Great articel! The opening paragraphs were especially appropriate as I have been standing in the middle of a large group of 'boiling' mullet this week without a single take!
You've certainly given me something to think about - thanks again!
ok i have a question i live in montana in the usa... and i am going to float the yellowstone river where the shields river dumps into the yellowstone and in that are there are scuplins galor and in the fall when brown trout go up to the shields river to spawn and they eat scuplins and scuplins so i was wondering what patterns you would reckamend
Jason,
Do you mean how loose the knot can be tied or how long the tags can be - or something else?
To address the first two in one: the knot has to be pretty snug and tight. I usually work the loops of backing towards the loop in the fly line while tightening. When the knot is tight, you can trim both lines very close to the knot.
Or did you mean something else?
Martin
Yup, first timer, took a couple of goes, but very simple indeed. Just one question how much loose can there be at either on the ends - assuming backing to fly-line
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
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
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
Is this print available for purchase? You are very talented.
"Brown Trout takes a dry fly"
please i want to know more about this item and the price also more about your products
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
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.
Sadly, I have just learned that Dave passed away... 08.05.09. He is already missed by so many.
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.
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.
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,
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
nice! wotcha catch it on?
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