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Nice clean patterns.

Nice clean patterns. They look like they'd shrink down to worm-like shapes when wet though. For big pike I found, girthy flies get their attention more often than skinny flies.

Just a tip. ;-)

Nice shots as usual

Nice shots as usual :)

Found this one at flickr which really shows a nice POV perspective with lots of action on top.

oh gosh!

oh gosh!
wf 10 is already coming and is to late-but it make a sense what you say! Thanks anyway will do that next time.

It seems that finding vacant hostels or similar facilities with room for 40 people in September isn't as easy as I thought. I have tried Assens and Fredericia, which is close, but September seems fully booked.

None of the places I have asked has enough room for us, so I have now asked Kragsbjerg in Odense again, but not heard back yet.

Regarding the houses on Wedellsborg, I would sure like to stay there too, but first of all we might be a bit late to book them, I have no idea what they cost (I expect them to be expensive), and we (read: I) will probably have to arrange shopping, cooking, cleaning and whatnot, which I am very reluctant to do, so I honestly haven't looked further into that option.

I will return with news about a place as soon as I know more.

Martin

Hi again,

Hi again,
My offered sinking line is not the best choice for you then..
Big mama is quite a nice line, but there is one rule. Ir your rod is #10 then you need to buy #11 line and cut about one meter from tip. Then it will cast reallllly large flies! I tried this trick with #9 line and #8 rod. It works well! Another opportunity is Rio Outbound and maybe some Loop models. I tried one (maybe 10wt Opti Stillwater)on some 10wt Loop rods and without fly it casts extremely GOOD! All line plus 2-4m of backing!

Tight LINEZ,

offcourse...Let him contact

offcourse...Let him contact me i live near amsterdam (12km) and he can always join me for a day of flyfishing for pike,carp,seabass. We don't have wild trout but thre are afew trout fishery's in Holland.

Cheers Olle

In somestores ive se

In somestores ive seen chuk duck specific rods that come with two interchanganle handles (short and long). Whats the purpose of the two different handles?

hi Mike

hi Mike
I've done some research and ordered cortland pike rocket taper and vision big mama(funny name you want to see what comes up when you google it :lol: )
the last one has a slow sinking head and inter running. We'll results soon and I'll post a review. Thanks for the help guys

"Great Article"!! I

"Great Article"!! I now have a completed book. Thanks!

great topic ! hate t

great topic ! hate to see only man/woman with big fish pictures. Bent rod pictures are one of the other options.

Cornelis
The Netherlands.

Larger version is mu

Larger version is much much better and worth the extra click.

Hi Martin,

I've tried it with a chinese neck and this works very well. Thanks for the hint...

Oh! Thank you :)

Hi,

One weeken earlier or later would be fine with me as i have not booked any holiday yet plus its my sons birthday on the 19th :)

Steve

Hey Michal, I do not think a

Hey Michal, I do not think a sink tip will work for a skating mouse, It will just pull it under too quickly. Here in nz we use a heavy wieght forward floating line and if the leader does not turn over nicely it does not matter too much as once you have done a couple of strips the leader is straight. Also I normaly mend downstream before stripping to get the mouse realy moving.
All the best.
Mike.

Beautiful!! Well don

Beautiful!! Well done! Sooner or later I'll try my hand at this art form.

The fly has very goo

The fly has very good balance in size of all its components, and a well thought out colour that mix well

One thing you forgot

One thing you forgot to mention in your excellent article is that trying to load a reel with playful cats in the house makes things much trickier!!! ;-)

I hired a guide for

I hired a guide for the San Juan last year. We went out in his boat. He had a bunch of polypropylene rope in it. I figured it was for the anchor. Nope. He said "I'm going to make some strike indicators" and while we were on the river, he hacked off a piece of rope, went through a bunch of steps of rubbing it on a piece of velcro to frizz it out, tied it in some fashion to the leader, and there we were! We fished all day with those indicators.

I'm glad I came across this article because I couldn't remember how to tie it on, and your O-ring solution looks good. I'm going to give it a try and fish the Frying Pan, colorado next week.

Hi Rolandas,

Can

Hi Rolandas,

Can you please tell me where you found your map of Kola? I am looking for a detailed (1:50 000 or less) of the Kola peninsula, because we are planning to do a trekking there. Here in the Netherlands I cannot find one.

Your information would be of great help to me, thanks in advance!

Perhaps a small gree

Perhaps a small green glass bead or a set of beads in each end superglued and held together with mono burned down to the glass bead to hold it in. More realism and green transparency when the light shines through. I'm going tot ake my G-string nut to the bead store and insure a perfect fit. Good on ya!

new venue

I was pesonally hoping for the site that Ripley mentioned at the last summit.
But probably thatÃÂ´s out of question. :D

Hi everybody,

I a

Hi everybody,

I am happy you lik the fly, I hope your local fish like it also.

Joe, I did not try the fly with another material then yarn. I use yarn because it is made of many thin strings. It is smooth, shiny and very easy to work with. If you want you may try with floss or some kind of poly yarn or other material which are sold for wings, may be they will works too.

I wish you all the best!

Sincerely,

Rado

Aengus, Maybe fro

Aengus,

Maybe from Steve's own site. Try contacting him through there.