{"id":5589,"date":"2022-06-01T22:01:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T20:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/?p=5589"},"modified":"2022-06-07T06:43:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T04:43:43","slug":"himmelfahrt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/en\/2022\/06\/himmelfahrt\/","title":{"rendered":"Ascension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayfly season began for me on Ascension Day\u2026<\/strong> this day is in Germany also celebrated as \u201cFather\u2019s Day\u201d (I know it is a different date in other countries), and so it is one of the few days when no lengthy discussions with my wife are necessary to go fishing. Probably she is just happy, I am not going into the pub like so many others.<\/p>\n

The day started with the obligatory morning mass which was taking place outdoors, and although I don\u2019t like these religious ceremonies and just attend them out of solidarity with my family, this one was different: A mayfly was sitting on the pastor\u2019s robe, and I couldn\u2019t take my eyes off it! I was seriously doubting my atheist worldview, because this just had to be a sign! And wasn\u2019t a mayfly hatch something like an ascension after all? My hopes were high for the afternoon!\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Full of confidence, I was walking along my little stream a few hours later, enjoying the sun and constantly scanning the water surface. Here and there, a mayfly was taking off, and a few trout had already discovered them. It is a wonderful sight, when a brown trout seems to hover towards the fly from below without the slightest steer of water, and sips it from the surface with great precision. Besides, I was able to take pictures of hatching mayflies, which keep fascinating me year after year:<\/p>\n