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Submitted by shane 1737246379 on

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if it cant be tied in 20 minutes or less.And is very stiff,I find realistics realistically wrong for fishing.I don't want to spend an hour or two tying a fly that i may lose in the stream,a tree,etc,where i could have tied a perfectly acceptable impressionistic fly that would catch more fish,not fisherman,and not care to lose,cause i could wrap one in no time.All that said your flies r beautiful and r very artistic.They should be displayed in a shadow box and take the impressionistics to the stream.
my 2 cents

Submitted by Paul MacDonald on

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Hi
Although I'm only starting to tie Grey Fred, a trick I used with other flies was to put the KF in a loop of Uni Cord and twist it together. It makes a good rib and resists teeth well.
Tie in all 4 ends both kf and both ends of cord and twist that.
Looking forward to using Grey Fred for smallmouth bass.
Paul

Martin, it's absolutly clear now.

Thanks for your reply.

BTW: During first half of March, a lot of flies from your site will be tested in waters of Denmark :-)

Pike

You understand Danish! Great!

Yes, Fredningsperiode is protected period.
Helårligt is all year.

And yes, the rule goes for colored fish in the protection period and fishing in and near the estuaries in the protected period for certain streams and all year for other streams - typically the larger ones.

Hope this clears things up.

Martin

Rolandus,

What can we say?
Crazy as ever, but we love you. Even in Lithuania surely nobody does it quite like you. You stop the world from getting dull.

Regards,
Les and Nan

Martin, thanks. You are absolutly right, I am really interested in sea trouts.

So according to your explanations, the below mentioned limitations mean:

Fredningsperiode:
Helårligt
- fishing is forbiden all the year in marked area (radius)

and

Fredningsperiode:
16. september - 15. januar
- fishing is permited all year, but all coloured fish caught in the mentioned period must be released.

I have problem with danish words Helårligt and Frednings :-) Periode would be probably the same as english period\ :-)

Thanks a lot

Pike,

If you are talking sea trout, which I guess you are, there is a restriction on the fishing between September 16th and January 15th. But the restriction is simply that you have to release any colored fish you catch - meaning pre or post spawn fish.
The silver fish you can keep, and if you fish catch and release you can fish as much as you want. Small fish under 40 centimeters are always protected and must be released.

Please also notice that some estuaries are closed in the same period (stream mouth and a 500 meter radius) and some are closed all year. These are probably all marked on your maps.

Martin

Hi Bruce,

for sure you can use the motor. It depends a little on your abilities, how you cope with the coating consistence and the brush itself and on the rotation speed. From my experience too slow is not that good, everything above 5 or 6 rpm is okay. As bigger the diameter is as more "ground speed" you are doing, you will feel the difference in that moving along the rod. Test it with the motor, if it does not suit you switch to old school. I personally like it to work with a motor which is doing 6 to 8 rpm for coating purposes.

Rgds,
Ole

Mark, Leo, Michel,

the small rubber band constructions that you can see in the pictures are no witchcraft and easily done:

Take some standard rubber rings like they are being used in offices, households and often also to keep together rod blanks. Depending on blank diameter different lengths might be correct. Usually I make out of one rubber band 2 or 3 strips, longer ones for the strippers in the buttsection and shorter ones further to the rod tip. The white stuff are very short pieces cut from cotton bud tubings. Melt both ends slightly to get a shape similar like you want to prepare a tube fly tubing. To avoid burnt fingers I put the tubing on the tip of some fly tying scissors. Give half a minute or so to cool down, stays longer soft and hot then it seems. To pull the rubber bands through the ear bud rings use some sewing thread or fly tying thread.

One more hint: When you want to move a guide up or down the blank for corrected placement lift the guide feet off the blank and do not move them directly on the blank to avoid scratches. Also guide feet which have been brought into a good shape might scratch the blank.

Hope everything is clear so far.

Rgds,
Ole

Mark, Leo, Michel,

Ole hasn't replied to this yet, but I'm sure he will.

But as far as I can see this is simply pieces of rubber band and some kind of narrow tube or pearl. It should be easy to replicate with exactly that - fat rubber bands from any office supply and pearls or tubing from any craft store - or even small pieces of fly tube from your flyshop.
Cut the rubber and the tube into suitable pieces, thread some mono through the tubes and pull the rubber through in a loop. Make sure the friction is suitably high and you have something, which resembles Ole's small thingamajigs.

Martin

Bobmat1941.

I have a bunch of these too, bought in a dollar-store for about... a dollar a piece.
They are postcard holders, and come in all shapes and colors. The base is plastic, with a piece of wire and a crocodile clip.

I can't find them on the web anywhere, and it's probably something you will just have to "bump into" so to say.

In a tight spot the can be made by yourself. A small wooden block, a piece of stiff wire or rod and some Radio Shack clips. Glue, glue, glue, and that's it.

Martin

Submitted by jerome on

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my question for you is the house by strobel did you rent it?
is it still possible to fish there?

Submitted by Michel on

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I have the same question.
Can the rubber band construction that you show be purchased? If not, will you reveal the source for the materials?
It seems to be a real good way to hold the guides por preparation.
Regards,

ichel Robert

Matt,

Good company, maybe?
Chatting maybe?
Having a good time maybe?
Lots of fish maybe?
For the benefit of the photographer, maybe?

Who knows? Some people like to fish alone, some enjoy close company.

Martin

Submitted by Matt 1737246380 on

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Beautiful setting - are there trout in this little stream?

Alex:
I've found that on rods that are suppose to handle two different line weights, they usually perform better with the heavier weight line. I would suggest using a 9 wgt line on it. As far as type of line, that depends on the water your fishing. I have a spare spool for my 5 wgt and 8 wgt. For the 5 wgt, I have a WF floating line and sink tip line.
The 8 wgt spools have a WF floating line and and intermediate sinking line with a clear tip. My most used rod is my 6 wgt and I have three spools for it. WF floating, an intermediate line and a fast sinking depth charge line.
If you're planning on fishing both top water and subsurface and can only afford one line you might consider an intermediate it line. It sinks slowly, and can be used to fish both top water and subsurface flies. If you're using it for top water, you just have to strip it fast enough to stay ahead of the sink rate.
If you have a spare spool load one with WF floating line, and a sink tip line on the other.
Base the sink rate on the depth of water you plan to be fishing.

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