THE GOOD, BAD and THE UGLY

The good……

TRANSFERS FROM MALAGA AIRPORT

As of 2011 EFS, in addition to Seville and Madrid, are now offering transfers from Malaga Airport . Not only will this provide a wider selection of departure airports, but a greater choice of cheap flights.

FLIGHTS TO MALAGA FROM
BIRMINGHAM – BOURNEMOUTH - BRISTOL - CARDIFF – DONCASTER - EXETER – EAST MIDS - GATWICK – HEATHROW - LEEDS BRADFORD – LIVERPOOL – LONDON CITY - LUTON - MANCHESTER – STANSTEAD

BELFAST - CORK – DUBLIN - SHANNON

EDINBURGH – GLASGOW

2010 saw a greater number of guests arriving from HOLLAND and DENMARK - more are already booked in for this year. Guests travelling from these countries will also benefit with the option of flights from

DENMARK
AALBORG – AARHUS – BULLUND

NETHERLANDS
AMSTERDAM - EINDHOVEN - GRONINGEN - MAASTRICHT - ROTTERDAM

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DISCOUNT WINTER FISHING PACKAGE

Also as on 2011 we will be now offering a discounted WINTER PACKAGE for December and January.

Over the last two years Northern Europe has had to contend with horrendous winters, whilst here in Extremadura we have enjoyed some cracking winter fishing. We hear many anglers complaining that the lakes are frozen, some in Holland and Denmark for months, and temperatures well below freezing.

Obviously we can’t guarantee sunny days with temperatures of nearly 20 degrees or run after run, but we do get lots of days like this throughout December and January.

To give you an idea of our catches during this time, check out the December and January updates below. So with 10 hours sunlight per day, catches like these, cheaper flights and the chance to get fishing, what’s more there to say !!!!

the bad………

2011 PRICES

It’s our policy here at Extrema Fishing Spain to keep prices as low and affordable as possible. However due to rising costs we unfortunately have to put our prices up to maintain our high standards. This will take effect from March 1^st any deposits taken before that date for holidays taken in the same calendar year will be held at the present prices.

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and the Ugly………

JANUARY UPDATE

EFS guides, Lee and Craig have managed to get in a couple of short sessions in on Sierra Brava already this year.

During January they have fished a total of 9 days over the three sessions and had a staggering 68 runs with fish well into the 30´s. That’s not bad for winter fishing, sometiimes having to deal with easterly winds and cold nights.

Here´s a few of photos from their January sessions.

Winter Fishing on the Orellana with Vital Bait

Here´s photos of some of the fish as reported in our previous post. During December Lee and Stu managed a 72 hr session on the Orellana, between them they banked over 30 fish, most were 30lb plus. Lee had fish to 42lb and Stu took a new PB of 39.5lb.. all taken on VITAL BAIT fishmeal boilies.

Extrema Fishing Spain would like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a Happy New Year.

Well yet another year over, 2010 has come to a close and what a second half of the season it’s been. We have had a very busy season with plenty of fish and great laughs with our guests.

We have seen dozens of upper 30 – 50lb+ previously uncaught fish being banked by our guests, and a fair few lost, only 9 out of the many clients failing to bank a new PB.

Our guides, when they have managed to get the time to wet a line, have banked some cracking fish. Lee had 2 new Orellana PB´s, a 59.5lb Common and a 44lb Mirror, within 6 days of fishing and Craig has caught more upper 30lb fish than the amount of days he has actually fished. So come and see what it’s all about, be quick though, we´re getting booked up, many regulars have already rebooked and plenty of new guests are wanting to take on these hard fighting wild Carp….

DECEMBER UPDATE

We haven’t managed much time fishing during December; we have been visiting friends and family all over the place. However on the two short sessions that we did manage to get on the bank we had some cracking fish. Whilst Craig was braving the cold in UK, Lee and Stu did a 72 hr session and banked over 30 fish, several were upper 30´s and Stu banked a new PB of 39.5lb, Lee had fish to 42lb.

The next venture out was Craig and Lee on a short 48 hr session a week or so before Xmas. Between them they had 5 runs with fish again between 25 and 35 lb, not bad for winter fishing, heres a couple of the fish.

In the meanwhile we are going to put in a few more sessions, so keep an eye on our updates and see how we get on.

