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Robert,

You can c

Robert,

You can contact me, and we can work on an addition for the article with your updates.

Martin

Update from Robert L

Update from Robert Logan on Shrimp Pattern - Gentlemen, I have come up with a partial solution to the head portion for the shrimp pattern I have been working and in an exciting new development....I have been experimenting with Enrico Puglasi fibers and have discovered that they become translucent and absorb water well to give a very much a "real shrimp flesh" look when submerged in water! I would like to post my fly tying sequence and photos for you all to see, tie, make commentary and more importantly catch some really large sea trout! How can I do this? I had a chance to tie this pattern at the 18th Annual Texas Fly Fishers Symposium earlier this month and I gave away several dozen of them.

Hi Matthew.

Hi Matthew.

Try this: 47“ 20lbs, 31“ 16lbs, 19“ 14lbs, swivel, tippet (ca. 25-30“).

Important in any way, if you are tying leaders, you need to reduce the length and strenght of the pieces from the butt to the tipp. That´s because the transferred energy of the casting-impulse ties down on the way from your hand to the tip of your leader. So by reducing the strength and length of the sections you support an easy flow from the strongest to the weakest part of your connection.

I guess you need some experimentation to find the optimal tuning according to your fly line and the flies you use. May be you will have a hand full of different leaders for different use (dry, nymph, streamer, short/longer distance) in the end. But in the end you have your individual solution.

T.L. Frank

hi love the buzzers

hi love the buzzers where can i obtain the kevlar for the body. thanks Roger B.

Steve,

thank you

Steve,

thank you very much for your informative presentation at Jax today. i would very much appreciate any information you could send me or refer me to on the salt water minnows you had at class.

thank you in advance.
dennis baker

my email is sixweight@hotmail.com

Thanks for these nic

Thanks for these nice comments...

"Soft Hackle & Chickabou" is quiet rare, as I already wrote in the article. But for example, there are some for sale on eBay at the moment (also in black color). The eBay-Shop is called "1A Fly Materials and Fishing Flies". You have to be a bit careful in shopping these items online, because the quality can be extremely different.

Easily the best tied

Easily the best tied Woolly Bugger I have seen and an excellent article. Just one question; where can you source the black Whiting Soft Hackle w/Chickabou from?
ATB

Bill,

It works ni

Bill,

It works nicely here...

Like this:

You need Flash installed to play it, but that's all.

Martin

The pink-piggy-mania

The pink-piggy-mania has overruled Denmark and the rest of the seatrout hunters owing to enormous marketing pressure... Articles, videos etc. have simply exaggerated dreamy power of this fly for some reason and the fly-fishing enclave has just fell for it :) It's as simple as that.
To be honest, I have never tried one myself as I am too stubborn just to follow the crowd.
I stick to those flies I have had in my fly-box for years, partly because I found myself too lazy to spent hours tying this pattern (it is considerably more difficult pattern to tie than other conventional ones, isn't it?) and I still have been catching fish.
No doubt the piggy may be a successful fly, however, which one wouldn't be, if used by 90% of fly-fishers fishing the Danish coast? Do you remember when nearly everyone was tying a honey shrimp a couple of years ago? Does it sound similar?
I can bet "we" may invent another "catchy" fly this year. And again, it all comes to promotion I guess. Just like fashion!

Where's the video?

Where's the video? I cannot get it to work.

20 ,16, 10 and then most of

20 ,16, 10 and then most of the time my last section 4th will be 6-8 pd mono for bass and walleye or steel for the pike and muskie. I don't use a swivel at all. Ashton is 30 min outside Ottawa.

Nice to talk to you. I have been (lurking) on this site for a couple of years but joined just before you. This has got to be the best site for fly fishing I have ever seen. The articles, diagrams and help offered is unbelievable. Tight line Matthew

Hi,

Hi,

too bad a bout the June meeting. However, make sure to drop me a not once in the area. Maybe we find a time to have a fish together.

