Michael Werner, chief editor for the magazine Fliegenfischen, keeps a close look at a young pupil making his first casts at the casting pool.
Angeln 2017, the general fishing show which is held in Duisburg every year around the first weekend of January, suffered from icy roads and snow this year. Especially on the Saturday it was close to impossible to get to the show from Holland, Belgium and large parts of Germany. This accounted for lower numbers of visitors compared with last year.
Johan Put tied flies for three days at the stand of Fasna Flyfishing, one of the firms that was present at the show for the first time.
One had the opportunity to make some casts with some of the first G.Loomis Asquith fly-rods that had arrived in Europe.
Peter Joest and others tying flies at the stand of artist Thomas Kubitz.
Information on building splitcane fly-rods was available at the same stand.
Zefix Flyfishing from the Munich area was another newcomer to the show.
Public at the table of fly-tier Hans-Jürgen Baum.
Dutch firm A & M Fishing Tackle was present for the second time and made the best of the lower visitor numbers.
Kenneth Svensson tied streamers for pike and seatrout, next to that he had Danielsson fly-reels and Mora knives for sale as well.
Some of the streamers tied by Kenneth Svensson.
Gerd-Peter Wieditz has been building splitcane fly-rods for a great many years.
One could become a member straight away at the stand of Angling Club Groot Rotterdam from the Netherlands.
The Pro-Guides Uwe Rieder and Christof Menz both gave fly-casting demonstrations as well.
Large selection of flies at the stand of Der Angelsachse.
Choosing a blank plus cork, guides, reelholder etc. at the stand of Exclusive Fishing Store from Bochum.
Sascha Pütz tied salmonflies at the stand of Thomas Kubitz.The Irish Spideoga Fishing Lodge is present at a great many fishing shows this winter.
The Angeln 2018 show will be held from the 5th until the 7th of January 2018, website: www.angelmesse.de.
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