After a long, hot and dry summer, the trout fly-fishing lake of De Kool in Heelweg was re-opened this weekend. Text and pictures Rudy van Duijnhoven Website: www.de-kool.nl.
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Fly-fishing weekend at De Kool
The weekend of the 7th and 8th of April is concentrated around the Master Nymph Cup at Visdorado De Kool in Heelweg (NL), this competition was formerly known as the G.Loomis Cup. On the Saturday anyone can fly-fish here all day long for fifteen euros per person. The local fly-fishing club organises fly-casting instruction and […]
Jan Kwisthout wins final of De Kool Cup 2015/2016
On Saturday the 21st of May the final of the De Kool Cup 2015/2016 was fished on the fly-fishing lake of Visdorado De Kool. After four rounds in the last half year, fourteen anglers went on to fish the final. The results in numbers: Jan Kwisthout, 23,5 points, eleven trout; Richard van der Meer, […]
Enjoying the first warm day of Spring
With Theo van de Poll, I fished the 4th of May at the Kool again, where we enjoyed the first warm day of Spring in Holland. The temperature came close to twenty degrees Celsius in the afternoon. For more information on trout fishery De Kool in Heelweg: www.de-kool.nl.
Fishing small dry flies on trout reservoirs
Fishing small dry flies can be an interesting technique on reservoirs in Spring time, even before larger insects like the mayflies appear at the surface of these waters. Website: www.de-kool.nl.
First competition of Dutch Flyfishing Championships fished at De Kool
Peter Elberse of wholesale company Elberse International won the first match of the SVN Dutch Fly Fishing Championships. The match was fished on Sunday the 17th of February at “Forellenvijvers de Kool” and sponsored by Elberse International. Team Elbi’s Airflo Angels also finished first with three of its members in the top six (1st Peter […]
Dutch G.Loomis Cup a prey for foreign teams
On Sunday the 3rd of April the G.Loomis Cup was once again fished on two lakes of Trout Fishery De Kool in Heelweg in the Netherlands. As there were teams from all over Europe, this turned out to be a truly international competition. The day started with some light rain, but it was dry from […]