Hey Markus! Great to hear from you! I think Zebra Trout is correct! We call dem „Tigers“ sometimes, but Tiger Trout is a different species, which we don‘t have in Switzerland.

Many thanks!

Thanks Henry!

Hi Dimiter Thanks for the nice words, much appreciated! <3 A 9' #5 is a great all round tool for sure, but for sight fishing for spooky fish in clear water, a rod with a medium or even parabolic action might be the better choice. Sight fishing the Doubs is all about long leaders and very thin diameter tippet. So, a softer rod helps you with two things: 1. Tippet protection: Nic fishes tippet down to 9x and with a fast rod, it's very likely to break the tippet. 2. While fishing very long leaders (15ft - 20ft) a softer rod helps you casting a small or even unweighted nymph much easier. There are a lot of situations, where you will cast the nymph with the leader only. It won't look pretty, but it does the job :) But then at the end, you need to try it out for yourself and find your prefered setup, I think it's highly personal preference as well. Ask 10 fishermen and everybody will tell you something different :)

@ Hi Andre, many thanks for sharing your thoughts on this one. It really makes sense what you are saying. I only said fast rod because it seems faster than the ones I normally fish, namely some green sticks, some fiberglass, etc. So in my mind I was thinking maybe something faster than what I have might make sense (like the one we see seems to be an Epic and I know some accomplished sight nymphing fishermen use faster ones like Orvis 3F etc). It s very personal I agree , but it is also interesting what works for the seasoned Doubs fishermen who live the river. That being said this is a very special river that makes you up your game at every level and that is just one more reason why I love it so much!

Floored by the beauty of this bruiser 😍😂

Danke Dir!

Thanks Pascal! Nic hat ne 5er gefischt.. tight lines!

Thx Nico! :)