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Hi All,

I bet we can talk about GFF Summit '06 for a long time. Did i mention that í had a great day on the Friday at the summit? :P .

Kai when you come back to DK contact me and we can hit the coast again.

Shooting head? hmmm :lol:

Steve

Henning,

I have known you as a really honestly and kindly man.
But now I’m not longer so sure.
By trying to create a shooting head, my arms and legs are totally in tangle with the shooting line you’ve given me. My face and arms are covered with the Mucilin.
I should have been much more cautious by reading the name of the spool “Amnesia”!
:shock:

By the way, what's the address I should send the money?

Thanks for all and hope we stay in contact!

Kai

8) Hi Kai

YES i have the picture of your secret flies.
If you send me some money i will not show the pic.

Thanks for a very nice summit.

Henning

Hallo Ripley,

I hope everything is well at home?!

At first special thanks to you again for the perfect guiding. You have done a very proper job.
At second, you are absolutely right, but I can tell you, I have another box of really strange flies (perhaps you've never seen before).
Unfortunately Kasper and Henning have managed to take some pictures of the box with these flies. So the secret is no longer a really one.

At least, I’ll call you at the beginning of October and hope we can figure out some conspiratorial meetings.

Hey Kai,

You shouldn't tell!
I know that pattern works and I saw the fish you took with it. It's a winner for sure.

I look forward to meeting up with you again in October.

Regards Kai and many thanks for the kind words.

Rip

Swoosh: Fishing permit can be purchased in tackle shops, Post office etc. Season ticket for sea costs 125 DKK.

Submitted by Bruce A. Tomaselli on

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Please disregard previous post. What I meant to as was is the brahma hen cape and soft hackle with chick-a-bou pelt 2 different items that one needs to purchase to tie the Tabout Caddis?

Submitted by Bruce A. Tomaselli on

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Is a brahma hen saddle and chick-a-bou pelt 2 different purchases? It seems the Bear Lodge Angler is selling them seperate.

Submitted by Bruce A. Tomaselli on

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What color combinations do you use the most and what size patterns? Is the body material and feather wing from 2 different chick-a-bou hens? I've been wanting to tie these but I am not quite sure about the materials. Thanks

Hi,
special thanks to Martin, Ripley and all the others, who make this summit real great!
What do you call it, when having 17 flyfisher on a row at the same coastline, with great fun for all and no stress?
The spirit of the GFF-summit 2006!!!
I couldn't imagine, staying at the shore of the Baltic Sea with so many people at the same time. But we all became good friends and one's for sure; I'll try to join in the next summit as the first one.

For "pike" I add a picture of my favourable fly. It's my autumn winner in hook size from 10 to 4.
I present it direct under the surface and fish it with short strips. Because of the volume of the fly, it is sinking very slow.

Submitted by Max Marriner on

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The finished wing looks too dense and heavy for my taste and will, I suspect, put too dark a shadow on the water. There are better options and, for the hassle, easier ways to create your wings. As for the tool itself - exposed rivets and the finish call to mind a very simliar Indian tool made by SUNRISE (very cheap and cheerful tools inc) at a fraction of the price. I wonder if this is another example of a repackaged tool? Conclusion: Not for me.

All people participating in the first GFF Summit,

Thanks for making this a great event! I had a great time meeting anf fishing with all of you, and it was my impression that you all enjoyed the arrangement.

We had great success with the fishing - not least thanks to Ripley's guiding and his and Steve's "test fishing" Friday (never again will we allow them a jump start!)

Expect this to be an anually recurring event and make sure that you mentally book a few days next year. We have not set anything firm yet regarding time and place, but I will announce something ASAP.

I am currently working my way through tonnes of pictures, and if any of the participants have any they want to share, please send them to me attached to an email (preferably the original or in a good quality).

I will compile an article as soon as I get the time and let you all sneak preview it before it goes online.

Here's the merry gang BTW:

Asger (hovering), Frank, Jari, Henrik, Jesper, Hans Jacob, Kai, Paul, Steve, Ripley, Branislav, Atli, Kasper, Henning, Nan, Les, Martin
[img:c8d266733e]http://globalflyfisher.com/reports/gffsummit2006/group.jpg[/img:c8d2667…]

Martin

To ALL: Did you catch any other fish except sea trout? Mullet, cod, garfish?
What was you succesfull fly?
Thanks a lot

What a excellent weekened ! Great company and of course great fishing. I caught lots of seatrout over the 3 days with my largest being 65cm. You will have to wait for the picture until martin submits the photos and articles on the weekend.

