Hi,

I am Ralph from southern Germany. I started fly fishing five or six years ago and my main target species are trout and grayling, with a recent (as of yet fruitless) venture in pike fishing. I started out using rather stiff rods and moved to slower tapers (Winston Boron b2t, a vintage cane rod, Sage LL, 1st gen Fenwick HMG) as time went by.
I also have lawn cast and fished a few glass rods (McFarland, Orvis Superfine, Kabuto, Vision...) and I'm truly amazed by some of their actions! My casting skills are not the best, but the slower action seems to really work for me, at least it is much more enjoyable to fish such a rod! I am now planning to sell my Sage and get a decent 4wt glass rod for a small to medium trout stream.

I have been a long time lurker on this site. I probably can't contribute too much, but I wanted to let you know, that I highly appreciate the advice given and the civilized conversations on this board!

Regards
Ralph

Your request made me realize I should take a better camera with me every now and than. Those are some pictures I had handy, cellphone quality and not the nicest compositions .

I mainly fish two rivers: a smaller one that almost exclusively holds trout and a bigger one, which holds many different species (trout, grayling, pike, barbel, chub...).

The trout stream:




The bigger one (which looks like a creek on the pictures, because one of the pictures shows the flood -relief channel) :

Welcome Ralph ! I continue to seek better ways to take my fly rods with me while I ride my Mountain Bike ...

Pecos

Welcome! That's great, learning fiberglass rods and all they represent are loved in Germany. Good fishing!

Walter

Welcome. You contributed a lot already. Looking forward to more.

Nice pictures, welcome aboard.

Thank you very much for the warm welcome!

Nico, I know your website, those are some fine builds! you will here from me !

picketpin52, yes it's my go-to beer, brewed 10km (~6 miles) from where I live. it's a cloudy lager beer, which packs nice on a fishing trip.

Welcome Ralph

Grüß dich Herbert,

you almost guessed right. I am fishing in the Danube/Donau (where I live) and in the Fils (where I come from).
Where do you fish?

Regards
Ralph