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I am sorry

Hi Martin,

I am sorry if I offended you. I did not mean to. It was just that I really wanted to read more about the subject and then all of a sudden the popunders were popping up all over my screen. I wrote the comment in the heat of the moment just after killing the umteenth popup. I should have waited 5 minutes.

The most important part of my comment is the last sentence though. I do think (as a fellow designer of sorts) that this site is awsome.

I have visited quite a few Fly Fishing sites lately after dusting of my fly rod that I bought as a teenager on a holiday in Scotland with two mates, some 30 years ago. I had never used the rod. I don't think I even cought a single fish with it. But now the fly fever has gotten to me. And I must say I can't get enough of this site. Keep up the good work.

Theo

p.s. I corrected the typo in the previous emailaddress.

I use a pair of hemo

I use a pair of hemostats & use a lighter to burn both ends & make a pair at a time

looks like this O---O works very well on spent mayflies, shrimp or almost any nymph critter

Nice article. Do yo

Nice article. Do you have any experience with Whiting Bird Fur? Could you please e-mail me your source for marabou.

Thanks,
Rick B.

Loop weights

Martin

Loop do a table of length of head of their custom series vs. length/AFTM rating of rods which should be available on their website - unfortunately they don't specify weights. Can anyone help in that regard?

David

Double-handed rods?

Martin,

The weights quoted in the article are for single-handed rods - have you any advice for head weights to match AFTM ratings for double-handed rods?

This is a Rudd, and

This is a Rudd, and in particular it is a Golden Rudd, don't see too many of them these days.

Just a bit of hangover fun in

Just a bit of hangover fun in photoshop.

any pic of the seabass?

The weather is still ok, and

The weather is still ok, and for some years now we don't have a strong winter that brings lost of ice. So fishing for pike can be done throughout the winter. Pikeseason lasts till march 31 (how you read the rules ;) ) and lasts till the end of june. Seabass is a fish that stay in these waters from may to october.
Today i went fishing with the bellyboot, had a beautifully colored one.p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v136/Dendro/fishing/IMG_09912.jpg

I don't have big plans for pike, whenever i want to go fishing i go for a coouple of hours. You never really know where the big ones are. So it can always turn out in pleasant surprises[/img]

I meant....

Guys, I really found them, - maybe a meter below the ceiling, where the aquarium ended. 😄

...just wanted to say, seatrout probably occupies higher water levels, but I may be completely wrong. So, smart ones, the stage is yours!

Thank you for some v

Thank you for some very useful information. I just started building bamboo spinning rods and collecting a few old bamboo fly rods from ebay. Why have'nt bamboo spinning rods been popular? I like a big pole 8 to 9ft for bass and trout. I'll let you know how my first turns out. Where is the best place to purchase a Winchester Bamboo Fly pole?
Thanks again,
Kevin

Re: shallow water

Not long ago I visited an aquarium...salt water of course... Apart from the others, there was a huge cylindrical one - right in the middle of the room, it might have been 4-5 metres high. It was basically stocked with fish of all kinds. I kept looking inside for about 5 minutes, call me blind, but I couldn´t find seatrouts there.

😄 Guess where I eventually found them?[/quote:45e7fc2926]

Vanuz: On someone's frying pan? 😄

Guess?

Hey Vanuz,

Guess where I eventually found them?

A. You didn't
B. In your dreams
C. On the end of someone elses rod
D. None of the above. I can't fish for sea trout but enjoy looking as if I can.

Ripley 😄

Very cool fly!! Take

Very cool fly!! Takes a bit of time to tie up, but I think it will be very effective in a few streams/rivers I know of. Also I added a "yolk" to each pom pom by adding 1/4 strand of a different color which looks very attractive.

Simple and sweet. th

Simple and sweet. thank you!

Re: shallow water

Not long ago I visited an aquarium...salt water of course... Apart from the others, there was a huge cylindrical one - right in the middle of the room, it might have been 4-5 metres high. It was basically stocked with fish of all kinds. I kept looking inside for about 5 minutes, call me blind, but I couldn´t find seatrouts there.

😄 Guess where I eventually found them?

shallow water

Hi Vanuz, thanks, it makes sense but generally I have no such problem with intermediate line too. At first I thought if the fish hunt for their prey in upper layers of water.

Re: Sea trout fishing with floating line

I (and we) usually fish shallow water spots, where the fish come to feed, so there is absolutely no need to get the fly deep down. Moreover, flies do not get stuck in weed or rocks on the bottom.

Salwater gear

A couple of days ago I returned from my trip to danish salt. During this fishing trip I used 5wt rod instead of my traditional 8wt. The wind was terrible, espcially from north. On many places no heavy rods helped us. When the wind was not so strong, 5wt rod was sufficient for my fishing. The only problem I had was cigar handle. The solution is easy, I will change from 5wt with cigar handle rod to 6wt full wells handle rod.

They turn pretty dark in

They turn pretty dark in these murky waters.
I think it was about 3,5lb so it's nothing big. I just know how to snap the frame;)

When is your closed season for pike and predators and what season do you fish seabass? Im pretty eager to get down to your canals.

The nightfrost strangely still have'nt struck stockholm but Jan had -6degress when he went to work this morning. Now it's time for the race we can't win. The one against the ice!

Any big winterfishingplans? Is there any ice down in Holland?

Old article

Theo,

I gather that you are referring to the links to the locofoam site, which does not exist any more?

Our problem is that this story was written in 2002 - 5 years ago - and that we have no chance of checking these links. When sites die, we try to remove or correct links, but it's a never ending game.

I will remove and put up a note on these immediately and hope for gentler reactions and more forgiveness next time you stumble upon such links...

Martin

Do you realize that you irritate

Do you realize that you irritate the hell out of people puting up links like the ones above. Especially on a high quality website such as this one :(

Dave,

Thanks for

Dave,

Thanks for your comment. True enough that the wind adds authenticity, but it also adds a lot of noise and quite a bit of post production work for me. I have tried to keep the noise down by applying differerent filters and cutting out the worst parts. I hate doing that because time by the computer equals lost fishing time.

And I'm glad you liked the stomach growl... ;-) Next time you may be able to get into bed with me! Literally! I started recording the next podcast installment yesterday after I had laid down to sleep, sparked by a late night email about C&R. I will probably do the rest tomorrow or during the weekend by the water, and get it published as soon as I get the time to finish the mixing.

Martin

Martin,
I enjoy you

Martin,
I enjoy your podcasts very much. I've listened to all of them and look forward to each new one that comes out. Your latest was excellent. I really enjoy it when you record all of the sounds, wind included. More authentic that way. Glad to hear that you caught fish on this trip. I felt like I was there with you - stomach growl and all. :-)

This guy is going to

This guy is going to be huge ! Some of the finest work I've ever seen !