The weather was unusually warm and dry in the past few weeks, which resulted in exceptionally clear water… not as gin-clear as in a mountain stream, but much clearer than is common here. Rarely any pool was too deep to see the bottom, the visible […]
This summer is a little different than others. Many things didn’t go as planned: I had so much to do at work that I often felt too tired to go fishing in the evening (and this means something!). Then, while playing soccer, I hurt my […]
After an unusually warm and sunny month of March, snow and cold came just in time for the trout opening. The first few days of April brought more snow and lower temperatures than the entire winter… not really a good thing for nature, with all […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Als bekennendes Land-Ei habe ich das Angeln als Kind natürlich mit dem Regenwurm im Dorfbach begonnen. Und schon damals haben mich die wunderschönen und oft erstaunlich großen Fische in diesen kleinen Bächen fasziniert. Diese Faszination hat bis heute nicht abgenommen…. Am letzten Wochenende ergab es […]
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 […]
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 […]