaled d ...

I did not get any of the mullet, the ones in the picture where pretty small and located in an outflow of a freshwater lake probably fed by a small stream from the mountains (Corfu).

The piece of br ...

Jeremy, I am not from Germany but from the Netherlands.
I live right on the Dutch/German border so I fish in Germany often.

I know all this geography stuff is not your thing so I forgive you Very Happy

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The reel is an Ari 't Hart HRH dry fly. bought it from my buddy Joop.

Ari used to have a company that manufactured and sold his reel designs.
He is retired now but still does design work for the H ...

Opening day on our main little river over in Germany is March 15th. when the closed season for trout ends.
In order to be able to fish all year round in Germany we joined another club near our first ...

At the end of the month the pike season ends here so today we decided to fish
a last time for Pike at the pond of the local University.
We arrived at the ponds in the afternoon and met a few fellow ...

Allthough I can think of plenty of places that are much prettier to fish in and have better fish we still manage to the make the most of our locale.

Maine would certainly be interesting to visit fo ...

Flyfishing last weekend

Last Saturday somebody actually got me to do some work for a change.
One of the German clubs had a so called working day at some of the waterways they
Manage.
Together wi ...

Despite the extremely lousy weather today (it is expected to rain continuously for 72 hrs) we went out to our favorite pike pond this morning.
During the low light conditions in the morning we could ...

Pike and yellow perch are the main quarry for us during winter.
Pike can be fun indeed but most of the time I am not that impressed with their fighting skills.
Sometimes though you encounter one tha ...

My last four flyfishing outing where fishless so every chance to break the skunk sessions was welcome.
My buddy told he he had done extremely good business with the pike at the ponds of the local Uni ...

Black zonker streamer with mylar body and goldbead head.

Hello,

As far as I know most trout streams are closed at the end of September but there are a few still open.
I will dig around and send you a mail if I find any.

Marcel

After the tropical fishing in Florida I went to my usual fishing haunts in Germany to get used to the local climate again.

In the morning hours we visited one of the smaller streams first.
All I c ...

At last I have hooked into some nice Jack Crevalles.
When fishing Gordon pass at sunset I had quite a battle with a large Jack
that decided to inhale a gurgler fished close to the jetty.

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Yesterday I spent another afternoon at Gordon pass.
While checking e-mail and posting reports at the local Orvis shop in Naples I met a fellow flyfisherman from Texas.
I came across the same flyfish ...

Fishing has been tough for me lately.
Visits to Gordon pass, Doctors pass and Lovers Key delivered few fish on the fly.
A plan B to visit some freshwater ponds in the hope to catch some of the exoti ...

Yesterday late in the afternoon I had another go at Gordon pass.
I arrived maybe an hour or so before sunset and encountered
hunting Ladyfish at the beach.

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Naples, Gordon pass oct. 12th.

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Yesterday a reltive of mine dropped me off at Lovers key near Bonita Springs.
We where at the park around opening time around 8' o clock.
It was high tide when I walked up to the beach.

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In the afternoon of the 9th I headed to Gordon pass in the hope to meet a nice Jack Crevalle or Snook.

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Beach at Gordon ...

Since I had an overdose of Florida sun on my delicate feet I decided to keep a low profile this morning.
After a good rest the first thing I did was getting breakfast at one of the restaurants on the ...

I have been in town now for a couple of days (since oct. 4th)
and have been fishing the local beach.
Slowly getting tuned in to the fishing now but as tourists often do
underestimated the power of ...

Last week I was on the road with Tom, Hans and Joop from our local flyfishingclub for our annual fall Denmark trip.
We where heading to Denmark in search of the elusive seatrout aka searun brown trou ...

Yep, it is nice Chris but what I have figured by now
NY state might also be very pretty.
Never been there though but the reports on the net
suggest some fine fishing to be had there.

Yesterday I went for the third time this month for a fishing trip to the Diemel river.
On our last trip we had arranged tickets to fish this day, the people from the village would celebrate their 925 ...

On September 1st. I went on a small trip with Harry to explore the Diemel river near where it entered the federal state of Hessen.
This was the river where I caught my first ever grayling some years ...

The season is about to close so there are not so many stories about trouting ahead.

But .... there is still plenty of other stuff to pursuit.
For instance it will still be possible to go for sear ...

Flyfishing Germany – Diemel river Sept. 9th.

This weekend I went for the second time to the Diemel river in search of Grayling and Trout.
Last week a sudden release of the reservoir upstream ended ...

Yep, it's a typical Frankenstein rainbow from the hatchery.
Almost looks like it had a run-in with the concrete walls of the rearing pond Confused

I will complain to the guy who purchased the fish.
S ...

I believe that is what they call the outflow behind a dam or weir.
Usually a fast flowing stretch of water holding trout.

Fishing Germany August 26th.

After the two trips to the Harz Mountains it was time to fish one the nearby German streams for a chance.
I took the train to Germany and after 50 minutes I arrived at ...

Harz revisited.

The last trip to the Harz Mountains was not that successful in the sense that fishing was slow and tough.
I knew from past experiences that fishing should be a lot better and so w ...

Not many snags but that could also mean I was not nymphing deep enough.
Usually the weeds are the hidingplaces of the trout so ideal to let a dry fly drift over it.
Since I am nymph dunker by nature ...

Last week one of my fellow flyfishingclub members called me if I was interested in
a short fishing trip.
May basic response to such question was always with the counter question “do cows eat grass? ...

It is quite disturbing to end up on a trip without the right gear.
Happened to me on some occasions so everytime I forget something
or extra equipment would be handy I will write it down on a list. ...

Hey, you omitted that first picture on Tidalfish Very Happy

Looks like you had tons of fun there.
How do the fighting qualities of Black drum compare to Redfish ?

Yesterday my buddy Joop and I where attended a so called open
day at one of our German fishing clubs.
We tried to convince some of the locals and kids that flyfishing was a lot
more fun than dunkin ...

Man, your getting old Very Happy

Congrats on your birthday!

A 5-6 weight would be a tad light for fishing the beach although it would suffice for the lighter work when wind is not a problem.
You should do allright with that outfit for the ladyfish allthough I ...