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definitely inspirational. I've caught them on cornmeal mixed with a sweetener at night in the Delaware, they just refuse to give up. On a casting rig. starting to get a compulsion to go for em with the flyrodmaybe in the spring. if I do I'll film it and load it here. great vid,thanks,tom.

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Maravilhoso o melhor video de pesca de Dourado que ja vi, so faltou dizer em que cidade e rio da Bolivia . Grande Video .... parabens .

Wonderful video of the best Dorado fishing I have ever seen, just did not say what town and river in Bolivia. Great video .... congratulations

my suggestion would be to use..'Stretch Magic'..it is found in craft stores that carry 'bead products'.

..the creation of this fly is awesome,thank you for sharing.......ArticWolf

Submitted by Neil on

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I live nar Port Phillip Bay , near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
I use a weight 3/4 floating fly line and small foam emerger flies do really well on calm warm evenings in the summer months casting around the rocks along the sheltered bays during a rising tide.

Submitted by Lvy on

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Tried the fly at East Lk Central OR. worked awsome! The browns and (surprise) the kokanee luv'd it!

Submitted by Jeroen van Wijk on

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Maybe now people start believing in the small flies we use for seatrout!
We've been using sizes 12, 14 for the last years with very simple dressing as well.
They have been picked up by a lot of big seatrout; they like to follow a big flies, but eat the small ones.

Instead of straightening a hook, I like to bend (forge) them on purpose. It will hook fish more easy, but that my believe

Submitted by David Swart 17… on

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With the new holographic tinsel out the variations are endless, the 1 I tye the most is called a mega prince, TMC 200R #6-14,6/0 olive thread,brown marabou tail root beer krystal flash olive centipede legs on the either side,peacock herl body holographic olive tinsel rib, brown hen hackle white goose biot wing olive centipede legs either side peacock herl collar with a gold bead for a head killer fly in both still water or river/creeks.

Lars,

Sure a shooting head can cast longer. There is a reason why distance casters use shooting head setups. And the wind is an important factor. I personally hate fly fishing when there's no wind. But it has to be in the right direction! If not then it's very little help--more like the opposite.

As a paradox, it seems that most fly anglers consider wind an obstacle when fishing. In a stream maybe, but in the salt it's not. A good wind will both aide your casts and give the surface some wrinkles, which will ease your fishing.

But point taken: under normal fishing conditions the shooting head will give you longer casts compared to a full line--or as I prefer it: the same distance with much, much less effort.

Martin

Submitted by Lars Matthiessen on

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Hi martin,
regarding distance of cast, you are correct that the distance was app. the same with shooting line and WF at the last danish championship which took place indoor but when the event has taken place outdoor and if there is some wind then the distances are longer with a margin of 3-6 meters, and we do most of our fishing outdoor ;-)

Submitted by Patrick 1737246354 on

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I know that this is a good fly for seatrout, but I ad some flash in the dubbing.

Full of condensated infos as usually! I'm just looking for an overhead SH&line for Scott SHS - DH 3,2m 9# - thanks to you I've only SH to look for, thank you very much!

Submitted by Christian 1737246354 on

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Hi Martin,

Nice article! I have the same 'problem' as you have, to many lines and heads to keep track of ... Unless they are brand new or on a reel I plan to fish I keep them in ziplock bags as well.

You sparked my interest when you mentioned the mill ends and I was curious to hear if you had done any welding with them? I was looking to splice and weld some DT12 to T14 to make some custom sinktips but unfortunately that doesn't seem to work very well with these lines as the core seems to be 'loose' in the line and just pulls off as soon as it's been heated. Curious to hear if you or others have tried the same with better success?

Cheers,
Christian

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