A Fly Fishing Trip To France...
Thanks to Bold Boy


I love fly fishing!
There's nothing like catching a trout with a self made fly against the sun
set.

I remember how it all started for me...
As a boy my dad showed me how to catch fish, and I caught my share of pike
and other fish after
school.

When we went to France on a holiday we ended up at a camping site, nearby a
fast streaming river.

I noticed some guys with long fishing rods and thick lines making strange
moves over the water.
Their lines looked weird, and the bait appeared to be a bunch of feathers
after a close inspection.

The funny thing was that they actually caught one trout after the other.

That made me very curious, and a pain in the a** of the French who were
fishing there for sure.
But I had to know what they were doing, I'd never seen this way of fishing
before.

I had saved up some money from a summer job, and went to a local sport
fishing shop with my dad.
I bought a fly fishing rod, a reel, a line, some leaders and flies, and some
oil to keep the
flies floating... I was ready to catch trout - lots of trout- and I didn't
of course.

Fly fishing is not something you learn in a day or so, but what did I know
:)

Meanwhile my younger brother was complaining that he wanted to start fly
fishing too, and my
father took a long branch of a tree, tied some rope to the end, and a leader
and a fly...

Now he was "fly fishing" too!

Of course he caught a very big trout that very first evening with his branch
and rope, and I
didn't catch a single one that summer with a fly.

(I had better luck with other bait, we had plenty trout on the BBQ that
summer).

Anyway, that's how I started fly fishing. I don't do it as often as I would
like anymore,
but I try to make my own flies, and catch fish with it LOL.

My father started to like fly fishing too, and later made yearly trips to
Ireland to catch trout
and salmon.

Any idea how a salmon smells after 2 weeks when you open your lost bags
after the airline loses
your bags? We do :)

I still use some of his old Hardy fly fishing rods and reels, and kept the
all the flies he tied
himself.

If you never tried fly fishing, give it a try some time.

I bet you will love it - after you know how to use the rod and line that
is - and fresh trout
tastes very good on the BBQ or out of the oven with some salt, chopped
parsley, garlic, and some
lemon juice!

A fly fishing course is always fun, and you can learn from the pro's how to
do it.

You can also check in your local community if you can learn how to make your
own flies for fly
fishing.

And, when you know the basics of fly fishing, you can book a fishing trip to
any country that has plenty
trout or salmon swimming around, waiting for you to catch them.

I hope this will give you some inspiration to give it a try..

Here's one to your first catch... Cheers!

-Peter-