A GORGE IN THE LEGEND OF THE SEGRE  (Part II)   The Hostal dels Espluvins was built in the late 1780s and was accessed via a winding, stony path that...

A GORGE IN THE LEGEND OF THE SEGRE   In 1984, I was driving my car to fish the Basella Oliana reserve from Nargó, a small village nestled and perched...

ELS TRES PONTS. LA TORRE, EL DIABLE I L’ESCALA (II PART AND END) The mythical place of the Segre River at the gates of the Pyrenees   In 1685, General...

El CONGOST DELS TRES PONTS The mythical place of the Segre River at the gates of the Pyrenees     If there is a mythical place on the Segre River...

PYRENEES FLY FISHING REPORT 10TH JUNE 2024 Currently, the Segre, Noguera Pallaresa and Ter rivers are at high or very high levels for trout fly fishing. The best at the...

PYRENEES ZEBRA TROUT (PART 5 end) “El latiguillo” was an extremely effective technique in the Alto Segre where until 1988 it was widely used and fishing with a very notable...

PYRENEES FLY FISHING REPORT MAY 13th 2023 At present, the Alto Segre, Noguera Pallaresa and Alto Ter rivers are in good condition for fly trout fishing. The best at the moment...

PYRENEES FLY FISHING ZEBRA TROUT 4 The sharp teeth of the trout, and especially in the Mediterranean trout, easily cut the most resistant tippets. Neither the new copolymers nor the...

THE VALUE OF TIME Fly fishing is a great example of how to enjoy our time, living it in the most incomprehensible and inexplicable way for the layman who doesn’t...

A MATTER OF OBSERVATION Most of today’s fishermen, at least those in my region, go to the river with enormous eagerness. Fishing is the only thing that matters and above...

ZEBRA TROUT FLY FISHING CATALUNYA (3) Nor should we forget to use a good sunscreen with great protection against UVA rays and always wear a cap or a hat. The...

THE LIAR, THE EXAGGERATED AND THE ILLUSIVE On one occasion a guy assured me that every time he fished he would take an average of 100 trout a day. I...

ZEBRA TROUT FLY FISHING IN CATALUNYA (2) There are other terrestrial insects with specific names such as the Bibio Marci or hawthorn fly and the Agelastica Alni or alder fly...

ZEBRA TROUT FLY FISHING IN THE RIVERS OF THE EASTERN PYRENEES In Catalonia, most trout rivers have two populations of trout with two different species: the common trout or Atlantic...

THE PURPOSE “The great gift of fishing is the happiness it brings us. Time has taught me that fishing is not measured by the number of catches or the size...

TROUT PREDATORS Surely I should title this article being much more exact: predatory fish animals, I am convinced that it would be more specific, but since the fish that we...