In my youth, I've tied and fished many of these "streamers" as wet flies. Love the addition of these patterns with photographs to the fly fishing body of knowledge. You should be proud of you accomplishment!
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Yah dude, the Farmington rules. It's where I learned to fish.
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one of the reasons to use this is to change the angle of presentation, in chuck and duck the fly bounces off the bottom at a 45 degree angle. Can't do that with a sink tip, beads or lead eyes. I use a method similar but instead of making a slinkie I tie the shot to a tag end of 3-4 " on the swivel.
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Hey Martin,
A little too teletubby?
Cheers
Henk
Hello Martin :)
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Wow ok thats cool. Well i go fishing in my pound in my neighborhood, we have bass, bass, bluegill, catfish and croppie. I usually a shakespearke rod for them though
Believe it or not, I caught another one just like this from the same hole. And then a couple of weeks later, I caught a 3-foot-long monster out of a place just a little bit upstream. And all of them were on the Skip's Dad.
Angelo,
This fish was caught using a fly: the pattern mentioned in the article, a crawdad imitation. Click on the image to read more.
Martin
nice fish what type of bait did you use
How do I obtain a color sample selection card for the silk floss from the Orient?
Thanks. Jim Simons
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I live in Louisville, KY, and don't have access to a local shop that carries jungle cock. So I'll need to buy it sight unseen. Can you recommend a shop? Thanks.
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I have never tried "hard mono" abd I am a little skeptical.
Hard mono is good, you just have to check it after each fish. The easiest way is to run the mono between your lips in case your hands are cold.
I've used 25-lb Mason hard mono for quite a few years. Pike usually aren't leader-shy, and the higher weight leader means that it's thicker. 😄
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dear henk verhaar,
I'm a fly-tyer from belgium and member of the VVVV (vlaamse vereniging van vliegvissers=flemmish club of fly-fishers near antwerp) during one of our tying sessions our teacher spoke about picric acid ,and therefor I wanted to note that not only skins can be dyed whith the acid but feathers too, especially mallard which give them also that beautifull color you spoke about
Bart Hollebeke
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The lastest "perfect" fishing camera - from Fuji - the "Big Job" HD-3W - 6MP, ISO to 1600, 28-84mm equivalent wide zoom, submersible to 1 metre, can be dropped .7m shockproof. Takes AA batteries , built-in flash and a hot shoe!
A tough practical camera - I wonder if it will ever be sold outside of Japan?
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Oh yeah, it's ugly. =)
I'm wondering what the comparison is with 15 feet or so of 850-grain deepwater express. It's a very heavy shooting head and should cast about the same (like throwing a platypus on the end of your rod). You would definitely lose the advantage of adjusting the weight by using slinkies, but then again, you can change depths by using a longer section of line.
Have you thought about using a stripping basket to help keep the shooting line organized a bit better?
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I've seen Musky that big, but not a pike. I do most of my pike fishing when I do a yearly trip to Ontario, Canada, mid to late July, so big pike aren't really an issue. What I do catch range from hammer handles up to around 30 inches. I use fluorocarbon tippet usually 20 lb or 30 lb, not sure what that translates to in kg. There's a coated, knotable wire marketed over here as Tyger Wire. Might be Tiger Tail, under a different name. I picked up some to see how it stood up to bluefish. I've been able to tie an improved clinch in the 5 lb and 15 lb wire. It gets a bit harder as you go to the heavier wire.
One trick I use for bluefish is to tie some flies on a long shanked hook, starting the fly on the back half or back third of the shank. With the front part of the shank providing the bite guard.
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Grant,
Seems like you had a good day in spite of the cold. I'd love to have a day like that right now. November has been cold, windy and rainy here, so I miss some nice days with stable weather and sunshine.
Martin
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Nice report. On my list for Christmas. Believe Amazon will have it. Just thought about it: Do not buy too many books currently because very busy, but approx. 80% is connected to Flyfishing or Rodbuilding...
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Hi Kasper,
If I´m fishing in clear water (what probably you too) I prefer fluorocarbon leader
http://www.flylines.com/Flylines_Accessories_TippetsLeaders.cfm
(Airfo - Sightfree) in 12 and 15lb. It is very stiffness, but must be use´d free knot that fly has right movement. If water is not clear then I use flies at which fluorocarbon dont have any importance(sparklers and flies with reflect or expresive colour as chartreuse).
Then I use classical monofil with thickness 0,50-0,65mm. I think a lot of firms sells this monofil as ´´Hard Mono´´. 😉
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Depends on where you are going. I can give you hints about area round Kristiansand :)
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