Fly fishing and more

It has been five years since the last RISE Fly Fishing Film Festival in 2013  was held here in Rotterdam. The road to the 5th edition has ...

Last weekend I was invited to tie some flies at the Nordic Fly Fair in Elverum , Norway. Elverum is about an  1.5 hour drive  north from Osl...

Here are some great tips on tying with deer hair from my late friend Chris Helm .

My birthday present arrived today from South Africa. It's my Humpy painted by the talented artist Gavin Erwin . Love it! 😀 My other ...

The African continent has, due to the British heritage, a surprising long tradition of fly fishing. Like Kenya that started with introducing...

It's going to be quite a busy year. At least till fall. During spring we got the Dutch Fly Fair and the Nordic Fly Fair where I will...

Wow what a documentary! It starts as an exciting quest to beat the 100 year old world record for brook trout and ends as a conservation i...

I've seen many (short) videos on bamboo fly rod making. It's still amazing how a natural material like bamboo gets transformed to a ...

Doing a deer hair workshop at a FF club next week. Haven't tied any Humpy's for ages. Love these little critters! 😀

Here's a short video on the Swedish rod builder Christian Hörgren . Christian's style is typically clean and functional. Probably eq...

There are some fisheries I doubt I'll ever do it myself. Golden Dorado of the Amazon, Dolphin fish (Mahi Mahi) and the Rooster fish. The...

Kamchatka is probably the last wilderness on earth from a fly fisher's viewpoint. This video shows how an amazing place is slowly but su...

The numbers of fly lines available these days are astounding . If you look carefully the majority of fly lines on the market are variations...

A piece of fly tying history, way before forums, Facebook or even websites about fly fishing! A list server with fly tying enthousiasts dec...

Big thanks to Maarten Bruinenberg, the owner of  QFlyshop , for allowing me to review the two rods! Douglas Outdoors ' rod series ...

Winston has a nice series of casting instructions by Joan Wulff, the grand lady of fly fishing. Here are all the episodes stitched togethe...

Here's the promised look at the G. Loomis NRX LP 8.8ft #3 . I decided to throw in the Livingston Western Glass rod as well since they a...

Monday June 12, 2017 Tom Morgan passed away. Former owner of  R.L. Winston Rod Company and Tom Morgan Rodsmiths , was 76 years old. He sold...

Argentina is certainly on my to do list!

The Epic series of blanks and rods from the New Zealand based company Swift Fly Fishing Company has been discussed here  before. My rod ...

The past couple of years I have been interested in an ultra light #3 (or even a #2) bamboo rod in the 8 - 8.5 ft range. Not an easy task to ...

Always enjoy how Tim Rajeff explains fly rod technicalities. This one is especially good for who still have prehistoric ideas about fibergla...