Fly fishing can have a very dark side. And I don't mean black woolly buggers. It is a climate change thing. The torrential rains are ravaging our lands and rivers. Rivers are high and brown right now. The discharge of the Semois is now about 30 m3/sec, which is five times the average base flow of 6 m3/sec....Perhaps this beauty is calmed down in September...
So this fly fishing weekend is cancelled AGAIN. Me and my mates are accepting some bad disappointment here... no fishing or snorkeling. All dreams about testing new uber flies in a beautiful landscape are washed away. Leaving me with fly boxes full of experiments. One of the experiments is the Peute.
The Peute is a wet fly that imitates all sorts of up-winged flies en sedges. It's originator is the Frenchman Henri Bresson. My Peute versions are inspired by Leon Janssen's book Wondervliegen 2 (wonder flies). A brilliant book by the way. Because of his recommendations about this fly (and that of Erik de Noorman), I tied a few to fool the trout, grayling, chub and spirling in the Semois. From a few pictures I made this short video:
Just add water & enjoy!
