Boat training

Last tuesday Sander and I decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and treat ourselves to an afternoon on a small boat at one of the prettiest places we know of to fish from a boat. We knew that at this water in wintertime we would have to be happy with a pike our maybe two, and we knew the wind was coming from the east (bad piking wind in our book), so we just enjoyed our day out there and had lot's of fun pretending we were already in Finland.



We payed a lot of attention to drifting, the location of the boat during casting, line handling and other stuff specific for fishing from a boat. Since we're supposed to be in a boat with 3 people (guide and two fishermen) and we don't know yet what kind of boat we'll be fishing in, it's pretty clear we can't be sloppy when it comes to logistics. For some of us a challenge, since not all of us have that organized, systematic approach in our normal fly fishing life.



Anyway, we didn't catch our see a pike. Too bad, but we'll try again with the four of us within one and a half week. We have to get as much fishing (and boating) time as possible right now, because march is the last month we're allowed to fish with streamers here in Holland. The next fly bigger than 2,5 cm will be cast in Finland. We just can't wait!