The road to Lake Oostvoorne

A blue ribbon steelhead fishery... in the Netherlands! Glittering, strong and abundant - that's the steelhead of the Dutch Lake Oostvoorne

By Paul Slaney

Bas Verschoor and Philippe van Gassen waiting for a big fish to swim off.

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