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I don't know whether

I don't know whether I... eh, Vanuz will have T-shirts made this year. Might happen.
**** yep, it may happen if anyone should be interested ***

great story as usual

great story as usual. keep up the writings, I love to read them
Mom

Kai´s 2008 secret fly

... cannot wait to see Kai´s flybox this year. One can never guess what kind of a catchy pattern this man is going to use :lol:

Nevertheless, pls have a spare one for me Kai.

P.S. It brings bad luck if you don´t share your secret fly with Vanuz.

Looking on this pict

Looking on this picture I almost feel smell of water, hear its rush and feeld little cold as staying in river in waders. Love this.
br
tom

Just a quick hello t

Just a quick hello to anybody that have fished Jans emerger and GP Fly, i would love to know how you are getting on, thanks Jan

Colin,

There is n

Colin,

There is no extra piece of mono. The loop is formed by the leader itself. It's best seen on this picture.

Martin

Hi, I don't quite un

Hi, I don't quite underrstand where that loop comes from. Is it a seperate piece of monofilament? Sorry, I just cant tell from the pics. Thank you in advance. Colin

Confirmation

Hi there,

Very good to hear that Martin is going to organize another summit.
And I feel relieved that the time of the summit fits perfectly in my time schedule.
Therefore I say thank you Martin and I look eagerly forward to meet all the summit friends like the years before.

Hope I see you all in September

Kai

I know, my thought was that

I know, my thought was that maybe You could get translations via Google :D

Thx for the list of flies....

Like the Gaspé in Canada

Like the Gaspé in Canada (Quebec)? I dont know much about canada but my uncle always says (he's living in the US near the canadian border) that when i go to Canada i need a couple of big streamers due to the BIG northern pike that live there. So you're sure of at least one specie!

Have a nice vacation!

edit: I found another very interesting link, i quess you searched google yourself already but in case you didn't: http://www.gogaspe.com/salmon/
It's not only pike who live there!

Peter,

Peter,

Thanks for the information, it's a pity i don't speak any norwegian so the forumlink you gave is a little abracadabra for me :) From a ducthman living in the Hedmark region i got a list of good flies they use on the rivers Glomma and Rena, maybe it can help you too:

Super Puppan
Hook: Dry 10 – 18
Body: 2/3 Yellow
and 1/3 Dark olive
or 2/3 Olive and 1/3
Brown
Hackle: Brown,
trimmed over and
under.

Hook: Dry 12 - 18
Wingpost: Antron, deer or
calf hair
Tail: Mixed brown and
grizzly hackle fibers
Body: Gray dubbing
Hackle: Brown and grizzly mixed

Ant
Hook: Dry 10 – 12
Body: Black dryfly
dubbing
Hackle: Brown

Griffith Gnat
Hook: 14 – 18
Body: Peacock Herl
Rib: Fine Goldwire
(opt)
Hackle: Grizzly or
black (variant)

Madame X
Hook: 10 – 14
Tail: Deer Hair
Body: Dryfly
dubbing
Legs: Rubberlegs
black or white

CdC Caddis
Hook: 10-20
Body: CdC dubbing, olive,
brown or yellow.
Wing: CdC

Paraloop Adams
Emerger
Hook: 12 – 18
Tail: White SLF
Hanks or antron

GoldHead
Hook: 10 – 16
Head: Gold Bead
Body: Hare mask
Rib: Gold

Cheers and have a nice vacation!

Ruza

Hi hello there i'm a

Hi hello there i'm a native from U.S.A. i just have a question what if i native wants tail feathers from these cockatoo for ceremonial purpose can it be send to or not .......?

God, is that to be

God, is that to be called the tigerfish in africa ? too ferocious

Hi,

Hi,

I’m going to Trysil, Norway this summer to fish in the Trysil river, asked for advise on this forum, and was given this link: http://www.fluefiskesiden.no/. Hope it will give you some help. Seems we are going to fish mostly dry flies, after advise from a guide I have made arrangements with in Trysil. Elkhair caddis and Europa 12 should be some fine flies.. Size 10-16.

Safe journey
Peter

Really a brown monst

Really a brown monster! I know this river, is a wonderfull river, I went to alumine the last 3 years, I'm from Bariloche, greetings!

Very nice trout ! I

Very nice trout ! I m from Bariloche, where did you caught this brook ?

Hello Tobias
going

Hello Tobias
going to visit my wife's brother in Regensburg first two weeks in August.
can u suggest any flyfishing.
got 2 be reasonably priced & family friendly!
also, do I need a permit - I'm visiting from Scotland?
yours aye,

Bill

Dear Henk

Dear Henk: Is it possible to build the furled leader with different thread weights such as 3/0 for the butt of the leader, 6/0 for the mid sections, and 8/0 for the tippets. And, how would I go about doing that. Thank you..

Allright then, in 2 weeks i'm

Allright then, in 2 weeks i'm off with 2 friends to norway, not to the area mentioned above but the [url=www.plahte.no]Plahte Estate[/url]. Since I've never been this far up north in Norway i don't know what to expect. I was hoping if anyone can give me some advice on flies, especially the right sizes. Here in Holland i fish mostly with small sizes (16-20) but this seems a little small to me for Norway. Any other tips are highly appreciated, i haven't got much experience with fishing in moving water.

Thanks in advance and best regards,

Koos Verhoeven
The Netherlands

roast,carrots and po

roast,carrots and potatoes are my favorite dinner of all! YUM!!!

just yank it out and

just yank it out and keep fishing....

In a hurry, I omitte

In a hurry, I omitted the hackle and found no difference in effectiveness on wise Deschutes River trout. I still stuck Redsides up to 20 inches.

Heather,

I have s

Heather,

I have skinned birds almost all ages. Young ones have some really nice marabou-like feathers (often referred to as chickabou) often in subtle colors, and older ones have the full, dense and colored plumage.

One thing which in my eyes is more important than age is the stage of the feathers. When the birds molt (or moult, shed their feather and grow new ones) some of them will look horrible, while others will just loose a few feathers at the time. This will most often happen in the spring, but may last several months - even though it's mostly over when the birds start to lay eggs again after the winter.

The easiest way to decide the proper time is to get a hold of the bird and check whether there's a lot of newly grown feathers under the body plumage and whether the wing feathers are uneven and not fully grown. The new body feathers will appear as lightly colored "spikes" sticking out of the skin, and are in reality whole feathers emerging in some kind of sheath. If you find many such spikes, give the birds a couple of weeks or more to finish the growing. The spikes all become new, good feathers. The best time to kill the bird for feathers is right after the molting process has stopped but before the feathers become worn or dirty.

Hope this helps

Martin

Pete,

Pete,

Great fly and a really nice fish. I wish I had something like that, which went bump in the night in these parts. The only thing bumping here right now is the garbage containers scooting around due to the heavy wind... :-(

Martin