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Submitted by Peter Richardson on

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Hi Joe, I guess I'm another clb.
I got some white rubber for legs when I took apart the waistband of my expired underpants. Can be warm,dyed, and variegated by twisting in the vice and marking the ribbing effect with permanent marker. Original girdle bug came about the same way, before my time.
Also nylon plastic canvas chord, a tubing about 3mms, comes in a wide variety of colours silver and gold being an obvious choice. Realy tough and perfect for mickey finns, cost here(Canada) about $1.50 for 10 yards.
Foam,3mm, costs about $1.15 for quite a large sheet, in various colours.
Mainly from the craft section in Wal Mart and it certainly pays to browse in any craft type store.
Best regards, Peter.

Submitted by Christophe Lec… on

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Hi Paco!
Beautiful fish! This zander is my dream on fly !

Submitted by Bob Miller on

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I will try this on the Farmington River in Connecticut (U.S.A.) The olives are size 28 and the browns are very selective. This looks like a winner

Submitted by marcus on

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my six year old daughter looked at my fly boxes with a multitude of different flies inside, including a few sunrays, and said, 'dad, they will take anything' i think she might be right

Submitted by Hylton on

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Fantastic. Seems catching sharks is catching on. Recent articles about catching lemons and blacktips in the seychells is just the first of the published sharking results. I have tried numerous times from a Kayak up in the Transkei but never manage to land anything and only manage a few hookups per day.
I think flyfishing has now finally been taken to its ultimate extreme.
Wish we had more wadeable shallow reefs and gullies here in the East Cape to target gulleys and hounds.

Hi TitanPalmer the Tongariro is at the southern end of Lake Taupo in the central North Island and the no-name stream is a tributary of Lake Aniwhenua in the Bay of Plenty district of the North Island. The Tongariro is a big river with the fishing being for Rainbows that live most of the year in Lake Taupo and only run the rivers to spawn. Most other North Island streams are a mix of resident trout and lake trout. With a good mix of Browns and Rainbows.
All the best.
Mike.

Jason,

I have long planned to continue my podcasts, but for different reasons I haven't been fishing much this year and even less recording.

I have had several people inquire about the podcasts recently, so I might just start them up again. Unfortunately the fishing season is coming to an end here, so there might not be much happening till spring, but I might do some indoors and fly tying shows. We'll see.

Martin

Submitted by dubmon on

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a wonderful fly!! i can tie a few and the way i do it they stay together well. --- thak you very much.

Submitted by Gustavo on

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Interesting Angle... It's actually a nice idea for a fishing picture...

Submitted by jason lowe on

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hi Martin

Please can you do some more podcasts?

jason

Submitted by Colin Johnston on

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A truly engaging web site for the beginner - just like myself. With that in mind, I'd be very grateful for any information on where to purchase bamboo culms, specific tools, etc. in the UK. Also, any 'gatherings', classes offered in the UK or discussion groups that are UK-based. I've been looking at the US-based sites and groups and find them immensely useful and positive, but would like to know if there is something a little closer to home.

Many thanks again to all who have put something into this web site.

All best wishes.

Colin

Submitted by Johan Nygren on

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Nice shot!
What kind of fish can you catch in Budapest? Any flyfishing shops there?

Submitted by David 1737246370 on

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To Mike Foor · mfoor·at·embarqmail.com You asked What does that coding mean? 4F, 5F, 6F etc up to and including 9F. 4 thru 9 is line type (f) stand for float you may see (s) for sink (st) for sink tip for example wf8f weight forward 8 is yur line type f the line will float

Submitted by Maarten on

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Thank you for this great informative article on seatrout. I recently moved from Amsterdam to Landskrona and started fishing. This autumn I caught most of my fish in the Rönneå in northern Skåne. All salmon except for one seatrout which I caught today. The season for the Rönneå closes tomorrrow. I've been fishing for salmon and seatrout with spinners this fall in rivers but in the future I want to start flyfishing in the saltwater coastal areas. Can you recommend some spots around Landskrona to fish for seatrout? And what sort of flyrod and line should I use?

Thank you,

Maarten

Submitted by Cheryl O'Neill on

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I'm located in Northern California and have a 7 year old son that I take to the local reservoir for Blue Gills. The Diawl Bach is simply the best fly for these little fish. Drop it in the water lift out a fish. I blew away a nearby family when I offered to have their 2 kids catch fish in under 5 minutes. They took turns and each caught 2 fish.
I was Mom's hero and the Dad's nightmare.
I had lost this page's bookmark - I was so happy to find it again last light - just a killer pattern.

Thanks Roolis,

Thanks again for the spey line standards - I was hoping to gather a cross-section of rods, reels, and line combinations actually used in the field. My titanium reels might not weigh enough to be comfortable - I was hoping to hone in on a small group of the most used spey rods and lines and adjust my reels to match the ideal combination weight desired. From that starting point - I can adjust up and down.

Maybe there is an easier method - and maybe I am being obsessed about this weight detail - I find it fascinating to make a new fly reel - especially out of titanium - and have the option to make it any weight I want - but choosing the "best" weight in light of all the rod variables with available lines - might be an adventure for another day.

Maybe the top ten rod makers have figured out what reel weight (range) best suits their particular rod as an ideal combination – or maybe not. I just do not know.

How about a poll – asking each viewer to identify their “best” rod, reel, and line combination. And if a certain combination you are using needs a little tweaking to reach the “best” category – what would you change?

Thanks
TitanPalmer

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