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Submitted by troutbum.nathan on

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In away i agree with the comment below, but not that it is not fly fishing. you are using flies that represent the trout or graylings natural diet and you are using a rod,reel and line so how is it not fly fishing.
As i have said previously on forums and such if you want to fish with a dry fly in the middle of march and catch nothing or go home because the dry fly isnt working in high coloured water then so be it but i know ill be abe to stay and catch fish.
Thats why i use this method because it catches me fish in beautiful surroundings and i am proud to say i am a nymph fisherman. This is not to say i wont use a dry fly in certain water conditions but 9 times out of 10 a nymph will out fish a dry.
I know there is no better feeling seeing a fish and taking your time and casting too it and the explosion on the water surface. I know but i cant help love seeing my little red braided baking indicator shoot of and then lifting the rod and feeling the weight of the fish.

Submitted by JohnR on

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PETA members seem to be more dedicated to their cause than Anglers or Hunters. Unfortuanately, sportsmen in my community are not willing to give up ANY time from fishing or hunting to promote the sport. Some PETA members will dedictae their life to their cause... by getting a degree in fish & wildlife mamangement and then get employed by the "Game Department"...to do their "anti" work from within.

I think, PETA means...People Eat Tasty Animals.

Submitted by George on

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Hi Kasper,

It was great meeting you & family this evening at 'Engelsk Bro' . As I pointed out, I have recently been smitten by the south Sweden sea-trout bug, and not sure I want to recover. Although, having first fished as a kid in the Dublin mountains with 'Me DA' (Irish slang for my father), I still consider myself to be a pure amateur. Meeting a pro like yourself, was indeed a pleasure. Unfortunately, you did not have an answer to my question. What is the derivation of the word 'Kelt'. After, a quick search on-line, the answer was not as forth coming as I first thought it might be. Therefore, on your suggestion, I would like to put it out there to the avid readers. Anyone know, in the context of sea-trout, the origin of the word, 'Kelt'.

Best wishes, and tight-lines!

George

Submitted by capt.brian moran on

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spectacular day on the salt with the fly , i will be trying to get over that way soon to wet some feathers thank you for the great photoes

Submitted by Rob H on

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Thanks for the very interesting pattern Rado! It is amazing how close it looks to the real thing.
One thing that seems to confuse a lot of the tyers (as in the comments above) is how the hare dubbing gets tied into the pattern. The video does confuse things.....
To explain it I would say that when you bring the antron yarn down to the tail of the fly leave a 4 inch tag and cut it off. Then tie the end of the tag back on the tail of the fly thus creating a loop. Bring the thread forward. Into the dubbing loop, insert the dubbing material then twist the loop tightly to secure the dubbing into it and tie forward. In the video the tyer splits the yarn and that actually makes it more difficult to twist the dubbing in. By tying a loop with the yarn it becomes what most have heard of as a "dubbing loop"
Once again thanks for the excellent paeetern Rado. Keep up the good work!!

Hi Martin
I do not use sinking lines. There's no need for that in my case. The whole thing is amazing. SA they've got contact option on the website and I got the response. Anyway they not very entusiastic about the thing and the research on that. I mentioned in my corespondence that the line my be fake(people are capable). They say that it is unlikely their line could do that and they do not know how they can to find out. I said there's an easy way-we send the line(plus guides to look into) and just go fishing! The thing is, my friend do not want anything from SA if there is no fault on their side. But if the line is the cause, SA should compensate, of course the only if they consider themselvs a serious company. I'd would be at least curious that some of their product may be forged! Anyway, we going to send the line soon and if any results came up, we'll let you know guys.
TL
Michal
P.S.
The reel photo attached.

Submitted by 1737246361 on

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Foxee Red Clousers work really well for carp and reds plus trout and smallies. carry a foxee and a few buggers and you will be set
Paul

Submitted by Andy Holmaas on

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Rado, I have been using the fly this spring and doing well. I modified it some and use Ice Dub Peacock instead of herl. I also tied some with a green Antron body and black Ice Dub UV with a black bead. They work well on native brook trout and wild browns in the streams I fish. This is a great fly. I will take some to Alaska this August.

Submitted by JIm C. on

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I'm very impressed, trying it out on the Arkansas River in Colorado, USA in the next several days. I'll post results. Tying with a tan and a green Antron as well, to match local flies. I'm trying out some UV Ice dubbing instead of the Hare's Ear (didn't have the right color, and I'm broke right now...tie with what you have on hand!)

