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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
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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.
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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.
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