A short while ago I visited my former university in Tübingen for the first time after many years. There, I was happy to combine business with pleasure… so after my appointments at the university I went fishing with my mate Markus, which I have been […]
Nachdem ich von meiner Grippe wieder vollständig genesen war, ging es endlich wieder einen Tag ans Wasser – diesmal an den Oberlauf des Neckars bei Starzach-Börstingen/Sulzau. Diese etwa 10km lange Strecke am Oberen Neckar liegt grob gesagt zwischen Horb und Rottenburg, inmitten eines wunderschönen Tals […]
Seit einigen Wochen schleppe ich eine Erkältung mit mir herum, und zuletzt war ich tatsächlich einige Tage außer Gefecht. Die Lebensgeister erwachen aber langsam wieder, und was wäre besser als ein wenig frische Luft und Entspannung? …also ab ans Wasser! Seit vielen Jahren sehe ich […]
A very simple pattern to tie and to fish, but VERY effective in the late evening hours. Especially when it is getting so dark that you can hardly see your fly, let alone tell if it is already degging or not, this fly lets you […]
This pattern, devolopped by Hans Van Klinken, is another one of those patterns that work under almost every condition! Its body lies deep in the water, and this seems to attract even the most wary fish. I exchanged the original white wing for an orange […]
During summer I sometimes struggle to tell to which of the many different insects the fish are currently rising. A pattern that ALWAYS works is this pattern created by Christian Kuchelmeister. This fly has caught a large variety of fish in difficult situations, from Slovenian […]
Here is another mayfly pattern, that I tie and use regularly. Its body is made of foam, which makes it almost unsinkable… and it catches fish! I caught some of my biggest dryfly browns on this pattern. Here is what you need: Hook Partridge Klinkhamer […]
A while ago I had heard good things about this part of the Danube, but I hadn’t fished here before. I intended to mainly practice for my trip to Sweden in summer, so I took my 8wt rod and reel, some streamers and heavy nymphs. […]
Every mayfly season there comes a time, when the trouts are so fed up with mayflies, that they ignore even a good evening hatch… other insects become more interesting to the fish… for whatever reason, maybe they simply want some else to taste. Time to […]
The “Halblech” is a small, rather unknown, mountain stream in Southern Bavaria, close to the famous castle of “Neuschwanstein”. Last week I had the opportunity to fish this stream during a family holiday in the area. Here is my report: The license can be bought […]