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buggsta

Fly Fishing in Germany/Europe?

I somehow got lucky and my work is sending me to Germany and Belgium for a month this winter. Woo! I'll be missing prime steelhead time but I guess that's life. My question is does anyone have any experiences fishing in Germany? From my understanding its not easy. I have to somehow get a license then pay to use the water...? Also I know it's going to be January when I'm there so will it even be worth it to bring my rod and gear with me? One more thing, I was planning on traveling to another European country for a weekend, any suggestions for a country that will have good fishing in January? Thanks in advance!

Posted Dec 16, 2016, 5:58 AM UTC

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_iFishInsta: @flyscience•

My friend did Ireland for his honeymoon. Was relatively cheap to hire a guide for some lake fishing. Laker Browns in January could be pretty epic.

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buggstaOP•

Awesome, thanks for the idea!

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TheLatexCondor•

I didn't get to fish, but I spent a couple of months in Belgium not long ago, and there's some decent flyfishing in Wallonia and eastern Belgium in the region between Liege and Bastogne. I can't speak to their season or winter fishing, but Wallonia has an English-language website for fishing information. Ask google.

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buggstaOP•

Haha yeah you'd be surprised how difficult it is to find info. I've found a bunch of conflicting sites so I figured I'd ask the community here. But thanks for the info I'll look it up.

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stirstirs14•

Go to England and look up sutton springs, won't be disappointed

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buggstaOP•

Alright I'll look it up, thanks!

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ZachMatthews•

Call or write Matt Calderaro at socafly.com. http://www.socafly.com/contact/

He lives in Austria and used to work for Orvis. He has Austria and Slovenia dialed in and I suspect would also be very knowledgeable about Germany.

Alternatively you might try Peter McLeod at Aardvark McLeod out of London -- they run German guided trips and could likely get you set up. http://www.aardvarkmcleod.com/blog/relationship-with-adh-fishing-in-germany/

If I were you I would take a guided trip if you're only going to be there for a month. European fishing is almost entirely private for the good stuff and well worth the expense.

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