Catch-alunya...

Traditionally, the summer-months are silent ones for those bloggers who travel riverbanks with fly-rods in their hands.  That because of 2 reasons: don't have time for blogging, and don't have time for blogging.

Anyway, this year I had 2 weeks of holidays planned in Spain with the in-laws.  Seaside appartment, overcrowed piers and beaches, late night walks by the local markets... you name it, it's all there.  Luckely it was my 5th time to Roses (Emporda-Catalunya) and I already start te feel like home overhere.

Like some other of you BFF's do, I start to plan my fishing trips early, let's say from the moment the decission is made for the trip.  Gratest tool on the planet: Google Maps and Streetview.  But than again, it's not alway the most accurate way to check local fishing grounds.

Because of the coastal character of this region (southern Catalunya) most attention in shops is going to coastal and boat fishing.  Never the less it is home to some of the most beautifull rivers in Europe.

Due to the mountain-like shape of the region (let's says that it is home to some very high Pyrenee-mountain-tops with +2800m atltitudes), there is a certain guarantee of melting- and source-water.

This year I checked out 2 of those rivers: Muga and El Ter.

Muga

The muga River had is mostly know for it's canyoning It's running trough some very nice pitoresque villages before being grouped with some other small streams into the Darnius Lake, an artificial lake with a tremendous populations of perch, pike and sander.  Because of the very clear water you can even fish them om sight.  Schools of +1000 pcs are no exception.  I didn't get to explore it at it's full posibillities.  Best of all would be to get over here with a small boat of belly boat.  Because of it's direct connection to the mountainstreams sourcing it, it also could be home to a lot of very large trout, but no catches have been recorded with pictures online, so I can't confirm it eventhough the local guides say so..  But 80+ Sanders and 100+ Pike are not unusual

The greatness of the Muga (upstream of the lake) is also responsible for it's hard-to-catch-fish charachter: It's so clear (it gives a new dimension to Gin-clear) that fish can spot you from 100 meters away, when you park your car in the next village.  Mostly Chub, small Brownies, and a lot of other coarse fish are to be taken.  Small dry's and micronymps get the job done.  From time to time you can catch a nice chubb (+30 cm) depending on the stealth you can use approaching the pool, but most of the time it will be in the 10-20cm-range.

It's fun, you get to meet some local reptiles and rodents (minks, no rats) and running trough the narrow canyon is very humblifying.  One downside on this river is that from time to time you come in pools that are to deep to walk trough. It's a question of getting some e
xperience where you can pass.

For the stay to at Muga and Darnius-lake there are different posibillities.  We where staying at the coast (Roses) and it takes a 40 minute drive to get there.  But there is a Holiday-parc next to the upper-Muga just above the Darnius lake: Bassegoda Parc.  The rent challets or you can camp with your own tent.

Fishing in the river is free if you have a regional license (aprox. 10€/15days).  The lake takes another license. All can be ordered online at the local fishing-government. (links beneath)

If you want an organised trip to this lake, Darnius Sportshotel can provide evrything you need.


El Ter

El Ter is a whole other story than La Muga.  It also has it's source in the Pyrenees at an altitude of 2480 m and has a trajectory of 208 km before filling up the Mediterranean Sea.  In my report I would like to  focus on one specific part of the river.  It starts a little north from the village of Anglès (20 km upstream for the city of Girona) and ends up in Girona.  Why?  Because it's the only part where i fished, so I can only give personal suggestions on that part.  It's also ideal for trips (by plain) because of the proximity of the Girona Airport.  A 10 minute drive brings you to some great spots.

The success of this river has to be found in the very good way the fishing is managed.  Al public parts are No-Kill.  This means, for brownies, that the population is always-growing in an almost natural way.  For those who like to eat some fish, special trajectories are made, and you have to pay an extra fee to fish there.  They are restocked from time to time, but I heard that most of the fisherman don't take the fish.  Light-years ahead I would say.

