New rules for fishing in the rivers in 2005.

New rules tells that the fishing will start 1. of April in 2005 for the rivers from Varde aa and south. The season in river Skjern aa start may 15. As again means that there will be only four month of fishing next year.

Friday 26/11/04

Last weekend the fishingclub of Varde, electro fished the river. They stopped when they have found 120 salmon. (As were an easy job) They have the luck to catch a salmon at 110 cm, estimated weight 18-20 kg. The fish was put out again because it wasn't ready to spawn. It could be a salmon from the Baltic sea, but lets hope that it is one who belongs to river Varde aa. The old record, is a fish as weighted 19,5 kg and it was caught more than 65 years ago.

Monday 15/11/04 Belly boat club Denmark celebrated 1 year birthday at the lake of Karlsgaarde. see the pictures here.

Friday 12/11/04 The salmon of river Varde aa is saved.

The Danish government has decided that river Varde aa has to be laid back in the original riverbed as it was many years ago. The waterpower plant Karlsgaardevaerket as are laying in the middle of the river and as stop the salmon and seatrout from going up and spawn in the small creeks will be shut down. This is the best news since river Skjern aa and we are very happy. simply the best Christmas gift for the nature and the fishermen as are fishing this river.

Monday 8/11/04

Its autumn in Denmark now, the rivers in southwest Jutland are closed for fishing until next spring. It has been a good season, its many years ago, where so many large fish has been caught as this year. We can see now, that it has helped, what we use the right fish for reproduction. In river Sneum, where has been more salmon than the last 50 years, but it will be even better. The two fishing farms as are laying in the rivers of  Sneum and Holsted, has been shut down this year, the barriers will be removed, as mean that the fish will be able to cover a much larger amount of water. but this is not the only part, river Sneum as looks like a channel the last 5 kilometres, will be laid back in the old bending on a 4 km stretch. I'll bring some pictures when they start to dig.

Friday 1/10/04 Large seatrouts.

One month remain, and then the fishing is done in the rivers for this year. We have had a lot of rain, as mean high water level in the rivers. For the small river Sneum aa, it means that the fishing farm in the village of Endrup, once again has flooded and a lot of rainbow trout's has run out. Some fishermen has been taken about twenty fish per day, a good thing, because these rainbow's don't belongs to our natural waters. Many of the fish is about 3-5 pounds, unfortunally, those fish as remain in the river, they will eat the eggs from the mating fish, it's no good, because it destroy our sea trout- and salmon fishing.

In river Kongeaa, some big sea trout's has been taken the last few days. Fish about 15-18 pounds.

Wednesday15/9/04 Autumn in Denmark.

It is autumn in Denmark, its stormy raining weather, very rainy... The water continues to rise in the rivers, and it is coloured as cocoa, nearly impossible to get anything on a fly, we are waiting on a few days of dry weather, so that the water can clear up. Then the fishing will be very good, most of the fish are coloured, but there is still nice fish to get. River Varde aa continues to deliver a lot of salmon, we are talking about 150 salmon caught this year but also seatrouts are to be caught.

Sunday 12/9/04 Lots of fish in southwest Jutland.

The autumn has shown a lot of good fish, the last few days, there has been caught seatrouts up to 5,5 kg in river Kongeaa. In river Varde aa, there is a lot of salmon caught at the moment, the last three weeks, there has been caught about 30 salmon, fish up to 6 kg.

River Skjern aa, as have been better than ever before, has shown a very good fishing this year, now there is only two days left before the season ends. Some people up there has caught up to 8-9 salmon. Very good season.

Friday 27/8/04 Huge sea trout from river Varde aa.

A local fisherman Erik Joergensen, Varde has caught a sea trout at 11,5 kg 96 cm. in Varde aa.

The rain as we have had the last few days has been very good for the river. The water level has raised about one meter and there is a lot of fresh fish in the river right now. Yesterday, five fish was caught, both salmon, seatrouts and steelheads. One of the fish yesterday was a salmon at 80 cm 4,4 kg. So, now it looks like we are on the good side of the hot summer weather and hopefully can have a good autumn with a lot of good fishing.

It has become very warm here in Denmark at the moment. This means that the river fishing is a little bit down right now.

The water drops, and the temperature of the water, continues to rise. So now its time to seek to the sea, there is mullets on the harbour in Esbjerg and some of them are big. They can be caught on small lightgreen flies and bread.

.Thursday 15/7/04 Green winter, high water and lots of fish.

Lots of Danes seeking south right now, They are looking for summer and sun, They cannot be fishermen. Anyway, those as are back home and do the fishing, they have some luck. All the rivers in the area gives fish at the moment, listen here: river Varde aa: 6,15 kg 89 cm, and  5 kg 82 cm, one person took a 6 kg female salmon lightly coloured, as he puts back. River Skjern aa, delivered a 7 kg salmon yesterday. River Kongeaaen deliver nice seatrouts. Last night a fish at about 3 kg.

This one is 3,8 kg 69 cm. I took it on a 2" Tippet grub- tube in the middle of the night.