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I met Don Bastian fo

I met Don Bastian for the first time last winter at the Fly Show in College Park, Maryland. I found out that he is friends with our good buddy Large Mike Martinek. Don's booth was the first one on the left as I walked in. I stopped for a quick chat and spent an hour (at least) watching him tie. I realized that I could spend the rest of the day at his booth so I pulled away so I could see the show. Upon leaving several hours later I made the mistake of stopping by his bench again. Yes. Another hour. And like you, I went home with new confidence and started tying wets. What a great inspiration he was. I asked him way too many question and he answered every one. He gave me lots and lots of wonderful tips on many aspects of tying.

This article is superb. Thanks.

Bob Abrams

You might want to lo

You might want to look at Don Bastian's DVD on tying these wonderful flies. Also, there is now at least one discussion board on the web (not allowed to give you a link, you'll have to find it yourself, maybe by googling the names of some classic wet flies) where many of us afficianados of the classic wets hang out and show some patterns and discuss ideas. I'm a great fan of GFF as well, and love many of the patterns and articles. The one on Mary Orivs Marbury flies and the stuff on classic streamers come to mind as examples of great GFF stuff.

I love all the wet f

I love all the wet fly talk in this article. I tie alot of classic wet flies, including many of these patterns and let me make one suggestion. DO NOT hesitate to use these during the season. If you think they are fun to tie, wait 'til a nice trout or bass rolls on your wet fly at the end of a swing!

Dropper fly in seatrout fishing

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

Pike flies

Hi, my most favourite pike fly is certainly Red Head streamer from furabou and pearl hair.This fly caught a lot of pikes during my flyfishing trip to Sweden. Also successful in Czech republic. Used mostly with intermediate line. But when wet, the fly is quite heavy so proper rod should be used. The second possibility is to replace furabou by some syntetic material.
The best pike hook I have ever used is Kamasan B940

For other good pike streamers see website www.czechfly.com, especially section big game streamers

Tight lines

if these are all imp

if these are all important to have, why do so many beginers kits include very few of these materials? Even the most expensive ones have some of these, and lots of obscure materials. any ideas?

thanks, i am just st

thanks, i am just starting to tie, and i was running out of patterns for the materials i had, thatnks again

If I'm not mistaken,

If I'm not mistaken, that's ABS pipe, which is chemically different from PVC, and has its own specific primer.

Using PVC cement will help make a mechanical joint between two pieces of ABS, but if you want a permanent joint (one that won't come apart when subject to baggage handling abuse), you may want to use the primer and cement that's specifically made for ABS.

thanx for replay. and if You

[quote:fee9a83ae5="maciasd"]thanx for replay. and if You can please write something about tackle U use.i mean brand of rod reel line etc. right now ,due to quite windy conditions I use 8 wt fly rod, and Vision intermed/float "extreme distance"fly line.it shoots wonderfull. with smiles..maciasd[/quote:fee9a83ae5]

Maciasd,

I basically use whatever I can get my hands on: Scierra, St Croix, Lamiglas, Loomis, Vision, Loop or whatever... Most modern rods are more than excellent, and will work well. Your money is better spent on casting lessons than on a new rod. My reels are a Waldron, a ULA Waterworks, System 2 and a couple of Scierras.

I prefer using a shooting head and almost always select a slow sinking one. For night fishing I sometimes do use a floating WF line, but it seems to have little effect on the result - and it casts shorter and requires more work. I usually use simple knotted leaders, but I'm quite flexible there too.

I like fishing lighter rod weights - 5's and 6's- and those work fine even in the hard winds we usually have. The rod length seems more important. 9' is good, 9'6" is too long in my opinion and I think an 8'8" 6 weight would be perfect for our waters.

In general I think people think too much about gear and too little about fishing... as you might have guessed ;-)

Martin

Thanks Welshtyer!!

Thanks Welshtyer!!

Nice site with many things hard to find in other on-line stores.

thanx for replay. and if You

thanx for replay. and if You can please write something about tackle U use.i mean brand of rod reel line etc. right now ,due to quite windy conditions I use 8 wt fly rod, and Vision intermed/float "extreme distance"fly line.it shoots wonderfull. with smiles..maciasd

Please write me some trics

[quote:a45a29dc89="maciasd"]Please write me some trics,tips,etc regarding nightfishing for seatrout . we're planning 5day trip to Rozewie kliff(check map if U want) and I'm affraid of watertemperature to reach high level.i've heard thet starting from april/may nighttime is the best way to get those lovely creatures.so if this is the way ..how to bite it?[/quote:a45a29dc89]

Maciasd,

Night fishing for sea trout in the ocean can be done almost year round, but is usually limited to the warmest months where there's no fishing during the day due to high water temperatures. The fish will go close to shore in darkness and on spots with current.

But... as long as the water is below 15 deg. C you can fish sea trout all day, and I usually don't fish night exclusively until late July and into August and September. All other months are worth fishing during the day, but in the late spring and summer you will often find that fish come in when the sun sets.

