dry time
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 […]
big time
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 […]
top or flop
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 […]
everything flows
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 […]
brownies in love
Trout season is over but I still like to spend time at the water. On sunday I saw the first spawning brown trouts of this season – a wonderful sight. And a great feeling, to know that nature still works in that little creek!
heart or mind?
For a long time already I have been taken by the river Mörrum in southern Sweden. And since 2017 I had the opportunity to fish there for salmon and seatrout several times. This year, another trip was planned, and despite all the uncertainties in the […]
summer evenings with the dry fly
Summerdays with white cloudlets travelling through clear blue skies… the meadows green, the birds singing and insects humming everywhere… it is hot and sometimes thundery. During the days, the youth is fooling around in the little creek in front of my house, a long queue at the ice cream palor…
magical mayflies
Mayflies are truely magical creatures. They are connected to big trouts and dryflies, but there is more about them…
some fish are different…
Some fish haunt me more than others, some are different… and it is not necessarily the size of a fish which makes it so desirable to catch it. Last year, I had already struggled with a trout I had encountered in mayfly season. Fish were […]
meeting point: top secret!
There are probably not many people who know the waters of Southern Germany better than my good friend Patrick. We both share a passion for small, naturally flowing streams and when he invited me to fish such a stream with him, I was immediately hooked! […]