Just the other day my brother Remko van den Berg handed me some old photo albums which belonged to my mother. While browsing through them, I stumbled upon an old postcard. It was sent from Ireland to Holland by my late Uncle Jan Baaijens (my mother’s brother) who accompanied me during my first proper fly […] Continue Reading
Erik’s Sawyer Nymph
At first I hesitated to show this “secret” fly to the world…that is how good this nymph is… believe me. But since I do not mind other people having fun and catching fish I decided, what the heck, let them know about it! (I also wrote an article about it for the Canadian magazine “Eastern […] Continue Reading
Misadventures of a Fly Fisherman (book review)
Ernest Hemingway is a very famous writer, he won a Nobel price for his works in 1954. Many fly fishermen feel attracted to this writer because it is known that Ernest used a flyrod every now and then. In his adventure stories it is always the person of “Nick Adams” who does the fishing. Big […] Continue Reading
Cut the crap, please
What is this about? I will try to explain…. In a previous life I have been making my living with trading (wholesale) fly fishing tackle, from fly rods to Tiemco hooks. (Did you know that Tiemco stands for: Tokyo Import Export Manufacturaring Company?) Wonderful company, delightful people, great products.During those years I have been puzzled […] Continue Reading