Use large, visible flies for night fishing and try floating as well as sinking flies. Muddlers and foam flies are my favorites, but large matukas and zonkers are also great.

[url=http://globalflyfisher.com/global/denmark/night.htm]This story about a night trip might entertain you[/url].
[url=http://globalflyfisher.com/patterns/foamdiver/]The Morrisfoam Diver has caught many night trout[/url]
[url=http://globalflyfisher.com/global/denmark/summer.htm]And a bit about summer fishing[/url]

Hope this helps you

Martin

In Hawaii this littl

In Hawaii this little Trevally is called a Omilu.They do not get as big as the Ulua, which grow to well over 100lbs.

sea trout are a pretty good

[quote:723cd0ec2f="Martin Joergensen"][quote:723cd0ec2f="Grant Banes"]Hmm...those sea trout are a pretty good looking fish. I might just have to add them to my list of fish to catch.[/quote:723cd0ec2f]

Grant,

They are pretty for sure, but the one on thge picture is actually not as nice as they come. I posted an image of a really beautiful one caught by my friend Jens [url=http://globalflyfisher.com/podcast/pic.php?id=2541&caller=podcast&cl=pi… the podcast I published today[/url]

Martin[/quote:723cd0ec2f]

Wow Martin, That is a good lookin fish he caught. I might just have to plan a trip someday around your sea trout season.

Martin Please write

Martin Please write me some trics,tips,etc regarding nightfishing for seatrout . we're planning 5day trip to Rozewie kliff(check map if U want) and I'm affraid of watertemperature to reach high level.i've heard thet starting from april/may nighttime is the best way to get those lovely creatures.so if this is the way ..how to bite it?

New movie - Seatrouthunters

Thanks Martin!

Hmm...those sea trout are a

[quote:ee92352d43="Grant Banes"]Hmm...those sea trout are a pretty good looking fish. I might just have to add them to my list of fish to catch.[/quote:ee92352d43]

Grant,

They are pretty for sure, but the one on thge picture is actually not as nice as they come. I posted an image of a really beautiful one caught by my friend Jens [url=http://globalflyfisher.com/podcast/pic.php?id=2541&caller=podcast&cl=pi… the podcast I published today[/url]

Martin

Hmm...those sea trout are a

Hmm...those sea trout are a pretty good looking fish. I might just have to add them to my list of fish to catch.

The American Shad will be in

The American Shad will be in soon. When I go next (that is, when my arm recovers) I'll bring a camera. I will be working in DC today, right across the street from the famous Watergate Hotel, and I will probably stop in at the boathouse on my way home. I give you all a report.

and then I promise i'll

[quote:52c05a42da="maciasd"]and then I promise i'll invite You to check things out. how about it?? photos?? how to put it here?[/quote:52c05a42da]

Maciasd,

I'd love to sample the Polish coast some day...

And pictures are added with the attachment feature which you find below the box where you type your reply. Browse your own manchine to find and image and click Add Attachment. You can add several pictures to the same post.

Here is one of me from Bornholm last week.

Martin

thanx for good word. hi hi.

thanx for good word. hi hi. frankly'speaking this was my third ( had 3 in 2005) fish from my own sea. i was fishin' bornholm 4 times but this year I've just had to miss my trip. our coast is placed far away from the ideal landscapes I remember from Denmark. Rocky places are short but the advantage is lack of anglers.so we just have to find some other places and then I promise i'll invite You to check things out. how about it?? photos?? how to put it here?

Very nice scenery, b

Very nice scenery, beautiful fish, overall an amazing picture. One thing, if I must nitpick: the glare off the fish, from the flash, is a bit of a harsh element to the photo. Excellent picture!

Re: Slow?

[quote:43c5d5421f="Martin Joergensen"]
Regarding the forum and database response time you may be right. The system has to shift between two databases (but on the same server) when going from GFF in general to the forum and back and this can take time... but several seconds seems to be way too much. I'll see what I can do. Haven't seen the problem myself.[/quote:43c5d5421f]

It seems much faster since this weekend. I think you fixed it while you were messing around elsewhere. If it slows down again, I'll let you know where.

Re: Slow?

[quote:dcdfe5d30a="rybolov"][quote:dcdfe5d30a="rybolov"]I guess this is more for Martin, but I can load everything on the site with a very fast response except for the forum. [/quote:dcdfe5d30a]

Cool, you fixed it *and* put the last posts on the home page. That rocks.[/quote:dcdfe5d30a]

Mike,

Yup. Fooled around with a module for the forum yesterday, and even though it was not as simple as in the old one, I got it to work in the end.

Regarding the forum and database response time you may be right. The system has to shift between two databases (but on the same server) when going from GFF in general to the forum and back and this can take time... but several seconds seems to be way too much. I'll see what I can do. Haven't seen the problem myself. Can you see in your status line in the browser what it's trying to read when it sticks?

Martin