I'm very pleased to introduce you to another one of my colleagues and friends
in flyfishing. Meet Jos Vanrunxt ... one of the most adventurous flyfishers I ever
met. We go back a few decades and it's always big fun to hang out with him.
He recently told me about another one of his unique fishing trips, and we
would like to share the story with you. Go ahead, Jos ... we are all ears !

    
 

    
  THE
    WHITE MARLINS OF MOROCCO.


    
 My idea to travel to North Africa to flyfish for white marlin initially came up
 when I purchased and rigged a boat. I bought an old Boston Whaler from the
 Dutch police.  All it had was a 150 hp motor, and that was it.
 I worked on it for a whole fishingseason putting in all the equipment and
 electronics myself. A depthmeter, an electronic compass, a radar transponder,
 a seaworthy electric motor, a 10 hp auxiliary motor, and ... and ... and. 
 When my job was finished my wallet was a Mercedes lighter. Bought myself a 
 boat and worked my tail off for a whole year. It was worth it !! 
 And now, a year later, there are memories of lots of seabass that took my flies, 
 big walleye I nailed when fishing the Haringvliet. There was my trip to Russia
 in June '06, some 1.900 miles north of here, cruising the coast of the White Sea
 together with three buddies, heading for some pristine salmon rivers. 
 Morocco was next on my fishing agenda. September would be the right time to
 go. Together with one of my flyfishing colleagues I headed down south 
 travelling via Paris, Bordeaux, Biarritz, Madrid, Granada, to end up in Algeciras
 where we took the ferry to Tangiers. We took the road along the Moroccan coast 
 and ended up in a fishing village not far from Mohammedia, where all the facilities
 to launch my boat were available. September 8  ... heading out into the Atlantic. 
 What will the ocean have in store for us ... ?