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Martin, thank you fo

Martin, thank you for creating this page. I have read many contradictory things on the web about how to properly handle pike, but your post is the most carefully reasoned, and by far the best illustrated. I've tried several times, and still have never caught a pike, but I want to be ready for the day finally do. Your excellent photographs and drawing make me much more prepared than I was before. I will also be carrying a net, as a backup. Again, thank you for taking the time and effort to help others.

Thomas,

I place 2

Thomas,

I place 2-4 feathers in the loop. Then I adjust the length, tighten the loop slightly, snip off the extend on the "non-leg side", spin the loop. Whoa!

Kasper

I LIVE IN MICHIGAN

I LIVE IN MICHIGAN I'M NUTS ABOUT SALMON, STEELHEAD THIS PATTERN WILL DRIVE THE KINGS CRAZY, GOD BLESS YOU... DAVID BROWN

Mr. Muhlbach,

I a

Mr. Muhlbach,

I am confused about how to place the partridge hackles in the dubbing loop. I am not sure how to adjust them to the final length of the legs. If you could explain the process for me it would be great. Thanks a lot for your help.

Thomas

Thanks for the kind words

Tom,

Thanks for the kind words! I tried to catch the essence. Not only fish and fishing but also environment, ambiance and camaraderie.

Martin

Impressed

Hi Martin,

I received the book last weekend. I am impressed. Your picture collection shows us exactly what baltic seatrout fishing is all about! Enjoying nature, being with friends with the same mental 'disease', and celebrating an occasional catch!

Just Perfect!

Tight Lines,
Tom

Regarding pictures o

Regarding pictures of jumping fish, I have taken a few of pikes in the air during the years. Now I even have a short instruction movie on my webside.
The words are in Swedish but the pictures are in English.

OK, now that I've read the fine print below, I deleted the link since that was forbidden. But if anyone is interested you can always google my name.

i coulght a 35 lbs

i coulght a 35 lbs pike last week and i closed its eyes and i put my hand in its mouht no harm done

Pete,

Pete,

They are the best, the Canon PowerShots. Love'em too!

And a nice fly too!

Martin

what kind of rooster

what kind of roosters give the best feathers for fly tying,also what kind of other foul are raised for there feathers, like peacocks and others.I fly fish and would like to raise some different varity of foul for there feathers but don't know witch ones.any help would be very helpfull. thank -you.

Ever read old Trey C

Ever read old Trey Combs steelhead books? These questions have been out there fer a long time,sink tips leave all there line,15-30 feet laying on the bottom of the river,swinging your presentation over rocks and logs is just one way of snagging your hook. Never mind loosing expensive tips or shooting heads.I guess" chuck n duck" is still better and more sporting than bare, weighted, hooks.

TENKARA. My comment

TENKARA. My comment is this; if you fish small waters with small fish all well and good to use a tenkara system. On the other side of the coin if you fish big water with fish that average 4 lbs fishing without a reel is an act of stupidity. New Zealand Dept. of Fish & Game regulations ban this form of fishing for sports fish though it is permissable to fish for bait fish this way and I have had fun catching small rudd at the rate of 60 an hour with what Coarse Anglers call a whip. However this is not what I think sport (Game) fishing is all about.

Me and my 14 yr old

Me and my 14 yr old grandson are trying figure out how to make our planeing forms from scratch, but not having much luck. Also are the plane forms diffrent for the butt end and the tip end.
Richard Thomas

Well well, maybe it

Well well, maybe it is time for some more simplicity and ZEN in our sport. I have discovered Tenkara, the Japanese form of fly fishing with a 11-13ft long carbon fibre rod. Mine is 12ft long and significantly less than 100grams heavy. Reels? Don't need one, you attach the line directly to the tip. So much fun!

Muy bueno el video d

Muy bueno el video de nuestros amigos chilotes!!!! Pero es un poco caro ir a pescar a Chile!!!! Solo para los gringos....
Very nice video of our friends "chilotes"!!!! But fish in Chile is very expensive!!! Only for "gringos"
E. Guevara

This is an exelent site

this is an exelent site i love fly fishing going to the gariep dam november good luck to u all hope u get the big one

John,

Check with

John,

Check with the British producers. You can most likely order online directly from them.

Martin

how can i order the

how can i order the woven flies video in the united states?

Tracy,

They can b

Tracy,

They can be checked in, and will do nicely and be sturdy enough for air travel. But don't expect to bring them as hand luggage - or anything like them. Those days are over. Security is much too tight to let anything like a rod tube go through these days.

Martin

Can these types of r

Can these types of rod cases be taken on airlines?

I think maybe ...

John, I think maybe you have got a couple of posts mixed up. I was responding to this post that was aimed at me because I had not thought to include the name of the product that I was using. This was the post I was responding to:

From: Nycflyangler nycflyangler-at-yahoo.com
Submitted September 11th 2010
@David Ball

"Why did you bother to post this WITHOUT telling us the name of the product? Duh!"

I thought this was rude and said so in my own post. As I've said before, I am happy to help anyone, all they have to do is ask.

As for Bug Bond, I have been aware of this product since it came on the market and have had many discussions about it with David Edwards, who developed and markets it.

I hope this clears things up.

For anyone interested, the UV gel that I use is a product called "Tina". It is used extensively in the nail art industry. I buy it on Ebay from China, it comes in two versions, a top coat, which cures without leaving a sticky residue and a base coat to build up bigger heads/bodies etc, this leaves a sticky residue when cured for the top coat to adhere too. It cures completely clear and does not yellow over time as with epoxy. The whole set up UV light, top coat and base coat cost me round about £20.00, which is a lot cheaper than most of the other products, although now, a Bug Bond starter kit can be acquired for £25.00.

Cheers Dave

Perhaps ...

Perhaps if David hadn't of shouted the word "WITHOUT" & used the word "Duh!" he might not have had my repost in such a way, he could have emailed me f.f.i. after all my email address is on-screen.

Expecting an outburst

@everybody,

I published Nycflyangler's post kinda expecting an outburst like this. I was close to starting it myself with the very words that David wrote: ask kindly and things will go a lot smoother.
So educated from this incident: let's keep the tone nice and friendly, ok folks?

Thanks!

Martin

Why haven't you googled it?

David, if I assume your comment was aimed at my post, why haven't you googled it ? THERE IS A PRODUCT CALLED BUG-BOND & it's available through www.bug-bond.moonfruit.com It has a page on facebook, Bug-Bond, the art of engineering flies & there is a thread on the U.S. www.flytyingforum.com in the realistic's section called "Bug-Bond for realistic tying

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