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Re: GFF07

Please, tell me where you hide the "cage" this year 😄

GFF07

Hi Vanuz,

Don't worry to much about the Island.
The option given is the best by far and gives more choice and flexibility.

Besides, Steve and I will be out fishing on the Friday (AGAIN), to reap all the fish!!!
Remember last time? 😄
All being told, Steve and I landed about 25 fish at the last GFF summit, on the Friday between 50 and 60cm. A couple attached.

This year I intend to catch bigger fish. The heat is on...!

See you soon Vanuz!

Rip

Count the Godfather

Count the Godfather in :)

I am in!

So the venue has stayed the same, I hoped for that deserted island Ripley talked about last year. However, wherewer it´ll take place, I cannot miss it 😄

I envy the availability of

I envy the availability of those evening fisheries that you have. :) We certainly don't have those, at least not around the Greater Vancouver area. I've caught thick-lipped mullet in Asia before but never sight flyfished for them like what you do in DK. One day... Last year's short trip to King River with Martin and others was really special for me and I hope to be able to do that again possibly next spring. In the meantime, I just have to put up with these 45cm rainbows that love to gulp down a size 4 stonefly. 😄

No warning here...

Hi Rodney,

Hope thing s are well with you all. It's been a long time eh?

The pictures are lovely and I especially liked the last with the beautiful spots from the brookies. The first picture is a nice angle...

Steve and I are out again tomorrow evening (Friday). We will keep our shirts on this time and hope for some prime silver and maybe some mullet. We know where they are...We know they are there...It's just a matter of placing that darn fly in the right place...

We'll keep you posted with the results...

Rippers

Thank you for your c

Thank you for your comment Clyde, equally that to the rest of the visitors of the page that you/they leave their positive comments of the pictures.
A greeting

It's so funny but ta

It's so funny but taking trips up the hwy 395 along the Eastern Sierra to attend the Burning Man festival is what got me back into flyfishing! Fun fly, great name.
Cheers,
Bernard

Too bad Vanuz, you should

Too bad Vanuz, you should have gone to Trygg about 6 weeks earlier. ;) If I remember correctly, Nina and I were there on May 12th last year and the big pikes were boiling on the surface everywhere. This time of the year it's pretty slow (that's probably why the day card is so cheap 😄 ).

Here's one from that day.

We'll go back there in December for those big perch again. ;)

OMG Steve.... I haven't been

OMG Steve.... I haven't been on here for awhile. Finally got a chance after a few road trips. I came in and saw "Pin-up" and thought, "Oooh!". and :shock: :shock: :shock: A warning in the subject would be nice. ;)

These are more like it. ;) They are rainbow trout from lakes around Interior British Columbia, Canada.

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How about some brook trout?

where can we buy you

where can we buy your mullet flies in England or Denmark by mail order.

This is a great idea

This is a great idea and good infomation. The main problem is finding the motor that is small enough and inexpensive. In the USA I can't find any for less than $20-25. Any suggestions?? Any Sources?? Thanks, In His Love, Rev. Clyde

Back in the '50's we

Back in the '50's we raised chickens in Mississippi. Fresh eggs are always good. The way we killed them was simply grab them by the head, wring the neck --until the head came off. They flopped around and bled a lot, but it was quick and efficient. No one in our family then was concerned about saving the feathers. I remember Mother "burning" the pen feathers and hairs off the skin before it was cooked. In those days, a chicken was only killed for special occassions -- like the preacher come home for dinner --{we always liked those days}. I just may get back into raising chickens!!

This fish is beautif

This fish is beautiful. The markings on the sides and the contrast on the fins are just beautiful. Thank you for the fine picture of our Lord's wonderful creation.
In His Love, Rev. Clyde E. Pullen

HI KASPER love eye

HI KASPER love eyes on my shrimp flies it just makes them more realistic,i melt 25pound nylon and burn ends with my lighter,they cool at once and are ready for use in seconds, but always crimp the stalks between a pair of pliers before tyinging in to make them very secure.

Alan, is a pleasure

Alan, is a pleasure to share in this page my fishing experiences and that people like your they can enjoy them. A greeting.

Hi,

Hi,

Thank you for the reply.

I have been doing some research over the past few days and I think the shooting head is definitely the best option, not to mention they are easier to cast with! I have had contact with a few norwegians too and they all recommend the shooting heads. The fact that you can simply change the head to suite the conditions is also a huge bonus 😄

Cheers

Jonathan

That is one very bea

That is one very beautiful fish. Thanks for sharing it with us.

HI,i also have used

HI,i also have used the improved clinch knot for half a century, very seldom letting me down like C W(smallie)BOTTOM. I like to wrap at least 6 times round main line pass back through loop next to the eye then back through the loop above.wet this and pull on main line only gently to tighten,then when in place only then pull on the tag end firmly.REPEAT main line pull then tag end pull and dont trim off too close.I also always use this knot when worming and spinning for salmon and never and never encountered many problems.GOOD LUCK from BILL.

I had some discussio

I had some discussion with my father over this fish. But if you say this is a 100% seatrout, i'll gladly believe that. I was confused by the enormous belly of this beatiful fish. But again Martin, well done. I'll have to make some more hours on the coast for such a fish of a lifetime. Nice to see how they really look, when you do not lose them :-) Hope to see more of those fish!!

Looks (again) like a

Looks (again) like a very catchy fly. The video is a nice addition. I'll try to fix a small bunch of marabou underneath. Like a skirt. Thanks for the pattern! I'll try it for asp.

Hi Rip,

Hi Rip,
I´ve checked Trygg last week, the "soup" was rather muddy and full of grass of any kind. Few small piked saw the shore, but otherwise it was a dismal. No giant perch around, no trouts...
The place was nearly empty, just a bunch of idiots running around and taking 30cm pikes home spoilt the atmosphere :evil:

I hardly drove home ´cos my eyes got swollen and grew to the size of tabletennis balls ( :shock: ) as I suffer from hay-fever :oops:

Hear from you soon.
B.

Hi,

Hi,
I bought #9-10 14' Vision 3Zone DH for practising how to cast double hands,but I made quite a big mistake (I think like all beginers) when I bought Spey line..I thauht that it will be quite easy to cast it,but I was wrong 😄 I bought Lee Wulff Triangle Taper Spey #9 I think.
Its head is wery long,so when I tried it I was wery sad :x It was imposible to cast it,becouse my casting skills was wery limited..
Some time ago EFFA flycasting instructor Reinis Rutkis (from Latvia) in his casting presentation told us about the main mistakes in double hands.He recommended to buy shooting head and runing line system and suggested us to use this: http://www.scierra.com/pwf1.htm
It is much lighter to cast rod with shooting head system than spey line and I experienced that 😉 So my Triangle Taper line will be in use when my skills will be better :) Also it is easier to learn casting with floating lines :idea:

I hope that I helped you a little 🙄

Kasper,

Kasper,
As a holiday Gozo was great, but for fishing it was dismal! I tried flyfishing from the rocks a couple of times (we were only there a week, and it was a holiday with Nan and her sister and brother-in-law). The water was amazingly clear, and I could see small fish, but they didn't want to bite!

I tried some mullet with a fly, no joy there either. I think maybe the fishing close to shore might be better in the summer and autumn, when the water has warmed up. While we were there in early May it was freezing! There is a good chance we will go back on our own later in the year (September?) as I have a friend who has recently moved out there to work, and we can go and stay with him. So there may be more news later on...

Thanks for asking, and thanks for the medflyfish website info.

Tight lines!
Les and Nan