Brownie on nymph

The best way to kill your time after work. A BH nymph made it again.

My 'brand new baby'!

It was time for a new project (a new rod), so I had to tell Karl about my new wish and set an appointment with him to build 'my new toy'. This time it had to be a calss 7 rod on a fast blank.
For all who doesn't now Karl Bartsch I have to tell you that he is a great fisherman and one of the best rod builders. His experience in this area is reaching many years back in the past. He started to custom fishing rods in the 80's.He was always guiding me to the best components and helped me to make my dreams come true, like this time too. His daughter Melanie stepped into the fathers footsteps and she is also very skilled and experienced in the chapter of rod building. So let me tell you about 'my brand new toy'. I was building a class 7 flyfishing rod on a 9' CTS blank, material ultra sensitive 57msi high modulus carbon, taper (fast), aktion (fast - extra fast).
I will let you enjoy some pictures. I can recommend you to ask Karl everything when's about rod building. He will help you and guid you exactely to what you need. You can also take a look at his web page where you'll find a lot of informations ( in german ) about rod building or take a look at his web shop where you'll find a lot of rod blanks and components for rod building!

http://www.karl-bartsch.de/

Thank you very much again for your help Karl!:)

Es war mal wieder Zeit für ein neues Projekt (eine neue Rute), also musste ich nur Karl über meinem Wunsch erzählen und ein Termin ausmachen um 'mein neues Spielzeug' zu bauen. Dieses mal sollte es eine Rute Klasse 7 werden auf einem schnellen Blank.Für alle die Karl Bartsch noch nicht kennen, muss ich euch sagen dass er ein ausgezeichneter Fischer und Rutenbauer ist. Seine Erfahrung in diesem Bereich hat er während vielen Jahren gesammelt. Er fing mit dem Rutenbau in den 80-ger an. Er half mir die besten Komponenten auszusuchen um meine Träume bezüglich Ruten, zu verwirklichen. Seine Tochter, Melanie, ist auch eine sehr begabte und erfahrene Rutenbauerin.Und jetzt soll ich euch über 'mein neues Spielzeug' erzählen. Ich habe eine Fliegenrute Klasse 7 auf einem 9' CTS Blank, Material ultra sensitive 57msi high modulus carbon, Taper (fast), Aktion(fast - extra fast) gebaut. Weiter lass ich die Bildern sprechen. Ich kann euch nur empfehlen Karl zu fragen wenn es um Rutenbau handelt, er hat immer die richtige Antwort für euch. Ihr könnt auch ein Blick auf seine Web Page werfen wo ihr viele Informationen über den Rutenbau finden werdet oder schaut in seinem Web Shop vorbei wo ihr viele Blanks und Rutenbauteile finden werdet!
http://www.karl-bartsch.de/

Vielen Dank nochmal für deine Hilfe Karl!:)

This was the start. / Das war der Anfang.
Building a spinning rod. / Das Bauen einer Spinrute.
Melanie and Karl in the workshop./ Melanie und Karl in der Werstatt.
My Baby!:)

Rainy evening with trouts - Abens (Hallertau)

I went out from work pretty tired and in a crappy mood but with a burning desire inside of me. I haven't been fishing for almost two weeks, so I had to do that even the weather tried to blast the fragile plans that started to get roots into my mind. After I crossed the bridge over the 'Abends' and saw that the water was great for fishing, I knew that I had to catch some trouts.

The 'Abens' is a 53 km long creek that is flowing through the hop gardens of the 'Hallertau' and ends in the Danube. It is populated with brownies and rainbows but you can also catch grayling or even pike.Soon I was ready to launch my nymphs...cast, dead drift and bang, the first trout. It was a brownie.I was fishing for a few hours till the rain made me get out of the water. Some of the pictures I made are blurry cause of the raindrops that felt on the lens of my cam but went home with a big smile on my face. I had a great afternoon with trouts and rain on the 'Abens'.