The river has 4 mayor artificial lakes.  The trajectory we look to is from the Panta del Pasteral until the northern city-limit of Girona.  It's still rich of brownies to the south of it, but I didn't get to fish there as well.

One of the mayor features of this river is due to the artificial lake just before it.  Because of that, the water is gin clear, as we say.  All sediment coming from rainfall is settling in the lake, so only the clear topwater is being let into the river.  That makes it as fabulous as it is difficult to fish here.  You can spot fish from 30 m's away, but so can they.  Second point: because of the very clear water, vegetation is doing very well.  So to all those who like to Czech-style of French-style: Good luck cleaning your hooks after every run.   Luckely only 2 are allowed, so there's a little less cleaning work there.  Even though I love to fish this way, it's not really the most recomended way, because of the very shy fish.  If you get into 10 m's of one, better wave him goodbye, because he's gone for a while.

That takes us to the dry flies (including terrestrials), emergers and unweighted nymphs.  If I have to recommend 1 colour that does trigger a lot of the trout: Orange:  Orange hotspotted brass PT's, Orange and Partridge spider, Orange Biostrike (yes I got some strikes on the indicator aswell)...  It just got me the most fish.  Probably to do with the very clear water, but so it was.  I tried a lot of dries to, even-though there was no real hatch going on, but the Greyflagg Emerger (Wonderflies by Leon Janssen) brought me my 2 50+ strikes.  Why?  I just don't know.  It's what they took.

My timing was not so good when I arrived at Bonmatì for my final and most important session, due to the fact I had an hour of driving and had some early morning activities at our apartment at the Mediterranean coast.  It was about 11 a.m. when I hit the water.  Way to late for having the most of the morning-activity, but hey, so it was, nothing to do about it.  I already fished this area for an evening-rise 2 days earlier, but fishing was so hard.  A lot of rises, but no reaction to flies, event with a 2 meter  .10mm tipet.  One strike on the indicator.  I made my homework tot get here.  The mercury hit 35° C and there I was.  The question was: Do I fish the riffles or is the flat where I need to be?  20 minutes of riffle later, I saw a few rises in the flat just after the riffle where I was standing.  I made up my mind quickly and headed for that big pool.  A big adventurous walk trough the bush on the bank later, a came back to a place where I could wade into the water without making a lot of mayhem.  And just before putting my foot into the water, I see this massive brownie pulling away in front of me.  It was clear where they were hiding: In the shadows on the banks.  Equipped for nymphing with an 11ft  #3 combo I needed all of my casting-skills to get that really long tippet to the other side of the river, even with a hard side-wind.  My second cast with the emerger and.... bang!  A hit.  I pull my line to set the hook, and I brake the hookknot off.  As well as deceiving, it confirmed my combo was the right one.  Again I knotted on a Greyflagg emerger, casted on the exact same place, but the big boy was gone...  damn!  A little disappointed I retrieved my line and waited for a few minutes, waiting for some big brownies to rise.


No rises to see anymore... did I just miss my biggest chance on catching the fish of the trip because of a broken knot.  Suddenly I remark some movement under some grass just hanging over the bank.  It's not really a rise.  It's more like a coarse fish feeding on floating pellets.  But, because of the fact, it's the only movement to see, I have to take this cast...

Posting my fly on a meter from where I saw the fish feed...  1,2,3,4,5, Wham!  Hooked!  And then I see al half meter of speckled brown and gold, jumping out of the water.  The fish that made my vacation, was pulling my .12 nylon.  An easy and short drill later, I netted this beauty.  52 cm, my biggest trout in Spain until now.