I wish to thank Martin for organising this great weekend and getting us fluff chuckers together. :D

Hi to all i met at tthe GFF Summit. I am going to fish on fyn tomorrow ( Wednesday) anyone want to join me?

Steve

check your emails boxes, I have just filled them up with some photos! :D [/img]

Submitted by adrian 1737246422 on

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Wish there was one for sinking lines and how to attach mono to sinking flylines when wetlineing rivers has anyone got any pic's, diagrams onhow it is done?

Thanks guys,

I am looking forward to some summarizing article. We will arrive to Fyn on Thursday, so it is a pity we will come a little bit later.
Thanks for good news

Tight lines

It just can't have been better, event though I failed completely on Saturday. Fortunately, friday and sunday gave 3 seatrouts and some baby garfish. A very nice bunch of people, good weather and food. :D

Martin

Hope the fish-in went well. I tried to catch sea-trout at Gilleleje in August but too hot. A 9 kilo sea-trout came out of the Gudena on a night I was there but not to me. Ah well!

David

Hi,

Well, I know my views will be the scratch on a surface yet to form, but the GFF summit was incredible.

In total we estimate about 70+ sea trout taken between Friday and Sunday. About 30 to be averaging 55cm. The largest fish, 6 in all, were topping 65cm+

You'll have to wait for the pictures. Martin is compiling an article you'll be pulling your hair out at - especially for those that didn't attend!

The GFF summit was a truly unique event complimented by good sea trout weather, surroundings, sea trout and more over...a bunch of guys that fished hard and were rewarded the fruits of the Danish salt. Friendships were formed and a new cult is underway...GFF summit has been born.

Next year the GFF summit 2007 location is being held somewhere exclusive. More later.

In the meantime you'll have to wait for the articles, pictures, stories and guys that made a weekend to remember...and (unfortunately) the next GFF summit 2007.

I'd love to post a picture but.......Wait and see.

Ripley

Submitted by Joakim Henriksson on

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Bennechi 12/0 comes in many diffrent colors. I would never use a waxed thread or wax in my flytying. Wax will melt if it's a hot day and then could the dubbing fal of the fly and even worse the colors could blend into each other.
There is also another thread i like, gordon griffiths 14/0, only one thing bad with that thread, it's sometimes badly wounded on to the spol.

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Add true control to this entire project with a home made speed control. Rapid-speed blank whipping is the last thing you want.. but the first thing you'll get with the average hand drill, so here's an easy fix. For less than ten bucks go to your HD or Lowes and buy a lighting dimmer switch just like the one in your dining room (push = on/off, twist to dim). Buy a plastic single gang switch box and an extenstion cord (the cord should be the same size and durability as the cord on your drill). Take the extenstion cord and cut it in half. Insert the cut end of the pronged piece into the switch box and wire it as the source of power to the dimmer. Insert the cut end of the outlet piece into the switch box and wire it to the dimmer as the output (normally goes to your dining room lighting). Secure the dimmer in the PVC electrical switch box, add a switch cover for style and safety AND YOU'RE DONE. Set the dimmer gizmo next to your lathe widgit, plug your drill into the dimmer with the drill switch-lock ON. Tap the dimmer to life and slowly turn up the juice till you are comfortable with the speed. It is also is a great panic button to stop things NOW if something goes wrong. BONUS: Its also a speed control for your wrapper or dryer if you are just a beginner without a lot of different high end motors. Thats a Wrap., dave w

Submitted by Herbert T Dickerson on

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Nice website the best trout fly I ever used was the "usual" first tied by Fran Betters and popularized by Bill Phillips, who fished it almost exclusively for twenty years. It was my good fortune to fish with Bill for around ten years. He was the best fisherman I ever met, A college professor and scientist his mind was constantly thinking of why certain flies were better than others and what makes a Trout tick. If you contact me I will be glasd to tie a "usual" that you may use it or include it in your collection. I have a size eighteen that I caught forty three fish on mounted in my diary.

Herb

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