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Submitted by Renato Bugelli on

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It looks a very clever idea !. I have been fishing the Glomma in Kvennan area since 23 years and with foam strike indicator, I had always some problems. I'll try yours! Hope to meet you on the river sometime Renato

Hey,
I am 100% guaranteed that chubs will take this fly. They are very curious fish and sometimes grabs acorns or fir-cones.. The only need is to slap the fly on the water!

Hello,

please! at first - excuse my english ... bad and painfully :^)

Okay Rügen - i caught my first seatrout on the island in the year 1995 end of february with my spinning rod.
The place was near the campground Drewoldke not so far from Kap Arkona in the north of the island.

The fish was a female, dark brown colored may be on the way to spawn and huge with 89 cm and 5.5 kg ... and
shame, shame ... i killed the fish, sad but true.

At that time only a few anglers/insiders were fishing for seatrout. I guess the most anglers, who grow up
in the GDR (German Democratic Republic), don't know anything about shore fishing and the shore was also
strictly controled through the army called NVA (Nationale Volksarmee).

For example it wasn't allowed to fish in the dark.

As a young boy in the early 80th i cought some nice rainbows which escaped from fish farms in the Wismarer Bucht, the only experiences from this period.

After the change in 1989 and the union of the two german states ... we all bought ... like craszy ...
new fishing equipment, read a lot of books and magazines and saw lots of videos.

One of the videos was a promotion for the Fyn seatrout project, i'm not sure but i believe made by Jens Ploug Hansen.

And a dream was born .. to catch a seatrout ... in the beginning was the idea to fish on the island Fehmarn, which was well known for shore fishing.

But some facts from the video, especially the look of the coast and the sea ground was my motivation to start the experiment Rügen ... equipped with plastic waders, a cheap short (2.40 m) spinning rod and ... yes! ... on a warm sunny winter day ... it was the 25th february 1995 ... after 3 hours casting my rod was bend :^) ...

Since these time i spent every year a few days on the island, but my first seat trout on the fly i caught in the early autumn 1999 near Vejlby Fed on the island Fyn.

Two years later (2001) my good friend Marco, who lives and works on Rügen, guided me 10 days in order two
catch sea trouts on the fly ... this was a difficult experience, because my friend caught the incredible number from 23 trouts up to 76 cm (all the trouts were released!) and i ... puh ... only three.

Nowadays there is a different situation ... many anglers and flyfishers, lots of nets close to the shore,
beach walkers much as possible ... but you can catch sea trouts ... and with a bit of luck in a serious size.

Here some hints:

1. best time in the year in my opinion, is the late winter and early spring, because there are thousands of thousands of herings which spawn in the Fjords (called Bodden - looks like big lakes with brackish water famous for the big pikes) surrounded by the island.

2. you need a license ... such things could be in germany ... sophisticated and very bureaucratically. Luckely there is a license for visitors/tourist you can order the license there:
- http://www.lallf.de/Touristenfischereischein.284.0.html unfortunately the side is only in german (but .. i hope ... one of the next hints will help you :^) ...)

3. there are some regularities ... you can only catch 3 trouts per day (with the fly? difficult enough) with a minimum size of 50 cm. A long closed saison ... i guess .. from the 1th august until the 14th december

5. fishing strongly depends from the wind, there are a lot of chalk cliffs like on the danish island Møn and strong wind from east and north means the water looks like milk coffe, check the following links:
- http://de.windfinder.com/forecast/arkona
- http://www.bsh.de/aktdat/bm/KapArkona.htm
a good idea is to check the wave hight ("Wellen aus Richtung .. Höhe m").

6. Here you can order a small printed guide (only in german) for the island
- http://www.der-angelfuehrer.de

7. Last but not least follow this link: www.first-cast.de/ ... okay the site is in german, but the man behind the side Bernd Ziesche speaks very well english (much better than i) and he is a professionell guide for the island.
- http://www.first-cast.de/Kontakt.html
Furthermore he is a certificated fly casting instructor and believe me ... he is the distinguished expert for seatrout fishing i know.
I'm sure he will give you all informations/support for license, equipment, flies, accomodation ... and many more.

