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Hi AndrÃÂ©, yes Iceland has

Hi AndrÃÂ©, yes Iceland has a lot of gems, some well hidden and remote and often vulnerable to too much fishing pressure (I have seen some sad examples).

The reason for asking about the first char location, is that in this short clip it reminded me a lot of a river, famous for salmon fishing in it's valley, that I have fished a few times in the highland (although it's much too long since I've been there).
/atli

Kenny,

I'm afraid

Kenny,

I'm afraid we have no picture-by-picture instructions for this shrimp. Such series require a lot of work, and we didn't have the time to do them for this pattern. You wll have to do with the ones you see on the page and what you can read from the instructions.

Unless someone else has the time to tie and take pictures of course. We would be more than pleased to publish them...

Martin

need more help on th

need more help on this fly. can you send me some picture by picture of tying this fly. I would appreciate it cause your fly is the closest to the natural ones over here in Hawaii.

I' ll be looking for

I' ll be looking forward to learning more from you as this should help me to better see and learn where I am going wrong on some patterns.

Where does it say it

Where does it say it should by released? :)))

Thanks, guys. Jepp, we've got

Thanks, guys. Jepp, we've got some very fine footage from both up in the highlands and down in the small river with the big browns, and other different locations on our trips. And that's all because of the two cameramen.

The first char location on the trailer must be one of the worlds best places for char.

Here's a photo from a fantastic brown trout river aswell.
Iceland has some hidden secrets that is nothing but amazing when it comes to trout and char. I've never been enjoying a film like this before - as the fisherman.

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I haven't been to Guyana for

I haven't been to Guyana for a couple of years, but I did live there for several years before that and had Peacock Bass to 8lb. Locally they are known as Lukanani. The biggest problem fishing for Lukanani is that they are a very popular food fish and heavily fished for. The result is that they are very thin on the ground in accessible areas. However, if you get off the beaten track they can be abundant. If you can afford it then I'd recommend trying Karanambo Ranch in the Rupununi; there are also Arawana and Arapaima here. However, you'd need to visit in the dry season as in the wet season the rivers flood outside their banks and the fish are widely disperssed and hard to find. There are lots of other fish worth fishing for, including Piranha, Severum and South American Trout (Brycon sp.). The latter are a lot of fun as they do behave rather like trout and can be taken on dry fly. You can also fish for aquarium fish like Angel fish. The variety of fish is unreal and you just never know what will turn up! Wherever you go you shold have a lot of fun, but be aware that Guyana is not really geared up for tourists like Costa Rica. Thus there are often few tourist facilities and it can be a dangerous place.

Please, no submitted

Please, no submitted photos like this!!!! This is not form to hold a fish!!! This fish shouldn`t return to the water!!!! Historically, the fisherman hold the fishes in this form in photos of long years ago!!!!
Eduardo Ferraro

Nice footage AndrÃÂ©, looks

Nice footage AndrÃÂ©, looks like you guys had a lot of fun up there.
This sure brought back a lot of good memories, can't wait to see the whole film.

Hard to come up with reasons not to move back...
/atli
P.s. Where was the first part of the trailer shot?

You will live on the

You will live on the wrong side of the world Bob! 21deg C & blue sky here in Melbourne Australia. We have just had 100mm of rain over 3 days & the rivers look fantastic for the coming weeks.
Regards from Dave Cook

i like the fishing t

i like the fishing trips in the red sea we use a small boat i want to knaw what is the best way we could use in this kind of fhishing 1/best deeps 2/best techniqe 3/best time(morning_night) because fishing in sault water completly diffrent i hope you accept my question and i preciate ur enterest

Dear All, thank you

Dear All, thank you very much for all the impressions from the Danish coast and other destinations all over the world. Thanks for so many tying ideas, new patterns, lovley photos etc
Merry X-mas to all of the GFF members

Helge

Thanks a lot for wis

Thanks a lot for wishes. I wish all of you very Merry Christmas and happy New Year, ful of hapiness and successes. Best regards and tight lines

As always - so many

As always - so many nice pictures.
Merry Christmas to you Martin and all of your GFF-partners. I hope Santa was good to you all.
And Kudos for maintaining the best fly fishing site on the internet.
/Mats

My wife's Uncle Bob

My wife's Uncle Bob Ballou (Ai Ballou's oldest son) recently sent her copy of the Article "The Steamers Flies of Bert Quimby" dated 10/30/07. The author of the article wondered out loud, why Quimby was at the mouth of the Songo River on Sebago Lake, when he first met my wife's grandfather Ai Wellington Ballou. I met Ai Ballou very few times, too my regret. Truely, a wonderful man and sportsman. Quimby met Ai Ballou at the mouth of the Songo River because that was where the Salmon were. My vivid memory recalls the stories he would tell of his fishing feats as well as the stories behind each "trophy catch". My summer home is on Crescent Lake, in Raymond and he therefore told of the many times he would trek to the "Migis Lodge" fish with his friends at the mouth of the Songo.
His fly tying laboratory (small upstairs corner room)was a marvel with all the bird feathers he gathered from around the world. My best recollection was the story of the patch of grey dog fur that he had stored away in a bottom drawer and the story of how he got the dog's owner, a 9 year old girl, who he extolled to cut off a swatch of this dog's fur. This dog fur became the heart of his famous and very successful fly he named after the dog. "Growling Bill" was to go down in Ai's book as a favorite of his flies. Have any of your readers any knowledge of "Growling Bill" fly?

Happy and blessed Ch

Happy and blessed Christmas everyone, and thanks for the best web-site on the WWW.

Les and Nan Austin

Martin,

Merry Chr

Martin,

Merry Christmas to you and all the GFF Partners and Readers. Thanks for all the wonderful posts and podcasts and also for giving all your readers a Global perspective on Fly Fishing.

Merry X-mas and a fi

Merry X-mas and a fishy 2008 :)
...and now, off to the table...

Carlos,

Thanks fo

Carlos,

Thanks for reading - and contributing to our picture gallery!

Martin

Merry Christmas Mart

Merry Christmas Martin and partners!!

Happy New Year!!

And thanks for all that you gave to us!

I think after the ÃËrretboms 3 movie i will take the next airplane to there :lol:

Best Regards
Feridun

thanks so much, i am

thanks so much, i am dario an italian fisherman, this has enlightend me very much. keep up the great job.