I can bet the localisation of this ad would contribute more to the popularisation of fly-fishing than years of patient education or hundreds of my videos. It says ‘it works in all kinds of situations’, in this concrete example a champagne bar. To go to one directly after a fruitful session with graylings and trout, who can imagine a better trip? ;). As for me I prefer fly-fishing ‘nymphs’ but one has to admit the ad has a big potential here :). Having said this, I refuse to say anything about the product itself, it can be perfect or miserable, I don’t care.

Not many entries recently as the fishing became very challenging – the trout are protected from the end of September so only graylings can now be targeted with flies. Barbels have somehow disappeared from the water, chubs are naturally still there and in big quantities as usual but I’m afraid they’re only fishable with streamers (that I don’t fish with normally). I don’t want to be boring but yes, the damn dam is doing it’s job, recently the big releases of water take place very often and when such flood wave devastates the river you can forget about fishing. Graylings are quite numerous in the Sure and its affluents despite the fact that the State releases there only relatively small quantities of fish and of private owners only 3% do according to the latest data, which can be probably partly attributed to the fact that the Pisciculture in Lintgen doesn’t have graylings material. I still don’t have all graylings spots worked out, so I’m still experimenting, this concerns also flies but in general all pinkies work fine, while orange ones are also effective. I try to use nymphs in tandem with dries whenever I can, but recently only heavy nymphs who often touch the bottom seem to be popular among the fish. My favourite water are tiny streams hidden somewhere in the forest where I’m completely alone, if we don’t count the company of numerous fish.

In one of my earlier posts I’ve already described the ‘bienfaits’ of our beloved Obersauer Stausee and the damage it makes to the aquatic world in the Sauer ( Green energy?).

I could recently experience directly and painfully the destructive power of the dam. Few days ago, exactly when the graylings started to rush for my nymphs, I suddenly felt a wave of dead cold water flowing down the Sauer. Wearing light waders I could hardly withstand the cold. Needless to say the fish disappeared immediately. Unfortunately, it was just a beginning of a long period of water releases which completely ruined my end of trout season’s celebrations. Imagine what temperature the water has now in the bottom part of the Esch-sur-Sure lake. 6-7 grades? That’s exactly this kind of water that is now released to the Sauer. You don’t even need to go the river yourself to see it, it’s enough to verify the water levels at www.inondations.lu , if there’s no strong rain and the water level suddenly jumps up, this can only mean that the water has just been released from the dam and you better stay home tying flies or gaining some credits with your wife. Currently the water level in the Sauer remains constantly high:

and, believe me….it’s really cold. I think this phenomenon can affect the whole Sauer, until it joins the Moselle, which, in turn, is artificially overheated by the Cattenom nuclear power plant…..complete disaster. As you can see fishing in Luxembourg is not a piece of cake and you must be really versatile and always actively look for alternatives to be able to continuosly practice your hobby with decent results. As for me I plan to visit some smaller creeks in this difficult period, they should not be affected by this effect of shortsighted environmental policy.