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Flyfishing small streams on the Dutch / German border.

August 20, 2018 admin Comments 0 Comment

Introduction The idea behind this site is to document my flyfishing exploits.Living at the Dutch / German border in Enschede offers interesting fishing opportunities. The streams over the border are well suited to flyfishing.That good fishing resulted in memberships of German fishing clubs soI could have access to several small streams.The major attractions are chub and dace but with in addition brown trout. Allthough I prefer to fish small rivers saltwater flyfishing has always been of interest to me.Saltwater flyfishing…

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Germany 20-09-2020

September 20, 2020 admin Comments 0 Comment

Another sunny day was upon us so again back to the chub hot spots.As it had not rained for ages the water in the stream was extremely low and almost stagnant.I did not manage to spot any large fish or many fish to be precise. With the sun low in the sky I had again problems just seeing fish.The many bow waves in the shallow water indicated to me thatthe fish had none of such problems. I finally spotted a…

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Germany 19-09-2020

September 19, 2020 admin Comments 0 Comment

A bright sunny day just beckoned for chub fishing.An early start was out of the question as it was fall and the morningtemperatures where quite low.The first spot I visited boasted some chub and I had the first fish quiteearly on. A little walk along the stream revealed a very big chub in the middleof the stream hovering in the surface.I managed to put the fly right in front of the fish without scaring itas I usually do.The chub moved…

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Harz 09-2020

September 17, 2020 admin Comments 0 Comment

An opportunity arose to make a last minute fishing trip so plans where put into practice quickly to arrange another road trip.The recent visit to the Harz region called for more and so we left for a second trip at the end of the trout season for that region.Conditions where excellent weather wise while fishing was not alwayseasy. I set goals to catch browntrout, rainbowtrout and grayling and all thosegoals where accomplished.I was most pleased at catching the grayling as I…

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Germany 06-09-2020

September 6, 2020 admin Comments 0 Comment

I left for the stream just as the sun was appearing in the sky.The weather forecast was questionable but early morning started with patches of fog and a clear sky. Fall was here, crisp mornings with fog and still the possibility of warm afternoons.With the sun low in the sky I could not really have a good look in the water and thus had difficulty with spotting fish.I scared the fish off before I could make casts with only on…

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Germany 30-08-2020

August 30, 2020 admin Comments 0 Comment

I wondered if moving to the chub section on a day with fog and thick clouds would be a wise move.On the other hand the low water at the upper reaches of the stream seemed equally a waste of time. I arrived at the chub haunts and had difficulty spotting fish.With some luck I managed to catch one chub near the bank whofailed to spot me.I dropped the fly over the edge of the plants on the shore and gotan…

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Harz 08-2020

August 24, 2020 admin Comments 0 Comment

I looked at this year as a lost year as all fishing trips that we planned had been cancelled due to the trying times.An opportunity came along and so I made some last minute arrangements to start the first road trip of the year. Conditions where kind of tough in the mountains with low water and warm and humid temperatures but we did alright.Our tactics differed and sometimes the dry fly produced more fish butat other times nymphing worked out…

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Germany 02.08.2020

August 2, 2020 admin Comments 0 Comment

I checked the river gauges and found them all to be low.More or less what you could expect in high summer.I was early on the water looking for fish in the chub section of the stream. The first big fish came up to check out the hopper but decided it had to be fake. The second fish seemed upset by the hopper landing in front of it’s nose and scooted off.The third fish looked interested but needed some convincing.A few…

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Germany 27-06-2020

July 26, 2020 admin

Yesterday I met up with former colleges at the pub in Germany.The company we worked for had been sold to a big corporation.The new management ran the whole lot into the ground, we left. I had some time to spare so I fished the stream in the morning.Weather wise the rains had stopped at daybreak with the waterslightly up and murky.It was strange that the perdigon did not draw strikes from shiners. I hooked a nice trout and then knew…

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Germany 19-07-2020

July 19, 2020 admin Comments 0 Comment

I had to try a second day of summer fishing for chub hunting and fished the open plain again. Chub where about but I did not see the real big fish.I was lucky enough to once again spot a school of larger fish beforethey saw me. I dropped the hopper in front of the school and one fish raced to grab the hopper, solid hookup and no swimming involved this time. What I noticed today was that the fish where…

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Germany 18-07-2020

July 18, 2020 admin Comments 0 Comment

I tried for the big chub several weeks now and finally got a decent one.After several rejections of the fly and fleeing fish I found one happily cruising the stream without spotting me first.The hopper was served and the chub zipped it down without a care. beergarden. I hooked the fish solidly on the 3-weight and despite it runs I did not loose the fish.The problem now was the bank was like 7 ft high thick with thistles and stinging…

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