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Submitted by brian rowe on

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Please can I purchase any of these flyes, only I am disabled, I would love to be able to tye them , but I do have a disability, that stops me

I have to say what a first rate set of wet flies. As a " wet fly" tyer from the UK I can appreciate the work and skill put into them
Best regards John

Submitted by Martin Pablo C… on

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Hello, my name is Martin Castañeda from Andes Drifters.
In name of all who woks at the company, I am grateful for share our film about North Patagonia fly fishing with Andes Drifters.
Best regards from
San Martin de los andes, Nporth Patagonia, Argentina.

Submitted by Ed Null on

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My wife just got all excited, thinking they were pictures of Maine, her home. Now she wants to visit Denmark!

The biggest theft I ever had was a fly company that stole my patterns, copied them, made them into commercial flies and put them in a catalog. That jerk then sent me a catalog and asked me if I wanted to buy the patterns. Sometime later he he then contacted me and asked where he could buy the materials to make the flies. Piracy knows no bounds. There are assholes everywhere. I assume if I put something out there, its will get ripped off. I love when competitors steal images and use them on their sites....I only wish they would buy the stuff from me. Ebay slugs are the worst, they copy all including the text and offer goods at 20-30% off retail prices. ALL of my stuff is copyrighted. I had an author publish a column exactly copying my text word for word with no credit. I almost sued that local newspaper that is part of a giant chain. The editor was friends with one of my customers and got an earful on the golf course. It is a very small town and we are all neighbors.

Submitted by Lars-Olof Kris… on

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Take good care with Divus, look like a godsend gift to a flyfisherman.

Submitted by Mark Sanders on

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Hi Jared, Thanks for a really great and informative article. I have intermittently been targeting Seatrout in the North island, and also occasionally on trips to the South island, without a great deal of success. I will be trying some of your tactics on future trips. I have spent many many hours fishing the lower reaches of the Waikato river, which sure as hell looks like there should be a few Seatrout around, only to finally conclude that there are virtually none present (backed up by a recent Fish&Game survey). I have also caught a few big, really healthy bright silver fish, well inland on the Whanganui river, which suspect are Sea-run trout returning to spawn.
As an angler who grew up in England I have always considered Seatrout to be the very finest of fish to catch on a fly and would encourage any visitor to New Zealand to target them.

Submitted by Jeff Rieker/La… on

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Very Good Article.I am never done ,and will never learn all there is to know about fly fishing! I have always loved wet fly fishing as was taught to me by my Dad back in the 60's.Wingless wets are eaisier to tie I am sure!

Submitted by John O'Neill on

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As a lover of river fishing, I must say that the Ginger Quill is the finest general representation of the BWO in all its hatched stages I've ever fished. I thoroughly commend it to fellow anglers encountering BWOs...

Submitted by Arthur Ofieldstream on

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Nice post production .. liked the aerial shots - interesting : though speaking in French, I could follow, even without the subtitles. The energy of the trip was evident ... and infective! As long as the 'antics' of the two fishermen do not get too crazy, this could be an interesting show. A lot to see just in Quebec. A lot more if you had the other Maritime Provinces..!! Kudos.

Submitted by NPGoodman on

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I'd also like to know where I can purchase the Sharks Caddis fly?

Deer hair takes a lot of prcatice. The other day I went thru half a promo skin before I got it right. Just love tying with deer hair now.

Submitted by Hernan 1737246299 on

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There is a lot of misinformation in this article, and even internal inconsistency with respect to details, but it's still interesting reading. We see statements such as this: "When you are reading this, the last ever free flowing Argentine Patagonian river will be on its way to be tamed" but there are many Argentine Patagonia rivers that are not controlled in such as way as to prevent movement of trout and salmon, such as the Ri­o Gallegos, Rio Santa Cruz, Rio Coyle, Rio Chico, Rio Deseado - to name some larger ones in just one of the Patagonian provinces.

Don,

Thanks for your kind comments. Much appreciated!
It's great to know that there's still people out there who appreciates what's done here. And it seem that you are not alone... We're closing in on 35 million video views and the site as a whole has about 15,000 visitors a day, so obviously someone must like what we're doing.

Martin

Submitted by Don Prater on

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I don't care of what anybody say' about this site.this is the best site ever for fly tiers. And it always seems there is whiners who will post negative comments.i'm like You Martin if they don't like it just go some where else and leave Us the hell alone.Keep doing what Your doing Martin You've got plenty who stands behind You including Me, Respectfully Don Prater

Submitted by norman.e.dunca… on

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I just came across a wonderful letter that Preben wrote to me after meeting on the Madison River in September of 1980. Revives fond memory of a charming man. I can scan and send it to you if interested. Norman

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