Best regards Thomas

Submitted by chris lambiase on

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Help, I couldn't find your email link... I need a supply of 30-100 chrome tip tops for a project I'm working on and can't seem to locate a manufacturer. Can you provide me with that information? Thanks Chris

Submitted by Ripley on

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I had a black labrador. She kindly donated several batches of her hair, for my rather ugly patterns, in return for a good brushing.
As our household is, unfortunately, void of her company...I have to seek other resources.

My son is due a hair cut anyday...

Ripley

Kelvin,

Frankly I think this fly af the Omoe Brush are quite different, but that might just be me.

Regarding the availability of dog fur, the fur you buy as Arctic fox is actually often dog, and the underfur from that would work fine. Brown rabbit could also do the trick, and I don't even think it would be sacrilegious to use synthetic dubbing in a suitable color.

Regarding the dog's ability to cast, he's lost a bit lately, being an elderly dog. But as you can see from this picture he manages to land sea trout fine on a very short and fairly fast stick - and he doesn't need waders either.

Martin

Submitted by kelvin on

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Nice fly, looks a little like his Omoe brush

2 questions
Where do you buy dog fur??
How far can the dog cast?

Submitted by dik on

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This is a great story and a great fly. My wife would tell that most of our dogs fur is on the furniture. I am ususaly the one in the dog house and the dog is on the couch.

Great fly thank you.

Drew,

Glad you liked the instructions.

The ribbing is ordinary copper wire as it is found from Uni as Soft Wire or can be bought in Michael's Craft. I have no idea what diameter it is, but it's not really critical as long as it's not too thin and fragile and not too thick and stiff.

My own variation is roughly documented in my article about filling the box a couple of years ago and I tend to vary this fly depending on mood, available materials and conditions. My most common variation is using hare or rabbit fur for the tail as well as for the body. This makes a denser fly, which sinks a bit more rapidly than the marabou Frede.

Apart from that my flies are slightly warmer than the original in color, bordering on tan rather than grey.

But as I said: it's temper and what's in the materials box more that science that governs this.

Martin

Submitted by Axel on

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Hello
Nice pattern, but the interessting thing is using the needle to tie in the wings.
Sometimes life can be so easy.
TL
Axel

Submitted by Drew on

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Martin,

Thanks for the awesome instructions on how to tie the Grey Frede. I first came across the Grey Frede in the book Woolly Wisdom (which is also how I found your site). I've tied some and had success with them catching Browns in Lake Michigan here at home in Wisconsin, U.S. This new web page is a fantastic help for tying the fly. I have a couple of questions though. What gauge or thickness is the wire you use for ribbing? Also, on your podcast on Danish flies and in your review of Woolly Wisdom you state that you use a hybrid of the Grey Frede and the Magnus and Bjarke patterns. What does that fly look like? Are there any pictures and instructions for it on GFF? How is it different from the Grey Frede?

Thanks,
Drew

can anyone help with getting a licence for Lake Montedoglio near arezzo?
I am holidaying there in june and have heard there are some largemouth bass stocked
any help would be appreciated
Nick

Submitted by John Andreasen on

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Hello: I am visiting Bornholm 4th week in June and in Jutland for a couple weeks after that. Any ideas of where I can fish or any contacts I could have? I am an experienced flyfishing guide from Canada and would appreciate advice. Would certainly return the favour to Danes who want to fish western Canada. John

Submitted by norm on

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The instructions are truly excellent. As soon as I get a couple of the missing items I will give it a try.

Thanks again outstanding job.
Norm

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I wonder if Baltic Sea shrimp can understand Western Atlantic shrimp when they meet on holiday?!

'same idea as earlier but with a splash of colour and a few strands of polar flash...
I used the "blue-light-acrylic" for the carapace but epoxy would work too...
no rules...just tryin' for a "buggie" look...
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Submitted by shane stover on

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how do i submit a fly pattern to orvis,to see if they would be interested in producing it?

Submitted by Plamen on

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Hi Tom, they are not afraid at all :) These are the best flies for chubs.

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