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Submitted by Robert G. Brown on

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F-Stein, I only just now saw your post. My article is delimited to salt water application, and since writing it, I have used 4 # florocarbon. It could be said to be complicated, but most of the complication is semantics. One a jib is made, it is faster than a twisted leader than some folks suggest. There are many differences. The furled leader has no knots, and a smooth step down. Twisted leaders usually have more knots, and abrupt step downs since the lines are doubled and knotted. I'd be pleased to learn how you make them. I am: Bob Brown, buttonwoodbob@earthlink.net

sebastiaan,

The precise size of the ring is not really important. 8 millimeters is just an approximate size, so whatever you can find in that range will do fine.

Martin

Submitted by Mary Lapos on

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This is the way we do it. you need a cone or some form of restraint for the bird . . .this only to keep it contained and still. Slip the cone over the head and neck pulling it down snugly over the wings .. . . the neck and head will be sticking out. Then just tuck the bird under your left arm (if you're right handed) with the head lower than the body. With your dominant hand spend a minute or two stroking the bird under the chin and neck. the bird almost falls asleep . .. and then take a very sharp (very) knife or old shaving razor and quietly, smoothly incise the artery .. you can feel it with your fingers when you are stroking the throat. The bird usually remains quiet and will bleed out into a bucket placed beneath it. It simply fades away without recognizing its injured and so there is no upset and no fuss. You can skin or scald it as you prefer but the killing part is important for the quality of the meat. Frightened or struggling animals release a lot of chemicals into their system (just as every living thing does when its threatened) and it affects the taste and quality of the meat .. . .so the calmer and quieter the better for the bird and the better for you if its headed for the table.

Submitted by Ed Null on

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Caught two nice rainbows on this one yesterday! Will surely tie a few more for the next trip.

Submitted by sebastiaan on

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Is the outside diameter 8mm or the diameter at the inside of the o-ring 8mm?

Andrew,

I have heard nothing about problems with the Danish sea trout as you mention it - toxins, bacteria, disease or any such thing. Not from authorities, not from the Danish Sports Fishing union and not from other anglers.
The only problem is that there are too few fish!
Regarding "gravlax" for those who don't know, it's a way of tendering or curing the raw fish using salt, sugar and spices, and as far as I know you can do that as you have always done: use very fresh fish, keep everything clean and enjoy the delicious result. You can freeze your fish first, but that won't cope with bacteria or toxins.

I would personally enjoy a piece of Danish gravlax any day.

Martin

Dear Martin
Planning my spring trip to Denmark, I heard some news about danish seatrouts.Some people , dedicated fishermans say that there is some problem with health and codition of danish seatrots seatruts .Some of them have peoblems with it. is it truth?I And if it so, is it save for the example to prepare some meal like so called " gravlaks"? Best regards,Andrew

Thank you so much Jeremy :) I am counting down the days. Can't remember when I had so much anticipation about a Fly Tying event. Darren has done a wonderful job with this Project and I believe it will only grow in participants as the year progresses.

Submitted by Chirs Kiana Sr. on

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Over 60 years of experimenting with a spinning rod with a bobber and a fly, I recently wrote a spin-cast bobber-fly 64 page instructional. I show with diagrams, how to fish from lake shores and riverbanks, plus fish from a boat.

Submitted by steve h on

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Hi martin you have given me all the info I need, thanks very much ,i am much less confused now .

Thanks Again All the best for Xmas and the new year

Submitted by Rod Viator on

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David - - When will the "David Mac - All Tied Up" book be available? Best fishes, Rod

Thanks Rod....LOL....That's would be a great name for a book. Just like most of us, I have had one in mind for a long long time. Retirement is on the horizon, so one never knows!!!

Steve,

What you mean by wfs6 is WF 6 sinking I guess, and that's a fly line. Not a leader.
The leader is what you tie on to that to taper it down and the tippet is what you tie to the leader to connect it to the fly.

So it's: backing -> flyline (wfs6) -> leader -> tippet -> fly.

The leader can be sinking, but the tippet is usually just straight mono.
20 lbs. backing would be fine for your setup.

The flies would vary in size and pattern depending on how, where and what you fish. You can sometimes use the same flies for salmon and trout, and fishing in Irish loughs they would actually be the same: classical wet flies of different kinds in fairly small size. But in many other waters they would differ.

Hope this helps

Martin

Submitted by steve h on

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Thats great advise , so my wfs6 leader would need a tippet to match , do the tippets come in floating sinking etc or are tippets governed by the leader. would you put a 20lb backing line on the reel.
The fly 's that i would need to use with the above leader would they be able to fish for both trout and salmon.

Thanks Martin

Steve,

You can easlily combine a 7/9 wt reel with a 6/7 wt rod. It might be a little large, but that's just looks.

The line you need must fit your rod - 6 or 7 weight - no matter what you fish, trout, salmon or whatever. The line and rod must be the same weight.

And yes, you need backing. You need to fill the reel with something and also want some backing in case you hook something big. 100 yards or so will usually do, but your reel can probaly hold more due to its size.

The leader should reflect the thickness of your tippet and the tippet is decided by what flies you are going to use: small flies, thin tippet. Large flies, thick tippet.

Fishing loughs in Ireland may mean fishing several flies in a team, and for that you might find some inspiration in the article about the Diawl Bach.

Martin

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