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The fly caster is the source

The fly caster is the source of ALL the energy, speed (and distance) of a fly cast. Fly rods do not provide accuracy or distance or energy to a cast. You can't buy a rod which will make you a competent fly caster - but competent instruction and practice can

Great article!

What an inspiring build story! I have been thwarted by the "equipment wall" many times and it's refreshing to see other ways to achieve beautiful results!

One thing that really struck me about this net was its elegant proportions...is the hoop a single strip from a 3/4" thick trim piece? How thin, in the other dimension, does it need to be in order to bend w/ stovetop steam?

thanks and, again, great build!

Sage X 8110-4

The new Sage X Switch line 6110-4, 7110-4, 8110-4 has revolutionized switch rod design. My pick for Salmon is the 8110-4. My standard King Salmon fly rod (fish between 20-35 lbs) is Sage X 896-4. The power of the X line, like Igniter allows you to fish way lighter rod weights and handle way bigger fish.

Looking for good fly fishing

Looking for good fly fishing video for salt water

Priorities

Personally, I would've put your Second as First.

renato rizzi

Translation: beautiful drawings done well, they recall the drawings that the big names in fly fishing made, not being able to count on mobile phones, photos in general. so they relied on the pencil, charcoal to reproduce the flies, a nice return to the past, it should be rewarded and valued plus it is Italian and this is a plus point

original: disegni bellissimi fatti bene ,ricordano i disegni che facevano i big della pesca mosca non potendo contare su telefonini,foto in generale. quindi si affidavano alla matita,carboncino per riprodurre le mosche ,un bel ritorno al passato,andrebbe premiato e valorizzato in più è italiano e questo è un punto in più

The Sam's One Bug

Thanks for re-posting Soren's video of him tying my father's fly. Check out @samsonebug on Instagram or additional videos on youtube. Thanks again. Wade Blevins

Featured on Murder She Wrote

S11, Ep. 20 "Another Killing In Cork", Rod Taylor presents one to each of his guests for the next day's fishing.

Green Wonder

Green Wonder need recipe to tie

Tiemco TMC 518

Jill,

It's a Tiemco TMC 518, also size 32, as you can see by clicking on the image to see a larger version.

Martin

Small and Smaler Photo

Just wondering in the small and smaller photo what the other hook is in that photo?

Thanks!

My pleasure!

Serge,

It's a great addition to the tool. Thanks for helping.

Martin

I'll see if I can find it

Bart,

Thanks for the recommendation - and sorry for the late reply. Sound like an interesting book, and I'll see if I can track it down somewhere. That might not be easy. It's listed on Amazon - in Japan! And a search on the title leads to your comment here ...

Martin

Restoration

Thank you all for your kind words. It was a labor of love and hopefully, will plant the seed in young Ian for a lifetime of fly fishing.

Favorites 3

First, I fish small rivers and creeks around my place chasing brook trout. 3 wt 7’ G Scott for dry fly. Smooth and «agreable», it is a moment of serenity lol. But, for efficacy, 3wt 10’6´´ Vesper…a real charming euro rod.
Second, for Steelhead, sea trout, sea bass, big northern brookies, lake trout, 7 wt 9’6’’ Drifter II is my weapon now. This rod had put on the side my old Orvis HLS 6wt 8’6´´and also my Sage One 7wt 9’.

Third and most important for me, my Atlantic Salmon Rod. Boy I have tried many…but I am sticking on a 9wt 9’6’’ Scott custom build in 2018.

Restoration

What a great tribute to memories on the water from GrandFather to Grandson. This rod was is incredibly beautiful not only in the fit and finish JB has facilitated but also in having a soul that can be carried on for generations to come. You are a very talented and paid attention to every detail JB, the thought and consideration you put into the rod building process is simply phenomenal.

Restoration

Just WOW! Great story, that is an inspiration for me. Congrats to Jim Burchette for the artistic work!

Fly rod restoration

I am the grandfather in this story. An old friend gave me this rod to give to my grandson Ian just to introduce him to fly fishing. I took it to my friend Jim Burchette to more or less give me some information about the rod and reel BUT Jim is a perfectionist and now you see what my grandson has. It’s beautiful and I’m sure it will be well used! Thanks to Jim Burchette

Fantastic Job Martin

You did a fantastic job Martin. Thanks for adding this section on LeaderCalc. Bravo!

Small book about natural things that happen along the beach.

Dear Martin,

I was looking around on your fantastic website and ran into the section where you ask for input of any usefull kind.
May be i have something that fits into your website.
It happens to be that i wrote a small book last year during Corona about some soil-, water- and wave mechanics that happens along the beach.
The book is called "Beach Science: about sand, water and waves" and it is available in English, German, Dutch and French.
I think the book will be an interesting piece of information for flyfishermen that are fishing from beaches as well along the see as along rivers and lakes. The content is also interesting for kids who can perform some simple tests with water and sand to investigate the behaviour of water and sand.
The book is low priced and can be ordered via my website at www.vanderschrieck.nl
Should you be willing to put it on your website, please feel free to reproduce some of the contents on your website.
If necessary i can send you the files of pictures etcetera.

Hope to hear from you soon,
Best wishes

Bart van der Schrieck

Safety on the water

Love your show but I don't understand why I see so many of you guys fishing from canoe or boat without lifejackets. Not something I'd want my grandchildren to see.

We had an Australian Shepard

We had an Australian Shepard of the same habit named Pumpkin. Like most Aussies she had tri-color fur with the predominant color an orangish tan, so of course she was named Pumpkin. While she would roll in anything smelly, her preference was for bear or moose dung. When we all got out of the car at our fishing spot on the Kennebec near the outlet from Moosehead Lake, Pumpkin lifted her nose, gave a shudder of delight and suddenly dashed out of sight. This was out of character since she always stayed close to us. Worried she might have found a bear, we went looking for her. We found her alright, rolling delightedly in an enormous pile of moose droppings. Before we could drive home later, we had to spend well over an hour washing her with in a lake. Thirty years later, I’m still tying nymphs with Pumpkin Dub.

Thanks for the idea!

I read this article and had to go home and make my own. These was brilliant and really took my fly tying station to the next level for only 18$.

Crease flies

Peter do you flatten the bottom of this flyand also do you use epoxy or Uv to cover everything. Last question ,have you tied them on tubes.