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I all honesty I haven't

I all honesty I haven't fished for salmon this year. The first few months of the seasons have been dire, but by all accounts, the river is full of the grilse that evade the catches last year. So as soon as I get over being sick, I'm on the river.

Most of my summer has been either spent working on the house or trout fishing in the mountains. But I can feel it's time for some salmon fishing.

My pals exploded every time

My pals exploded every time he caught a good fish - turned out it was a faulty batch - my advice is to avoid as they had no way of tracking them!

Well, its funny to m

Well, its funny to me that so many people seem to love the "nailless nail knot". There is a reason why this knot has been carried down from generations long ago...its a snell knot. And a snell knot is what was used by early fishermen before hooks had "eyes". The nailless knot is just a slight variation of the snell for tying lines together. Its probably one of the oldest and best knots ever.

But why are we all debating knot terminology, we should be out there fishing!

Just checked in on t

Just checked in on this page again and am surprised at the the interest. I thought I was one of the few that was interested in the wet fly style of fishing and tying.

A suggestion; pick any one of the patterns and do a "step by step" tying photo and instruction like the "Tabou Caddis Emerger". I think this would be beneficial to the tyers that are interested in tying this type of fly. As you well know there are several nuances in the tying procedure.

STILL THE BEST SITE FOR THE OLDIES BUT GOODIES on the internet!!!

GoFi

Krzysiek,

Try Go Fishing

Kasper

Hi there!
I want to

Hi there!
I want to make bamboo fly fishing rod, I use to make bow and arow, I think I will be able to make bamboo fly fishing rod, but problem is where I can find to buy the bamboo. I live in romania and I didnt find here bamboo. Can you give me some adress of firms or where I can find it.

GFF summit

We will be on Fyn during GFF summit , so maybe we will meet youto have a chat.

@waterdog

@waterdog

Thank you very much for Step by step sharing with us !

Feridun

My not-so-secret rec

My not-so-secret recipe for redbreasties is a #12/10 stimulator or hopper with a #14/16 beaded hares ear dropper. Very much the Western-style approach to catching fish. =)

Those are bad-ass! Whenever I

Those are bad-ass! Whenever I tie stuff with long tails, the old farts here tell me it won't catch fish because the hook is so far ahead of the strike area. However, I tied my bucktail streamers with a little length and people who fish them for bass always get the strikes, expecially when fishing my yellow perch pattern. The white/striper bass hybrids LOVE them!

My fly boxes looked like

My fly boxes looked like those for about the first winter before I started fly-fishing. Now, despite my best efforts, they always end up a mess of scattered flies. The biggest problem if I meet people with other variations or tying methods and I have to make extra room. I don't even bother having separate boxes for different types because all of those have overflowed. The hatches here in northeastern nevada are fairly scattered and you never know exactly what they'll be eating since we're not considered rockies, but we're not pacific either.

Peacock Caddis

Anybody use a peacock caddis? I tie mine onto a curved nymph hook. The elk wing and hackle keep the top half on the surface at an angle and the peacock body sits curved down into the water like a caddis that's emerging, except it bridge even that fine gap between emerger and adult.

The attached photo shows my variation, but on this one I tied the wing too far back. Normally, I tie it much close to the front with just a few turns of hackle.

Jared DuBach -- Angle Lake Fly Tyers
http://angellakeflytyers.ecrater.com

Nothing in Norwegian Rivers

Hi Wiggy,

I tried 2 months ago Mandal River 24 Hours = Result 0 fishes
I tried 1 month ago Bjerkreimselva River 2 Days= Result 1 small Lax (Released)

I used different flies from size 10 up to 16, Wet + Dry + Streamer... All of them in different Zones 1-2-3-4... = Nothing

Backwards to home I found small farm-lakes near the road and caught 2 big-fat Salmo Trutta Fario`s 😉 (C&R again)

I can`t understand whats going on this year in Norwegian Rivers
:evil:
Do you caught something in Mandal this year Wiggy ?

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The Best result was from the coast this year
😄 A Pollachius Pollachius and a Gadus Morhua

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Hi Jonathan,

Hi Paul,

I've already tried the contact form on the webpage, but had no reply.

However... yesterday I got the direct telephone number for Vosseler off their Norwegian distributor, I have now spoken to them directly so hopefully everything will be sorted.

Thanks for your help.

Jonathan

Hi Jonathan,

Hi Jonathan,

try thier home page
http://www.pro-flyfishing.com/index.php

Paul

Well I've still had no luck

Well I've still had no luck wilth locating a Vosseler DC3 "standard spool" in Titanium. 😢

I'm made countless phonecalls and emails but still no luck!.

Can anybody provide we with some website links or telephone numbers if they know of any where with stock?

Thanks again
Jonathan

Just returned from I

Just returned from Iceland where I confronted this deadly fly for the first time. It was absolutely deadly in certain situations, such as where the salmon were bunched up deep at the head of a waterfall pool, and one needed a small fly, with low impact, and a small size to fish deep within a very short section of the river. The British anglers at outr camp used this pattern a lot (I had not been aware of them the last time I was there in 1999, as opposed to tube flies.)

Best was a very simple all black fly although Red Frances patterns also were good.

Your instructions are fabulous, and show how someone can make the fly without investing in an expensive tube fly vise or adapters. Thanks very much.

In certain situations these flies have no equal.

Oops! I seem to have misread

Oops! I seem to have misread your first post a bit. I thought you were new to fly fishing in general. Well, if that is not the case you might know the whole debate about rods actions. You mayalso be able to read from my post that I for one am not a fan of those super fast rods. 😉

Hi everyone,

Hi Fedor.

You seem to have made your choice. However, here are my two cents.

I agree very much with Claus' post earlier on the page. However, as you are a beginner, you could also think about buying a #7 rod. It's often terribly windy on the Danish coast and a #7 is a bit more resistant under such circumstances.

Loop CLWC and Danica reels are solid choices.

Two lines in the medium price range I have found very good to use are:

Loop Multi and Rio Mainstream

Whatever rod you choose do not choose a very fast rod and definitely do not choose one of the so called "saltwater" models. They don't necessarily fish better on the Danish coast even though they can come in handy in windy conditions. For a beginner they are in my opinion rather difficult to learn to cast with and could very well ruin the whole experience.

From what I have heard Greys make fine rods. Even though I haven't tried their rods, I think you are on the right track. However, it can only be advised to try a rod before buying - in general that is.

so simple and very n

so simple and very nice..i will try it.!

My not-so-secret recipe

Chapter 2 really inspired me to get back out to a spot I had visited (and gotten skunked at) over the winter.

I got out there today with some big time success - including a surprisingly large 14" smallmouth from a pool that was no more than 15 feet wide when the rest of the creek was only between 6 and 8 feet wide. It was like tail-water fishing for trout... except the fish pulled a lot harder.

So, thank you for the inspiration.

Teemu,

Teemu,

the Cigar goes as this:

Hook: Patridge JS Sea streamer, 2-4
Tail: Marabou, black and a few strands of pearl Flashabou
Body: black deer haur, tied muddler style, narrowest at the tail and widest at the eye.

Kasper

Hi Jonathan,

Hi Jonathan,

I would have to agreee with T.Z., I did buisness directly with Vossler last year, and was very pleased with their customer service.

Just give them a call.

See ya at the summit

Paul

Hi,

Hi,

maybe you should try in good old Germany, either with Mr. Vosseler himself (It is said that they do good service even to end customers, can't say - don't own any of their things) or some of the better dealers in Germany (Rudi Heger for example).

Cheers,
Thomas