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Vantastic Lukas: Good times - bad times | Hammer Tackle

Vantastic Lukas: Good times - bad times

The last night at the “feel-good spot” When I wrote the last blog at my “feel-good spot” right on the lake in a fantastic location, I had already stayed there for 9 days. Not really successful with...

Lucas à la recherche de la magie: Les carpes des la vallée oubliée pt.1 | Hammer Tackle

Lucas in Search of Magic: The Carp from the Forgotten Valley Part 1

Last year, during my summer trip, I decided to spend a few days in a valley to escape the high temperatures in the south of France. Always the same topo, an endless check of Google Maps with the re...

Vantastic Lukas: Entschleunigen | Hammer Tackle

Vantastic Lukas: Slow down

By-catches upon by-catches Christian and I thought ideal conditions for this lake near the Pyrenees as we looked at the lake in the wind and even occasionally saw a fish jumping out of the water fa...

Vantastic Lukas: Ständige Gewässerwechsel | Hammer Tackle

Vantastic Lukas: Constant changes of water

Bathers and campers everywhere There was just too much going on at the waters in the region at my friend Sebastien's place at the moment... I didn't feel like mingling with the crowd of bat...

Shutdown Fishing: Ein spontaner Roadtrip durch Deutschland | Hammer Tackle

Shutdown Fishing: A spontaneous road trip through Germany

Brisk wind shakes me awake early in the morning. The stretched tarp gradually comes loose because the short pegs can hardly find a hold in the fine sediment of the sand bank. Through sleepy eyes, y...

Vantastic Lukas: Es kommt immer anders | Hammer Tackle

Vantastic Lukas: Things always turn out differently

Unexpected water level After about two hours of driving, I reached the lake in the Pyrenees. It showed itself in a picture that I had never seen before: the water level was very high at this time o...

Vantastic Lukas: Die zweite Heimat | Hammer Tackle

Vantastic Lukas: The second home

Arrived... On Friday July 31st, the hottest day of my tour so far, I reached the most familiar corner of southern France where my good friend Sebastien lives. I had arranged to go fishing with him ...

Les aventures de Franck: La grande dorsale | Hammer Tackle

The Adventures of Franck: The Big Back

I like large lakes, especially those with clear water. I stopped at this lake by chance 7 years ago... we are coming back from vacation with my wife, the way is long and we decide to stop, a quick ...

Vantastic Lukas: zurück in bekannten Regionen | Hammer Tackle

Vantastic Lukas: back in familiar regions

Again nothing on the river I stayed on the river for one night until I felt like going further again. The place was very comfortable, but it was right next to a promenade, which was getting increas...

Hit the road Jake: Inside Outside | Hammer Tackle

Hit the road Jake: Inside Outside

A few weeks have passed since my time in Holland, but I don't want to hide from you what happened there. So today let's look at beautiful Holland from its rural side. A brisk wind from the ...

Vantastic Lukas: Sommer, Sonne, Blank! | Hammer Tackle

Vantastic Lukas: Summer, sun, blank!

They jump but don't bite!! I spent two nights at the inlet of the reservoir, where there were always fish, especially early in the morning. I just couldn't get a bite!! In addition to the i...

Vantastic Lukas: Zu Besuch bei Freunden | Hammer Tackle

Vantastic Lukas: Visiting friends

Off to neighboring Thuringia After a somewhat difficult farewell to family and friends, as always, we first headed towards Thuringia. My buddy Clemens had gotten a used banana boat through eBay cla...

Hit the road Jake 3: Back home? | Hammer Tackle

Hit the road Jake 3: Back home?

Dear readers, you've probably asked yourself why my blogs don't appear as regularly as I initially planned. Well, let me explain. After my time in Holland, I visited my buddy Guido in Franc...

Vantastic Lukas: Ein neuer Abschnitt | Hammer Tackle

Vantastic Lukas: A new section

It's been a while since I last wrote a few lines on my blog. I'll be honest - I haven't had any leisure in the last few months. Too many things to do and happenings kept me busy - but a...

Lucas à la recherche de la magie - pt 2 | Hammer Tackle

Lucas in Search of Magic – Part 2

After the rocky barrier slopes, the call of the Alps is too strong. For a few days, hiding under a tree where you know or think you know the fish crossing point seems to be a good option. A vast tu...

Hit the road Jake 2: City of Night | Hammer Tackle

Hit the road Jake 2: City of Night

Off to Holland Since my first visit to Holland last year, this country hasn't let me go. This area is too impressive. Urban, flourishing life goes hand in hand with wild, undiscovered nature. I...

Lucas à la recherche de la magie - pt1 | Hammer Tackle

Lucas in Search of Magic – Part 1

A beer please, potato salad, thanks, well that's it, we've covered the few words I know... So if you're German you can warm up your translator, if you're French that's fine! Thr...

Corona und das Abenteuer "vor der Haustüre" | Hammer Tackle

Corona and the adventure “on your doorstep”

Actually the story starts much earlier. At the beginning of March, pre-Corona, in the south of France, with a newly renovated bus and really keen on a tour through Europe. Until the morning of Marc...

Hit the road Jake: Tagebuch eines Vagabunden | Hammer Tackle

Hit the road Jake: Diary of a Vagabond

Hello dear reader! No, it is not Jacob who is speaking to you right now. It's me, the old, red Opel. You're probably wondering why I'm speaking out. Well, I wanted to take the opportuni...

Vantastic Lukas: Motivation tanken | Hammer Tackle

Vantastic Lukas: Recharge your motivation

“Second home” Brought to my knees by the weather and all other negative events of late, I found myself heading towards the Mediterranean at the beginning of November. Hoping that the weather would ...

Vantastic Lukas: Düstere Tage | Hammer Tackle

Vantastic Lukas: Dark days

A new adventure Clemens and I found ourselves heading towards a headland covered in roots in our loaded boats in the late afternoon. Due to the low water level, I had problems orienting myself on t...

Vlado und die Flut | Hammer Tackle

Vlado and the flood

Vlado's fishing is anything but ordinary. When fishing on the river, you not only have to follow the current and bottom conditions, but you also have to take into account the influence of the t...

Vantastic Lukas: Bann gebrochen? | Hammer Tackle

Vantastic Lukas: Spell broken?

A familiar body of water When Clemens and I had sorted the chaos of tackle into the cars in the water we had previously fished, the first thing we did was replenish the food supplies, which had bec...

Vantastic Lukas: Es läuft einfach nicht an! | Hammer Tackle

Vantastic Lukas: It just doesn't work!

Withdrawn When Christoph, Julian and I parted ways in the French Alps, I needed some time alone again. I pushed back some work that I had to do on the PC during the last week of fishing together. M...