Brittany is an exceptional region for fly fishing European seabass. Its seemingly endless coastline, numerous estuaries, sand flats, and islands offer some of the most varied and productive bass habitat in Western Europe.
Images by Jean Babtiste Vidal and Pierre Rigaleau.
Jean-Baptiste Vidal has been targeting sea bass on the fly intensively since 2015. Over…
Bob Popovics introduced the Surf Candy in the 1980s. Originally, the fly was tied with polar bear or bucktail. Soon, however, it switched to synthetic materials like, for instance, Ultrahair. Popovics pioneered the use of epoxy to create durability and translucency in saltwater flies. The durability was important to Bob as his local bluefish would…
Sardinia is a rather remote Italian island in the middle of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Not many fly fishermen know about Sardinia and the fish species encountered there, but with fishing possibilities both inland and offshore – and loads to do and see - it’s a destination that ought to be on more people’s bucket lists.…
