Monster Rainbows in Jurassic Lake

jurassic lake fly fishingThe Jurassic Lake in southern Argentina: a huge lake (20 by 20 km) in the beautiful Patagonian region. Untouched nature, incredible landscapes, intense wild life , with many pumas.
And above all the Jurassic Lake is considered to be the largest fishery in the world for monstrous rainbow trouts: Continue reading

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Fighting Chinook Salmon

salmon chinookFly fishing for chinooks ain’t an easy task; these fishes won’t take your fly easily and they are so violent, they were always breaking our leaders, bending our hooks and going down and up the river so fast that we didn’t even have the time to exactly Continue reading

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Wolf Eel, video of this ugly fish

wolf eel fishHere is a very strange creature, with a face you’d think at moments almost human. But a very very ugly human. Or an alien straight out of a sci-fi movie.
It’s a fish: Wolf Eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus), that can be found in the North Pacific, where it feeds on crustaceans, mussels, sea urchins, small fish, which it grinds Continue reading

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10,000 Facebook Fans

Yo! Hallelujah! Joy and happiness! Our Facebook page has just reached the symbolic threshold of 10,000 fans. We share there fishing news, photos, videos, fun stuff.
The Facebook page is here : it is a meeting place for anglers, all united in our passion for fishing.

To thank all those who follow our news here or on Facebook, this nice photo: Continue reading

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France is bacon

As you may know, we are from France. That’s where we live, that’s where we fish.
And to the question you ask: “what is France, exactly ?” we answer : Continue reading

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Sittin’ Here Wishin’ That I Could Go Fishin’

Alton Jones bass fishing championEven if you’re not a fan of country music, you will recognize yourself in this song.
Because it’s everyday life of all anglers: we are at work, forced to earn a living, but our spirit is on a boat, a fishing rod in hand 🙂
Performed by the 2008  bass fishing world champion Alton Jones. Continue reading

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DSK Fishing Lure

DSK funWhat becomes Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF Managing Director, after his arrest  in NYC over allegations of sexual assault ?
Well, he’s now retired, and as many retirees, he goes fishing.

And as he is handyman he makes his own fishing lures: Continue reading

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Fishing opening day in Dogon country

We often complain that the opening day of fishing leads to a f*** congestion along rivers.
dogon fishing ritual
But see how it goes in Mali: Continue reading

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Open Fly Fishing

open fly fishingHere is a gentleman not encumbered by an elaborate fishing equipment.
No rod, no lures or bait: he fishes with an worm that nature has generously provided … Open Fly Fishing, a fishing technique Continue reading

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The cutest frog

cute frogUnrelated to fishing, but the video of this little frog we had a good laugh. This is a rain frog from Naquama Desert in South Africa.
Its appearance is not very appealing, and seeing it, we expect it to have a abominable call. And surprise: Continue reading

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Gaspé Atlantic Salmon

salmon fishing gaspeThe Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, a paradise for Atlantic salmon. A very friendly video of Dave Adams, pro fishing guide on St-Jean river.
Good fun and good fly fishing in the company of a passionate and smiling woman, Genevieve.
Beautiful salmons Continue reading

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The biggest wrasse in the world

corsicaIn this video shot off Tizzano, Corsica, we see an angler struggling with a sea monster! A titanic battle, a fishing rod bent,  a reel in the process of breaking. A fierce struggle between man and animal. What monster fish can it be ?
Finally the fish admit defeat: and…. Continue reading

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Hitler Goes Striper Fishing

hitler fishingIt made my day : hilarious vid found on the excellent blog Moldychum.
Another parody of the film Downfall, in the world of angling.
Hitler is angry because his generals are unable to fish any striped bass. Continue reading

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45 inch salmon in Norway

fishing in norwayThe Gopro videos tend to give me motion sickness, after a few minutes I wanna barf.
But they have also the benefit of being a realistic view of a fishing action. So here in this flyfishing video Continue reading

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Fly fishing in the Pyrenees

pyrenees flyfishingBĂ©arn, in the Pyrenees mountains, southern France, a place where life is pleasant, friendly people and excellent food (Bayonne Ham, BĂ©arnaise sauce, garbure soup, yum yum). It is also and above one of those rare areas in France where there still are large wild brown trouts.
A great video Continue reading

