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Submitted by Amy Greenification on

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Great website! I come from a long line of river and ocean fishermen/women. However, my grandparents on both sides passed away before teaching me anything about it. I tried lake fishing once in my 20's (caught a large mouth bass) and found it to be very upsetting because I was totally unprepared emotionally and I didn't effectively put the fish out of its misery. I was a bad hunter that day and totally uninformed! So fast forward 20'something years, and here I am with a 5 year old son who asks me every week to take him fishing. What to do!

I personally don't believe in hunting/fishing for sport and entertainment. That said, I'm not a vegetarian and I'm ok with killing to eat as long as suffering is avoided. I'm also totally open to allowing my son the chance to make up his own mind about fishing. So I was grateful to find your website and read through your philosophies. I've printed your 10 Rules for Catching, Killing and Releasing and will help him understand his options. I appreciate the gray-zone thinking you've done here, allowing space for everyone to figure out where they stand. Kudos to you!

Submitted by Emil on

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Hello,MARTIN

Excellent work...I am looking almost daily at this site.A few words can,t describe what I feel.Best for you !

EMIL

Hey Ben, Davie uses a L.A.W. vise. They are pretty hard to come by now as the gent who made them (Laurence A. Waldron) no longer produces them. They do come up on ebay every few months, but expect to pay upwards of $1000 for one.

I just stumbled over the last comment and like to mention that beside the named lodges the "Latitud Sur Anglers Camp" offers exceptional fishing as well. Not as boring as elsewhere close to the Barancoso, but technical with small nymphs and even dry's.

The german issue of "Patagonian salmonids" got an additional chapter were I wrote about the true history and how the ancestors of the "Strobel Steelheads" really found their way into the lake.
No legends and marketing bullshit, but facts.

best

Heiko Schneider

Submitted by Steve S. on

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Great article my being a newbie to this stuff and also a late bloomer it's good to get insight on how to use a lot of things. I've recently done business with a guy in Montana website flytyersdungeon.com and he has a lot of synthetic stuff dyes and blends his own fresh or salt really easy to do business with--A big THANKS to his site I'm fortunate to live on a great smallmouth stream in the ozarks.

Submitted by George Meyer on

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Deadly, enough said, have had the joy of catching 12 species of fish on BRBs, never fails to get itvdone great sesrching cold water
pattern here in Maine, Rapid Rivers legendary brookies love the olive, black, natural deer hair version.Ive personally landed multiple 5 and 6 lb fish with this fly.

Submitted by petegray on

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G'day Martin
I go to school every time I read your articles Great stuff, enlightening content, and always a wonderful resource 'Keepupthegoodwork!!!
Cheeerz
Pete on the phrozen windswept shores of Kape Kodistan

Submitted by 1737246311 on

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Hello Martin,

Very good article and a load of very nice photo's and illustrations.

Best regards,

Tom Biesot.

Submitted by Tony Stewart 1… on

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Congratulations, a great achievement. Thoroughly enjoy visiting the site every week for the entertainment and lessons learnt from some expert filmmaker/flyfisherman. Thanks for providing such a comprehensive medium.
Keep up the excellent work. inthebubbleline media

Submitted by John Snow on

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This has to be the simplest yet best looking shrimp imitation out there. Should be a Trout and Redfish killer here in N.E. Florida. So easy and efficient to tie. Thanks for sharing your recipe and also thanks to Global for publishing. This is the best fly tying site!

Submitted by Ed Null on

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Cool idea about the coffee seal! I'll remember that one, and have the wife save the next one.

Submitted by Ed Null on

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Nice, Martin. Big flies for big fish. I'm a natural material guy, but I will investigate some of the lighter synthetics. Getting harder for the old goat to swing a big rod all day. ;-)

Submitted by Clint Brumitt … on

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I began a few years ago to tie small soft hackles in the 16 to 20 size range. Feathers are few and far between on the partridge skins to reach that size hook.
I stumbled on to a video on You Tube, I believe from the Blue Ribbon Fly Shop that showed how to use any size
soft hackle feather and create a soft hackle for the fly. In essence, the trick is to cut the stem and form a V in the feather. Using that notch in the feather, spin the available feather herl like you would deer hair in a single action that creates the soft hackle wrap.
Very educational and very easy to do. Matched with your content on how to use and select feathers, anyone could tie any size soft hackle.

Submitted by Clint Brumitt … on

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One additional item that can be used to make eyes...
The flavor seal on what used to be three pound coffee container are a bright silver color.
Cut or punched, they can be used with the system as explained in this article.

Submitted by John on

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I am looking for a Pamola fly tying vise. If anyone has one for sale or knows of one that might be for sale please let me know.
Thanks, John

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