Foto 2005!

18/02 First fishing day of the year: Rienza river is still good!


19/02 Again flyfishing for pikes. Caught one (2,8kg) but battery is too low for a photo :-( Ten minutes later Christoph makes me this photo...and I am still happy


25/02 Again Rienza river. Fishing high-sticking with nymphs is the best technique in this river. Caught a dozen!


26/02 Trying pikes again. Caught none :-(


06/03 First fishing day in Veneto region: Upper Piave was really great!


07/03 Trouts caught in Piave by Alfio, Giuseppe and me (the hybrid)


09/03 Giulio and the nicest grayling caught in upper Piave!


10/03 Marble and hybrid caught dry in lower Piave!



12/03 Cold...wind...really bad conditions here in lake S.Caterina! Caught only three small graylings.



13/03 Sometimes fish is right behind you! S.Caterina's lake



14/03 Poker in Piave



16/03 Karl Heinz Kaulig and his grayling from Piave



17/03 Piave is still high. Only a marble with a nymph!



19/03 Second Pike of the year!



20/03 First try in Boite Cortina...mmmhh, some nice trouts are still there!



24/03 S.Caterina: strong wind. Caught ten graylings (no big ones) and one trout with the nymph!



25/03 Pike fishing. Matteo de Falco get's one! I only had one attak...missed!



26/03 S.Caterina: Nice marble caught with a dry fly. Lot's of graylings too!



27/03 Guidemeeting in Belluno: Andi Pfirstinger fights a trout caught with a dry. High water in Piave, but great hatch of Baetis R.!



28/03 Again S.Caterina. Levels are high, but fishing remains great!



30/03 Fishing Boite in Cortina d'Ampezzo!



31/03 S.Caterina: lot of graylings and a massive mayfly hatch!



02/04 Flyfishin in river Sava (Slovenia). Many big rainbows and graylins with the dry fly!



03/04 Grayling's fishing in small river Ansiei!



04/04 Italian satellite television making a documentary with me about flyfishing in Piave. Lot's of fish!



06/04 Lowest part of Piave near Treviso...caught five nice trouts!



08/04 Flyfishing for pike with Top Guide Paolo Pacchiarini. He caught a 1 kg and a 2kg pike. I lost an estimated 3kg fish and a smaller one. Lot of rain too and my camera didn't work, sorry!



10/04 Again a great fishing day in S.Caterina. Cloudy day...best for fishing here because there's no wind!



13/04 Fishing with Joachim and Peter in Piave!



14/04 Marble trout caught in Piave!



16/04 Fishing in S.Caterina: cold and lot of wind, caught some lake trouts and small graylings!



17/04 Fishing with Adriano in river Ansiei: really nice sight fishing!



18/04 Piave: a great rainbow caught with a small nymph. I also caught three big brownie with the dryfly!



19/04 Belly boat fishing in lake: caught a three kg pike...too much rain, sorry no photo!



20/04 Again nice fishing in Piave!



22/04 Pike fishing...caught four small pikes!



23/04 Fishing with Alfio in upper Piave!



29/04-07/05 Nine great fishing days in Los Roques!!!!!!!



12/05 Fishing with Adriano in a small spring creek near Treviso: he caught the one!



15/05 Lake Misurina has low water.Caught two brown trouts and one small brook trout!



19/05 Shad are back in Piave!



22/05 Fishing Boite and catching some trouts with the Gummy Minnow!



24/05 Tying flies for shad before fishing...!



25/05 Fishing shad with Gummy Minnow!



27/05 Fishing Uneca river (Slovenia): small graylings and some nice trout.



29/05 Fishing with Alfio in upper Piave: caught nice trouts!



31/05 Belly Boat fishing for Black Bass: caught only one and lost three fishes!



01/06 Belly Boat fishing in late evening: caught three pikes, the biggest was 3 kg!



02/06 Late evening hatch in Piave. Fishing with Edoardo Losio.



05/06 Fishing with Alfio in Piave: caught nice trouts on dry too!



12/06 Evening in Uneca river. Biggest grayling (the one fighting in the photo) was 40cm.



13/06 Fishing with Cristoph and Simon in upper Piave: perfect water levels and perfect trouts!



15/06 Evening in lowest part of Piave: caught three trouts, one was a Marble (photo)



16/06 Evening again in lowest part of Piave: caught three trouts, but only one over 40cm



18/06 Great evening fishing in the central part of Piave: caught many trouts and two graylings of 46/48cm



19/06 Releasing a nice trout in Boite river!



21/06 Fishing with Guy Lanzi in Drava river (Austria)!



22/06 Again fishing central part of Piave: a brown trout caught with a dry fly!



23/06 Fishing again with Guy: this time in upper Piave!



