The storkreservoir

Ideal for flyfishing learning, every day open, except July and August, where you can fish however the weather, and, it's the icing of the cake, superb fishes, that is the storkeservoir !

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Prise d'une truite arc en ciel au printemps 2004.

Located at 50 km in the north of Strasbourg, in Seltz the stork reservoir is reserved for flyfishing. (see the very detailed map)

Its pure water (it is the ground water of Alsace, the biggest of west Europe), the quality of his fishes, the convenient laying out , combine to bring this place on the top of the flyfishing areas in Alsace. The fishery, of 2.5 ha, is made up of 2 ponds. They go down to a depth of 10 meters . All flyfishing techniques are allowed (dry flies, nymph, streamer, wet flies), with a maximum of 3 flies; barbless hooks only.

The fish you will find in Seltz are mainly trouts: really big rainbow, brown and aguabonitas (the yellows), some chars, an other species like carps, tenchs, roachs, perchs, pikes (big ones). A nice pikeperch has been caught in 1999.

Une grosse truite arc en ciel (55 cm) prise par l'auteur en nymphe, le 6 janvier 2005.

There are two kinds of daily cards:

-one, for 17 euros , that allows you to keep one trout of more than 30 cm

-one, for 8,50 euros ,that allows a yougman (under 18), to fish "no kill"

The cards are available for the day: -on the spot, at the Auberge des cigognes, allée des peupliers SELTZ,tel: 00 33 3 88 86 88 45 (catering ,campsite, storks park, tennis, bathing)

-in front of the club house, on the distributor (with cash)

to the precise map of the reservoir in Seltz (67)

to the regulations for the saison 2011-2012 (in french)

the storkreservoir: news of the month

may 2012

News: Congratulations to Philippe Zinner, who caught, after the big carp from Gerhard Laible, another big and heavy carp, with a nymph, on april the 30 (cf. picture n° 1 below)

My last flyfishing session: April the 16 , I was on the reservoir, accompaining Yves. We had grey clouds and a strong and cold north wind. After I inspected his material, and changed his tippet to a C.B.F. tippet, Yves caught a nice roach with a nymph DBR. He missed 3 bites of rainbow trouts, and then we went with Gerhard Laible to the Auberge des cigognes , where we trunk a good glass of St Emilion red wine , to fest the catch of a salmon from 76 cm, by Gerhard. We had of course an interessant discussion about flyfishing, and Gerhard told us how he caught, with a little streamer, this nice salmon. (cf. infra picture n° 1). As we came back to the water, I spotted a little dark insect. It was a sialis. So, Yves couldstrike with success , with a CBN , 6 rainbow trouts (cf. pictue n°2), 4 from them into the net. (cf. picture n° 3) The last one took a CSC-1 , because at this moment there were only some Chironomids above the water. Yves was happy about this nice flyfishing day, and he expected already about the next time he will come to the storck reservoir !

Fish immersions: April the 26, 400 kg rainbow trouts between 600 and 2,5 Kg, came in the reservoir. About the 50 kg of brown trouts (between 300 and 400 gr) who came in the reservoir in march, it is a test to see if the can survive in the next summer. Thanks on all flyfishermen for making catch and release for these brown trouts :-)

Last News:

--For this spring, I offer two flies selections: one selection of season , and one Reservoir streamer selection .