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You can find the rec

You can find the recipe for Taylor's Fat Albert at the following address on the Orvis website. It's under the Fly Fishing home page at the bottom under Fly Fishing Tools and click on Hot Flies. It is then at the bottom of the page. It's a really easy fly to tie in any size!

Tight Lines!

Ed.: The direct link is here.

Are these the new cr

Are these the new cripples?

Hmm The text should

Hmm The text should have read, mErky water.

/Allan

Declan,

I think f

Declan,

I think fishing is open in April, and as you know, fish can potentially be caught all year round as long as there is open water.
But my guess is that it's a bit early in the season and very unstable. Austrian waters probably have a lot of runoff and would be likely to go high and milky from the glaciers and snow melting, On the other hand: if you can find clear water and the weather is agreeable, you might be lucky.
Most sources do quote late summer and autumn as the prime season in Austria.

Martin

Gabrial,

I have t

Gabrial,

I have to ask: does this look like a shop? If it does, we're doing something terribly wrong!
This is a non-commercial online magazine, and we're selling nothing.
If you want to buy tools for bamboo rod making, you will have to turn to shops, which sell such stuff. Follow the links in this article and the comments or use a search page on the web to find lots of other resources, amongst those most likely some shops.

Martin

What is the fishing

What is the fishing season in Austria.
Is there any fishing in April.

Click on the images

Les,

If you click on the picture you will be able to clearly see what's going on. So no, we're not going to use a white board. Maybe a background, which is slightly less confusing than this one, but not a plain, white board. That is simply too boring! ;-)

Martin

Background

background doesnot help try a white sight board

Please kindly send m

Please kindly send me a quotation for a machine used in producing slices or strips (1-2mm thick) from bamboo. If you have any kindly add a brochure and specifications.
Counting on your co-operation

I have been fishing

I have been fishing like this for over 30 yrs.I have never used an indicator.I believe that an indicator strike is not as feeling as fishing without one.I fish all nymphs like this not just these Czech nymphs.In central Pa. we call it high sticking.This type of fishing is very productive and prduces bigger fish.

Tippet size

Todd,

You usually use either the same tippet size as the leader or slightly thinner. The 4X will probably refer to the thickness of your leader in the thin end, and by adding a 5X tippet, your taper it further down, while a 4X tippet will continue the same thickness as the tip of the leader.

Hope this helps.

Martin

Hi Rolandas,

I am

Hi Rolandas,

I am referring to your mission: I do want to receive major info about your trip, especially Lago Strobel

Many thanks in advance,

Very best regards,

Eric

I need to know what

I need to know what size tippet to use with a leader size of 4X ..

Okay, I'll put on my sneakers

Okay, I'll put on my sneakers and hit every dollar store in the area! If that doesn't work, I'll try Staples and Walmart.

Thank you for the info.

I live in Northern C

I live in Northern Calif. I tied several of the Tabou Caddis and have to admit they work great. Thankyou for sharing the pattern!

Dear Candido, I am n

Dear Candido, I am not entirely sure if I understood your question right, however I think you were asking for a selection of flies for your trip to Austria. Like in every alpine water you will certainly have to "match the hatch" and successful patterns change during the year. Generally speaking, I prefer good visible, high floatant dry fly patterns with some white or yellow polypropylen fibres tied in white waters. The patters that I particularly like because of their excellent floating quality under such conditions are Buck Caddis with a slightly larger muddler style head or dry flies with a mixed body of short cut CDC feathers and deer/elk hair. Have a look at my article "Carinthian Gold", you can find a picture of the mentioned flies there. During late summer, blue-winged olive emerger and CDC dun patterns are amongst my favorites in comparable waters in Austria. All the best and tight lines for your trip! Cheers, Tobias

Does anyone have the

Does anyone have the tying instructions for the "Fat Albert" pattern ? I have the material but I would like some instructions.

Thanks

Ken,

Regarding ta

Ken,

Regarding tarpon and shooting heads I tend to agree with your guides.

Not necessarily because most tarpon will be close - my experience is like yours: they tend to be just beyond what you can reach - but more because shooting heads generally tend to be bad at presentation. Most shooting heads will improve your casting distance, but at the cost of elegance. You can present a fly nicely, but many casts will not stretch 100% - especially the long ones. If you really want to present a fly decently you need a carefully tapered fly line and not least a well designed leader.

If you flies don't end up in front of your fly line and at the end of a stretched leader, look at the leader. Turning over large and heavy tarpon flies requires some umph in your leader. Have you tried poly leaders? They have more weight and are typically very much luike a fly line in the butt end. I would concentrate there rather than on creating a shooting head setup.

And let me add a final note: expecting to present a fly nicely at 100 feet - even from the elevated stance of a boat - is very ambitious. Even for a really skilled caster. I would personally get the guide to pole closer. It doesn't really matter whether you spook the fish with the boat or with the cast. Once it's spooked it's gone.

Just my two cents.

Martin

PS: You might want to read this article about casting distance and not least the comments for some insight on this subject.

Does anybody out the

Does anybody out there have the Taylors Fat Albert pattern ? I've tried to find it for weeks and no success.

Thanks

Joe

i like the fly and w

i like the fly and will tie some.
i would like to know where you got the aligater clip holders. i saw someone else using them at a fly show. are they from a store and where
thanks

WOW !

Alexander von Dombois wrote:
WOW !
i like that pink fly

where did u catch the pike on the last pic?

All in the same Area I always fish for pike in The Aux Outardes River Quebec, why would i change with thesse monsters

Jocelin

Greetings, I'm looki

Greetings, I'm looking for advise concerning the use of shooting head fly line in lue of tappered. I do a lot of tarpon fishing and need distance. I am a fair fly caster but tend to push my cast when presured. The larger fly and heavier leaders necessary for tarpon tend to cause my leader to collapse in a pile even though my fly line turns over nicely. I usually overline to to improve my casting at shorter distances. But many times I need acurate casts up 100 ft. I'm thinking that a shooting head will help my consistancy as well as imporving the transfer of energy into my leader for a nice turn over. Most of my guides do not recommend shooting heads because they say that most of my opportunities will be within 50 ft or less. From my personal expirence that is not so true. Most hookup opportunities I have experienced are spooky tarpon on the move - on and off the flats. Can you please give me some advice concerning using or not using shooting heads for tarpon? thank you