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Robert,

The fish were spotted in the ocean south of Copenhagen, and the fly? Well I don't remember do a search for sea trout flies on this site, and you will finds dozens.

Martin

Submitted by robert 1737246380 on

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that is a really good artikle where s the place with the big swarm of fish? and which fly did you use when you cought that seatrout

Martin:
I fish for them when I go to northern Ontario in mid-July. Come to think of it I've never really thrown any top water, either flies or lures, at them. I've certainly caught them in water where the water was less than 3 feet casting shallow running lures or flies off a sink tip or intermediate line.. Sounds like something to keep me amused this year when I head up.
I've got to print out the tying directions, but I've definitely got to do a couple, maybe in smaller sizes for bass.

Submitted by Steve on

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This looks awesome. Is it possible to use Chenille instead of dubbing for the body or would that weight it down too much? I'm still kinda new to this and just trying to learn what's good to do and what's not.

Thanks.

Thanks Martin!
We Piterburge to have this opportunity to catch sea trout in the Gulf of Finland, but very few people enjoy this. I do poberezhem two years and not seen in other water flyfihers except for my friends ... We have to develop this area, although this is not easy.
This helps me to your site and the authors of the articles. Thank you for your experience.
Ivan

Submitted by Leo J. Horvath on

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Can the rubber band construction that you show be purchased? If not, will you reveal the source for the materials?
Thank you for any help you might give me.
Regards,
Jim Horvath

Jerry,

The Plipper originally had a tail and looked like a "real" fly, but I cut away all the surplus, and wound up with the foam only. Simple and efficient - and throw-away!

I certainly have fished pike with more traditional flies like the ones you show. The pike are not always willing to take in the surface, and much of my fishing is done with sinking line and traditional, large pike flies.

But mostly I try the surface first - especially when wading and fishing shallow water.

Martin

Submitted by Ruan Hinze on

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Hi Martin,

I can see it now - thanks,

It was only this image...all others i could see without problems...

Regards,

Ruan

Martin:
Great idea. I've got to give it a try. Have you thought of adding feathers or some sort of tail material to it. I've got a bunch of home made loco/sili foam lying around. Problem is by the time I get to do some pike fishing they're not that interested in top water stuff. Maybe the bluefish and striped bass will like it.

Alex:
This is my favorite pike pattern though I use it much later in the year.
[img:64e7254d95]http://www.flytyingforum.com/uploads/gallery45fdee7d401bc.jpg[/img:64e7…]

I tie it without the prop also.

Or some weedless ones
[img:64e7254d95]http://www.flytyingforum.com/uploads/gallery4544154a1aca7.jpg[/img:64e7…]

I did and update to this fly and tied it as a dry fly several years ago. The original maker of the fly's son in law contacted me and told me about the streamer, I have one of those.

Mike Hogue, www.eflytyer.com

Salmofiliac,

Will second what`s been said about small hooks. Also, if you want to improve your "solid hookup-rate" DON`T strike. Use looong, slooow retrieves, and once you feel the garfish striking at the fly, simply keep the slow retrieve going. When you feel "solid weight", then gently lift your rod. This approach has improved my strike/hookup ratio A LOT.

Cheers,
Peter

Every time I read a comment on this photo I think it is like one of those prank videos.
No matter how I tried, never have been able to see the photo.
Manage to see the screen dump, but that is all.
Someone must be having serious laughs. ;) :)

Gang,

Found the error - the image was CMYK-color an not RGB. Many browsers cannot show CMYK-images. It's now converted, and should work. Enjoy the image, which is indeed a great photo.

Martin

Submitted by Morten Thomsen on

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Hi Martin
I agree this is a great shot.

FYI I couldn't see the photo with IE either, neither the link you provided.
With Firefox there were no problems.

Morten

Submitted by Ruan Hinze on

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Hi Martin,

I can not see it either...am a Windows user... tried it on IE 6 and 7 , as well as on Chrome.... the image remains blank...... but in your screen print I can see it...

Regards,

Ruan

Kevin,

Strange that you can't see the image... it's showing nicely here in any browser I can dig out on my computer: Firefox, Chrome and even IE. Haven't tried Safari or Opera. Are you a Mac user?

Well, just to prove that it's there, here's a screen dump:

Martin

Submitted by George Durr on

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How do you get to painters bend from the Roscoe Diner? What river houses the largest trout. Last Memorial Day weekend 2008, I caught some bruisers at The Roscoe Campground all on Lure, and yes I threw them back. The next day a friend of mine home on leave from Iraq caught and released over 50 trout from Cairn's Pool. The trout were so abundant they were swimming around us like sharks on a wreckage.

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