Silver Arrows
It has been a while now since I posted something, but since then a lot has happened!
You know the feeling when you are going on a vacation, and you don't really know where you are going to end up? That's the feeling I have every time we go out fishing in Sweden. Everything is new and everything is diffirent. And you never get tired of it!
Thursday, the 12th of april 2012, that was the day when it was supposed to happen. At 08:00 we left Forshaga for our fly fishing trip for to Grebbestad. Sea trout was the target fish, and according to sea trout experts the trouts would be swimming in knee-deep water, something that was hard for me to imagine in these cold water temperatures. Oh well, we'll see and hope that it's going to work out.
When we arrived at the water, I was a little surprised. Where is the coast, where are the beaches? All I see is some lakes. Wrong! It was a fjord, with some nice current, and sea trouts surfacing everywhere!
This is going to be good! Yeahhhhhh buddy!
About the first day I can be short; two strikes and no fish for me, tough as hell. A lot of classmates caught quite some good fish though, where Fredrik took a fish at 70cm. Congrats boy!
The second and final day. I was a bit pessimistic; is it going to be as tough as yesterday? I'm going to bring my spinning rod for sure, if they won't take my flies. We arrived at the spot where the other guys took most of the fish, and I headed over to the corner where there were some fish surfacing yesterday. At the spot, a fish rose instantly. Stay calm, don't go in to the water, make your cast in front of the fish and strip. BAM! FISH ON! After a short fight I could land my first sea trout, what a feeling! Have to thank Bambi for the Flammen fly he gave me and where I caught my fish on, thanks buddy! And I have to congratulate Piet, who finally caught his first fish of the year. Well deserved!
During the day I was able to catch two more fish, and lost some more as well. Two great days in an awesome environment! Those sea trouts haven't seen the last of me...
Enough said, the pictures will say more.
Green Ladies
After a good day of resting, sunday was going to be a day of firsts as well. Goal: catching pikes from the belly boat. We were allowed to use the belly boats from school, and boy did we find that out. Both of the airchambers were leaking air, bummer! Find the holes, fix it, fish. Ok, nu kör vi!
I'm not a skinny boy can we say, but those floating rings are pretty damn stabil! Want one of those for sure. Ok, how does the lake looks like. Shallow water, reeds everywhere, water temperature a lot warmer then last week. This is my thing, this is where I'm in my element. Tie a spinnerbait on and cast in to those reeds. It didn't take longer then ten minutes before the first pike was laying on my lap. Not a big fish, but full of eggs and in great shape. It didn't take long before Jocke and Piet caught there first fishes as well.
At the end of the day our result was nineteen pikes, and Jocke had the biggest one at about 90cm. Not a bad score for our first day on this lake.
Now it is going to be studying all the way, you guys will here from me soon.
Strakke lijnen en kromme toppen!
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| 50cm for Bambi! |
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| Limit your kill! |
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| First one for me. |
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| Nice male for Jocke |
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| This ain't no coast?! |
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| Big fish for Jocke. |
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| Smile! |
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| My biggest. |
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| Reeds, my element. |
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| Talk to you soon! |
