Nice fish Hans, what a way to start the new year :o
It's blowing a gale over here and snowing, so I'm going to have to wait until next week, when the finer weather begins. Otherwise I'm just sitting here nursing a new year's flu I bought back from my recent holiday in the UK 🙄
Bring on the good weather and a healthy body 😉
Hey
Ron is absolutely right. This is propably the worst advice i have seen on a webpage like this. Picric acid is an explosive. If the solution dries out and crystals are formed you have the recipe for disaster. Dont take my word for it, look it up in wikipedia. I couldnt supply the link here since your forum doesnt allow it but the word explose is coming up a lot there.
It makes the most fantastic colors, BUT its not for non chemist and absolutely NOT for homeuse.
Nice one Hanzie. My first fish most likely will not be caught until February when I return to BC at this rate. 😄
Martin, you write the most depressing blogs. 😄 They kind of reflect my experiences so far in Denmark this winter. 🙄 I even mentioned you in my latest blog entry about my trip to the Swedish Coast on opening day. ;)
http://fishingwithrod.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/starting-2008-on-the-swe…
Maybe we should really do that perch trip to get the first fish of 2008? 😄
Happy New Year everyone!
Likewise! And congrats with the fish!
My first fish will have to wait a little yet. Work is a pest right now.
Martin
Dear Hanzie,
1st January at 6:30 I was still drinking my Old-Scotch either... 😄
Nice Rainbow :shock:
I hope 2008 brings a lot of 60+ Trophy Fishes to you!
Best Regards
Feridun
Sorry to see that the bastards are infesting your beautyful country too. Nevetheless HAPPY NEW YEAR to all Joergensens !
for Kasper Mulhbach.I have 3 left hands so no flytying for me. Can I order 10 day and 10 night Reel Rag
Worms or let me know where to order them.My next fishingtrip will be to Falkenberg in Sweden.
Thank you for all the info you send . A verry happy new year from Belgium
John
Greenwood Lake is not one of the finger lakes. Greenwood Lake crosses the border of New Jersey and New York
On the summit you've shown me your arsenal of self build rods and for me that was an inspiratoin of making my own rod some day. So that day is near! Coming week i'll be starting with my own project at my local fly-fishing shop which is giving a course on how to make your own rod. With this background information I won't be completely ignorent. Thanks a lot Jan-Ole!!
Hi Martin,
Never mind , at least you got out .
That as you know , is a bonus .
Happy New Year ,
My Friend .
Paul.
I would like to start a hobby of building my own fly rods, can you give me some adv where to purchase equipment, rods etc. and even how to get started ? Thank you
these will catch a nice fish within a few casts on the right river so give it a try but you won't catch me fishin like that!
i have to agree these flies remind me of when i started tying them myself. but as my wife says, a fish don't know from ugly. as long as it works who are we to judge. we are trying to catch the fish not impress them with our tying ability.
If you are sick of the hooks tangling just cut the bend of the front hook off and sand the burrs(Dremel tools rock). Us steelhead guys in the states use a similar fly called an articulated leach( and you rarely miss a fish with the back hook).
Awesome website full of information and a good source of inspiration to go out and catch yellow fish.
In Tennessee (where i live) soft hackles are getting pretty popular, and i've been successful with them. Every time i'm at my vise, i end up tying some. thanks for the patterns.
because of the rise on bird skin prices, if my dad finds a dead, fresh bird, He brings it home and I get to keep the feathers. It saves me and him some money.
hey Masi, you tie it the way you want! Your version looks good enough for me and I will give it a go here in Scotland this summer. Tight lines.
Hi André, yes Iceland has a lot of gems, some well hidden and remote and often vulnerable to too much fishing pressure (I have seen some sad examples).
The reason for asking about the first char location, is that in this short clip it reminded me a lot of a river, famous for salmon fishing in it's valley, that I have fished a few times in the highland (although it's much too long since I've been there).
/atli
Kenny,
I'm afraid we have no picture-by-picture instructions for this shrimp. Such series require a lot of work, and we didn't have the time to do them for this pattern. You wll have to do with the ones you see on the page and what you can read from the instructions.
Unless someone else has the time to tie and take pictures of course. We would be more than pleased to publish them...
Martin
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