{"id":3079,"date":"2017-08-04T21:37:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T20:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/?p=3079"},"modified":"2017-08-04T21:50:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T20:50:00","slug":"tarpon-des-armen-mannes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/en\/2017\/08\/tarpon-des-armen-mannes\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor man&#8217;s tarpon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Flyfishing for asp<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160115-Bearbeitet.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3079]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3087\" src=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160115-Bearbeitet-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160115-Bearbeitet-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160115-Bearbeitet-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160115-Bearbeitet-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160115-Bearbeitet.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The asp is one of the most ferocious fighters of our South German rivers. Its power and its shape have some resemblance to the tarpon. And although it surely cannot compete with this big game fish, it is great fun fishing for asp. And it is possible right before our doorstep: The Rhine and its tributaries, especially the lower Neckar, is great asp fishing water!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An asp taking the streamer is unrivalled in our waters&#8230; it often takes the streamer like a lightning, leaping out of the water, going at full speed and almost pulling the line out of your hand&#8230; it is addictive! And so I might be better off, not fishing for real tarpon too soon&#8230; or I might be hooked, and my moneypurse wouldn&#8217;t like it \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160129.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3079]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3088\" src=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160129-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160129-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160129-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160129-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160129.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Together with my brother I started a trip to the Neckar during a family visit. While in other regions, people\u00a0 are very successful using topwater flies such as gurglers, we have not had much success with these in the past. Simple baitfish-patterns work best for us.<\/p>\n<p>We had a great day fishing and caught many asps, the largest measured 74cm and the McLean-weighing-net showed more than 4 kilograms. WHAT A MIGHTY FIGHTER! I was happy to have my brother at my side, who helped with the netting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160152.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3079]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3089 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160152-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160152-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160152-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160152-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160152.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160183.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3079]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3086 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160183-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160183-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160183-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160183-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160183.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160171.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3079]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3085 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160171-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160171-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160171-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160171-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160171.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160163.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3079]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3084 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160163-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160163-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160163-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160163-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160163.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flyfishing for asp The asp is one of the most ferocious fighters of our South German rivers. Its power and its shape have some resemblance to the tarpon. And although it surely cannot compete with this big game fish, it is great fun fishing for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,141,67],"tags":[216,145,53,88,142,115],"class_list":["post-3079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein","category-fliegenfischen","category-rapfen","tag-baitfish","tag-fliegenfischen","tag-neckar","tag-rapfen","tag-streamer","tag-topwater","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Poor man&#039;s tarpon - Troutfishing Germany<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/2017\/08\/tarpon-des-armen-mannes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Poor man&#039;s tarpon - Troutfishing Germany\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/2017\/08\/tarpon-des-armen-mannes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Troutfishing Germany\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-04T20:37:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-08-04T20:50:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160152.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1125\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Hannes N.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Hannes N.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/2017\/08\/tarpon-des-armen-mannes\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/2017\/08\/tarpon-des-armen-mannes\/\",\"name\":\"Poor man's tarpon - Troutfishing Germany\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/2017\/08\/tarpon-des-armen-mannes\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/2017\/08\/tarpon-des-armen-mannes\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160152.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-04T20:37:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-08-04T20:50:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/#\/schema\/person\/21f661cdf113ae14ad1fb9d2ff6ec48d\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/2017\/08\/tarpon-des-armen-mannes\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/2017\/08\/tarpon-des-armen-mannes\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160152.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/P1160152.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1125},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/\",\"name\":\"Troutfishing Germany\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/#\/schema\/person\/21f661cdf113ae14ad1fb9d2ff6ec48d\",\"name\":\"Hannes N.\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e83151f6af496d212a5a729d02a0cdb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e83151f6af496d212a5a729d02a0cdb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Hannes N.\"},\"description\":\"Wohnt am Wasser, liebt das Wasser, keinen Schritt ohne Angel! 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