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Most lakes are private and offer no fishing without a license, but getting a license for many of the lakes is no big issue. In most case you will also need a boat or a float tube.

There are public lakes, and being in Rungsted offers an easy drive to Lake Boegeholm (Bøgeholm Sø¸), which is public (free) and can be fished wading. Unfortunately the high summer isn't the best time of year for pike in a shallow lake, but it may be worth a try anyway. These were all caught when the heat was peaking one summer a few years ago: http://globalflyfisher.com/patterns/messy-pike-fly/

Regarding the sea trout, Hornbaek is a good bet, but again the time of year means hard conditions. You will need to fish at night - late evening and early morning. You can be lucky during the day but the odds are slim. The wind also has to comply, which is not always the case.

I'm sure you can find company through your post here and I myself may be tempted to show an Aussie how to behave here ;-)

Martin

If you want to get the best tips on trout and grayling patterns for Trysil River, you shoulld post a topic in this forum and tell them where in the river you are going to fish, and when.

Fluefiskesiden.no is by far the best place to get info about troutfishing, patterns etc in Norway.
If someone knows exactely what patterns to use where and when, they will defenately use this sites forum to discuss those things. :wink:

(it seems that you are scandinavian, so it should not be much problem to understand the norwegian language on the site)

Good luck, and skitt fiske!

Link to the site:

[url]http://www.fluefiskesiden.no/[/url]

Bruce,

We'd love to do step-by-steps for all ur patterns, but it's a lot of work - like in A LOT!
So for the simpler ones you will have to do with the pictures of the finished fly and the description.

Martin

Submitted by Willem de Bruin on

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This is a great fly and will do nicely for grayling. Do you know how to contact this guy?

Submitted by BLATT on

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Very nice and well done...But (there is always a but) this shrimp, since it'is used a bendback hook, will not swim upside down?

Submitted by Bruce Rainbird on

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How's about photos with the step by step guide .It''l make tying certain flies a whole lot easier to tie

Submitted by Richard Cook on

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I wish to know how to maintain tention on the loops whilst anchoring the overhand loop to the last plug. I also want to know is this overhand loop included in the twisting process in other words is it removed from the last plug and passed through the weighted paper clip with the other loops and twisted. also interested as to wether the overhand knot (the actual knot) has any effect on the end result of the twisted leader. any comments appreciated

kind regards Richard

Submitted by Rex Beardain on

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Dear Dave
I'm a Bass fisherman from Texas. I use Shimano,Kistler & Falcon
rods. Priced from 90.00 to 300.00 each.
The palms of my hands are so big the standard grip size is to small.
Bass Pro makes a pole with a palm swell. Called a power grip. There are several
rod manufactures that make a pistol grip. Both are more comfortable.
Neither are offered on the high quality rods. Most of my rod handles
appear to be rings 1 inch long. Some have no ring marks.
Are the ones without ring marks turned from a single piece of cork?
My objective is to build a grip that fits my hand. Either from Rings or
a single piece. I can carve a prototype that fits my hand from a piece of balsa
wood thats cheap before I work with the cork. Would like your input & where to get
cork thats close to 2" square x 12'' or 1 1/2" X 2" x12" or 2" dia X 1" rings.
If this works & your interested in building some big boy grips. I know a lot of big handed
Texans that would sign up. Thanks for any & all input.

Submitted by 1737246390 on

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"Diawl Bach" is Welsh for little devil and pronounced as letter 'D' combined with 'OWL' and Bach as in the name of the famous composer.
Great Web site

Submitted by Gordon Isaacs on

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What a great article. I was in the process replacing the felts on my own Chota's and had a few questions which were very well addressed in this article. My boots had raised plastic inserts for studs but I cut these of and sanded the entire sole of the boot flat on my electric sander.

Submitted by Bill Havrilla on

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Hi, Jan! Just got around to reading your article on building your fly tying bench and I have a suggestion. For the top, I recommend using counter-top laminate materials. They're commonly available at local builder's supply houses, cabinet shops and custom woodworking outlets in literally hundereds of colors and surface finishes. They can be applied with contact cement and, because of their composition, are proof against all sorts of common solvents generally found in fly tying materials.

If you decide to use a laminate top, I'd suggest going with either a light tan, off-white or neutral gray color and a slight pebble finish or matte finish rather than a glossy surface. The pebble and matte finishes are great for reducing glare from lighting fixtures with the added benefit that you can buy enough additional material to serve as a "backdrop" for better color visualization.

Submitted by Gábor Kutas on

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A terrible picture regarding both quality and scope!!! When will you people learn that making a photo (intended to be published here) is not simply pressing a button on a device evincing that you caught that fish...

Submitted by Dallas Cassel on

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Several years ago I met Marijke Roos at a show in Massachusetts. She was tying a CDC Caddis. Unfortunately I seems to have lost or misplaced my notes. I would like to obtain some more information about this pattern and the tyers other CDC patterns. I purchased some of her CDC feathers and put them to good use..

Submitted by mike ramsay on

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I was going to use Picric acid to dye sprats that beautiful gold colour and individually vacuum pack them for future use when fishing.
This now seems a very dangerous pastime!
Although I never actually got round to doing it, I was told by a friend that he'd made lots of money doing this and selling the dyed sprats packed in pairs in a resealable plastic bag to fishing tackle/bait shops in the area.
Mike Ramsay

Submitted by ross on

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Thank you VERY much for this article. This is the most informative website I have found to help me with starting out. It was very helpfull!!

Submitted by martinwestbeek on

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Behind the eye. If you tie off the hackle against the post in a clockwise direction, and then make a normal whip finish behind the eye, your thread will be pulled under the head/thorax. When you make a reversed whip finish you don't have that problem.

Submitted by Ken Iwamasa on

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I am in need for whole wood duck skins. do you know anyone, hunters, etc, retails, that deals with them?

Submitted by david roberts on

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i have a crown bamboo fly rob, its very old but i have no information about it , could anyone help? it says made in taiwan on it so it cant be worth much , but id just like to know more about it as it was left to me by an uncle who passed away

Should your run into mullets, leave a note. I looks like my last fishing season in Denmark,
I´d be glad to hook at least one :cry:

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