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, […]
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!
Aren’t grayling truely colorful? Why is it then, that the name “grayling” has its roots in the color “grey”, the french call it “l’ombre” which is “the shadow”, and the German name “Aesche” has to do with ashes? Winter is approaching and the fins of […]
Hello folks, finally managed to upload a video after a while… I filmed it two weeks ago. The day begann very rainy and windy, but at some point the sun came out and the evening was in fact pretty beautiful – the fall colors look […]
One of the most memorable days this year, was my first encounter with big stoneflies. We don’t have them in the chalk streams of my region, and so far only once have I seen big stonefly nymphs in a river in South Tyrol. Back then […]
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 […]
How did it become september so quickly again? A hint of yellow lies on the forest, and more and more leafs are on the ground… It can hardly be ignored, that autumn is on the doorstep! There were years, when I felt a little tired […]
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…