Trips:

If you'd like to go yourself there here are some tips!
-Fishing license for Catalunya + tickets for private parts: License Catalunya English
-If you like to buy on site: Bike and fishing shop Anglès Plaça de Ruttla (Speaks a little French)
-Taking the plane + Car: Landing on Girona Airport + Car rent on location (Flying from monday till thursday is mostly cheaper)
-Sleeping: Airbnb has a lot to offer in the region of Angles till Bonmati, but plenty of hotels are available too
Guide: If you look for a guide, only one name comes to mind: Marc Van De Vliet


Tight Lines, and release your dreams: Catch and Release!

Arts-men, crafts-guys and risk-takers. I Love them!

It was, again, the High Mass of the Belgian fly fishing scene: Fête de la mouche 2017 from APMC was nothing less than fantastic.  Like a little boy on a playground, I was walking from one attraction to another.  Meeting people I knew from the interweb, in the flesh. Telling stories, exchanging info and making dates for doing the real stuff: fishing!

I saw a lot of shops, but this year my heart was specially touched by some people, most of the visitors didn't pay as much attention as they should had.  I tried to get to meet some guys who could be defined by the title of this post, because I sincerely mean what comes after the title: I love them!

Since I have been a fly fisherman and tier, I always was looking for those guys who could offer me just that little more, than the average shop.  That standard vise, the dull bobinholder, the standard olive dubbing...  everyone has them and so do I.  But, they don't give me that warm feeling.  Yeah, it's OK to call me a material- and tool-fetish
ist, because I am one.  That urge for new things makes me look out for guys who try to meet my expectations.  I'm not saying that dealers of the known brands are not needed.  I also look to them as investors.  To have a
ll the "standard" stuff on stock these days isn't a financial joke.  In the days you had 10 colors of dubbing in 3 different types. Since synthetics and fluorescent colors, the number of different bags has grown exponentially.  And that is only for dubbing.  People who think it's so easy to manage, don't have a clue what it means to own a shop, nowadays.  So: Thank you for having all the stuff!

Also a big thank you for those, who give a chance to (new) talents and making it possible for them to get a stage to show what they're capable of.  The rest is up to the audience to make them great.

But here and there you see the little entrepreneurs, making a start by making a leap into the dark.  I saw for the third year on a row, a 'local' tier.  He refuses to use cheap material, an deliver lower quality flies.  His price is a
lmost triple of some online-shops.  Is he crazy?  Is he stupid?  I call it bravura. I love this guy just for the sake of that!

I remember that, when I was a kid, the logo Made in China, was a standard for cheap junk and lower quality copies.  Is that still the case?  Is cheap a synonym for junk?  I will not give you the answer to this question.  I will make you answer it yourself: How long does it take you to make a standard fly, and which amount on material get's into it?  Now, take your hourly wage and count how much it will cost you.  Now take in account that you will not have any social security if your ill, you're not sure you'll get to sell enough to cover your costs for this month, ... . Just saying: quality has a price, and should be supported. Unless you like junk... I rest my case!

So thank you APMC-club for organizing this fantastic stage for those youngsters, those crafts-guys, the arts-men and the risk-takers.  They make my fly-experience just that more exciting!

Up to next year!  It's already in my 2018 agenda!


Tom... that fly fishing guy!

Henrietta Hare's Ear - Fly tying video

Another easy to tie fly.  A nymph especially for the shy grayling in autumn.

Used Materials:

Thread: UTC 70 Gray Brown
Hook: #16 or #18 jig hook (size depending on brand, take smallest possible)
Bead: Metallic Tungsten Pink (Not fluorescent!) diam. 3.0mm (fariojan.be)
Tail: Hare's mask fibres
Body: HE's-dubbing Nice UV (Flyscene.be)
Ribbing: Hends 0.18mm Pink Colour Wire
Neck: Dohiku Spectra Dubbing Pink

Happy Tying!

The (n)everending story of spot-politics

What is it with those fishermen and "their" spots?  It has always been a problem I have been questioning a lot of people about.  And everybody has his/her way of working with his/her information on spots.  It is true, that spots only seem to be a problem for those fisherman who want to fish active, meaning the ones who don't start feeding a spot between 7 days to 7 minutes before they start a static session for, again, 3 hours to 3 days (yes Mr Carpfisher and Mister Polefisher, I'm talking about you).

