Hi Bob,
NIce article. I've been painting eyes for almost 50 years, but instead of wood dowels, I've been using different sizes of nail heads. Large construction type nail heads for iris and smaller finishing nail heads for pupils. I've also filed some heads to oval shapes for some of my poppers.
Oldman
I would have given it a stop or two more "depth of field"
i have not yet seen any fly usefull for argentinian patagonia. Do you know something really great for landlocked salmon
wow that is gigantic
I am going to try these on short term. For fishing for winterrud in the Dutch Harbours, we use long leaders up to 14 feet and reeling a fish in gives problems with ordinary strike-indicators which can't pass the top eye.
However, doesn't it come undone when casting a threesome of heavy nymphs? I am affraid that it will slide during casting?
Hi,
Maybe anybody of you have an experience with softex? :roll:
http://www.iconproducts.net/softex.shtml
I want to know for what patterns it is good to use this material, or maybe epoxy is better?
Here's some pictures from the glomma near koppang:-
http://www.fiskersiden.no/forum/index.php?showtopic=25588&hl=koppang
More pictures:-
http://www.fiskersiden.no/forum/index.php?showtopic=18818&hl=koppang
It seems to be full of grayling with a few brownies. Popular flies from what I've read seem to be the normal grayling flies e.g. parachute dries, PTN's, czech nymphs etc. Good allround flies seem to be Red Tag, Black Gnat. All flies in various sizes from 12 to 18.
As regards camping, there's Koppang Camping. Here's the website in dutch!
http://www.koppangcamping.no/NL/NL/Algemeen.html
There, you should have everything you need now!
I forgot to mention in the podcast that the real name for "RS2" is "Rim's Semblence 2". Rim Chung named it such since the fly didn't resemble an actual insect but merely a resemblance of one. Just a clarifying note to some of my discussions in the podcast...
That picture is great. It just needs to be bigger so I can "steal" it. =)
Daniel,
I tie muddlers for volume. The fatter the better - almost...
Martin
I like to tie my muddlers with a much smaller head and longer, sparser body to pulsate when retrieved.
i will add that it is common to use strike indicators that are fluorescent orange or red, which might indeed frighten the fish in clear shallow water conditions, but i am beginning to experiment with painting them white instead as this may resemble foam or other detritus already normally present in the water and should be nearly as visible as red.
really enjoyed this, great looking trout and you bloody well deserved them. well done. where you going next?
can you recommend some certain tube system that I can start working on? for example, do the eumer tubes work like legos so i can just swap different bodies and cones? I have been using the eumer ball tube which I don't see on the site with very much success... this tube works so that you can tie it either way and make some very nice flies.
Kudos Martin! You really managed to capture the feeling and cover all areas, as Kai said.
Right now I'we been doing photoshop for 5hours for school and there's a storm outside with the rain bangning on the windows. No shit I'm longing back to "det gemytliga danmark" and the sunny days.
Expect me down as soon as spring's here!
yeah i get it now, still prefer a bit of rubber tube myself. only found this site today ,really usefull stuff.keep it up
Mick,
The mono keeps the hook straight. It's not necessary, but nice that the hook doesn't dangle.
Martin
What is up with the No Shows and stand ups? I'm going to be in Oahu in Jan 08, the good Lord willing, and almost called Nervous Waters but now am a little "nervous" myself. By the way, Dave Hill isn't going to be in Hawaii this season, FYI, (unfortuneately, because when I booked a trip/spoke with him, he seemed like a great guy.) He put me in touch with Greg Moss for my trip and he has been great to work with and very mellow, unlike some keys guides that have yelled at me over the years ha-ha! For me, an education while enjoying mother nature in paradise is a lot more fun than waiting for a no show guide. Any thoughts?
Whoa Nils! That's what we call in the States a FOOTBALL! great catch...a great photo to save the memory.
I think I will be near the town of Koppang that's on road 30 or somewhere near that area i guess. Do any of you know of little campins around that area that are really worth visiting. I know Koppang Camping is in hands of a Dutch couple, but staying with locals is much more fun.
This looks truly amazing, I would love to go.
I also ask for a pricelist, maybe a whole trip planned.
Plane from Denmark, taxi/bus, Cabin/hotel, Fishingtrip and oppertunities for the girlfriend, while im fishing. ect. for a week maybe? I hope someone can help me.
Only the ears of the hippo- is the southern African version of "the tip of the iceberg"
A bit of local useless information that I forgot to use in the original text.
Every time I use the idiom in a conversation with people not from southern Africa, they look puzzled.
Have a look at the hippo photos.
Thought I would mention it, in case you come across the expression and you did not know what it means.
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