Novice Carp Anglers on the Orellana

Christian and John took on the Orellana and won, over the 3 days the novice anglers had plenty of fish. They landed several 30´s between them, Johns took the biggest fish at 44lb, he is a sample of their catches. More photos of the 30´s still to come.

Pleasure Fishing

Dave, owner of North West Angling Center, visited for a 4 day break. Due to illness he only managed 2 days fishing, he banked around 15 Barbel, several carp including this 14.5lb new PB , all on tip tactics
. Beer monster Chris and friends only fished days. He they are all with new PB - well all except Chris, unfortunately as the saying goes, the big one gotta way. A great laugh was had by all, I´m just hope Chris and George dont returnat the same time, couldnt handle them both at once. Look forward to seeing you next year,

For Ian´s second visit this year, he decided to go for Specimen Carp rather than course fishing. They only fished the days, enjoying the local cuisine and night life in the village on the evenings. Unfortunatley Mick pulled out of mid to upper 30lb Mirror at the net after a right tussle, however they both still managed a new PB each.

Orellana Carp Fishing

There’s still more PB´s to come from the last few weeks, we will post them when we get chance.

In the mean while heres another previously uncaught Orellana Common.

The Flying Dutchmen return to Orellana

As expected the next week was full of laughs and banter. Derek, Erwin and Erik from Rotterdam like to enjoy themselves whilst here. The thing that fueled the situation was that the two lads fishing the opposite side of the bay with Lee were from Amsterdam, at one stage football songs were being chanted from both sides. Arno thought it was a good idea to join the Rotterdam boys for a few beers one afternoon; it wasn’t, especially drinking with Erwin. When he left, he was a right mess he could hardly walk, let alone steer the boat, Beer monster Erwin carried on drinking into the evening.

The fishing was a little slow, possible due to all the noise, however the lads had a few fish, they like to enjoy their holiday, a break from work with some fishing. Heres a couple of fish they caught, Erwin with his new PB 45.5lb Orellana uncaught Wild Common.

Orellana Carp Fishing

Another Dutch visitor was Biker Martien: As the big fella was traveling alone, Craig managed to sneak in a couple of days fishing with him. Martien was set in his ways and Craig couldn’t convince him to change the ´helicopter rig´ however he managed to get him to use our suggested hook bait – well after a couple of runs that is. All rods were changed and the fish started to come. He landed around a dozen ´small´ fish to 29lb and a mid 30 when the dreaded easterly wind arrived, the temperature dropped and the runs stopped, Craig in the meanwhile had a couple of fish to just below 39lb.

Boy can this bloke drink, there was a lot of banter going on between us and, at one stage a raiding party (Rob, Craig’s nephew who was over helping out, and Martien) boated across to Lee´s group in search of beer. Well as you can see they couldn’t have got much beer in the boat with the big lad so they had a few drinks with them on the otherside of the bay …

Luckily the fish started to feed again before he had to leave, another 7 runs between them and a new PB of just below 39lb for Martien on his final morning.

Orellana Carp Fishing

Robert, Craigs nephew, has been helping us out over the last few weeks and he managed to get some time on the rods when Dave went off for a shower. A couple of years ago on his last visit, he had a 34lb PB Mirror and he’s been at it again. Another new PB Mirror of 36.6lb, and what a beauty….

As you can see most Orellana fish are fin perfect, they are wild fish and we have never seen the same fish caught twice.. Craig on the other hand has landed this 38lb 14oz Common that has to be one of the ugliest fish we have seen. Well its quite pretty next to Craig…

Novice Carp angler Dave decided to dive in at the deep end and take on the Orellana.

With only 18 months fishing experience and a PB of 16lb, he beat his PB several times. In total he had fish of 18lb, seven 20s, most around 26 – 28lb, a 34, 36, 37.5 and a cracking 45lb 14oz Common

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George joined us for a couple of nights, keeping us well entertained with his antics. On his previous overnight visit he took his PB to 28lb, this time he joined us for 3 days and had three 30lb plus fish out. The fishing went a little quiet for a couple of days due to a brisk easterly wind, however George kept us from getting bored. Mauld wine was brewed, steaks cooked Flambé style, you can imagine what happened when far too much Vodka was poured on… When Dave returned from the shower run he found he had a lovely garden around his bivvy – and Dave wants George to join him next year, can’t wait….