So, where were we?  Oh, yes, so it's only a problem for those active fisherman, who need to find the fish by fishing, instead to bring the fish by feeding.  So now and then you have those pioneers, who take the time to get out there and start testing spot's without knowing what it's going to give.  Those are the guys who get respect for finding spots, because every fisherman knows that it takes time to find them.  Especially those who are fishing from the bank need to invest a lot of time an blanc a number of times, because without any technology, you only can try.  OK, there are always some indications for possible fish, but lets say guess is much bigger than the certitude.  

Those guys have 2 options with the gathered information. Sharing it, or putting it in a brain-folder marked with "Classified".  

Otherwise, you have those fisherman who don't have that much time to go out there to fish.  It's true that they need good pioneers, to also have a bit of fun whilst spending precious time in the water.  It's therefore very important that we have good pioneers.  

Those pioneers are thus a very important part in our hobby. That is why they need to get a lot (and a mean A LOT!!!!!!!) of respect from those fishermen who don't have or take the time to find good spots.  But how do you get to pay respect for them?

Maybe, from time to time, it could be an idea to share something back.  Maybe, you find a new spot by expanding you territory.  Maybe you do have some time to do a little exploring.  Maybe the old spots are spooked by to much people like you who don't take time to find their own spots.  But then the question rises:  What will you do with YOUR knowledge?  Will you share it as unselfish as your pioneer did it to you?  Or will you be a ordinary parasite and just keep it for yourself? Do you remember who told you where to fish when you started your career? Are you willing to do the same with your spot?

It's not a secret that I, for myself, am pro sharing.  I'm an open book, and if you need to know something about something I found, just ask.  But it would be very unpolite to do it with information I gathered from other pioneers, without mentioning them.  In arts they call it plagiarism.  Unless you ask the owner to use his work, it's a felony.  If than, above it all, you don't get to tell your spot's.  What does that make you?  It makes you a very sad and unsocial person.  A loner who's making a problem for himself.

The next step, is that pioneers start to hide that very important information.  They start scrambling pictures because of those leaches.  They don't share with those who do pay respect.  Everybody looses in the end.  Do you understand what this means to the rest of those fisherman out there?

There is no written regulation on how to share or keep information on spot's.  But there is something called "good social behavior".  If you don't behave to the standards of your social group you wish to be with, you get expelled.  Maybe not formally, but surely socially.

So if you want to be part of the brotherhood, be a brother!  Pay respect to your elderly who pioneer(ed).  Don't infect your family with your decease called egoism.  Honor what has been given to you by your family, and be sure your family approves you giving away what is not really yours.  Learn the offspring all you know about fishing, spot's and the unwritten code of the brotherhood!

Pay your respects!

And with this I salute you,

Some fisherman called Tom 

Shop Review - Predator Fly Fishing - Oostrozebeke (West Flanders) english version

Our timing within the season is more than ideal for this review: a cold and misty autumn-morning in rural Oostrozebeke (West-Flanders - Belgium).  Koen, one of the owners, just ignited his wood-burner inside the shop.  We're ready for it!  I have to admit, we are not (yet) the best of predator fly-fishermen, but today (hopefully) there's about to come some change in that issue.  Like most of us, we are gear-fetisjists, and we have the right stuff to hook some pikes.  But then again, there's the reality that we're complete dummies on this mather

This is where the uniqueness op Predator Fly Fishing comes in.  Mostly shops are real 'shops' with a counter and racks full of stuff, but here you can come for the full concept.  Anthony and Koen offer everything you need: Gear, knowledge, experience and counceling.  This makes a big difference if you need to start from scratch.  It's true that every shop will give you advice for gear and fly tying.  But here it is completely disconnected from the classical shop-principal.

