Posted in Fishing, Outdoor, Personal on 03/12/2009 10:25 pm by emilkrueper
Last Sunday I have been fishing. I didn’t meet with Marco, he was busy. So I got invited to join Peter and he fetched me by car on Sunday morning. We left heading north towards the vast shores of Wagria. After one hour continuous driving we were already almost there. Just a final stop to buy another candy bar on the gas station and then it was only a few more minutes to reach the beach. We there met some more friends and had six hours of excessive fly fishing. Unfortunately no fish, though.
Altogether it was nontheless a nice day on the coast and we had plenty of fun.
When I arrived at home I expected something like “Oh where’s the fish?”. I prayed to the gods we would at least have some fish fingers in the fridge. But it was alright without fish as everyone at home knew I had a good day.
Posted in Do-it-yourself, Fishing, Outdoor, Personal on 03/03/2009 01:15 pm by emilkrueper
Due to given circumstances I have not been able to kick off this project earlier. On the 23rd of February we had a great handwork evening at home – Sarah was tailoring next to me and I was glueing the grip and wrapping the guides onto the fly rod blank.
I bought my parts from the US and Germany. The main reason for this is plain simple. In Germany I haven’t found any dealer for the stripping guides.
- Loop Green Line series blank in 9′3″ and the specified line class is #6-7
- Cork Fly Rod Grip Reverse Half Wells – supreme quality
- Fuji Concept Stripping Guides – SiC ring in 16 and 12 /w Chrome finish
- Struble Fly Rod Reel Seat – Standard Uplocking U-3 – Polished Alum. /Cocobolo
- Pacific Bay Snake Guides in 2,2,2,2,3,4,5 Chrome finish
- Pacific Bay Fly Rod Tip Top – Chrome finish / Std. loop / size 5 tube
- Pacific Bay Aluminum Winding Check – TiCH finish / 0.342 in. I.D.
On Sunday I am going to take it with me to the coast. I am already very excited.
Posted in Do-it-yourself, Fishing, My family, Personal on 03/03/2009 12:44 pm by emilkrueper
Oh no, it’s already march?! Being so busy seems to quicken the days passing by. Nontheless, tomorrow my younger brother has his 29th birthday (Hey hey (: ) and today in the evening is parents’ evening in the kindergarten (first time for me). On Saturday we are going by to buy a new table, chairs and stuff for the kitchen and leaving the boys in my mums’ care. A few hours exclusive free time. And last but not least this Sunday I am finally going to have a day on the coast to test my new self built fly rod. I am going to meet there with Marco, a friend of mine. Sarah expects me to catch at least one seatrout for dinner. Pretty much expections….
Posted in Do-it-yourself, Fishing, Personal on 10/09/2008 03:20 pm by emilkrueper
You might already have seen the short blog entry for my first fly rod building project. So, on Friday I suddenly felt like I’d have to act at once and place an order for some rod building material. There are several reasons. One reason is that I am all alone at home from the 18th to the 26th of this month. Sarah, Erik and Einar are going to Nuremberg. Being busy kills time. Another reason is pure consuming desire I just wanted to do something besides the usual things. Yes, recently I once again enjoy sitting on the table in the evening doing handicraft work. In short it means less computer related occupation at home – I spend enough time at work in front of my screen.
I’ll blog in detail the steps of building the new rod when all the parts have arrived.
Posted in Do-it-yourself, Fishing on 05/12/2008 02:21 pm by emilkrueper
This afternoon I have successfully finished building my first fly rod. I have bought two identical Loop blanks from the Loop Green Line series in 9′3″ and the specified line class is #6-7. I am very satisfied with the result and waiting to test it extensively. If the rod performs well I am going to build yet another.
