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Hi.

I have tried some different fly boxes, classic aluminum, and modern plastic ones. I also use C&F Design and I am quite happy with it. It’s not the cheapest one out there, but price v/ quality is OK.

In my DIY period I made a fly box out of a cut down wooden cigar box, and simply filed the inside with some pieces of self adhesive foam (the type you use on windows). I also made a version out of a small gray plastic box, it worked so well that I actually still got it.

Regards Peter

Edit: The C&F Design CF-1505 MSF S-size FlyCase 5/5 pockets is not to big to fit in a pocket.

[quote:0eebf4a9fa="Sarunas_St"]What fly boxes do you use,and what is the pluses ant minuses :?[/quote:0eebf4a9fa]

Sarunas,

I have used all kinds of boxes, many brands and types. It's the inner workings that are important - the way you attach the flies. Of course the box material is also important - wood, plastic, metal - but look at the inside first. I will sum the main types up as this:

- Flat foam (many brands)
Easy to use, but also easy to make a mess in you fly collection. I use large wooden flat-foam-boxes for fly storage at home.

- Riffled foam (many brands)
Better than the above in many ways. Easier to organize your flies

- Cut-out foam (C&F-style)
Very nice system, and excellent for most types of flies. My current favorites

- Clips (Whetley-style)
Great for single and double salmon flies. Very nice to look at.

- Compartments (Whetley style)
Excellent for dry flies and nymphs. I use a waterproof plastic box with compartments for my dries and nymphs.

- "pinchers" (Fox box style)
Very good for medium size singles. Very organized. I used to use these for my sea trout flies, and still use a few of these boxes for my older flies.

- Special boxes (for tube flies, tarpon flies etc)
Very nice when you have that special need. I never had it.

Having made this list I have actually considered turning it into an article. The subject is quite interesting, and I'm sure there would be an audience for that.

Until then I hope this was useful to you

Martin
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Hello GFF.

Thanks everybody for the advice. Shortly before the summer vacation I had a injury in my lower back. Ouch.... I did take my fly-fishing equipment with me though. My back got a hole lot better during the holyday, but I had no opportunity to go fly-fishing. So naturally i have no feedback on the advice – sorry. Maybe next year...

Again thanks for the advices.

Regards Peter

PS. We did visit the Grand Canyon du Verdon. I have been there some 15 years ago (At time not aware on the possibility off firshing). Great views, stoning nature. This time we took the road north of the Canyon. The small road (D23) making a circular drive from the city “du Palud s-Verdon” over the small mountain top was impressive, but unfortunately closed 8 km. down the road, so we had to return without reaching the top.

PPS: The La Sourge looks like the perfect fishing spot... near to the very beautiful Avignon in witch you could drop off the family, and the surrounding area is very beautiful.

Hi,

I have also tried fishing the La Sorgue - it's a beauty - probably one of the best chalkstreams in Europe.

Unfortunately I had just started flyfishing, when we visited that part of France some years ago, also it was in the end of August, beginning of September, why it was too hot and it hadn't been raining for months, so the fishing was very difficult even for the pro's.

The water was clear as Gin and it was no problem spotting the trouts, I saw some big ones, and the Graylings also big ones.

I had a great experience one evening, it felt like something touched my leg, I quickly looked down and saw a big Grayling swimming through my legs....

I have also visited Verdon, but not fished it, it looked very very beautifull and I would very much like to go back there with a flyrod.

Maybe next year where we plan to go back to Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, this time it will be earlier and the fishing will be much better planned.

Cheers

Bo

Hi there,

I use C&F boxes and the only minus I can think of is the size, they are a bit big for my wading jacket, but other than that I find them to be excellent.

Cheers

Bo

Submitted by max on

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hey all,i use furled leaders excusively,and have found them too more benefical than your common mono leader,if you have matched leader to tippet,you can fish ina variety of ways,you can nymph and have a strke indicator,or when dry fishing give you a sight recognition as to how your float is occuring! Seems tht i have become a furled fisher !!!!

Submitted by Clyde E. Pullen on

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No offense, but, what an ugly fly!!!!
Good Sense, It CATCHES fish!!!
"The Proof is in the Pudding!" No matter how it looks to the fly tyer or the Traditionalist -- the only thing that matters is DOES IT CATCH FISH????
And if it does, and it does... then it doesn't matter what it looks like to you and me -- if the fish eat it -- then I get to eat the fish!!!
Thanks for the very innovative and inexpensive fly!!!
Hot Shot Clyde

Submitted by Neil Nice 1737246424 on

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Great picture and everyone's dream to catch one this size!!