Mike,

Amazing! I have often heard people express fear of such wear - especially when I have shown them my braided shooting line - but I have never seen this actually happen. None of my own rods have any signs of wear, but your photos shows guides, which looks like they were filed down! Not nice.

I guessed cheap guides until I read your post. Brand rods normally means good guides.

Your arguments sound reasonable. I have some sinking lines, which are quite rough, and definitely feels like they could gnaw in a guide.

SA's reaction (or lack of same) is unfortunately not uncommon. Someone should teach these companies that mail-addresses and contact forms means that people will contact you, and not replying is like not picking up the phone when it rings!

Let us know what you find out.

Martin

Streamcaddis,

You don't need 100% true pairs to do paired wings - although it helps.
But by carefully selecting feathers, which are identical (but mirrored), and cutting bits that are as alike as possible, you should be able to get it to work.

Most flyshops will have the feathers paired, and truly so, because they are typically matched when plucked from the skin.

Martin

Submitted by Nic on

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I made a couple of these just out of curiosity and used a single hook Kamasan B175 size 14. Just made a groove and superglued the cork onto the hook. Well, they've been sat in my fly box for quite a while now, and I had a very frustrating day at a reservoir here in England a few days ago, so I thought what the hell....................30 mins later I had 3 rainbow trout upto 3lbs. All I can say is cheers Radoslav. Brightened up a somewhat frustrating day. Many thanks for the simplest fly I've ever made.

I am not Norwegian, but have been over there a few times.
1. permits are generally easy to get, but you also need a yearly licence (from any post office).
2. Check the price of car hire before going....its horrendous!
3. Check the price of beer ina bar / restaurant.....yep you guesses, its horrendous!
4. At lkeast the fishing is relativley cheap! Keith.

Submitted by james on

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i am an english lad,and i love a good roast dinner,especially on a sunday afternoon watching the football ( liverpool f.c) have a good one james from liverpool

Submitted by Anne on

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Thank you, thank you, I'm much better with written instructions, and was reluctant to buy a book to learn one knot, as I want to try this knot for finishing jewellery. Watching a video and trying to make the knot ties me in knots, five minutes with your instructions and I've finally mastered this, practice will make perfect.

Submitted by Carl McNeil on

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Hello Nicolas

With respect - most of what you've stated is quite incorrect, I should know, I made it!
I normally wouldn't bother but I can assure you Once in A Blue Moon was made with the utmost integrity - and I kinda feel that this is being called into question.

The film was indeed made during a mouse year ( I live there in case you weren't aware) - we've actually had three almost consecutive beech mast events with 2010 being the latest.
The main scientist in the film (Rasmus) was in Fiordland that same season we filmed - working on his PhD. The phenomena he talks about, eels, mice stripping vegetation etc he refers to in the movie was occurring while we were there filming - that's actually how we met up.
The mice shown were there in the the bush - nothing was taken it.

As far as pig sized fish go. I made the decision not to solely depict this as it is simply not a true representation of what actually occurs. And besides - it would be irresponsible of me to do so.

The fish we've shown are all good size but quite early season, It was shot in October. They had keyed in on mice but not every fish turns into a pig - A few turn into almost gross fish, but this takes months. You don't just eat a few mice and put on kilos overnight.

Your impression seems to be that during a mouse year every fish is super fat and well into double figures that's not the case - although I'm sure we all wish that it was.

We did show one very large mouse eater - well into double figures. Again, this is at exactly the same time of year at night, that's me holding it. About four other guys will happily attest to that
The challenge is that we just don't have the specialist equipment to film of any quality at night and thats why we used a still.

The one aspect that you are correct on is the still shots of mice in the trouts guts. There are pictures from Fish and Game from a couple of years before, they actually quite well known - If you look at the closing credits we state this. Simple fact is that I wasn't prepared to kill fish for the film, so we put the word out for existing photos.

I can absolutely assure you that the science, fish and story are real and were all captured during a real beach mast event -that's part of the reason it took us so long to produce this film.

I hope that clarifies things for you and I'm very happy you otherwise enjoyed the Once in a Blue Moon

Best Regards
Carl McNeil
On the Fly Productions

Submitted by piraña guy on

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hey
what's on your bucket list? when i mean bucket list i mean something exotic! what's in my bucket list is the devil Tigerfish they have huge teeth and can rip my 2000 dollars worth of mylar,bucktail,feathers and tinsel in a single strike! (pic below it's jaws!)

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