24/06 Fishing Slovenia! Guy is catching a grayling in Sava river!



25/06 Belly Boat fly fishing meeting: I caught six small black bass!



30/06,01,02,03/07 Four days fishing delta of river Ebro (Spain) with other italian Ebro experts like Mauro Borselli, Beppe Saglia, Antonio Rinaldin and funny Pozzolini!



13/07 Fishing Drau in Austria with Enrico!



14/07 A grayling caught by me in Piave river!



16/07 Fishing Black Bass in Brenta river. Caught ten fishes, not very big!



21/07 Fishing Black Bass in lake (late evening). Caught only rain :-(



23,24/07 Fishing with Valerio Santagostino!



25/07 Nice trout caught in Boite river.



27/07 Right under the tree...!



28/07 Fishing with Andrea Cuccaro, Webmaster of PIPAM!



30/07 Late evening hatch in low Boite!



06/08 Late evening hatch with Claudio Fanciullacci in Piave!



07/08 Close my shop at 13.00 and run to catch a trout from Boite!



10/08 Early to bed, early to rise, makes a flyfisherman healthy, wealthy and wise...and catching the big ones too!



11/08 Fishing with Alfonso and his girlfriend. She caught her first trout!



14/08 Another brown caught in Boite just some minutes before going back to work!



27/08 Theo and his grayling caught with a small ant imitation!



29/08 A nice marble trout caught in Piave with a nymph!



31/08 Caught three graylings: one with a dry two with a nymph...sorry no photo: low battery of the camera!



05/09 Late evening hatch in Piave...some nice graylings were rising!



07/09 Caught twelve graylings with a nymph!



08/09 Great late evening hatch in Piave...many graylngs with a dry!



14/09 Fishing with Peter and his bamboo rod in small Drau (Austria)!



16/09 Again fishing with Peter, this time in the Villgratenbach (Austria)!



17/09 Fishing Brenta river under heavy rain: caught only a nice grayling and a small trout!



18/09 Another rainy day...caught four graylings in Ansiei river!



21/09 Fishing with Bud in small Drava (Austria). We really caught lot's of fish!!!!!!



22/09 Fishing with Bud in Piave Belluno. Very hard fishing, but at the end he got the one!



23/09 Fishing with Bud in an alpine lake. Lot's of brook truts on the dry fly!



24/09 Fishing with Bud upper Piave. Nice trouts with the nymph!



25/09 Fishing with Bud in medium Piave. Nice dry fly fishing with caddis imitations. Caught graylings and browns!



4,5,6,7,8/10 Five days fishing at the Delta of Ebro river. Too much wind and weather problems reduced the fishing in the sea. Nicest fish was this dolphin caught with a popper.



16/10 Fishing for pikes. Caught five, the biggest was around 3kg.



18/10 Again fishing for pikes. Caught two: 3,5kg and 2,5kg. The second one nearly at the surface



20/10 Finally...A BIG ONE!!!!!!:-)))))))))



21/10 A 1,5kg pike



23/10 Wading for pikes with some friends. Caught only two tiny, very small babypikes!



26/10 Fishing Sava river (Slovenia) Caught graylings with the dry and some rainbows with small nymphs. Water levels were very low!



28/10 Fishing Uneca river (Slovenia) Lot's of graylings with the dry fly. Most of them small...but some nice one could not resist my cdc flies!



31/10 Fishing for pikes. Caught only two small ones!



09/11 Again Fishing for pikes with my belly boat. Caught only one, not big!



10/11 Fishing Uneca river (Slovenia). Caught many graylings with the dryfly!



13/11 Pike day at lake Fimon. Caught four small pikes from my belly boat!



15/11 Again Uneca river. Biggest grayling caught with with a V2 cdc hook 18!



18/11 Fishing with Fabio Bernini lake Bertignano. Caught one small pike and a black bass!



19/11 Fishing for trouts in lake Torrettone with Günter Feuerstein and Edgardo Donà!



22/11 Again Uneca river with my friend Adriano. Very cold but during midday nice dry fishing!



23/11 Fishing in Rienza river. Good nymph fishing...but really cold!



26/11 Fishing for pikes. Caught only lot of snow!



27/11 Fishing in "small" Uneca: Malenscica. Fabolous atmosphere and fish raising!!! Gianco caught the nicest brown! (Nice hat Gianco!)



30/11 Again fishing in Rienza river. Great nymph fishing!!!!



15/12 Fishing Torrettone lake. Very hard fishing, caught two trouts with a very small streamer!



19/12 Fishing with my belly boat for pikes. Cold, strong wind...and no fish!



20/12 Fishing a small reservoir near Belluno. Caught only one small rainbow.!

Ok! That's it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2005 was a great fishing year :-) Good weather conditions, good water and lots of fish :-))))) See you in 2006!