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Shark attack in slow motion

skark attacking sealAwesome video from Discovery Chanel:  great white shark attacks.
Filmed at 1000 frames / second using a Phantom camera, we see these monsters getting out of the water their murderous jaw.
With extraordinary ferocity, they attack  seals-shaped lures. The shark rejects the decoy when realizing  it has been fooled and that’s not real food.
These beautiful images are absolutely fascinating. Continue reading

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Shut up and Fish

lady fishing t-shirtA nice and explicit tee-shirt for ladies : Continue reading

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Pig fish: a genetic mutation

The scandal that shook all Europe: some horse meat was found in frozen lasagna instead of beef. And now a new food scandal is about to be revealed: traces of pork have been found in fish for human consumption! Continue reading

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Gollum Fish Song

gollum eats fishThe lovely Smeagol, aka Gollum, from The Lord of the Rings trilogy, feeds on fish. He fishes by hand as a poacher (but there are few fishing guards at the Forbidden Pool) while humming his famous song:

♫ ♫ We only wish
To catch a fish,
So juicy-sweet!♫ ♫ Continue reading

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Missouri river trouts

trout missouri riverApril 2012, the beginning of the fly fishing season on the Missouri river and we already see a tremendous amount of midges.
Early in the year and the author of this video notes that large rainbow trout are still in spawning streams.
A nice BWO video, to wait till opening. Continue reading

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Alien Fish from New Jersey

lampreyA fisherman took out from the waters of New Jersey this strange creature rather disturbing. This huge disgusting mouth is reminiscent of many horror movies.
This photo is the buzzing these days on the Internet, and raises many comments: have landed the extraterrestrials ? Are there Aliens among us? Continue reading

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Catch the moment

New Zealand fly fishing movieWe loved this fishing video. Highly professional framing and mounting,  great images in HD, helicopter trips. And this handsome angler: he is bald like myself.
Ralf Haeger is a German filmmaker who shoots fishing videos all over the globe. Here he leads us in New Zealand during his fishing trip Continue reading

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Happy Valentine’s Day

I love fishing

Happy Valentine’s Day to all fishing lovers Continue reading

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Suddenly … Swordfish !

jump of swordfishWe are on Mediterranean sea and this friendly talkative Italian is currently bringing a fish to the boat. Suddenly, a big swordfish jumps right in front, hunting a prey.
Whaoooo, what a suprise ! Continue reading

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Jason Jagger photography

jason jagger photo troutBorn in Colorado, Jason Jagger had a fly rod in his hands from childhood. He made it his job and became a fishing guide. He accompanied anglers around the world, from Iceland to Tierra del Fuego.
In 2005, he started photography as a hobby Continue reading

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Hook removal from skin

hook stuck in fingerIt happened to us all one day by accident: a hook stuck in the finger, arm, or elsewhere in the skin. It is painful and disabling. This gentleman explains us his technique to remove the hook. Continue reading

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Catfish Fishing in Paris

catfish ParisA 55-inch (1.41 m) catfish caught in the heart of Paris, just outside the cathedral Notre Dame de Paris !
A miracle ? No, a damn good angler !
Notice that this guy masters the fish just with the rod : he fishes without a reel. Great art, spectacular fishing attracting crowds of tourists Continue reading

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Rapala Advertisement: Freedom

commercial RapalaAnother crazy advertisement for Rapala lures. This poor prisoner is languishing in his prison cell, lost on an island. Fortunately, it’s his birthday, and his gift is a Rapala! Continue reading

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Bass attacking fly on bed

bass bites a lureSometimes we would like to be in the water and see what happens when the fish bites. In this underwater video, a bass grabs a lure on the bed of the river. In two steps: first the fish bites but the hook doesn’t catch. A few minutes later our friend is back Continue reading

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Catfish attack pigeon

catfish eat pigeonWe all saw images of orcas hunting penguins or sea lions on a beach: they jump suddenly out of water, and grab their prey. In this video the same tactic  by beaching is employed by a gang of catfish against pigeons.
The impressive hunting technique of  killer whales has been transposed in freshwater: Continue reading

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