MAYFLY IS ON! PART 3 The weather has improved for the last couple of days. All of a sudden a training at work is overbooked leaving me with an empty calendar. Although there is always plenty of work I realize that it is a great opportunity to fish the may fly again. MAYFLY IS ON! PART 2 The good thing about fishing is that there is always a next time. After a tough day I am back at the lake again. Simon is ready to go and it is around half ten as we head off for the first drift. MAYFLY IS ON! PART 1 For fly fishers the month of May is a month of high expectations. The Mayfly is on !! May flies (Ephemeroptera Danica) can be found on most of the Irish lakes and on some stretches of rivers. MY SEATROUT BOX My seatrout box was a lousy filled box for the past years. Two or three Harry Poppers, a lost shrimp and a handful of Magnus’, all tied on a size #6 salt water hook. I can’t say I ever missed another type of fly, I think it does not matter a lot which fly you use along the Danish coast. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! At the moment it’s too busy for us to combine selling rod blanks with our daily work so we decided to put an end to our CTS dealership. We concluded our mission is accomplished. BOIL IT YOURSELF Most anglers that fish the nymph upstream probably recognize this : A subtle twitch of the line, to subtle to strike. Was it a fish or did the nymph touch the bottom ? You will never know. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Last weekend (12-04-2009) I decided it’s enough. Of course catching Ide can be done all year around, but spawning season for Ide starts roughly in the middle of March and ends in the middle of April around here. PADDY'S DAY For fly fisher man in Tipperary Paddy's Day has another meaning : openings day on the rivers. After a long winter , where most of the fisherman fished for rainbows in on of the many lakes , the openings day is a relief. THE TOUGHEST PHONE; SONIM XP1 Multimedia units like the Iphone, Blackberry or Palm-top are great for business, but real outdoor-men needs a monster that withstands shock, water, wind, dust, dirt and extreme temperatures.