Fly fishing and more

Surely you have seen those sandals before on the street. Some called them 'Jesus Nikes' or Sport sandals. These sandals are great fo...

Italy wins the World Cup 2006 after taking penalties. So, what's my verdict of the World Cup? The commercial pressure is dominating foot...

So, the first round is wrapped up... Jeez, this tournament is a mixed bag indeed. The entertainment we expected hasn't been delivered. T...

Just back from the World Cup match Korea vs Togo. It was in a few words: hot, amazing atmosphere, hot and overwhelming enthusiasm. The match...

The FIFA World Cup football championship has started. So, far the big countries didn't impress me. In fact, Germany and England played ...

Early April Bill Taylor and I were talking about the new fishing season (see posting of 4 April 2006). This resulted in having a little tri...

Sure we know how to tie a fly on our tippet. But do you know how to tie a streamer or a nymph which wiggles freely on a 3x (or thicker) tipp...

Last weekend my buddy Rolf and I headed for the Weisse Traun in southern Germany. It was our first trip of the year and it turned out to be...

During low light conditions like falling dusk, the regular sunglasses are generally too dark. I've never tried photochromatic sunglasse...

Generally I'll fish with some kind of nymph during 80% of the time. Fish feeds for more than 90% under water so that makes sense. Most s...

At last! The weather is finally warming up as more days have increasing sunny periods. We planned our first trip to the trout streams in sou...

I've always loved giving (experimental) flies away to friends who try them out on their favorite streams. After all that's what flie...

Large arbor reels are the buzz these days. The advantages of these reels makes sense and they look great on graphite rods. On classic graphi...

The Fly Fair (the original!) which was supposed to be held this spring (May 6 & 7) in The Netherlands has been cancelled. The first Fly ...

It must have been sometime in the late 1980’s. I watched this badly copied VHS video called ‘ Fly Fishing for Pike with Larry Dahlberg '...

I remember calling to overseas costing a fortune. Not sure how much exactly but it was high enough to keep the calls short. These days the p...

As I wrote in my posting ' The Weisse Traun in June ' I started appreciating nice bamboo fly rods several years ago. I haven't s...

Don't you just love the Humpy? I do! The Humpy is a fly that has achieved stardom in the western states. Very buoyant and the many tying...

Trout Grass is a documentary on the journey Tonkin bamboo, the material to make bamboo fly rods, makes from mainland China to Twin Bridges, ...