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Bob,

How can we

Bob,

How can we get a copy of this book? I cannot find it on Amazon.

Thanks

Yep

Hi Kai,

By all means...Tie me one. I'll try it.
I will be using a very simple tried and tested fly at the summit which I am sure will do me proud!

The waters very "ripley".

Nice yellow. I have

Nice yellow. I have been spending the last 3 seasons cathing them on fly just above the Vic Falls. Problem to getting to the bigger fish is fishing a river this size and not becoming part of the food chain yourself. Its the size of the water that is also hard to fish effectively but well done on a good one.

Thanks Donald,

Thanks Donald,

I'm going to tie your minimalist fly to try it this weekend, I'll tell you what happens here!

No Ripley,

No Ripley,

not a Golden Retriever!
The archetype is the Beast of Baskerville - see and feel it in aktion.

I have already tied one for Henning, did you want a special one for your own?

Kind regards

Kai

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Looks like a golden retreiver tied of with the propeller from the Titanic - but just polished up?

Rip :D

Special fly Mod. Henning

Hi Henning,

I have already tied the pictured one for you.
Please, read the text about the field studies again.
Believe me, you are one of the most important person in my project! :shock:

By the way, can you tell me what your top speed is? 8)

Are you out for seatrouts this weekend?

Kai

Wow

Great picture Kai.
What fly did you catch it on?! :D

Really funny picture. One worthy of a :wink:

The heat is on...

Rip

Carlos' fly

Carlos,
That is a nice little fly, a buzzer pupa as we would call it in the UK.

Sure killer fly

Hi Kai

Wow what a fly - it´s a sure killerpattern.
Please tie a handfull for me.
Then I never post pic of your flies again - promise...

Henning

Hi Ripley,

Hi Ripley,

Your idea with the diver …, I think this is not going to work well!
Today I created a “fly” for diver fishing and I’m just going to prove it in September.

Oh by the way, please don’t wade to deep at the same time (not deeper than 6 or 7 cm), because I’m not absolutely sure if the “fly” knows the difference between a diver and a fly fisher. :wink:

See you soon

Kai

Good friends,

Good friends,

coming home from a week full of work what do I have to see?
My first tied prototype propeller flies are published on the GFF-site.
And if that’s not enough, a faked photo of my advanced GFFsummit-Fly 07, too.
Written under a pseudonym of cause!

Sometimes I need a last kick and right now it’s time for a brand new invention.

Forget fly fishing with all that stuff you need before (rod, reel, line …).

Using my fly you need nothing else than this fly. It’s chasing seatrouts, cods and all kind of fish chip-controlled and mind-affected.
You can get some in a natural look too with rubber legs, eyes, etc.
See the picture.

But not only that. The one with the odd name “Henning” is also able to chase fly fisher on the beach who (for example) couldn’t hold secrets.
The invention is not already closed, so I have to do some previous field studies in Denmark in September.

So, if you hear a humming sound in your back, you’ll know it’s time to move!

I’m keen to come to Denmark for the fine tuning.

Hope to see you all again

Kai

Pike in Loch Ness se

Pike in Loch Ness seem to grow to incredible sizes John realized.

As a dentist I can o

As a dentist I can only say, nice job with the brush. The fish though, ought to floss more.

Trout fishing peaked

Trout fishing peaked when the grouse season opened so Tim decided to get the most out of the situation by hunting with a trout!

Oh really, so you ti

Oh really, so you tied these flies all by yourself?
Yes-yes, I see they' all tied with your precious fluff!
Gooood boy!

Ripley,

Ripley,

Try this one. This is one of my secret weapons for trout, specially for stillwater.

Simple to tie: A #14 or #12 scud hook, bead head, some wraps of red thread over the hook, and two or three clear glass beads you set with a small bunch of thread on the tail, then a drop of epoxy on the tail to secure the beads, and it is o.k.

You can tie it red, olive or yellow.

