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Submitted by Eric Leiser on

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Happy to see that after all these years woodchuck is finally getting its due...

where can I buy some today

Shenandoah National Park is in Virginia. It is over 200,000 acres and has more than ninty trout streams, thirty of which are managed. I have caught an 11 1/2 inch Brook Trout in the park. There are a lot of skeptics even for that size fish. I know of a few in the 12-13 inch range that have been caught, but that is the limit. If you catch one that size you better take its picture with a ruler by its side. It is hard to believe that in eastern Canada they have been caught up to 14 pounds.

Submitted by Rick Nisbett on

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I have a good supply of acrylic paints used for ceramics .Can i use these for eyeing my streamers and for coloring the heads of my flies or is there a difference. Clear nail polish would be used to finish as in your article.
Thx for any info
Rick

We are talking about serious leader making...

First of all, that is not a chain, it is the tippet, a light one, if we mind it is a metallic tippet.

I haven't made that leader with leather, so, if you see any leather strip it should be one of my fingers!!

The materials... You can find them all at GFF on-line store, just click the link:

www.gff.com/store/leaders/martindesign/braided/smallstream/lightandtiny…

I know you can't make a leader as strong as this one the first time, but if you are constant and really patient, the second time you'll try it you can do something similar!

Best!

Anonymous,

First of all: when putting forward accusations like this, be a man and let us know who you are, huh?!

Henrik is not "sponsored" by Scierra. He works there! A bit of perspective would be fine here. The man is hired by Scierra to develop gear. I can't see why that would be a problem, and I don't see how this fact can affect the review or my meaning about the quality of the DVD's.

The comment about my being sponsored by Scierra is also pure nonsense! I feel pretty offended by that, actually!
Sure I have some gear that Scierra let me test, but if that is being sponsored, then I'm also sponsored by Hardy, Echo, Scott, Partridge and a couple of dozen other gear manufacturers... as well as most of the world's fishing litterature publishers by the way.

That is part of what we do: we get stuff to try and write about. Like all other magazines and many web sites like our's.

So let me just get rid of my rage here: We are a non-commercial web site, run by ourselves privately, paid for by ourselves and we DO NOT owe anybody anything and are not sponsored by anybody!
If this doesn't suit you, Anonymous, you are more than welcome to just stay away.

OK, back on the ground here I will return to the creation of more stuff for GFF.

Martin

Submitted by 1737246425 on

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Henrik Mortensen as well as Martin Jorgsen are both sponsored by the producer of these videos, namely Scierra ...Hmmmm!

Here in far Southern Maine, Stripers are one of the few reliable catches from May to September. I like that crab patterns of yours and I'm a fan of simpler flies. We do use a fair number of epoxy patterns and, of course, large Pollock, Mac and Bunker patterns - but even with those large "baits", I find myself tying as simply as possible.

Heading North to the lower Kennebec in the AM. Maybe I'll throw some version of that crab...

Regards.

Submitted by Brenda Sharpe on

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What a horrible thing - to see photos of some of our favourite spots damaged almost beyond recognition is very disturbing. My deepest sympathies to those affected by the flooding.

Submitted by Jonas on

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Hey.

I've bought a Harvest Tackle Traveller 9# "7. And I really think it's an amazing rod! I bought it from a dealership in Sweden for hardly no money.

Thanx for your review "urging" me to get me one of those rods

Submitted by Bud Miller 173… on

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A little unbiased review I think. Hank as well as you are sponsored by danish tackle marketer Scierra. Surely a well made trio of videos, but the Scierra brand is overshadowing a lot of good elements. Bud

Submitted by Lasse Karlsson… on

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Vanuz, the competition dates where made public 2 months before on the biggest danish forums, a month before in most of the danish fishing magazines :o) As well as several other websites, mostly those which concerns themselves with the actual act of casting a flyline ;o)
I know the CFCC board wanted to get out a lot sooner, but due to stalling from the city concerning an adequate location to hold the championships (apparently all bigger fields are just meant to be used to kick a piece of inflated leather around) they could not...
Phillip, it would indeed have been the most impartial thing to do, to have the championships indoor, no wind meaning everybody would have the same conditions at all times. The plan was to set up the lanes so the wind would have come directly from behind, and had the forecast been right for that second day of summer, it would have been so. It took about 5 hours to set up all the lanes on saturday, so it wasn't really possible to change them on competition day, though that would have been the most fair thing to do, seeing as there actually was a lefthanded competitior willing to participate ;o) If you have any ideas as to where it could be held indoors I'm sure the CFCC board would like to hear about it, somewhere which has a hall the size of an outdoor football field is needed, and with high enough to the ceilling to cast a flyrod :o)

Jari, nice article, thanks for the kind words! Nice pic, showing my most obvious mistakes in the casts, have to talk to Peter ;o))))

Cheers
Lasse

Submitted by George Fleming on

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Nice picture! When were they caught? I am the owner of the beat and i would like to thank you for displaying the fine brace-- a good advert!

David,

A fantastic picture! Just shows the truth in my wise words about action photography: skill, luck and a lot of pictures can do it... ;-)

Martin

Ripley,

I have used glass bead caddis pupae/larvae for a quite a few years. Was one of the first flies I tied - obviously because of the simplicity. I've seen them marketed here as 'Killer Caddis' - and sold in kits.

Simple patterns on curved hooks with a touch of dubbing at the back, followed by several beads and then a larger (and usually darker) section of dubbing behind the eye. Beige/tan, green, black are the usual colors for the beads. Have also tied some with gold bead at the head.

I find they work very well, and the segmented look you get with the beads is very true to the real thing.

Submitted by Evan Rortvedt on

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That's one of the more prettier fish on this site. Love the blue along the lateral line.

Hi Kasper

I've sent you an e-mail in response to yours. I look forward to hearing from you!

Best regards

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