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Denmark
The small Scandinavian country with the great sea trout fishing

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Sunrise: We only had a few takes and caught nothing - but we had a wonderful sunrise, saw a seal and three porpoises hunting close to the beach. The best way to get away from stress and daily routine and do nothing else than relax. What a morning!
See the pictures here

Autumn Gallery

Late season: Martin Joergensen's favorite time for coastal fishing has always been in the autumn. Only a few things will in his opinion beat a nice September or October day on the coast.
See why here.
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Sea Trout Gear
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Fishing the Danish coast
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Magnus
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Early Morning
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Not really fishing
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The Bad Beginning
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Merry Christmas
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GFF Summit 2007
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Our first mullets
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Waiting for spring
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Summit Podcast
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GFF Summit
Videos with "Denmark - The small Scandinavian country with the great sea trout fishing" - More videos
The Land of Ice and Silver
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Our Easter fly fishing trip to Bornholm 2013. Three beautiful and very cold days chasing silver, landing 18 sea trout, with the largest weighing 2,5 kg.
Seatrout fly-fishing, Baltic coast
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First short trip to the Danish Baltic coast autumn 2012. I now look forward to the new fall-winter season, because it was a nice and successful start to the new season at the Baltic Sea.
Moen Invitational 2012
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Nice video from Danish island Moen. Some spin fishing, but also lots of fly-fishing. In Danish with subtitles. We started what is going to be an annual event, it is all about competing in a friendly manner and just enjoy the beautiful surroundings on the lovely Island of Møn. The competition includes much more than "just" catching the biggest fish. We tried to make many challenges that could be done while time was spent on the beach, taking a break from casting your fly in the water.

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FlyFishing
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FlyFishing is shot in different locations in Denmark.
Seatrout in cold sunset
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Line 6 / shrimp size 6, location: Denmark / Als in early April 2010, 74cm / 5,5 kg
Rod on the Danish coast
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Good friend Rodney Hsu of "Fishing with Rod" fame catches a nice one on the Danish Coast

About "Denmark - The small Scandinavian country with the great sea trout fishing" from Blog Creek – GFF's weblog
· Danish Fly Festival 2013 - The biennial Danish Fly Festival will take place the weekend March 23rd and 24th in Kolding in southern Denmark. Want to meet there?
· Danish Fly Festival - This past weekend was the time for the Danish Fly Festival, which takes place every second year.
· Sea Trout Secrets - A set of very good Danish DVD's have been translated into English.

  
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Mullet fever
Danish Brian Kjaer has condensed his knowledge about the thick lipped mullet into this DVD, which is one long drive through a great type of fishing with lots of action, lots of tips and lots of sheer fun in fishing. After having watched this DVD you will definitely want to go fishing.
  
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GFF Summit 2006
Meet other Global FlyFishers at this fish-in for GFF staff, readers and friends, which will take place in Denmark mid-September. We will mainly aim for coastal fishing, but there will also be stream and lake optoins.
  
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Bornholm 2006
GFF partner Martin Joergensen's annual trip to Bornholm! A highlight in his fishing calendar and always a great trip no matter how lousy the fishing is. This year fishing was fine and the trip a success in spite of troublesome wind and a late and cold spring.
  
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Danish winter
When King Winter and the Ice Queen reign over the waters the fishing slows down. What better to do than to get out your camera and snap some pictures of the beautiful landscapes, icy hardship and the rare but well-deserved fish.
  
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Winter coast
This little article is a photo essay rather than one of many words. GFF partner Martin Joergensen has done picture based stories like this one before, just putting up a bunch of good fishing shots and adding a little text.
  
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Adventurous rod
This book is a paradox. Not because of the content, which is both beautiful and fascinating, but because of the circumstances around it. The author fished 45 countries and states in 10 years, and this is the book about that adventure.

  
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Danish gallery
A few photos to give you an idea of how GFF partner Martin Joergensen spent his domestic fishing days in the first part of this year - primarily in pursuit of his beloved sea trout, but also out to get some pike and other species.
  
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Bornholm
Martin Joergensen's annual trip to the Danish island Bornholm is coming up. This year without GFF partner Steve Schweitzer by his side. Steve here tells the story of the 2002 trip, where they both indulged in fish, good food and friendship for a week.
  
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End of the rainbow
In Denmark fishing for escaped sea farm rainbows is possible when a cage breaks. The sport is good and you can catch - and kill - several prize size fish in the 50-60 cenimetre or 20-24" range in a day, helping removing them from nature.
  
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Spring 2003 pictures
Fishing on the Danish coast during the spring months - March, April, and May - can be a true blessing. Many species are about, but particularly sea trout and garfish can be plenty and easy to catch. This small gallery shows some scenes from Denmark this spring.
  
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Christmas Tree
Again a 'classic' Danish fly. Actually only uses one significant material: a piece of mylar tubing. Body can be covered with yarn or floss to add color. A really good fly for cold or unclear water. Fish deep and slow in the winter.
  
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Rock Island
Pictures from GFF partner Martin Joergensen's trip to the Danish Island Bornholm in March 2001. There isn't much text yet, but a selection of nice pictures from a succesful trip.
  
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Autumn
Autumn is ideal for catching top condition fish, mornings, days and evenings. The fish are typically stuffed with the smallest animals, and small brown/gray flies are therefore best.
  
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Casting into waves
Yes, I actually do cast my flies into the waves! And it's great too, even though I prefer them to be small waves.
  
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Changing conditions
Water conditions change from day to day and one location varies from clear, calm water to muddy water with high waves. The fish are there almost no matter what, and often rough weather offer better fishing than a calm surface.
  
