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Visiting Denmark

Hi Martin,
I came back this morning and we spent beautiful time on Fyn. We took part in Open Sea trout competition and one of my team mate was 9th with fish 62 cm long and 2,30 kg in weight. I caught only two fish (better one was 50 cm) but I am very satisfied and I like Denmark at all. We lived in Healnas camp a visited Odense Fjord, Toro, Kolding etc. We also met Steffen Henchely and had a talk with him. The book he wrote about Fyn and best spots for sea trouts is excellent and helped us a lot. Good job is done in his organization.
To summarize it, approx. 40 - 45 fish were caught by our group of 8 flyfishermen in 3 days.

That's a great fish, very

That's a great fish, very nice!

Wow...
THANK YOU, T

Wow...
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

I love traditional wet flies as well as soft hackles.
I am a beginner and have a beginner's question: will they catch fish, though? I mean, in places like the Housatonic, the Farmington, the Beaverkill and the Willowemoc, and as opposed to nymphs like the Pheasant tail? Perhaps it's just comparing apples and oranges.
Whatever the answer, THANK YOU once again for sharing your work with us - such beautiful creations! (I must get the Bastien DVD!)

Huge Fish

That is one huge fish. Sounds like I need to go fish for seatrout before I die. :lol:

Count me in

Hi Vanuz,
great idea.
On the ROFF (rec.outdoors.fishing.fly) newsgroup often so called 'Claves' are organised. I joined 2 of them organized by Roger Ohlund. Bet some of you know him (it's a small ff world). They were held in the very Northern part of Sweden. It took me 4000 km to drive there from Holland! But what a big fun to spent a week with people from Finland, Sweden, France, USA, Australia, sharing the same interest. Only to look at all those different flies in the flyboxes.
Of course the 'meeting' should not necessarily be for a whole week. A weekend would be fine too. I'll leave that up to Martin.
Anyway: if I could, I would certainly join the club.
If any help is needed (I too would not know how, but anyway) let me know.
What I do not ubderstand: over 300 people looked at this post, but not 5 reacted.....??!! :roll:

please know that bot

please know that both of our magnetic rod holders (1.5 years old and maintained) just failed us and we lost 2 rods and reels to the ensewing road damage (to say nothing that i'm out $120 for the holders that are now useless). we were not speeding, were not on a bad road and had mounted correctly. a gust of wind created by a passing truck forced the holders off our vehicle. Be warned.

You are the best.Tha

You are the best.Thank you.

instead of using el

instead of using elastic rubber ( latex glove ) .
can you substitute the 2" piece you use to go through the
o-ring with vinyl disposable gloves ?
i enjoy the website , its very useful .

I think it's a genious idea!

I think it's a genious idea!
I know there would be a bunch of people from Sweden that's interested in this.

AND it would give Gff a big bunch of article/photo material.
I guess Seatrout fishing would be preferable, after all it think that many with me are interested in the fishing that Martin writes so much about!
best regards

I only use 1 fly, but I know

I only use 1 fly, but I know that others also use 2 flies. From norwegian flyfishing magazines I've read positive articles about using 2 flies. It's called "Opphenger".

My favorite fly for the night fishing is "SeaDuctive". It's very important that the fly is floating. Strip it gently home. Stop and wait for the take. It will make a perfect silluete against the sky.

My favorite fly for the daytime fishing is "Superflua". It's an illusion of a small fish. Very simple to tie. Consist of 6-7 cm of superhair bound on a tube and fished with a treble hook.

When the fish is sip-riseing you should try "Pink Shrimp". Small hooks. # 16-10. My experience is that the seatrout could turn selective during daytime and Pink Shrimp will solve the task.

I don't know if this is the recipe in Denmark, but it surely function on the south coast of Norway. Put some olive and brown wolly buggers into your fly box as well and off you go.

You'll find pictures of the flies on my web-page. Superflua is shown on my last video. :wink:

Good lookin fishy's Kirk and

Good lookin fishy's Kirk and to get them on the fly is awesome. Congrats.

Thanks, yeah they are pretty

Thanks, yeah they are pretty fun and good fighters for sure. One more thing, those fish were released. (we don't usually keep bass anyway, but they are out of season). The bucket in the picture was for the crapies and bluegill we were planing on catching, we only hooked a few small crapies though, so no dice.

kirk

Re: How to store my flylines?

[quote:87a66345b3="Hanzie"]I would like to hear your ideas about how to store my flylines!.[/quote:87a66345b3]

Hanzie,

Big coils is your solution. Don't spool the lines on any type of spool, but wind them in large coils on some kind of winder. I use a wooden yarn winder, normally used for unwinding yarn for knitting. Such a contraption is fine for fly lines, and allows me to make large, loose coils with a diameter of at least 30-40 centimeters or a foot and then some.

An image to show the apparatus and some coils in the background:
[img:87a66345b3]http://globalflyfisher.com/blog/images/8678.jpg[/img:87a66345b3]

I secure the coils with bits of wire or pipe cleaners and store them in large ziplock bags.