The reason for this, has it's roots in an even more unique idea. First, Anthony and Koen were hardcore predator fishermen, always looking for special and new tying-material.  They weren't always able to get the special stuff in the existing shop-circuit.  So they tried to find a way to get it, and share it with other addicts.

Because it's very hard to get into the dealerships, starting their own shop was a necessity. But there personal project quickly became a succes.  Aware of the fact they were working in a niche within the niche, a full-time shop is not sustainable. That's why the open there shop for anyone after workinghours and in the weekend.  And they do it in a very particular way: you can use the shop as if it was yours. You tie in the shop with the materials you can find on the walls, and you just pay for the packs of material you used.

This fact keeps all commercial pressure away, and makes this concept pleasant to work in and very innovative.  Count in that they are working with a little network of local experienced pikers, who accompany you to some local fishing-spots.  That is a major point for newbee fisherman, because only good fishingspots can give you a good learning-time.  I personally am positive about this principle. Its give-and-take.

So in the morning we started around sunrise.  Firts we got into the tying of 2 basic streamers.

 Accompanied by some coffee and a little spirit we fix the hook into the vise. Anthony explains us step by step what to do.  Every time he explains why we do this-and-that in this build. Functional features are playing a big part in this. He explains that there is no suchs thing as "the perfect streamer". Mostly it's a combination of functional triggers which worked for earlier tyings.  Sometimes they are works of art, and others are finished in under a minute.  It's not really the pike that has to like it, but the fisherman.

Around noon we leave in direction of the polders of West-Flanders.  In the region around Diksmuide there are some nice waters, which house some big mamma's. That's where Fabris joins us. He's a fisherman by heart and soul, and a very experienced partner in crime with Anthony.  Together we go to some very promissing spots.

Certitude is never garanteed.  If it were, it wouldn't be fishing but catching.  Some classic car-dealer preached that "Its all about the chase!" on Discovery Channel. This is also what's going for fishing.  Before we hit the water, there's a little briefing with some hot pumpkin-soup and some bread.  We get to see some different patterns of flies we could us, but in the end we decide to use out own tyings.  There quite good for this time of the season.

Honnestly, only last night was the first time we had sub-zero conditions.  That should be a good trigger for pikes to go into feeding-modus.  Due to this fact, all pikers (also those fishing with traditional lures) have been very impatient, resulting in trampled bank.  And that's what we get to see when we start on our first spot.  We're not the first ones fishing here this week. Not wearing the right type of clothing for these weathers, I'm getting a little numb at my fingers and feet.  I try to motivate myself with the thougt that every cast could be the right one, something every fishermen already needed to tell his mind at some point.  After an hour without any action, we decide to go to another promissing spot.  Unfortunally we have a same situation here, resulting in a blanc sheet on the end of the day.  No action, nor hits.

Unless al this, we had a tremendous day by the water! We had laughter about the usual fishingstories and eachother.  We also weren't afraid to tease one another for time to time.  Anthony and Fabris are not those kind of guys who take themselves very serious.  And that's what it's all about: fun, friendship and sharing experience.  We call it: "expanding the brotherhood"!

That doesn't take away the fact we have to make a new appointment to go back to the polder.  That blanc sheet still is annoying me. Butn it cerntanly wount be a punnishment to go out fishing with this gang another time.  Fun is guaranteed, catching isn't, but a fish on the hook would make it just that little greater.

Predator Fly Fishing organises initiation days on regular bases, according to the time into the season.  Seabass, pike from the bellyboat or banks and flytying are some of the activities they have planned. Follow their facebookpage or regulary check the blog or webpage for the announcements.  Looking for some speciality tyingmaterial?Go to the shop in Oostrozebeke (B) or shop online on the webshop.  Also al the gear for the fly-loving predator-hunter is at your disposition.  Next week you can also meet them on the Fly Happening in Putte (B).