In New Zealand coars

In New Zealand coarse anglers have shown a new way of getting the fly down to often phenominal depths and at great range by using long rods, up to 18 ft., (minimum 13 ft) mono lines, a tradiditional stick float with drifts of 30 plus meters drag free. Long rods make drifting a nymph between heavy weed beds far easier too with the better control that they offer on rivers that trditional fly fishers have given up on. Shot the float so just enough tip shows to see at distance with all the shot round the float bottom and fish a heavy weighted nymph up to 3 meters below. This technique works just as well on shallower water too; just set the depth by moving the float up or down to the required depth.
Search articles on "Long trotting" to get mor info'.

Thank you Carlos for your

Thank you Carlos for your opinion :)
I think I will buy Griffin vice,becouse I mostly tie on 12-14nr hooks :)
Ranzetti Master is too expensive for me,Traveler is too small for tying at home..
I will write my experiences with my new vice :roll:
Regards,
Sarunas.

Here is another one

Here is another one for cleaning cork. On old rod builder told me this. Take pure bleach and a paper kitchen wipe. Put the bleach on the paper kitchen wipe and just rub as long till its clean. Use as much bleach so the wipe glides over the cork. This wont damage the cork and you dont have to sand it. Your cork fillings will also stay in. I think it will take you about a min or 5 to do the job. I have some old fiberglas rods and you will not believe how the cork will come to live. When its clean, rinse with a little warm water and kitchen soap and dry with a towel.(dont now how you spell the towel the wife uses in the kitchen to dry the plates, sorry! Dutch numnuts trying to write english) I thought you would smell the bleach after the cleaning but that is cone after an our or so. The old tooth brush is a good one to try for the next time i will clean my cork for the holes. Never thought of that before. Thanks Willem

I'd tell ya but I'd

I'd tell ya but I'd have to kill ya!

j/k

Recent update: Since

Recent update: Since April this year, Hotel Post and its fly fishing waters in Koetschach-Mauthen are leased by the Italian couple Deborah Vuan and Stefan Venchiarutti. Both have a background of working in the international top hotel business and Stefan is said to be a passionate fly fisher himself. I will keep you updated if the fly fishing options have changed after my next visit! Cheers, Tobias

Maybe its' better fo

Maybe its' better for each participant to tie one favourite fly and we can compile one box for the individual that catches the largest sea trout over the weekend?
A relaxed, mini competition-kind-a-prize?
Isn't that better?
We even could do a "totally skunked I caught sod all" prize.

Rip

Hi,

Hi,

I don't have that exact vises, but my experience with Dyna King and Griffin can be useful to you:

I have a Barracuda, bigger than the Barracuda Trekker. A HUGE Vise which has the same jaws and system than the Trekker. I use that vise for large flies, tyed over saltwater hooks like Mustad 34007, from 1/0 to 5/0. It is great for large flies because the jaws have two sets of deep serrations where the gap of those big hooks fits perfectly. Literally you can break the hook shank before it moves on the jaws. But I had problems with medium sized hooks for trout, #8 or #6, they slip when you apply some tension on the thread.

The Griffin Mongoose has the same new Cam System of almost all versions of Griffin Vises (I have a Patriot Vise). It has a great holding power for "freshwater" hooks, they stay solidly attached while tying, but doesn't work too well with hooks bigger than 2/0.

So, my recommendation is the same one guy gave me on a forum some yars ago: It depends on what you are going to tie most. If you are going to tie a lot of trout flies, much more than big saltwater flies, go for the Griffin, or watch the Renzetti traveler, both are great vises for that job, but start looking for a stronger vise. If you are going to tie more salwater flies than small ones, go for the Trekker (You won't need the larger size of the Barracuda because both have the same jaws) but think on a light vise for the other flies.

For all kind of flies I can recommend you the Regal Rotary, great hook holding power but it isn't "true rotary", or the Renzetti Master (I don't have it, but I tryed one) but it costs US$630, too much money for a vise.