Fly fishing and more

Recently I bumped into a site that introduces an ancient (at least 200 yeas old) method of fishing from Japan called Tenkara , which has man...

In a previous posting I wrote about the tonkin cane which is used for making bamboo fly rods. The Bamboo Broker is one of the two the comp...

Back from our trip to Austria! This trip was one of those I like best: discovering new rivers, having fun with friends and enjoying the soli...

It's still about three weeks away, yet I'm getting a bit nervous again... The past weeks were very wet in the central Alp region. Ma...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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 ...

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

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...