It has become warm, school is out and the kids playing out on the streets. In the evenings it smells like BBQ on every corner…. summer! The sun is only a mere hand above the horizon when I grab my fly fishing stuff and head […]
We had rain… lots of rain! The river is still full tot he brim, but this is it. The rain is through and suddenly summer is here. The evening sun is flashing through the trees, only rarely a cloud crosses the sky. But it has […]
Now, in early June, i keep a constant eye on the weather forecast. If a thunderstorm is predicted for late afternoon, I try to take a day off at work and go fishing, because thunderstorms can cause massive hatches of mayflies. And among all the […]
A great variety and number of insects is hatching at the moment. Mayflies, stoneflies and caddis – they are all here! And for a short time each day – often not more than half an hour – the water seems to boil! The surface action […]
My brother and I had long dreamed of fishing the Red Sea after so many years, and hoped that it would still be as wonderful as we remembered it from our childhood. After 27 years, my brother and I returned to Saudi Arabia in feburary […]
Where have all the big fish been in march and april? No matter where I went, I struggled to catch anything… and when I did, it were mostly the small ones… nothing beyond the “magic” 20in so far…and yes, I admit, I do enjoy stalking […]
Everything is possible in April… since trout season began on 1.April, the weather has shown us everything it has to give. Cold nights, and ice covering everything on sunrise, the days a mix of sun and storm and rain and snow… days to celebrate a […]
Every season opening is a bit different… the weather, the water, the fish and even myself, are changing continuously. Except for the fact that on the evening before I realize that I should eventually sit down and tie some flies… and that it gets late […]
So langsam zehrt die Pandemie an meinen Kräften… seit November war ich nicht mehr fischen, und so richtig Lust hatte ich bislang auch gar nicht. Die Highlights, auf die ich eigentlich hin gefiebert hatte, konnten nicht stattfinden, bzw. fanden ohne mich statt… Huchenfischen in Slowenien, […]
Fishing in my local trout stream is closed in winter, and so there is more time for the workshop. I had documented every step in the manufacture of this knife with my mobile phone, but unfortunately I killed my phone recently when I dropped it […]