Excellent video. Tho

Excellent video. Those boys will (unfortunately) grow up and forget about fishing for a few years. A shame as they're top young anglers. Hopefully, they'll rediscover the real meaning of life later. Great footage. Love the colour of the water. We get nothing like it here in NZ.

Thank you!

Thanks to all for your thoughtful responses. The options are numerous, almost intimidatingly so. One thing is for sure: we won't be bothered by small fish sizes -- we're mostly out to have a good time. We will be there the last two weeks of July though, so I'm sorry to say we'll miss the gathering, but thank you kindly for the invitation.

I'm going to keep doing some research and see if I can narrow things down. I have plenty of new ideas thanks to your posts!

Jon

This is a pretty pic

This is a pretty picture!!!

Hi,

Hi,

don´t forget the lakes. Many fish the ittle ponds and lakes around Oslo and further up. The Gloma and Rena are great, Glomma also for it´s Grayling fishing.

When are you coming? We have a fly fishing gathering in Elverum, right by the Glomma. The happening is taking place on June 19 & 20. I think this is an excellent chance of getting to know some locals and hear one or the other great tip.

Thanks guys.

Thanks guys.

I have checked the info here first but it get too much after awhile. So Glenn, does the last third of your leader include the different tippets to match your condition or do you add a swivel and then tie on the appropraite tippet? Also, with the lines that I suggested you would go 3' 20 lbs, 3' 16lbs and 3' 14lbs.

I was too lazy to check the locator for Ashton. Where abouts is it located?

Ciao,

MJP

Butch,

Order what

Butch,

Order what? Rooney tubes? Well, you go to an online shop and find them. And order there.
I have written about a thousand of these "we are not a shop" replies, but I still have to say it again and again: We are not a shop!

BTW: Rooney Tubes seems to be out of business, so you will have to look for other brands.

Martin

How do I order and h

How do I order and how much are we talking for each product?
Thank you in advance.
Butch Brenaman

Hi, Jon.

Hi, Jon.

In general it is easy to get access to the smaler waters as well. But "small" is relative and a thing of definition. What I can say is that the average size of trout here in South-Norway is small! Don´t know if it´s just a matter of fishing preasure or maybe because the feeding-period and environment is different here. Maybe both. In fact fishing in more secluded regions is surely more promesing, I guess.

Well, so far as I know you don´t need to pay for every water here. But in detail just a fishing shop in the area you will travel to can give you precise advise about that.

You need to pay an anual fee, that´s for sure: http://www.inatur.no/o2/Shop-FishTax/

Cheers, Frank

thanks!

Fly-Only: thanks very much for your suggestions. I'm looking at info on the Glomma now.

How easy is it to gain access to the smaller streams that I can see everywhere on maps of Norway? We had contemplated renting a car and trying to find small, out-of-the way waters, but I understand that most everything is private in Norway. Here in the States, I'm accustomed to finding public water to fish, but I believe things will be different in Europe.

We will be there in the last two weeks of July.

Thanks again!

Jon

Hi, Jon,

Hi, Jon,

One of the rivers you should check if you are in south-east Norway in the area around Oslo is the river Glomma. It is well known for char-fishing and for trouts as well. A 9´ #5 will do a proper job in that case.
Depending on the season you will also have a good chance to go for sea-bass on the coast. 9´ or 9,6´ #7 will be an allround-solution for that. Check the web for "Runar Kabbe", he´s the man for that business.
And last but not least, summer is great for salmon fishing, no doubt. You have a lot of chances for that in Norway as well as if you travel down the swedish west coast.

Cheers, Frank

Hi Matthew,

Hi Matthew,
Welcome to GFF, in the left hand sectiion you will find an excellent section for tying your own leaders, with lots of very good info and recipes, I can assure you it will help.
Paul

Hello Jan,

I like

Hello Jan,

I like your giant buzzers and am going to make some, the kevlar is neat.

Great website