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Derek,

A chub is a freshwater fish found in Europe. It's known as Cyprinus cephalus or Leuciscus cephalus in Latin and is a popular quarry in many countries - especially in Eastern Europe. It's found in many streams, grows big (up to almost 2 feet!) and takes flies readily.

You can read more here on GFF as well as on FishBase.org

Martin

Submitted by Ilkka Virta on

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Dear Sirs,
I am looking for a quality rod joints for my split cane rods. Do You have, or do you know where I could get them ?

regards, Ilkka Virta

Submitted by Eddie Wilson on

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Thanks for the foam fly. I tye it in a larger size with shorter legs and red fish love it also

Hi Henning,

great fish (and picture as well), congratulations from my side. What do I learn from this? That it is not true that I can't be jealous...

Regards,
Ole

Fahad,

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Martin

Submitted by Jerry 1737246372 on

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Is this print available for purchase? You are very talented.
"Brown Trout takes a dry fly"

Submitted by fahad on

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please i want to know more about this item and the price also more about your products

Submitted by Everett Melvin on

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Awesome report, you guys are hard core. I have never had the chance for such an adventure but I am sure it was a hoot. Now to the Jack Carvel, here in North Florida they are a fish that brings excitement to local fly fisherman and light tackle folks alike; from late April all the way through the summer. Both in shore along the ICW and the surf. Any insites into fishing in Europe would appreciated.

Tight lines and always, always, fish on.
Everett

Submitted by John Pollock on

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I'm heading out to Colorado in a week. While looking at fishing reports, one of the reccomended flies was the Tabou Caddis. I never heard of it. After a quick google ....and wha la there it is. Very cool fly. I love the way it looks. After looking through my desk and calling the local fly shops and finding no Bramha Hen skins, I decided to try the fly with my Hungarian Partrige pelt. It worked great!! It has a combination of pale cream, tan and grey. I can't wait to try them out.

Submitted by Ranger Bob on

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Sadly, I have just learned that Dave passed away... 08.05.09. He is already missed by so many.

Submitted by Edward Null on

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Neat fly. Hate to nitpick, but sabot is dutch for "shoe", and describes the packing around a solid sabot round. They use 'em to fire rifle bullets from black powder rifles, too.

Submitted by Fred the Flyfi… on

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Slinkies are not part of a real flyfisherman's arsenal, but rather something that guides use so they don't have to actually teach people how to flyfish.

Submitted by Frankie Hutchison on

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Hi Martin, information on tying buzzers is brill,been tying flies and lures for about 2yrs, good one about the onion bags and orange bags will be using this method as part of my tying kit. Also i would like say on a vist to my mother laws she was throwing out a sewing box, of course i took it home with me,my goodness the amountof stuff in there,elastic that she would of sewin into wasitbands, strip in down and u have the perfect vibrator legs. Thanks,

Submitted by Blatt on

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Nice pattern!
I like very much this "scrambled" look...
Guess fish does like it so much!

John, I'm not sure if I completely understand what you're trying to do, but I have been using needle knots for a couple of years now and the way I do it is to trim the butt end of the leader to a fine taper with a razor blade, I then thread the tapered end of the leader into the eye of the needle, bend it over to form as little resistance as possible. Then insert the needle into the fly line and pull the needle and leader through the fly line using a small pliers.
With a little practice I can trim 1 - 2 inches of the leader to a fine taper which makes it all much easier to pull through, it also helped me when I dug through my wifes sewing kit and found a small needle with a eye large enough to easily fit the taper into.
hope this helps
Paul

Submitted by jim harrison on

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In addition to glue, use multiple coats of finish. adding multiple wraps at intervals also improves both appearance and strength.

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A simpler strategy is to use a lot of glue and pressure during curing.

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Too much equipment is required to get the blanks perfectly straight. I tell my fishing buddies that the character of the rod is determined by the guide placement on curved rods.

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If you have the time and money to go to Taipei, Taiwan (Formosa) R.O.C., the economy version of this process can be reviewed at local markets. Don't try to import the stock yourself, but try U.S. shipments in very small quantities.

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Turbular cane blanks with ferrules installed are available at Wal-Mart, Academy, and local sporting goods stores that are manufactured by B & M. These have a factory finish made in Taiwan. Asian craftsman have dropped out of the finishing market, preferring to work with fiberglass and graphite rods. Try reviewing the Martha Stewart and Boy Scout manuals on finishing these cane rods. It saves hundreds of hours of labor .

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