Germany 30-01-2022
I timed the second session of the year between two stormfronts.
It was still windy but waterlevels were ok, temperature a tad low
at 6 degrees C.
At first I tried nymphing at the feeder stream hoping to encounter
dace, roach and chub.
The wind blew strong over the water so I could not see moving fish.
The nymph travelled unhindered along the stream.
With no action to speak of I tied on a streamer hoping to get a
perch or other predator.
After a few casts I saw a boil near my streamer and felt the missed
strike of a pike.
The second cast yielded a solid take of a nice fish, it was a real jumper.
I suspected more pike would be around and after another missed
strike I had pike number 2 on.
Unfortunately the wire trace broke so that fish was lost.
End the day on another section of the feeder tossing a squirmy
in the depths hoping for a chub or perch.
It was no good though, nothing moved so I called it a day.