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Fishing Denmark
  
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Flies
Most of my flies are relatively simple patterns. The danish salt water fly-fishing demands flies in a lot of categories. Sometimes you can fish a location where the water is crystal clear and the surface is as a mirror, and sometimes exactly the same location is marred by hard wind, heavy waves and water as hot chocolate with marshmellows (yuck!).
  
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Map of Denmark
Just for your general orientation I've marked out a few good fishing spots.
  
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Map of Europe
Here's where Denmark is on the map of Europe. Denmark is that green blob in the middle (see the detailed map of Denmark).
  
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Rule no. 1
The bottom is a main factor in the ocean We have no trees, no meandering, no overhanging banks (almost none at least). The water covers it all and above that... the sky.
  
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Rule no. 2
The bottom is like the beach This is not always true, but generally the beach can be used to judge the bottom below the surface.
  
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Rule no. 3
Fish are where they feel good That is where one or several factors are present: food, shelter, optimum water conditions, other fish ...and more.
  
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Rule no. 3½
This should actually be rule number 4, but it's still a bit too vague to be so it is based on my own and a lot of other fishers experiences, but still... Fishing is best when water is going out and please notice, that this doesn't only refer to tidal movement.
  
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Rules & regulations
There are laws in Denmark too, and some of the deal with fishing. The most important ones are these
  
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Spring
In the spring all fish are beginning to eat again. The spawning fish return to the sea and all fish leave the fjords. Flies are an excellent way of getting contact with these hungry fish, but spin fishers using larger lures of different kinds can also trap many fish.
  
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Strategy
"Points" are generally good landmarks to use as a base for the fishing. Not that there are necessarily more fish there, but as they make good mental holding points. Points are good spots to start fishing and from these landmarks you can make 'excursions'
  
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Summer
Summer is for harder fishing. Late evenings and nights when the water cools off are best. Fish don't migrate any more, but often stay in small areas. You have to fish at these places which typically have deep water close to the shore and a lot of circulation.
  
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Tackle
Most Danes fish 7-8 wt. rods and lines. And most use a weight forward floating (WF-F) line or a shooting head. Expect that fairly long casts under difficult (that's mostly windy) conditions can save a day. All salt water flyfishing is done wading, and both waders and warm clothes for almost all seasons are essential.
  
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Tactics
Look at this picture. It shows an imaginary piece of coast and how to fish it. The different 'landmarks' are indicated.
  
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The seasons
As all other kinds of fishing, the hunt for sea trout varies greatly through the year. But opposite many other fishing, there's no low season or high season.
  
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The weather
For your comfort you'll want a light wind from any direction or a heavier wind blowing away from the shore. Fish will be there in any wind and hard winds will often bring bigger fish that bite harder, but fishing can be tricky and tiring.
  
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This is Denmark
Denmark is a small country; the size of Pensylvania, and can by no means be compared to the other and far larger Scandinavian countries; Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland.
  
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What then? How to get on...
Once you have found a place where all these things come together, you still have a lot of water to cover. Luckily you can spot the places that will hold fish on an even smaller scale.
  
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Where rules meet
Certain spots provide many positive factors for the fish: exposed coast with mixed bottom, sand and weed covered stones. Variation, shelter and food is here in plenty.
Wind considerations
The wind is an important factor whan fishing the Danish coastline.
  
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Winter
In the real cold winter, the trout has to seek freshwater because it can't tolerate salt due to difficulties with osmotic regulation. Hence the fish are found in streams, estuaries and brackish fjords. For the salt water fisher, the fjords and shallow waters can offer good fishing in the winter.
  
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Mullet
The mullet I will be discussing here is commonly known as the grey mullet or the thick-lipped grey mullet. This fish is normally known as a Mediteranian fish, but has been known to travel to Denmark and the Baltic Sea in spite of the big difference in salt levels. The fish are even known to enter streams and rivers.
  
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Flies from the Flyleaves of my Diaries
Preben Torp Jacobsen's book Flies from the Flyleaves of my Diaries, subtitled "And further Notes of possibel Interest!"
  
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The Magnus
Magnus is a 'classic' on the Danish coast. This small anonymous fly and its very similar brothers the Frede, Sandshrimp and many others, are probably the most catching flies on the coasts of Denmark. The eyes and the palmer hackle are the prime characteristics of the Magnus, which is mostly used in clear water.
  
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Magnus Classic
A great Danish fly for sea trout - The classic Magnus
  
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Cod
Cod and similar species are a much underrated quarry for the fly fisherman. In places where it's very common like Denmark and Norway, they are even sometimes considered an annoying disturbance in the much 'finer' fishing for sea trout. But cod can be an excellent game for the fisher whose gear and mind is tuned in on it, and the abundance and size of fish can easily justify a more focused fishing for cod.
  
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Garfish
The garfish is a very common guest in many Northern European countries. It is normally a pelagic fish whose migration pattern is not known in detail. But one thing is for shure: these fish will return to spawn in shallow and rich areas along the coasts many places in Europe.
  
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Sea trout
The key to success in the pursuit of sea trout in salt water on the coasts of the Baltic Sea is understanding some important aspects of the trout's behavior in respect to the seasonal changes. The sae trout i salt water can't be fished the same way all year. Some key factors here are water temperatures, currents, the wind and the trout's migratory patterns.
  
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Species to catch in Denmark
Part of this section is the manuscript for chapter in a book on fly fishing in salt water in Northern Europe. The subjects covered here are also covered elsewhere on this web site. Each page contains links to all relevant pages on The Global Fly Fisher.
GFF Gallery
All the oldie pictures from back when GFF was not yet formed and GFF partner Martin Joergensen was running Fishing Denmark.