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I am looking forward to

So am I! ;-)

I have a lot in already and some on the way, but if you have images from the GFF Summit 2007, lemme hav'em ASAP and yours may be included in the gallery I will build for the event.

As I wrote to all of you: originals and as many as possible. I will edit and sort.

Thanks!

Martin

A large sack needle

You don't need a tube holder a large sack needle is cheaper and more effective as the tube will jam up on the eye and will not rotate.

beauteful pattern ..

beauteful pattern ......I' m interested to ty myself ...because am beleving on this pattern and I ' am sûr...you are a good fisherman and good Flytyer.....excuse my poor english language...remerber who ' s guy speaking right now....Yes it 's me Laval.....and I no, you prefer a CANADIAN '' STUF ''

Tight lines, Steve, you lucky

Tight lines, Steve, you lucky dog!
Les 😉

Rodney,

Rodney,
Remember im a "mad fly fishing English man" :P so i fish all year round. Of course in December the weather is very cold here in Denmark but i have had some good results with the silver fish in December. You will just have to put up with the frozen ice rings and your " Man Tackle" shrinking away. :shock: The few fish that are around can be very big.

Well im off out fishing now...

Steve

Martin,

Martin,

Please count me in for a GFF cap 😄
Dave 😉

Hi, would just like to say, a

Hi, would just like to say, a great site GFF. lots of good info to be read in all types of fly fishing, please keep up the good work.

And if there is a list for the GFF peak cap, PLEASE put me on it.

Martin & co great job

Dave 😉 from Wales

December in Jutland? I

December in Jutland? I thought people don't even come out of their houses during that time in that particular area. ;) Sea trout on the beach? :) We shall see, definitely interested if Nina permits. ;) Right now there are no specific plans for my stay. We will probably do some beach fishing trips around Copenhagen and hopefully some trips for pike and perch too.

Henning,

Henning,

I will most definatly see you next year at Summit '08. Thank you for the link to a few pictures from the summit '07. I am looking forward to seeing the rest of the pictures from the summit that everyone else has submitted to Martin.

Steve. :shock:

Pix

Hi friends

Tanks for a very nice summit.

See you nxt year.

http://picasaweb.google.dk/HeningEskol/GFFSummit2007

😉 Henning

Les, Hi,

Les, Hi,

best rod is 1 p rod! I also have 3zone 6 p but weight 4. i have it only for trips when i combine biz trips together with fishing. My friend got the same 3zone 4 weight but 3 p and it is compleatly different rod much , much better than mine 6 p.

I will come to you with some offers on private.

rgds

Rolandas

wasn't it that he wa

wasn't it that he was grabbed by is 'double haul' forward cast?

My experience as a c

My experience as a class 1 guide, is the only fish that will come up for a fly that is hitched are the
earlier fish!. but then again these fish will also take dry fly's.If you want real success, in the earlier
fish, June, July& part of August, is to tie a buck bug of your choice,Carter Bug style, in a meduim
flow of current , holding the rod tip up a little so the fly is half submerged , & not riding up on the
surface .Thi makes a nice " Buldge " in the water.

Ripley is right.. Dont worry

Ripley is right.. Dont worry about having 100's of different flies to fish the coast. I use 3 patterns only. They are the simplist to tie and they catch fish. Ripley knows my rusty fly box so he can vouch that one. :)

Steve

Hey Rodney,

Hey Rodney,

Some interesting points you mentioned on "netting" in your part of the world. Yes awareness needs to be adressed.

If your in Jutland in December feel free to contact me, maybe we could meet up for a bit of fishing and a chat. December is a very busy month for me at work but maybe we could work something out.

Keep in touch!
Steve

James,
You can fin

James,
You can find parachute cord in any Army surplus shop, either through the internet, or the one nearest you.

Where can you purcha

Where can you purchase parachute cord?

The website Steve provided is

The website Steve provided is needed in my opinion. It is better to bring public awareness on a serious problem than hide what maybe a nation's disgrace. By getting more people aware of the issue, it brings solutions to the table. For a foreigner such as myself who fishes in Denmark several times per year, it's very informative and let us know what to do when illegal nets are encountered. Last summer while wading we came across one net completely submerged in the water. If I did not spot it before taking a few more steps, I would have tripped in the waist-deep water. At the time I wasn't sure if it was legal or not, but I'm pretty sure it is now after learning more about it.

What I find interesting is the fact that citizens can purchase licenses to net fish for personal usage (and sell?) in Denmark. In Canada, the fishery is divided into three sectors - Recreational, commercial and First Nations. Commercial fishing in Canada was heavy several decades ago but has dropped rapidly due to resource depletion. This is particularly apparently on the East Coast while the West Coast is beginning to experience the same trend and will continue if no actions are taken. The West Coast commercial fishery includes pacific salmon, halibut, groundfish (rockfish, lingcode) and sablefish (black cod). Illegal activities are not an issue in this fishery, but what is categorized legal by the government is not necessarily viewed as correct by the people. By-catch of vulnerable stocks, failure to meet spawner escapement are all part of the government's mismanagement.

Illegal fishing activities in this part of the world include poaching at night (white sturgeon), overfishing and illegal sale of salmon by First Nations, salmon poaching by recreational fishermen. We don't have small set gillnet problems by ordinary citizens, but we do have large drift nets that are used sometimes during closures by First Nations.

Anyway, that's just a brief summary. Illegal fishing happens throughout the world, it's definitely not bounded by nationality, culture, race.

[quote:873c96e4c3]PS. Great videos on the fishingwithrod site, is that Tryggevaelle river?? I fished there as a kid sometimes, dreaming about BC while working my cheap heawy Shakespeare glassfiber rod (but didn't catch any sea runs) .[/quote:873c96e4c3]

Yes, that is the Trygg. ;) I fish it pretty often whenever I am in Denmark since I mostly fish streams. There are three species that we usually target when fishing there - northern pike, perch and sea trout. We'll be back at it this December again, and mixing it up with some beach fishing too. ;)

I wish that I had fo

I wish that I had found this site yesterday or earlier: it would have saved a lot of time spent in evading giving written instructions to a friend! I have nontheless now forwarded him the instructions from these pages some 24 hours after my hand written attempt!

Excellent site, a happy find! Thank you!

where can i buy an e

where can i buy an east branch fly rod?

I use 20lb titanium

I use 20lb titanium single strand for pik eleaders. It is almost impossible to kink, is black and non-shiny and I think a little lighter than steel. Otherwhise I make my leaders as above but sometimes bend a ubend in the leadeer and tie on with an albright knot. Incidentally you can use figure 8 knots with titanium they never slip

But I guess you have more

But I guess you have more luck than I ;)

what a show; very ni

what a show; very nicely done.

Teach

Hi Morten,

I'd love to be able to teach you to fly fish in saltwater but I'm not that good.
I've seen a little saltwater fly fishing on TV but I've not much experience. Most of the fish I catch are caught on luck - not skill.

Rip