Bernd Ziesche | Monday, 30 November -1
At the moment I am hosting a trip about fly fishing for coastal Sea trout in Denmark. Lots of fly casting, fly tying and fishing involved.
The summer (June, July and August) 2018 was incredible hot. The air temperature reached total record numbers. Due to that the water temperature in the Baltic sea got upto 26° Celsius in the shallow coastal areas. Such a high temperature is way too much for Sea trout. Sea trout then stop eating and migrate down the deeper water in order to find little lower temperature offering better oxygen levels.
At the moment we are having 16-18° Celsius along the coast. That's a fair temperature when fly fishing for Sea trout. But most Sea trout are still further out in the deeper water. In addition to that we had a hell lot of weather (strong winds) during the past days limitating us in choosing our fishing spots. All in all we caught a few fine fish besides having a great time learning all the details of chasing Sea trout. Lots of fly casting lessons in between.
9 am now and we are about to start our second go today (first one was about fishing the sunrise). I have been fishing for Sea trout along the Baltic coast for 30 years now. Still it is my favorite kind of fly fishing. Why? Because it's just brilliant! Great nature, fantastic fish and you never know what you are gonna get. Everything can happen at any time. Fishing the ocean big fish often show up when you expect them the least.
Hopefully you are in the middle of some fine fly fishing as well!?
Great week to all of you!
All my best
Bernd
Some pictures from the past days...
