The teams of the Pike Challenge 2016
We were really pleased to see the enthusiasm around this contest, we opened the registration last Friday and it was already full after about 50 minutes… that’s just crazy !
Register to the Rodtrip Pike Challenge 2016
We are super excited to announce the second edition of the Rodtrip Pike Challenge.
Gold rush in France, sight fishing for zebra trout and grayling on the Albarine
Two years have passed since the last time we went to France to fish the gorgeous zebra trouts of the Albarine.
The call of the clear water river was so strong that last Wednesday, we decided, Mathias and me, to go meet her again.
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Fly Fair Holland 2016
At the end of May we visited the Fly Fair in Holland.
This year it was being held at a brand new location, namely the trout fishery Berenkuil in Putten.
Payback time with Irish Pikes !
Last year we went to Castle Hamilton (see our video bellow), to check out if pike fishing in Ireland is as good as they say.
We went, we saw, and we had some serious fun.
700 teeth on a fly – winter 2015
Our Rodtrip team really enjoys an adventure which can be done by any flyfisher, young or old, on a budget or not.
Fishing in Belgium : a useful guide for newcomers and foreigners (Part 1. Wallonia)
Several people contacted our Rodtrip crew, to ask information about the Belgium fishing regulations, and how to procure fishing licences. Despite being a small country , one can easily get confused because of our complicated fishing regulations.
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The Rodtrip boys tell you their fishing opening !
Like every year in March, trout fishing starts. We are always very excited to go back to the river and to catch our first fish on the fly.
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How to approach a new river, when tackling it for the first time ?
We all seem to get lost a little when we tackle a new river, dries ? nymphs ? streamers ? Which technique will make the fish eat our flies ?
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Rise festival, Coyolles and pike fishing
We spent our last weekend in France and it was 100% fly fishing ! We were invited at Coyolles for the Rise festival and we had in mind to try new lakes for pike in the same area.
Iceland, Fity-five+ River
We hit the road again and head north, up to a river known for good trout fishing.
Tying pike flies using lama hairs
Last year at the fly fishing fair of Charleroi, Belgium, I had the chance to meet a lama breeder who had started to commercialise the hairs for fly tying purposes.