As usual, this review is accompanied with a contest for our readers.

This time: A very large Predator Fly Tying-package.  Check our facebookpagina from Vliegvissen Scheldevallei for the rules!.

Dries en Tom

Some Fishermen

Shop Review - Predator Fly Fishing - Oostrozebeke (West Flanders)

Qua timing in het visseizoen kunnen we het niet beter treffen met deze review.  Een koude, mistige herfst-ochtend in het landelijke Oostrozebeke, Koen, één van de eigenaars, heeft zonet zijn houtkachel aangestoken in de shop.  Wij zijn er klaar voor!  Toegegeven, roofvissers zijn we niet (lees: nog niet) maar daar zal vandaag, hopelijk, verandering in komen.  Zoals de meeste vliegvissers zijn we materiaalfetisjisten en zijn we wel degelijk uitgerust om een 'pike'-ske aan de haak te slaan.  Maar dan heb je natuurlijk ook de realiteit dat we rasechte dummies zijn op dit gebied.

Hierin is het concept van Predator Fly Fishing uniek.  Waar de meeste shops echte "winkels" zijn, kun je bij Koen Vandendriesche en Anthony Carpels terecht voor het hele zootje: Materiaal, kennis, ervaring en begeleiding.  Dat maakt een groot verschil als je er als leek moet aan beginnen.  Akkoord, in elke shop kun je terecht voor advies, zowel op gebied van vliegbinden als uitrusting.  Maar hier is het idee helemaal niet vastgebonden aan het klassieke "winkel-principe".

Dat komt omdat de shop is ontstaan uit een even uniek idee.  In eerste instantie waren Koen en Anthony, beide hardcore roofvissers, op zoek naar een manier om zichzelf te voorzien van het bindmateriaal dat ze zelf wilden hebben of proberen, maar niet te vinden was in het bestaande circuit, en dat te delen met alle vissers die er ook op zoek naar waren.

Omdat het nu eenmaal niet mogelijk is om als leek binnen te dringen in het aanbod van de grotere spelers en verdelers was het opstarten van een shop een noodzaak.  Maar wat eerder een eigen project was werd al snel een succes.  Bewust van het feit dat deze niche binnen de niche niet leefbaar is in een full-time uitbating, stellen de heren de shop ter beschikking buiten de werkuren en in het weekend.  Inderdaad: ter beschikking!  Ze gaan er prat op dat je de shop mag gebruiken om er zelf te gaan binden, al dan niet onder begeleiding.  Je hebt alle materiaal die aan de muur hangt om je bindsels te realiseren en je betaalt enkel de pakken materialen die je gebruikt.

Dat zorgt dat er geen commerciële druk is en maakt het concept aangenaam en uiterst vernieuwend.  Daarbij komt dat ze met een klein netwerk van ervaren vissers werken, die je mee nemen om het snoek-streameren aan het water te leren.  Stekken zijn uiterst belangrijk bij een beginnend visser.  Dat zullen alle vissers zich herinneren van toen zij er mee begonnen.  Persoonlijk ben ik ook voor het concept van openheid over locaties.  Het geven- en nemen-principe, weet je wel?

Dus 's morgens startten we rond het krieken van de dag in de shop met het binden van 2 basis-streamers.  Voorzien van een koffietje en een obligatoire Calvados, spannen we de haak in de vise. Telkens begeleid Anthony ons stap-voor-stap bij het binden.  Bij iedere stap krijg je ook de nodige uitleg waarom we dit-en-dat doen bij de opbouw van de streamer.  Functionele eigenschappen spelen daarbij een grote rol.  Hij bevestigt ook het feit dat "de" streamer niet bestaat.  Het is telkens weer een combinatie van ingevingen van het moment, en meestal gaat het om een cumul van eigenschappen waar je eerder mee scoorde.  Ook in het binden zijn er rages. Soms zijn het halve kunstwerken en andere keren zijn het streamers die in 1 minuut klaar zijn.  Het is niet de snoek die overtuigd moet worden van het resultaat, maar gek genoeg de visser.