Okay, I will be driving from Helsingør (Elsinore) to the GFF get-together in my car. I will be happy to pick anybody up on the way to Fyn. A possible pick-up spot could be Tåstrup and Ringsted train stations. 3 persons is maximum.

Let me know if anybody is interested.

Yep, the dead drift is crucial when it comes to heavy nymphing. Even if I do enjoy dry fly and streamer fishing more, nyphing does catch fish. I used the same technique today on the Swift River and although the Rainbows weren't cooperating, at least on nymphs, the Mountain Whitefish were. I took several nice Whitefish and then took some small rainbows on an orange Stimulator dry pattern. Too bad I have to work tomorrow, another quiet day on the rivers would have been nice..... :wink:

Do not view this DVD if you aren't ready to contract a severe case of mullet fever (which cannot be cured by anything else than an immediate mullet fishing trip).

Cheers,
Svend

Hi Moreno,

yes, we certainly had a great day! I am preparing the report right now and I am looking forward to see the rest of the photos. A CD is on its way.

The graylings were tough that day, but we caught several fine trouts!

Kasper

Neat fly. Simplicity is a wonderful thing. My first encounter with a pike was when I was fishing in Quebec for perch in a remote lake as a child. My bobber was attacked and bitten free by a large pike. Trying to retrieve the bobber with a massive treble hook, the fish took the treble as it skated over the water towards the once again visible bobber. I'll never forget that experience. I have since decided that pike just might eat anything and thus see the logic to your "tie".

[quote:c847ce2bcd="Grant Banes"]I switched lines to a dry line and rigged up the stonefly under a strike indicator with about a 15 foot leader. The Brooke's Stonefly Nymph is tyed very heavy with at least 15 wraps of heavy lead wire at the start of the tying process. I hooked a couple of smaller rainbows to start with, but as I worked several back eddies I started getting some very nice fish casting up current and mending the dry line as if the strike indicator was a dry fly so that the nymph was basically dead drifting. Was a very nice morning.[/quote:c847ce2bcd]

Nice morning indeed, Grant! I looks like you had some fun nymphing. I have always loved that deep nymph stuff - if nothing else then for its efficiency ;-)
And dead drifting - getting the fly to swim freely - is definitely a key to success.

Martin

Submitted by Mark Ringlstetter on

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I have thought of making Furled Leaders for a long time now. Yesterday I decided, today is the day (or as an Italian Flyfisherman would say it, "Carpe Diem")! In about 1/2 an hour I built up the rig as diagrammed so nicely by Martin, followed his directions and made my first Furled Leader in another half an hour. It really was that simple. I don't know now why I ever waited so long to make the first one. This afternoon I'll make up a longer one and try it out tomorrow on my favorite river nearby and let you know how I like it.

Thank you Martin for all your efforts in writing all these detailed instructions and diagrams. It is actually VERY easy once you actually decide to make one.

Michael,

I have tied smaller tube flies using the thin type of "medical tube" that has been seen utilized as inner tubes for cone head tube flies, and I'm sure this fly would do fine tied on a thinner diameter tube and using some thinner foam.

I have tied this fly on a small hook to use in the ocean for garfish and seatrout, but haven't used it so much that I have caught anything on it.

But I'm sure you are right: smaller Plippers would surely do fine for other species. Or how about a mega one for sailfish? ;-)

Martin

Martin, that is one of the weirdest flies that I have ever seen--not that that's a bad thing. =) It's a new idea for me to tie cheap, expendable flies instead of making ultra-durable bunny bugs.

I bet it would work wonders on largemouth bass and a smaller version would be good for panfish.

[quote:b9e6704b03="Martin Joergensen"][quote:b9e6704b03="Grant Banes"]Thanx for the pattern Martin!!!![/quote:b9e6704b03]

You're welcome Grant. But thank the originator, Jean Guy Côte.

Martin[/quote:b9e6704b03]

Well, Thanx Jean for the pattern, and Thanx Martin for posting the article here on your site..... :wink:

PS: Going to give it another shot this am in the lower Quesnel river in the canyon, hopefully fishy pics to post later today..... :D

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