When I want them back on the reel I unwind them using the winder in reverse: Unpack the line, put it on the winder, remove the wraps and spool it onto the reel. It is VERY important to use the winder because winding by hand almost certainly will put twist in your lines, which you don't want, and unwinding by hand will almost certainly create the largest bird's nest imagineable.

I also stretch old lines by tying them onto a window hinge in one end of the house and pulling them to the other end and back. Leave the line there overnight, and you have a line almost straight as a ruler.

Martin

Nice fish!

Kirk,

Those are really nice fish! Always wanted to try bass fishing, but for some reason I never got the chance.

Some day...

Martin

I would love to see

I would love to see some instruction on this fly. It would be great for the egg feeders...I'd just change the tail for something in a paler/almost white colouration. Has this been tried??

FlyBandit: Yes, you are true.

[quote:0da38e0aeb="Pike"]FlyBandit: Yes, you are true. 2 flies on leader. But I will prefer only one. We are going to Denmark today, so we will see. I hope some good sea trout will be caught[/quote:0da38e0aeb]

Pike,

Spring is here, and you may be lucky to run into some good weather! Post some pictures when you get back.

Martin

FlyBandit: Yes, you are true.

FlyBandit: Yes, you are true. 2 flies on leader. But I will prefer only one. We are going to Denmark today, so we will see. I hope some good sea trout will be caught

Re: Dropper fly in seatrout fishing

[quote:979919d05e="Pike"]Has anybody tried to use dropper fly for sea trout fishing? I always use only one point fly but I am interested if it is possible to use second fly. thanks a lot[/quote:979919d05e]

Hi Pike!

I don't know what you mean by dropper fly. Do you mean 2 flies on the leader? :roll:

Exellent - you done

Exellent - you done a fine job, and it ought to catch fish

Hello Karol,

Hello Karol,

I spent a couple of weeks in the Dominican Republic about 15 years ago and allthough my trip wasnt specifically for fishing, I can tell you that its certainly worth bringing a fly rod.

Most of the fishing I encountered was early morning and late evening beach fishing. The most action I had was with various spcies of Jack. Just walk the beach and keep an eye in the first 15 metres or so of the surf and look for any disturbance and it will allmost certainly be hunting jacks.

I saw in two bays, perfect bonefish habitat and the locals confirmed that bonefish were present when I showed them a picture of one. I think the local name for them is Macabe?? I didnt see any evidence myself though!

If you can hire a boat and a guide Im sure there will be plenty of offshore opportunities available though they will probably not be used to fly fishing techniques.

If I was to reccomend a fly selection I would choose small foam poppers in yellow or chartruse, a bright yellow crazie charlie, a yellow and chrartruse clouser minnow and perhaps a large deciever or two. And dont forget some shock tippet.

Good luck and have a great time.

Taff

I think that's why I tend to

I think that's why I tend to specialize on fishing still waters more than creeks and rivers Martin. I like the challenge of lakes more and the fish do tend to be larger in girth than their river cousins. I do think river fish are a prettier fish though with the more extreme colours and spots compared to lake fish than have the more chrome appearance. I like going to Dragon lake every spring to try and get one of the monster fish, but I have to say that my favorite lake doesn't have fish anywhere near the size of Dragon, but the entire fishing experience makes it for me. The remote location, no development on the lake, wildlife ( moose, bears, deer) always around and to top it off nice rainbows that top out in the 20" class.

Re: camping in Borholm

[quote:afb6ffbcae="Rulis"]DA,
Is it possible/permited to build up own tend on a cost? In other words to camp for some 4-5 days in Borholm? what about making fire?
[/quote:afb6ffbcae]

Rulis,

No, camping is not allowed outsite camping areas!

There are basically two types of camping areas:
- ordinary camping grounds for campers and tents
- naturecamps for tents only. Mainly for bicyclists and hikers.

You can find the nature camps on the [url=http://www.visitdenmark.com/CmsBasis/Framework/PageLayout/Presentation/… Denmark site[/url]

Martin

No 25-inchers, though

Grant,

Yes I did catch a few fish on that beautiful spring day. None as big as yours and not nearly the number. But I wouldn't expect that when fishing for sea runs. Fishing as well as catching was good. My best fish of the day was probably about the size of your smallest, and probably a lot lighter. Those lake rainbows are often pretty fat.

Martin

It was a good day, spring has

It was a good day, spring has sprung and I'm damn happy about
it, it was a long winter. Martin, did you get the bonus of catching any fish on that beautiful spring day?

I had today off work as well, so I just had to drag myself back to the lake again at 6:30 am. Today was equally as good as yesterday. I met up with another member of the Fish BC website and we both caught fish till about 2:00 PM when that dang wind came back up again.

Today was a little different as all my fish were taken on either black or purple micro leaches not chronomids. I landed 5 rainbows and lost 4. The fish I landed were between 18 and 25 inch. One of the fish I lost sure felt like he had some serious shoulders, but alas, he never showed himself so I can only imagine at his actual size. Dragon lake holds some damn big fish, I've caught them as large as 12 lbs. and they will top out over 20 lbs, although the average seems to be in the 3-4 lbs class. Almost glad I have to go back to work, I need time to replenish my stock of micro leaches at the tying bench at night.

Esox, for big trout, you must go west young man...... :wink: