Hi everybody,
last weekend I made it to my club water in the German midlands not too far from Cologne. When I saw the river I didn't expect much, due to the not only cold but also dry spring it was very low (and the guys managing the dam at the top of the stretch are sitting on their water).
Within a few casts I was into a nice brown on nymph.
Then I changed to a new sinktip line and started to fish a streamer, the slightly weighted one ran too deep so I changed to a Muddler Minnow.
I could see my streamer when a large shadow rose from one of the pools immediately under the dam. I could see the jaws closing over my fly. After I landed the fish, by hand because the net was too small, I had the biggest imaginable smile on my face. It was a 63 cm cock that probably held over from spawning.
There were more fish on Saturday.
The fish ended in my oven in Aluminium foil with herbed butter, carrots, onions and garlic. I shared it with two friends who appreciate good fish,
TL Florian
Nice Saturday
The forums are very quiet
The Global FlyFisher forum has existed for almost as long as the site, and the oldest posts are more than 20 years old. Forums aren't what they used to be. Social media has taken over a lot of their roles, and the GFF form is very quiet ... to put it mildly.
We keep everything online for the sake of history, and preserve the posts for as long as possible, but as you will see, quite a few of them aren't in a good shape, but rely on old images hosted elsewhere, which are no longer available, odd codes from old systems and much more, which can't be shown in a decent way.
But the posts are here, and you can - if you insist - start new threads. But don't stay awake waiting for replies, because they are unfortunately few and far apart.
Martin
