french-style “Laguiole” folding knife
Ein Klappmesser im Laguiole-Stil, mit einer kleinen Forelle auf der Rückenfeder. Das bislang aufwändigste Messerprojekt, das ich erst nach zwei Jahren fertigstellen konnte.
(verkauft): Klassiker aus Rentier und Birke
Dieses Messer greift eine klassische Material-Kombination skandinavischer Messer auf: Maserbirke und Rentiergeweih. Ich habe dies ein wenig neu interpretiert, mit Bronze kombiniert und eine etwas schneidfreudigere Klingengeometrie gewählt, als das beim normalen “Scandi-Schliff” der Fall ist. Die Messerscheide ist sehr traditionell, mit einem Inlay aus […]
SWISSCDC MultiBrush by Christian Kuchelmeister
The tying-tool-family by ingenious flytier Christian Kuchelmeister in cooperation with SWISSCDC has a new member: the MultiBrush. I had the chance to work with this tool a few weeks prior to the official introduction. Here is my review.
October is grayling-time
The month of October is the best time for grayling in our stream. The gin clear water in fall makes it possible to spot them – very often it is the light-colored edge of the huge backfin that betrays the presence of a big grayling […]
small mountain streams in the Bernese Alps
When the end of the trout season approaches, my thoughts are slowly circling around the question what remains to be fished, and how and where I want to spend the last days of the season… and this somehow coincides with the nights getting colder and […]
Soča Valley, day 4: big fish salvation
And the last day went in the best possible way… looking back, I still shake my head and wonder who wrote the script for this 4-day-drama… whoever did, thankfully included a happy end. After three days fishing with various techniques, in various water and with […]
Soča Valley, day 3: Lepena
My family had granted me another day of fishing in the Soča Valley, which gave me more time to experiment in pursuit of the legendary marble trout. Back in Germany, while preparing for this trip, I had studied the map meticulously. And the tributaries of […]
Soča Valley, day 2: big streamers
The first day fishing with nymphs had been quite good, with several fish caught. Among them one Marmorata landed, which had been the overall goal on this trip. Being quite satisfied with the nymphing, I was curious to try big streamers in hope of increasing […]
Soča Valley, day 1: nymph-fishing for marble trout
The night before our trip to Slovenia, I sat at my tying desk long after midnight, to fill up my fly boxes. My friend and “dealer” Christian Kuchelmeister, a professional fly tier, provided me with some tipps and warnings concerning the fishery in Slovenia. Christian […]
methusalem
When such an old fish appears from the deep, in a spot which is easily accessable and very frequently fished, it is hard to believe how it was possible to fish past this huge fish for all this time! I have fished this spot many […]