April 2012
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Bass On The Fly - With Austen Goldsmith
Yet another bass fishing movie trailer! This time the renowned bass fishing expert Austen Goldsmith takes you fly fishing for our beloved silver warriors… The shots look very promising and we’ll be watching out for the full movie. [[MORE]] Fly fishing for Bass with Austen Goldsmith from Video Art Productions on Vimeo.
Apr 29th
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Small on the surface
It’s about an hour before sunset on a beautiful Summer evening, the wind fell away entirely and the crystal clear water of the Dutch Oosterschelde looks as flat as a mirror. The silence is overwhelming, just the sound of some birds in the distance and the gently flowing water can be heard. [[MORE]]Gingerly, I walk along the dike to the spot of my choice. Arriving there, I move carefully over...
Apr 22nd
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Let us know...
This week we received a kind message from one of our visitors - Andres. A couple of days after Pieter posted an article about an homemade rod rack, we we’re contacted by Andres and he told us he downloaded the plan of the rack, and that he would be working on it together with his brother inlaw. And look at their result! So cool to see we can help each other out, this is really what...
Apr 20th
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A Magnificent Striper Movie - 35(!) minutes
An amazing fly fishing movie. Cool shots, nice transitions and wow, what a music. Sit back, relax and be amazed - that’s all we have to say. ‘It is a 35 minute version of the 2011 season fly fishing the inshore waters of the Northeast. Scenes focus on Western Long Island Sound, Breezy Point & NJ, flats of CT and New York, Block Island and Montauk.’ Via 24leurres.com ...
Apr 17th
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Labrax - Movie trailer
Very nice and interesting trailer for a new upcoming (Dutch) bass fishing video. The video is shot at the Europoort (Rotterdam), and shows you some local secrets in shore fishing with plastics… We’re looking forward to see the rest of it![[MORE]]
Apr 16th
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Slow Growth
Bass is not the fastest growing fish around. Dicentrarchus labrax needs quite some time to reach a considerable length. Warm summers do speed up the growth. That’s why bass in more southern regions reaches maturity earlier than in our parts.[[MORE]] Compared to many other round fish in the North Sea, sea bass is a slow growing species. The juvenile stage generally lasts four to seven years. At...
Apr 8th
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The Irish Bass Festival 2012
This year from the 20th till the 22nd July the Irish Bass Festival will be held for the first time. The festival takes place along the south coast of Ireland (at the ‘copper coast’ from Tramore to Dungarvan to be exact).[[MORE]] The festival is a three day (catch & release) bass fishing event that focusses solely on lure fishing. As neither of us had ever visited this part of...
Apr 6th
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The 'Wadden' Islands
The ‘Wadden’ Islands are a group of islands located in the North Sea and lie a couple of miles off the coast of the (northern) Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. For some years now, I regularly visit several of the Dutch islands for fishing as well as for holiday purposes with the family. Like almost all the islands, these islands also got two faces. One side is rugged because it...
Apr 3rd
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Apr 2nd
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'La French Touch'
Lovely fishing vid of the adventures of some bass crazy French dudes… Also check out their other movie where they catch a big one in the port of La Rochelle - much respect for the releasing part! [[MORE]] la french touch from thomas casses on Vimeo. port de La Rochelle… big sea bass ! ! ! from thomas casses on Vimeo.
Apr 1st
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