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Just my adventures on and off the stream... Established 2005

26 May 2009

Nervous May - part II

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What's the best part of fishing in May? Hungry trouts? The increasing warmth of the sun? Nature getting ready for a new season? For me i...
24 May 2009

Nervous May - part I

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Just back form our May trip. The weather prior to this week wasn't looking fabulous. Pretty much a rainy week with a dry period in betwe...
22 April 2009

Getting some fresh air

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The river Kyll always has been the first introduction to fly fishing for trout for many Dutch fly fishermen. I think I spent 10 years fishin...
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11 April 2009

Spring casting

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What a nice and warm easter spring day it was today. Martin Hengelsport , a local fly shop organized a demo day where one could try out a ni...
22 February 2009

Reminiscing - part IV

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This is a picture of the mighty Missouri river in Montana, near the town of Craig, I took in the fall of 2005. The Missouri river, below th...
06 January 2009

Powerfibers II

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Here are two interesting pictures of bamboo culms. The left culm is the bamboo which rod makers use, the so called Tonkin bamboo. The other ...
25 December 2008

It's Xmas!

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Merry Xmas! The past couple of months haven't been much in terms of fishing or tying. Next fishing trip is being planned for mid May. Ma...
21 December 2008

Basics of Spey rods

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Ever wondered why the Spey rods are getting more popular, even for trout fishing conditions? Much easier to get real long distances as well ...
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14 December 2008

Hardy Perfect - new pictures

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These new Hardy Perfects are really handsome reels. However the prices of these reels are huge. Around $900 for the reel alone and about $26...
07 October 2008

Pike fishing with the Dahlberg Diver

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Well I finally found the video I talked about in one of my previous postings about tying Dahlberg divers . It's released in DVD format b...

Mel Krieger passes away

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This morning Mel Krieger passed away after several months of illness. He suffered from brain lymphoma. I met Mel and his wife Fanny at the...
05 October 2008

New gear for 2009

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Every year there's this huge Fly Fishing Retail Show in Denver where the major manufacturers of the fly fishing industry show their newe...
02 October 2008

2009 Hardy Perfect

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Hardy is re-introducing a new 2009 version of their Perfect reel which originated in 1891. I haven't seen the new reel yet at Hardy ...
14 September 2008

Wide angle challenges

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I bought my camera after extensive reading through specs. Having a camera with a wide angle is great for taking pictures of surroundings bu...
03 September 2008

On-line FF magazines

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The internet being a much faster media than regular paper is giving fly fishing magazines a hard time. Some guys are using the internet to t...
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02 September 2008

Patagonia - Yvon Chouinard

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Patagonia needs no introduction. It's basically the manufacturer of the finest outdoor clothing and fly fishing apparel . The man behin...
31 August 2008

No comment (II)

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The previous edition of No Comment is here . Some folks say fishing bamboo fly rods can be really addictive. Well, I have no plans to end up...
29 August 2008

Pretty small reels

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I just ran into a bunch of new spare spools for the Hardy Flyweight and one for the Featherweight. The Hardy Lightweight reel series have...
06 August 2008

Write your own font!

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Ever wanted to make your own font but you don't have the skills to design them? Here is Fontifier . It's an amazingly simple concept...
02 August 2008

The prince and his hopper

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Back from my trip to the German Traun. The trip turned out to be different than anticipated. Both my buddies (Rolf & Andreas) couldn...
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