A minimalist dressing with an impressionistic silouhette and almost neutral buoyancy. Let this fly idle to then strip it with a jerk. A move that pike seldom resist
DEFINITION: nymph imitations with a body length less than 5mm. This means hooks size 22 and smaller.
Sunny days and gin clear water. When catching a salmon feels like fighting windmills, it is time to try the Rocinante.
Late April, underwater life is warming up to hatch. In this small stream some of the most common mayflies that hatch in most rivers.
In Croatia there are some of the most beautiful creeks. A less known one of them is the Kamačnik in central Croatia.
River pike are real game fish. On average far stronger than their breed in ponds and lakes, they are capable to put up very hard fights.
The Torrent Bug is one third sculpin, one third frog and one third newt. A deadly fly for the mountain streams.
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The Große Lauter is a German chalk stream. In this footage some impression of the stream while the Ephemera danica is hatching.
I created this dressing by chance, finding myself in need of nymphs and with no other material to bind than CDC. The result was terrific, if not for the eshtetic for the fish that it's caught to date