…mein eigenes Messer
Mein eigenes Messer ist, anders als man vermuten mag, eher klein und schlicht, mit einem Griff aus Birkenrinde. Es ist ein Alltagsgegenstand, der schon viele Abenteuer mit mir erlebt hat…
sightfishing
The weather was unusually warm and dry in the past few weeks, which resulted in exceptionally clear water… not as gin-clear as in a mountain stream, but much clearer than is common here. Rarely any pool was too deep to see the bottom, the visible […]
this and that and the summer
This summer is a little different than others. Many things didn’t go as planned: I had so much to do at work that I often felt too tired to go fishing in the evening (and this means something!). Then, while playing soccer, I hurt my […]
a weekend in the mountains
Mountains somehow trigger the most positive feelings in me. And I am not even really sure what the reason is, probably a mixture of all the impressions and the physical exhaustion from hiking in steep terrain. It is easy to leave behind the stress and […]
mayflies: late, few and short
When I am reading my own reports from past mayfly seasons I wonder what was wrong this year? The cold and wet spring probably played its part, as the vegetation was also somewhat delayed. The first true hatches of mayflies occured around 1. June, and […]
big surprise
Our pike season starts on May 16, and if somehow possible, I try to spend a few hours fishing. The day was cold and windy, pretty much the same as the entire spring so far… the water high and murky. To fish for pike in […]
lots of water and a little disaster
I cannot remember when we last had so much water in spring, after so many dry years… finally the water is back! And this is also the reason why I hadn’t yet fished this little Black Forest stream with so much water. But I do […]
Sonntagsfischer
…ja, “Sonntagsfischer” hat etwas Abwertendes, aber momentan entspricht das leider am ehesten meinem Angelrhythmus. Auch wenn ich gerne öfter gehen würde – ich schaffe ich es einfach nicht ans Wasser: Arbeit, Garten, Fussball, Werkstatt… irgendwas ist immer. Und zuletzt war auch das Wetter noch richtig […]
handforged knife with damascus steel, ebony and pink ivory
This knife has one of the most beautiful blades I ever made, the fine damascus pattern consists of roughly 600 layers. The three kinds of steel used in the mix do not only look great, but make up a truely…
fall colors and grayling
And finally fall is here… somewhat like a colorful flash of nature, just before the white veil of winter covers it all. Here in the Swabian Jura in southern Germany, fall is especially colorful with all the mixed beech forests. It hardly falls short of […]