Nice article Martin. I actually bought a couple of Bombardas recently; for the kids to be able to use flies, next time I take them out fishing, but as I have never tried this type of rig myself the into was very welcome.
Cheers,
/atli
hello bob,
can you please send a photo of the trout rock to me?
Very good step by step
Svoban,
There is no drawback in my article, its simply about the introduction of salmonides !
Unfortunately no baseline study about original species was done before the introduction. Therefore to valuate the current number of remaining or even STEADY indigenous population is vague. We know for sure there is one endangered species. But you are certainly right, the ecological impact was and probably still is an ecological disaster. But since I am not a fulltime scientist, I rather decided to give no room for any assumption about present state of indigenous fish but facts about the introduction.
Heiko
Just got back from an Atlantic Salmon fishing trip and the guide said he has used Armour all for years and swears by it. I was a bit skeptical as I have heard that it has had adverse effects on car dash boards. seems it works for some though.
There is a drawback of in this article. You did not mention what happen to the original fish species of Southern America after the introduction of salmonids. Flyfishermen are happy, but the impact to original ecosystem was catastrophic.
I have a leeda reel thats about 25 years old and Love the design and handling of the reel.
And it still works pretty good, just started to get a little rust problems.
Have been searching for the same reel for a couple of years, and would really want a simular reel but with a good, slow brake system.
What brand is the reel?
Had one just like it but it broke.
Anonymous,
As I said: I'm not going into the discussion. It's fishing with a fly. End of story.
Martin
Hello Martin, you are absolutly right; threre is no need for discussion about this technique because it has definitly absolutly NOTHING to do with flyfishing. Sorry, but only the use of a fly can`t be reason enough to think, this could be flyfishing in any way.
Anonymous,
Aggravate...? Like in make you angry? Who and why? I see fairly ordinary but exciting fishing in urban, industrial surroundings... what do you see?
Martin
As I was saying... :)
I've burned through several versions of this pattern. Copper tinsel, copper braid, more red bucktail, less orange squirrel, yellow hackle fibers, yellow whatever, etc. Frankly, Brook Trout are not too picky. Certainly not in the Fall (when I fish most). The spawn is on and their minds are elsewhere.
It's not the best conversion I've tied. It's certainly not the worst. It gets the job done:
Pete,
Hope that the downgraded stormy lady did you no harm! And that she left your waters fishable too!
We've had some pretty odd weather here too. The other morning we had a thunderstorm with some 35-40,000 ligtnings over Copenhagen. Thunder was rumbling constantlly for 30-40 minutes while flashes were seen every second or two.
Amazing and beautiful, but not our common August weather!
Martin
Want to say thanks for the help, I got here. I use this fly for trout fishing long time ago, and that is why I was so interested in learning to tie it. When fishing for trout, size's of material become a major issue, I finally go the real material name and that is American Rooster Cape Bronze Badger. This is for smaller sizes, used with trout. This flies name came from up in Montana flat lands, middle of the state, and was named for some reason was different and it was called the Black Hole Demon. While there fishing, I caught a really nice 14" Rain Bow trout, in slow moving water.
I won the first box of size 4's will send you some when I ship flies this week. Please email me your address again. Thanks
Gratz on the win. I see there are a few more on auction today as well. :) I'll email you you the address. :)
Mircea,
Thanks to comments like this we will keep on adding new stuff to GFF!
I'm really glad that you have found some useful information that has helped you in your fishing, and I will certainly do my best to add even more.
Keep on visiting and we will keep on publishing!
Martin
When I first started fly-fishing 5 years ago, GlobalFlyFisher was among the first ones I had found on the Internet. I've found all the informations I need. Same goes for the shooting heads and tube flies, and other stuff related to fly fishing. It also convinced me that I can built my own rods!
I wish you to reach 2000 K+ articles.
Hi Heiko,
very, very interesting to me. I didn't know anything about that and you wrote absolutely readable about that.
Thanks a lot.
Jan
Hi Mike,
iot is not customary or me to leave questions like that unanswered. But on return rom that trip I got seriously ill. There were also some very fundamental changes in my life.
Since July I am "back in the world". My daughter still likes to fish. :D
I did not pick up a flounder in the Baltic on that trip. Keeping up the tradition we are going again this October.
I will take two fly rods with me, besisdes some conventional tackle, a 6 weight to give the flounders a second chance and a 9 weight with a fast sinking tip or the pike. The waters there are known for large northern and that time of the year tey are holding deep. I caught a 75 cm fish on spinning tackle. The same day a kid caught a meter pike, they are not considered to be large there,
TL
Florian
Pete,
More goodies from your vices (and I know you have several!).
I fooled around with some Bug-Bond the other day (light curing stuff), and man! That's gonna revive my epoxy craze from years back! So easy to use, no waste and great results.
I'm definitely gonna weld some flies and try that technique one of these days. I just have to order more of the stuff since I'm using it faster than I expected.
Regarding fly shows there are essentially two large ones: Fly Fair in the Netherlands and the Danish Fly Festival here in Denmark. The Brits also have some shows, but none are as large or fly fishing exclusively as far as I know. The two shows alternate. Next year will be in the Netherlands (Hopefully. I haven't seen it announced yet) and the year after that in Denmark.
http://globalflyfisher.com/blog/?d=323
http://www.flyfair.nl/international.html
Martin
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