Fishing Notes

April, 2008

The fishing season has finally started ! I had my first proper day's fishing in England during a family visit (see photo below) a couple of weeks ago. It was very cold and we had lots of snow! However, I had a lucky streak when I went fishing this big reservoir called Bewl. Although it was a bitter cold day (around 6 Celsius) it did not rain. I decided to fish from the bank since hiring a motor boat on your own is rather expensive and I did not fancy being out on middle of the big cold lake either. After a few hours I decided to hike all the way to the other side of the big dam. Using a long leader (about 15 ft) and a black Montana nymph I managed to hook (and land) a nice brace of rainbow trout. Healthy, strong fish (the best fish was about 2,5 pounds I guess) and on a #6 line with about 6 pounds tippet it was great fun! During the day I took a picture of myself....smack into my weather beaten face smoking a Dutch cigar :-)

January 1th, 2008

2007 was a fantastic fishing year for me! With many beautiful days on 'my 'little German trout stream (see photo below and there are more pictures to come soon) and in October, as the icing on the cake, a perfect trip to New Brunswick, Canada to fish the splendid salmon river, the Miramichi. Wow, I am a lucky man .....especially since I already fished a tributary to the Miramichi, Cains, the year before, with much success. (see some nice photo's at the gallery)
Because I haven't got that much time to write about it all right now....I'd like to start my first 'fishing notes' of 2008 with a photograph of the 'Home Pool' at 'Ponds Resort' we fished a lot..... The guy fishing at the front is my friend Rene, the guy fishing behind him is my friend Yvan. On the bank, watching over us with a sharp eye, our great guide for the week.

'Home Pool'at the Miramichi 2007

A wonderful brown trout from my little German stream in 2007... (Wearing my new hat :-)