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

Dark grey, light pink, silver - Marco Vershoor's fish is a perfect Lake Oostvoorne steelhead.

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