{"id":139,"date":"2016-04-05T17:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/?p=139"},"modified":"2016-04-02T21:31:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T19:31:06","slug":"magical-samso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyfishing-blog.com\/flyfishing-blog.com\/2016\/04\/05\/magical-samso\/","title":{"rendered":"Magical Sams\u00f8"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is for sure something magical to flyfishing for seatrout and this view becomes even more interesting when you know that the northern upper-god Odin apparently learned Sei\u00f0r (a form of magic) on the Danish island of Sams\u00f8. During a visit to the island in 2013 we quickly found that the island had lost nothing of its magical powers. <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The island of Sams\u00f8 is about 114 square kilometers in size and is situated north of Funen. The island can only be reached by ferry, from the town of Hov on Jutland it takes about an hour to reach the harbour of S\u00e6lvig in the middle of the island. It is advisable to make reservations for the ferry in advance, a return trip with a car and two persons did cost us 112 euro in October. A little over 4000 people live on the island and they get their income largely from tourism, agriculture and the supply of green energy. Thanks to wind energy and renewable energy sources the island of Sams\u00f8 is the largest CO2-neutral community on earth. These days 100 percent of the electricity that is used on the island is produced by themselves through a good many wind mills. The excess is supplied to the main land. 75 percent of the warmth that is needed is supplied through solar power and the burning of bio mass. <\/span><\/p>\n

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A spacious holiday home a short distance from the coast.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nShort distances<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Even though there have been a few publications on the possibilities to fish on Sams\u00f8, you will not find too many hits when you use Google and search for \u201cSams\u00f8\u201d and \u201cseatrout flyfishing\u201d. A good reason to take a look there for myself along with some friends of mine. Through Novasol we rented, in early October, a holiday home near Vesterl\u00f8kken on the west side of the island, an excellent base from which we could explore the island; every spot on Sams\u00f8 can be reached in about forty minutes from there. The short distances are a major advantage of such a small island compared to, for instance, Funen. When the wind turns or it looks like that the circumstances at a certain spot are not in your favour, than it is just a short ride to another spot on the opposite side of the island. <\/span><\/p>\n

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A nice seatrout hooked at considerable distance from the shore.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nBecause we arrived on the island by the end of the afternoon, we had a chance to fish in front of our holiday home that same evening and our start was hopeful, to say the least. Theo landed his first seatrout on the fly after a short while, I lost two fish that were easily above the fifty centimeters mark when they threw the fly during the fight and Jan Pieter and Hubert both had takes as well (not of seatrout but of coalfish, but still). As the wind was blowing towards shore, there was a lot of debris in the water in the form of rest of water plants, which made fishing not all that easy. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Do not leave your house without a line tray.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nLight and dark spots<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The next morning the wind from the west had increased even more in strength, which made fishing in front of our holiday home close to impossible. After breakfast we therefore went to some spots on the eastside of the island and close to where the ferry service approaches the island. Spots that looked very interesting with lots of light and dark spots on the bottom and an abundance of seaweed, but it looked like the seatrout stayed out further away from the coast on this sunny day. In the evening the force of the wind had gone down a bit and we could give the spot in front of the area with holiday homes another try. Next to the flyrods we had brought some spinning rods as well and a few casts with a white Hansen Lotus spoon brought me a nice 53 cm seatrout at one moment. The trout had taken the spoon shortly after I started the retrieve, so it was well out of reach of the flyrod. After a short fight with lots of swirls right in front of me, I was able to land the seatrout safely. After quickly taking a few pictures of the trout lying on my net, I returned it safely to the salt water. The others were only able to land some small coalfish; with the fly I think I had a few more takes of seatrout. During this trip I only used a 11’6\u201d switch flyrod by Sage for a line class #6 flyline plus some floating and intermediate flylines by Rio that match it really well. Using both hands on the rod is a very comfortable way of fishing and casting, with just a few casts the fly is at the desired distance again, even when the wind is from a more difficult angle. A line tray is necessary because the line will otherwise float away from your position or get caught behind seaweed and other parts of debris. <\/span><\/p>\n

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A promising spot near Maarup with also some shelter from a fresh western wind.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nNice bay<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

One spot near the golf course of Bresser only brought us one small seatrout the following morning. The second spot, near the church of Maarup, turned out to be the most beautiful spot we had seen until than on the island. A nice bay with a lot of dark seaweed, surrounded by high hills, a spot that can be fished even when there is a fresh wind from the west. Here we only caught some small seatrout too, but we had quite a few takes of garfish as well, strange to find them here still so late in the year. Along the north side of the island we found the last morning some good looking areas with a steep coastline behind us and a great amount of seaweed in the deeper water. Theo van de Poll quickly landed a forty something centimeter seatrout plus some small coalfish; the amount of coalfish around Sams\u00f8 is quite amazing, around Funen I do not think I have never come across this species. Jan Pieter and Hubert had walked on and caught, in an area where the wind was a little easier to handle, six seatrout with a length up to 45 centimeters. At one moment they had a take on almost every cast! <\/span><\/p>\n

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The last attempts to escape from a strong seatrout.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nIn the afternoon Theo hooked a seatrout that felt more heavy and powerful right from the start. This fish turned out to be 53 centimeters in length when it was safely landed and it was in an excellent condition. For Theo a dream that came true at that moment, even if it did cost him quite a few more than just a ‘thousand casts’. Towards the end of the day we fished near the north-eastern point of the island. It turned out there was an abundance of small coalfish in the water here, in the fast current around the point we hooked them on every cast. The seatrout that were present probably just did not get the opportunity to grab the fly, only Hubert managed to land one this evening. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Theo with his 53 centimeter seatrout in perfect condition.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Enjoying the peacefulness<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

It seems to me that Sams\u00f8 is an island where you can, in peaceful settings, enjoy flyfishing for seatrout during summer and autumn. There are long stretches that are easy to wade, when the wind is from a difficult angle it is easy to move to another spot quickly and there were few other anglers fishing for seatrout when we were there in early October. Enough reasons for us to return to the island soon again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rudy van Duijnhoven<\/span><\/p>\n

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Information<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Novasol<\/span><\/p>\n

Phone: +44 (0)845 680 5856<\/span><\/p>\n

International calls: +45 3914 3092<\/span><\/p>\n

Fax: +45 3914 3060<\/span><\/p>\n

Website: www.novasol.co.uk<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

E-mail novasol@novasol.com<\/a>
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\nFishing licenses, necessary for fishing along the coast in Denmark, can be bought at post offices or from www.fisketegn.dk<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Tourist office:<\/span><\/p>\n

Sams\u00f8 Erhvervs- og Turistcenter<\/span><\/p>\n

Langgade 32, Tranebjerg <\/span><\/p>\n

8305 Sams\u00f8<\/span><\/p>\n

Denmark<\/span><\/p>\n

Tel. +45 8659 0005<\/span><\/p>\n

Website: www.visitsamsoe.dk\/en\/<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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