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You may wish to try

You may wish to try your luck at exoticfarms@gmail.com. This guy owns a small farm, limited kills per year but absolute quality and value, just make sure to rub him along the grain....:-)

exoticfarms@gmail.com

Hey, I think I know

Hey, I think I know that "polletje", Ed

Great pics. use them

Great pics. use them for backgrounds on my computer, keep up the good work.

You can find tubes a

You can find tubes and tube kits at most fly tying shops, you can use q-tips, the ones with the hollow plastic tubes, or you can use tubing (plastic or metal) found at hobby stores. Most common sizes to use for tube flies are 1/8" or 3/32" OD (outside diameter). If you are using a metal tube, you will have to line it with a hollow plastic tube to prevent cutting your leader.

Dada,

Dada,

I start fishing for them late in the afternoon, until deep into the night, the most productive time usually is dusk.

Tight lines

Ill try, thank you.....

Ill try, thank you.....

And last question, I hope...... When youre fish for them? Morning, night? Thanks....

Thanks for wonderful

Thanks for wonderful flies that have some of the neatest symmetrical head wraps I've seen. this is the page that inspired me to start a Soft hackled or Winged wet fly swap in my favorite online forum. OzarkAnglers.com

great flys for brown

great flys for browns rainbows and perfect for ambushing land lock salmon.It doesn't get much better than this.

Kazza,

That's exa

Kazza,

That's exactly what the image is supposed to illustrate! If you read the accompanying article you will find that it deals with the whole issue of getting good and sharp pictures of jumping fish.

Martin

you need to have a s

you need to have a shorter shutter speed time this will ctach the picture in the moment not in movement.

Composition is just

Composition is just perfect. Post-processing with sepia tone (?) enhances the picture by depicting the modern outfit in a retro mood, while preserving some of the tarpon's natural colors.

bloody good read abo

bloody good read about the jc. I am also looking for a grade A cape possably over the net do you no of any trustworthy dealers that would"nt pull my pants down.

please could someone

please could someone advise me on where i can obtain roman moser power silk in the uk i am getting desparate.

have used this type

have used this type of fly for years and have learned a couple of tricks beginners can use.
use different colors of foam from the craft stores grip any sheet in your vice, needle nose pliers, any device that will hold foam and trim around with a razor you got a ready made body or wing. the way you tie this to the hook allowes you to make a fly with a conventional hackle or to wrap your hackle between the hook and the foam and you have a para application. something with a long taper; long may fly bodies.

Hi Martin,
nice art

Hi Martin,
nice article and very fine pictures.
You are really a lucky guy to have this atmosphere nearly as often as you'll please.
Two weeks ago I met Paul and Steve in Abenrah and we had a little of that feeling while fishing round the area.
By the way - have you already made up your mind regarding the GFF-summit 2007?

Did you say action a

Did you say action and drama?
Great photo.

Kasper

Hi dada.

Hi dada.

I use foam from a pair of flip-flops , it is light weight, floats very well, and it is very durable

...nice to hear the

...nice to hear the fish are hungry again... This week I'll give it a try at last! However, it is a new place - Faro island nearby Mon, so I dont expect fish, but fresh air at least. ...just cannot wait to wade in...

I have a Simms G3 Gu

I have a Simms G3 Guide Jacket that I bought for US$399 and it is NOT WATERPROOF! It is fine under a little rain but I have been wearing it her in Oregon and after one hour or more in heavy rain it is wet EVERYWHERE. All the pockets are wet inside. My phone is wet, camera is wet, fly boxes wet. Not waterproof. I went back to the shop I bought it at was told that that is all the protection that should be expected from Simms jackets and that they are not to be considered totally waterproof. Very discouraging.

Join the club ! :-)

Join the club ! :-)

I just finished read

I just finished reading The Soft-Hackled Fly and Tiny Soft Hackles by Sylvester Nemes which inspired me to surch on line for more articles about wet flies.
Thanks for the article and pictures, my next move is to the bench!

Gus,

Thanks! I wa

Gus,

Thanks! I was actually quite happy with it myself. I was drying up after having been under and had some time to spend while the others fished on. I fooled around with the "reel on car roof" theme and this was just one of th quite good pictures that came from that.

Martin

Dear anonymous,

"

Dear anonymous,

"Flap around" and "out of the water longer than is necessary" and "warmer months"...? Where does it say that about the above fish?

This fish was handled with utmost care, out of the water for about 20-30 seconds resting calmly on a weed bed about 2 feet from the water in the autumn and swam away with splashing vigour once I released it. Trust me, it was not harmed.

You are not the first person to question the robustness of pike, and I would like again to ask for some documentation of the fact that pike are more delicate than most other fish - apart from the fact that the sheer weight of large pike makes certain considerations necessary.

As you can read in my article elsewhere on landing and releasing pike, I generally consider pike a tough fish, which can endure a bit of handling. I do NOT recommend handling the fish for more than mere seconds in or out of the water, but specimen anglers have told me that pike can survive for very long periods rolled into a damp carp mat or kept in shallow water in a keep net.

Now, I do NOT endorse or recommend such treatment of any fish, but it just tells me that the few seconds that my pike are usually out of the water and the way that I handle them will hardly do them any harm.

Again: please refer me to some documentation that says otherwise and I will revise my way of doing things and writing about them.

Martin

Quote "Luckily the p

Quote "Luckily the pike was quite calm. Pike are very robust and can endure quite a rough handling and several minutes out of water."

What a magnificent fish and what a disappointing comment. It is completely untrue, despite their appearence and predatory lifestyle Pike are actually one of the most delicate and sensitive fish and highly prone to serious damage when on the bank which can often be fatal if they are handled incorrectly, allowed to flap around on hard services and kept out of the water for longer thaan is necessary, especially so in the warmer months. To suggest that they are a hardy fish that can handle rough treatment on a fishing website is most irresponsible.