Rond de middag vertrokken we dan richting de Westvlaamse Polders.  In de streek rond Diksmuide liggen er wel enkele waters die mooie snoek bevatten.  Daar ontmoeten we ook Fabris, vliegvisser in hart en nieren, en een vat vol ervaring en "partner in crime" van Anthony.  Samen trekken we naar enkele plekken die veelbelovend zijn.

Zekerheid is er echter nooit.  Moest dat zo zijn, dan zou het niet echt meer vissen zijn.  "It's all about the chase!" hoorde ik onlangs een oldtimer-dealer verkondigen op Discovery Channel.  Dat principe geldt voor mij ook als het op het vissen aankomt.  Voor we starten is er een kleine briefing met een kom hete pompoensoep en een boterhammetje.  We overlopen een beetje de streamers die we kunnen gebruiken, maar de bindsels van deze ochtend zijn zeker effectief, op dit vroege moment in het seizoen.

Het moet gezegd, het was de voorbije nacht de eerste keer dat er sub-zero condities waren.  Het zou een trigger moeten zijn voor de snoek om "los" te komen.  Door het langdurig zachte najaarsweer, zijn alle snoekvissers, ook die met het traditionele kunstaas op de spinhengel, al enige tijd op de tippen van hen tenen aan het lopen omdat de echte start van het seizoen zo op zich laat wachten.  En dat blijkt ook als we op onze eerste stek aankomen.  Platgelopen oevers verklappen dat we niet de eerste zijn die deze week dit stukje polder zullen afvissen.  Niet voorzien op het eerste koude weer, sta ik wat verkleumd te streameren, mezelf wijsmakend dat de volgende cast wel eens de goede zou kunnen zijn, de illusie die de meeste vissers zich voorhouden op een moeilijke dag.  Na een goed uurtje verplaatsen we ons naar een andere strook, maar ook hier hetzelfde verhaal, er zijn er al voor geweest.  Dat resulteert in een blanco sheet.  Zelfs geen aanbeet of actie op te merken.

Ondanks alles hebben we een super-dag beleefd! We hebben vooral veel gelachen, zowel met de gekende vissersanekdoten als met elkaar.  We zaten niet verlegen om elkaar een beetje te jennen.  Ook Anthony en Fabris zijn niet dat soort mensen die zichzelf "au serieux" nemen.  En daar gaat het om bij het vissen: je amuseren, vrienden maken, ervaring uitwisselen.  Kortweg: verbroederen!

Dat neemt niet weg dat we nu verplicht zijn om een afspraak te maken om opnieuw de polders in te trekken.  Die blanco dag knaagt wel een klein beetje.  Maar het is zeker geen straf dat we met deze bende wederom moeten gaan vissen.  We zijn al zeker van de ambiance, de vis wordt wederom facultatief, doch welkom.

Predator Fly Fishing organiseert regelmatig initiatiedagen volgens het seizoen.  Zeebaarsvissen, snoek aan de waterkant of vanuit de bellyboat en vliegbinden zijn enkele van de activiteiten die ze plannen.  Volg hun op de facebookpagina of check regelmatig hun blog of webpagina voor de aankondiging van de activiteiten.  Zoek je uniek en specifiek streamermateriaal?  Check dan zeker de shop in Oostrozebeke of doe je inkopen op de webshop.  Ook alle uitrusting voor de vliegende roofvisser is ter beschikking. Volgende week vind je de jongens ook terug op de  Fly Happening in Putte (B).

Naar goede gewoonte gaat ook deze review samen met een wedstrijd voor de lezers.

Deze keer: een zéér uitgebreid vliegbindpakket. Check de facebookpagina van Vliegvissen Scheldevallei voor de voorwaarden.

Dries en Tom

Some Fishermen