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Does this company st

Does this company still exist. I ordered the product about 3 weeks ago...the purchase has not yet been recorded with my credit card company and have not had a response to the purchase yet.

Thanks for your help.

Original photo was t

Original photo was taken Jan 2007. It is now Feb 2011 and you should see this lake now. It has just filled to overflowing in days and 50 tons of weed has already been removed for angler access. The small native Gambusia baitfish are in for a shock as they now have nowhere to hide from the large brown and rainbow trout.

To all of the fly fi

To all of the fly fishing purists up above, quite be a bunch of old smelly *beeps*. Hooking a fish that you can't even see by feel alone is a lot harder that fishing with a dry fly. I'll hook you in the ear with a barbed skagit minnow for being old and lame.

Everybody,

We hav

Everybody,

We have a mystery script that for some reason deletes some of the images in this article. I have been trying to hunt it down, but can't seem to find it. Strange! Let me know if they keep disappearing, and I'll intensify the pursuit.

Martin

Hi,
There are

Hi,
There are pictures on this that don't come up. I was hoping to print this for reference to go with my copy of "Trolling Flies for Salmon and Trout". Thanks for your help!
Jeff

I've been experiment

I've been experimenting with a new hobbie. Jetty fishing for various rock fish on the Washington coast (Westport Wa). It's lots of fun and I've noticed a lot less hang ups loss gear and more fish. My problem is casting needs to be done with heavy sink tips to get the fly down quickly. A stripping basket because of rocks, barnacles etc. is a must. My problem is managing the tangles. I've found that using 5' to 8' of T16 or T18 works nice for getting fly to the fish and managing the limited space the heavy tips shoot so fast and hard the coils often get tangled. There is no room for a false cast Basically 5' of tip 3' of leader and heavy Clouser type fly carries 40 to 60' line out of a basket. Any Ideas on managing tangles.

nebc,

Hooks such

nebc,

Hooks such as the B175 from Kamasan don't come in different lengths. The Kamasan hook doesn't even have an 1X, 2X or whatever-X in its description. So putting a length in there makes no sense!
And in general we will tell you if a hook needs to be a special length by putting in a description like "short shank saltwater hook" or "long shank, straight eye streamer hook".

I can also recommend looking at the flies and the tying steps (where applicable) to see the hook length and shape. Generally our hook recommendations are guidelines and meant as a hint to what hook can be used.

Martin

If only putting your

If only putting your hook size that does not tell us enough. Would like the hook lengths as well...1X, 2X, 3X etc.

You'll find it in no

You'll find it in northern brazil too! Very sportish fish!! Beautyfull video!

Anonymous,

It req

Anonymous,

It requires very little force to split bamboo and can be done with a knife and maybe a small hammer or wooden mallet. No force needed.

Martin

Jamie-

Thanks for

Jamie-

Thanks for taking the time to respond...I'm pleasantly surprised that you took the time to do so. Forgive the lateness of my reply, as I have just now realized that you posted this here. I look forward to future films from your crew.

FYI, location X was my favorite of your works so far. :-)

enjoyed watching thi

enjoyed watching this video, makes want to get back into tying my own flies again. Thanks

This is a nicely wri

This is a nicely written story of persistance when confronted with results not in accordance with one's aim. My wife likes to say: When you don't get what you want, you call it experience!
In a broader vein, fishing success is related to temperament in many ways, but a true fisher-person, whether they are successfully catching or not, has the character that this story reflects.
tight lines

kindly indicate the

kindly indicate the force needed to split the bamoo

G'day Glenn...

[b:a500143bb3]G'day Glenn...
'Around the bend?!... you're being TOO kind!
Thanx!
This past weekend I went to a barn burner one day FF show...
The "Bear's Den" [Taunton, MA] puts on one phine phandango!
'got to watch David Nelson http://www.squimpishflies.com/mainpage.htm up close and personal and brought home a sack full of inspiration... click on David's "gallery"...
I've got a good friend in your neighborhood [Ottawa]... these phlyz will soon be landing in his mailbox...
You want some ideas... give Faruk a shout...
[search : ultimate bobbin or automatic bobbin]... http://www.automaticbobbin.com/advantage.htm
anyway...
these critterz happened yesterday after my Nelson exposure...
bugz for Faruk's pal who's lookin' to annoy some Tarpon...
weshallsee!?
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Penguin your mind must be

Penguin your mind must be around the bend :) Those flies of yours are phantastic keep them coming cause I can use the ideas

Very instructive

Very instructive

Always a pleasure wa

Always a pleasure watching your videos. Neil.

David,

I'm not su

David,

I'm not sure I understand your question, but I'll give it a shot anyway. The line comes out of the reel in such a way that it can easily pass through the guides on the rod. When the reel is mounted on the rod and you hold the rod correctly with the reel downwards, the line should come out of the reel on the underside in a forward direction. As you can see on this image.

Reel and rod

Hope I understand your question and that this helps

Martin

Im being a bit of an

Im being a bit of an idiot, but which part of the reel does the line come out of in regards to right angled underneath the reel. behind or in front?

There is one on Ebay

There is one on Ebay right now... can be yours for the not so low price of $75. Maybe a bit expensive...

I just found this si

I just found this site. Great information that I was able to share with someone on another forum looking to build his own tying bench. After reading the article, I've decided to build one to replace the disaster I created before finding the GFF Site.

Cut my teeth on the

Cut my teeth on the north umpqua over 30 years ago still miss fish'n for stellies if you've ever had 1 on, your hooked love the art of the old stellie flies & the newer ones to love the video brings back some found memories of my younger day's learning to tye & fish for these great fish,tight lines & keep the fur & feathers fly'n.

Thanks Dada...

[b:a49dd76d07]Encouraged by kind wordz and positive feedback [thanks Dada!], and fortified by the full moon, and a Canadian malt enhanced adult beverage...
I had another phuzzie notion episode...
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pheatherz, phur, and phlash are minimized and proportioned... colours, subtle...
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some tweeeeking... 'prophile enhancement... 'sparse buck tail topper...
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The only rule is there are NO rules...
sand lance insinuendo...
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mini-eel punt?...
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worm hatch to-go... 'justincase...
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Here in New England waterz, virtue can hurtue but variety can foster notoriety...
Colour, texture, balance, technique, and a phuzzie notion looking for a place to happen...
blah, blah, blah...
The PHISH will have the phinal word![/b:a49dd76d07]