Malc,
Thanks for your comment! Great that you like them. They're fun to do.
Another one on night fishing is coming as soon as I have edited it, and this weekend I will be fishing for brownies and grayling, and expect to do at least a couple more.
Martin
What did you buy Havatafish ?
I have a Nikon Coolpix 5000 and Coolpix 3100 - thought about buying an underwater housing at about £160.00 on ebay but decided to wait a while.
This presentation was wonderful and stimulating.
I am fairly new to tying and now a bit frustrated 'cause I could use some step by step instructions.
Suggestions would be appreciated.
I fish brook trout in ponds and lakes in the Rangeley Region primarily.
A quick (well, sort of) approach is to flip over to the "MonoStrength Test Chart" tab. Find the line that you're using in the whit e cells (e.g., Maxima UG 10# is cell "W22"), then follow this up to the green header to find out that this is 0X / 0.011" / 0.279mm (not cm, by the way). It's probably worth it to whip out the Sharpie and make a note of this on the spool.
2 Slight Corrections
1 - Mono Strength Chart: the metric diameters shown are millimeters (e.g., .020" = .508mm; .508cm is light rope)
2 - The labels are sized for reclosable bags approximatley 4"x3" (not 2"x3"), and are indeed readily available for just a couple of bucks in the beading department or other area of most well supplied craft stores (you know the store "we" mean!).
Your waxing poetic over Boodles and Beef make me want to take up tying again, after a six year hiatus. Perhaps I will be a customer one day.
I was very impressed with this method of fly fishing. Being fairly new to this wonderful sport, I love to learn about all methods to improve at this sport.
Grant,
Great little report! Thanks for sharing... and too bad about the zoom on that camera! ;-)
Martin
Greetings.
I just found out that I will be guiding at Minipi camps verry soon. I read your article a while ago and thought it a good idea to have something portable while I'm out there. I am using old barnboard, from renovations, for my wood. I decided against using dowels as they might get smashed. Although I especially like the idea of the Magnetic foil.
My portable table is comming allong nicely and I thank you for all the good info!
I fly fish for trout in Nova scotia and i am having pretty good luck with the exact same recipe.
Thanks
I'm going to tie a bunch with varying chenille colors.Although the olive works well,.
Carrie Stevens' from upper dam pool started the gray ghost ..I've read the book ,,the best brook trout streamer (tandem) is the magog fly which i tie and use also for Sebago Lake Salmon...recently caught a 22" 4 pounder on it...great for all trout and salmon..good luck fishing...TROLL FAST... 4 M.P.H. THAT'S THE TRICK.................
They say that to be plagiarised is the sincerest compliment that can be paid to an author, and the compliment is well deserved in your case. The knot section (and the rest of the site too!) was, and I'm sure will continue to be, a great help to myself and other anglers worldwide.
Having said that, I fully understand your annoyance at what is clearly direct theft of your copyrighted work. Please keep up the good work anyway...there'll always be leaders and followers, and you guys are of the former category!
Knæk og Bræk...Moggy
This Podcast was AWESOME. I just ordered some hackle and cnnot wait to try this out. You guys hooked me...
Thanks Ripley. Yep, single barbless all the way. ;) In BC, where I do most of my freshwater fishing, treble hooks are banned from moving waters (rivers) and only single barbless hooks are permitted. Personally I have not found a difference between hook-up and landing success between singles and trebles since I stopped using trebles over ten years ago.
:)
Hi Rodney,
Spinners are fine.
Most Danish rivers and streams permit the use of spinners / lures / wobblers.
Although, I would re-consider replacing the treble hooks / double hooks for single ones?
Trebles do way to much damage to fish and I see no sense in using them. Arguements always lean towards the excuse "I don't want to lose fish". :shock:
Really? :?
Try telling them to use a single size 24 barbless? 😉
Looking forward to meeting up.
Regards
Ripley
I am pretty excited about this upcoming trip. Being very novice in flyfishing, I'm looking forward to pick up some tips on dry fly and casting techniques. I do a lot of filming and video features on my website, so I will be bringing my HD video camera along to capture some action shots. :) Maybe some video clips would be useful additions to GFF and Distant Streams. 😉
Nina and I will be staying with you guys on Thursday and Friday night, so we'll be fishing with you on Friday and part of Saturday. Are the streams also open to spincasting with spinners? Nina can only spin fish. On Saturday afternoon we plan to head up to AQUA, and visit a friend around the area. :)
Thank you for all the information, I just moved here from Pittsburgh used to flyfish the Lake Erie tributaries for steelhead. After many searches on the net this is the best report I have read. I will contact the fly shop following your advise.
Fish on
The Mad Bulgarian
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How about providing a link to your home page on the links page of my personal non-commercial site. I would think you would want the eyeballs but never know.
Greetings from Finland!
I would like first of all thank you for the Great site, absolutely best fly fishing site I know. I have visited here since '97 I think when it was Fishing Denmark. I remember that I printed out some fly recipes in work because I didint have internet connection home :) Since then I have been visiting here often and check out if there something interesting to read, and yes many times there is.
So long life to the Global Fly Fisher, hope that you will keep up the good work!
I'm also upkeeping fly fishing site in Finnish, you dont understand a word, but maybe you would like to check out some pictures from our gallery, there is 4791 pics at the moment from Finland and some from other coutries too.
Have a nice summer and tight lines! :)
- Masi Hast
Hi Martin,
Count me in. I'd love to join up with the "In Crowd".
When exactly are you planning venturing this far west?
Depending what your after, I know plenty of places. The E. Danica is on and has been for a week. H. Sulphurea is also kicking. Not sure about the E. Danica situation next week, though from experience a few late arrivals will bloom.
Just returned from a tough five days guiding. Danica is exploding but wish I could the same about the rising...?
Still, connected with plenty of browns and fat grayling but not (the larger of the species), on dry fly. Czech nymphing took them.
Looking forward to hooking up with you...Let me know.
Give me a call if you like...
Regards
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