Name  Eddie Bouma
247FF-Facts  author, co-founder and 247FF web developer.
Lives  The Netherlands, Europe.
Leaves the house to fish for  everything with fins.
Favourite species  Perch. It's possible to fish for perch almost the whole year, using light tackle. Excellent sport fish!
Favourite fishing destiny  Denmark. Fishing for searun brown trout at least 4-5 times a year.
Perfect circumstances  An early spring evening. An #4 rod attached to my bike and after leaving the office, heading for the local polders fishing for ide.
Unforgettable catch  A nine pound Norwegian River Mandal Salmon! Catched using an aftma 6 rod, a defect reel and two fishing friends. One tying the laces of my wading shoes and one to untangle the flyline for the drag of the reel failed.
The ultimate fly  Modified Sawyer's Pheasant tail
Book  Sex, death & Flyfishing, John Gierach





Name  Hans Gerritsen
247FF-Facts  author, co-founder and 247FF graphic-designer.
Lives  The Netherlands, Europe.
Leaves the house to fish for  Being alone in nature with or without a flyrod.
Favourite species  Seatrout, because this species lives in regions I even like without a flyrod, the sea or a river!
Favourite fishing destiny  Fyn, Denmark. Fishing for seatrout as often as possible.
Perfect circumstances  A day in january fishing for roach, a cold day in march with an iced flyrod looking for seatrout, a sunday afternoon in may with a palmer fishing for rudd or a summer evening at the danish shoreline fishing for seatrout with a popperfly and a cold beer.
Unforgettable catch  The first seatrout finally caught after many attempts and a lot more then the prescribed 1000 casts!
The ultimate fly   Peter Ross.
Book  Havorred pa kysten, Thomas Vinge.




Name  Rink van der Wal
247FF-Facts  none, just living the 247ff philosophy.
Lives  Ireland, Europe.
Leaves the house to fish for  Any fish than can be fished with the flyrod.
Favourite species  Wild brown trout, great fighters, beautiful looking fish.
Favourite fishing destiny  Danmark, what a great place!
Perfect circumstances  A mild evening at the river Suir with a hatch of Blue winged Olives, a 9'6" rod with a four line, a Klinkhamer dry fly and no need to move as trout is rising like mad.
Unforgettable catch  My first salmon on the fly. A silver 6 pound fish, fresh from the sea on a Cascade.
The ultimate fly   Gold bead hare's ear.
Book  Wondervliegen by Leon Jansen.