Salmon Fishing in Denmark?

Magnificant fish like the one below are the reason why even the Norwegians (yes!) travel to Jutland to fish the Skjern Å  für Springers.

The largest Salmon so far this season was caught on 19th April by Olaf Solberg from Norway (!) on a Green Highlander. Olaf’s fished weighed in at 20.4Kg, a magnificent 121cm Springer fresh in from the sea. Well done, ‘shame it wasn’t released!  Beside this whopper, several salmon in the 10Kg – 17Kg bracket have been caught (click here for catch reports). Not bad for a country which you don’t normally associate with salmon fishing and they have some decent beer as well.

If you are interested in Fishing on the Skjern or any of the other top salmon rivers in Jutland (and there are few of them) – then contact Costas at  Fisknu.dk he will organise the tickets for you and set you up with a guide.

Enjoy it and “skitfiske“.

Come and see us @ …

… Schloss Wotersen at the F.I.N.E Fair, just East of Hamburg, Germany.

This coming weekend – 05/06 May – after an absence of roughly 4 years a Fly Fair is returning to Wotersen Castle. The fair is open from 10:00 to 18:00 and it costs 8€ to get in, children under 14 are free.

Wotersen lies just a few Km’s off the A24 Hamburg – Berlin Autobahn. If you are coming from Hamburg leave the A24 at  at the Talkau exit, and from Berlin leave the A24 at the Horneburg exit. In both cases follow the brown (places of interest) traffic signs to “Schloß Wotersen“.

If you would rather do it the easier way then just enter:

Schloß Wotersen
Wotersener Weg
21514 Roseburg

into your sat-nav.

Looking forward to seeing you at the weekend.

Your BFF Team.

Whats your favourite Rod …

…. ECHO of course.

Stefan Juhl has started a poll over on speyjunkies, please go there and vote for ECHO .

Thanks in advance.

New Dealer in Denmark – Skjern

With the season on the Skjern already well under way and reports coming in of large (20Kg +) springers being caught we are pleased to announce that we have a new dealer – Fisknu.dk – not just in Denmark but also on the Skjern.

These guys really know what they are talking about when it comes to fishing on the Skjern, so if you need some advice, guiding, some flies, a new rod or just a ticket and a “cuppa” then pop in to:

Fisknu.dk

Centervej 3
6880 Tarm
Denmark

email: info@fisknu.dk
web: www.fisknu.

Have fun.

Tom Larimer

Tom Larimer’s name keeps popping up in connection with Tim Rajeff and AirFlo lines. So who exactly is this guy? Lets let Tom do the talking:

“I’ve been a fly fishing guide now for 17 years -I’ve been fortunate enough to work in some incredible destinations during my career. I guided in the Great Lakes and Alaska before settling into Oregon 11 years ago. My home river is the Deschutes. -I guide jet boat camp trips for steelhead in the lower canyon. -I was one of the first “fly fishing only” guides to run a jet boat in this stretch. Outside of my steelhead camps, I also offer day trips for trout in the spring and winter steelhead trips on the Clackamas.

I started working with Tim and the folks at Rajeff Sports about five years ago. Before that, I was building my own lines because nothing on the market cast or fished the way I wanted. My first line with Tim was the Skagit Compact and the rest is history. Since then, I’ve designed the Rage Compact, the Skagit Switch and our most recent line, the Skagit Intermediate. It’s a privilege to be on staff as a designer for Tim. -Plus it’s really fun!

BFF on the road again … EWF Munich 21st & 22nd April

Its all go here at BFF, whilst most people are out chasing springers on the salmon rivers of  N.Europe, the BFF caravan is rolling gain this time towards the EWF in Munich, where we will have the complete range of ECHO Rods, reels and lines for you to see and try out – including hte brand new not yet available ECHO Kings.

On board are:

Katherine Hart – Tim Rajeffs partner and co-owner of ECHO (Rajeff Sports). Katherine is by the way a master caster (how else could it be with partner like hers!) and possesses the accredited FFF-MCI certificate. Katherine will be at hand to talk to you about Echo rods and casting she has also travelled the world fishing (what else), so she is more than competent to talk about all aspects of fly-fishing. Come and meet her.

Tim Rajeff – aka Mr ECHO will be giving some demo’s and a also couple of presentations on rod and line design – Like Katherine he will also be on our stand to talk to you about ECHO, casting and fishing in general.

Lasse  – AAPGAI and FFF Master. Lasse will be certifying potential FFF-Masters @ the FFF-Conclave (an “event within an event” held at the EWF) and will be generally messing about on one of the casting pools. Lasse is not just a very good coastal fly-fisher he is also an excellent tournament caster, winning the Danish championships many times,  top-ten placement at the world championships, second place at the CLA open and just recently he won the EDGE 2012 Championships in Stockholm. If you want to talk about coastal fishing or have problems with your casting Lasse is the one to talk to.

Silja  – FFF-CI, fisherwoman and very successful tournament caster: 2008 winner CLA women’s open; Danish Women’s Champion since 2010; Second, third and fourth place (different events) in World Champs 2010; Second Place (Spey casting)  Nordic Open 2011. Apart from that Silja is a very keen salmon fisher and mother. If you need some help with your casting (1hand, Spey, Skagit) talk to Silja.

Robyn – Silja and Lasse’s daughter – although she can only just walk she is already being used as a tester – in particular for the bite-resistance of lines.

Marcus – a few years ago Marcus was a normal guy, played basketball, supported St.Pauli drunk a beer or two that sort of thing …  then he married into our mad family. Since then he has given up basketball and St.Pauli (he still drinks a beer or two or three) and has taken up FlyFishing! He’s been bitten by the bug  so badly that he even bought a house just a short distance away from one of the best sea-trout rivers in N.Germany. Marcus loves stream fishing for Brownies and Sea Trout.

Annelie – aka “The Boss”. She makes sure that “things” are ok & looks after the “tea boy.”

Stuart – aka “The Tea Boy”. Apart from being the general dogsbody he’s here for the ride and to have a good time talking to customers and friends about fishing.

Ooops almost forgot. The EWF will be held at:

Kloster Fürstenfeld (just to the west of Munich)
Fürstenfeld 12
D-82256 Fürstenfeldbruck

and it is open on:

Staurday 20.04.2012 from 09:00 to 18:00
Sunday 21.04.2012 from 09:00 to 17:00

… and the link to the EWF official Website is just here.

We look forward to seeing you next weekend, until then ….

Scandi Compact

This head has been on the market for a few years, Tim has found time to make a film on it, enjoy.

Skagit Compact

This line has been on the market for some time now, and Tim has finally got around to making a film on it …

We are off to Stockholm …

… to attend the “Sportfiske Mässen” in Kista on the E4 a few km’s north of Stockholm.

The show is runs from Friday 23.03 to Sunday 25.03, and has the following opening times:

Friday: 09.00 – 18.00
Saturday: 09.00 – 18.00
Sunday: 10.00 – 16.00

How do you get there? Well to start with the GPS co-ordinates are:

Lat: N 59º 24´ 21.26″
Long: E 17º 57´ 24.42″

And the address is:

Arne Beurlings Torg 5
164 40 KISTA
Sweden

Leave the E4 at the Kista S(outh) Exit and follow the signs to the (show)

You can of course visit the official site just here but its all in Swedish, so good luck.

If you manage to come along you can find us on stand A14, do come by and have a chat & try a few rods. Looking forward to seeing you.

The Echo Team doing what they do best … BREAKING RODS!!

Tim’s “Distructo Test”