Pete Tyjas heads to Denmark to catch up with a good friend and to search for sea trout
I miss Ray. In the past I could call him and say the fishing was hot and he’d jump on a train and be with me in the truck sitting in waders just an hour or two later.
We’ve fished around the world together. From throwing our bags in the front garden of the B&B we were staying at in New Zealand and hitting the river as the owners weren’t home, to hanging out with A K Best on the banks of the St Vrain and the many rivers we’ve fished around the UK too.
He moved to Denmark and getting to see him now is a little trickier.
This was six years ago and we don’t fish together as much which is sad but he has scratched out some great sea trout fishing in both the fjords and the sea near where he now lives.
I was over recently and spent a couple of days catching up with him and was pleased to spend some time on the water too.
The wind was blowing from the north and we felt the full blast of it as we got out of the car. Ray had seen some guys fishing from the spot on the Fjord we’d decided to fish and wanted to give it a try.
I didn’t bother with my usual lucky hat and felt a merino wool beanie would do a better job of keeping me warm rather than the trucker hat.
We talked as we walked, catching up on news and getting back into our fishing stride again.
There is always the moment when we look at where we will fish and Ray suggested I took up the spot where a small promontory broke the white horses that were breaking against the bank some 50 yards away from where I was standing leaving a less broken and turbulent area of water in front of me. The bay wasn’t big compared to the vast fjord that I saw to my left but it looked fishy and I wasn’t going to complain about the wind being on my back. I pulled the hood of my jacket up to shelter me.
Ray moved 10 yards to my right, made a few casts and was immediately hit by a sea trout. I watched as he played it for just a few seconds before it came off.
I had given a whoop to let him know I’d seen him hook the fish but it seemed it was a little too soon in the fight especially as it had come unbuttoned.
On previous trips and with gentle reminding from Ray I cast and moved, with such a huge expanse of water to cover there seems little point in staying glued to one spot.
The take was a solid one, I looked across to Ray and as I did he lifted in to a fish as well. Double hook up.
It was the just about the perfect start to a fishing trip. I looked across at Ray and smiled.
Pete Tyjas is a fishing guide based in Devon, UK visit his website for more details HERE