[quote:f0510f7dfe="Esox"]And yes, more Hickory Shad today and an American Shad as well. I am embarrased to tell you how many Hickorys I caught today. Lets just say that it was more than all of the others that I have caught in my life.[/quote:f0510f7dfe]
Bob,
Great to hear that fishing is good! Any pictures to post? I'd love to see the places, the fish and your happy face when you hold up those large shad!
Martin
Tom,
I know the Pentax cameras and was pretty close to buying one a while back. But I decided against it, mostly because my trusty Canon still was (and is) going very strong.
Once it gives in, I will certainly consider a truly waterproof camera. Olympus has one too, which I just saw this past week. Nice cameras both of them.
Martin
And yes, more Hickory Shad today and an American Shad as well. I am embarrased to tell you how many Hickorys I caught today. Lets just say that it was more than all of the others that I have caught in my life. I caught one that measured a full 22" long and weighed three pounds. I had to think it was an American, but no. Just a big roe Hickory. Several 15-25 pound Striped bass were caught before dawn on bait. Amazing fishery right in Washington, DC.
Bob Abrams
McLean, Virginia
Thanx Bob,
Looked at the lake tody, still not open, but could be at any time. Maybe tomorrow... :wink:
<---- Keeping fingers and toes crossed
[quote:f2e319f4bc="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:f2e319f4bc]
Cool, you fixed it *and* put the last posts on the home page. That rocks.
Thanks, Martin. :wink:
Cheers
--Mike
Hi Martin,
I like your article. When I have to take pictures I normally use my Nikon digital SLR.
However when wading fishing, taking such an equipment with you, has some risks. For this purpose I purchased following P&S camera, which is waterproof for 1.5 meters! You can also use it easily with gloves and wet and slimy fingers. In my point of view an excellent sportfishermans camera: Pentax Optio WP
In your gallary you will find an example of the results. Look for my picture of releasing a small brown trout.
Brian,
I'm afraid that Win98 is a bit dated when it comes to playing all the new formats found on the web, and the format Steve has used for the video podcast is one of Apple's latest.
Maybe their Quicktime Player can play it in the Win98-version. I don't know.
Martin
It is a couple of weeks before the trout opener here in Northern Michigan (last Saturday in April). I stumbled across your article and pictures while looking for good pictues of Denmark. Although I've dreamed of making the trip, I have yet to visit my great grandfather's homeland. These pictures and love of flyfishing across the globe are outstanding! Thanks!
these are habit forming. Got a hole box of them and never even fished the ocean yet. just love that epoxy. And the color and glitter endless . great
The podcast keeps starting and stopping during the "broadcast" Is this my fault of the Pod's?
I just downloaded thr Flash player.
great web page , learnt a lot from it just started tying flies again after 25yrs really enjoyed the instructions,
thanks
hi carlos,try this like to mike houges site ,he sells them
http://www.mwflytying.com/
regards welshtyer
Another day, another 30-40 Shad. I guess I hit it right yesterday. I got to my favorite rock at around three oclock and it was occupied. I went another 100 yards upstream to a slightly more precarious rock and started catching Shad immediatley. I stopped counting around two dozen and I continued to catch fish for another two hours. I was using the same 250 grain sinker but this time on a nine foot Loomis nine-weight. Much nicer but after a few hours, between casting and fighting fish,my forearm was pretty done. I packed it between two bags of frozen peas when I got home. Every fish I caught was on a Mickey Finn. The Loomis was not too much rod for the Shad. I hooked most of them in deep water and near the bottom. Between their hard fighting style and the current they were fine fare for the nine-weight. My only regret was that I lost what was probably an American Shad that I never got to see. It could have been a small Striped Bass, too. The water was quite clear for the Potomac and my perch was about six feet above the water surface so on the retrieve I could, for the first time, watch the fish flashing around the fly. It is amazing how many fish there were out there and how many pass at the fly on every retrieve. Since these fish do not eat on this breeding trek (so I have been told) I would love to know what motivates them to strike so gallantly at the fly. There were times when I either caught a fish or was hit hard and lost the fish on fifteen casts in a row.
Bob Abrams
McLean, Virginia
My experiences are from Norway, south coast:
April 2005: Ice has disappeared from brackish water systems. There were good conditions to fish the canals leading in to the brackish water. Especially during night time. We caught a lot of nice seatrout in the canals.
April 2006: Ice is still present on the brackish water systems. Water is cold in the canals. There are very little or no prey/food for seatrout here, since the ice is cooling down the brackish water. My experience is that it is better to fish for seatrout in the bays (not brackish water) witch are faced south. The water is warmer and the fish is feeding. Activity is, compared to 2005, on top in the evening and fading out after sunset. :wink:
Those are some lovely "flox" boxes you have there! :)
Cheers Bob!
Love this article - I know that I can very occasionally cast 35 yards or about 32 meters (about ten times in thirty years) as that is the length of the line that I use and I have managed to hit the backing a couple of times. That being said if I try for big distance I usually end up wearing the line and fly around my neck or attached to some other part of my body or twenty five feet up a tree on the back cast. I have even managed to catch a fish at this distance. Typically however my suggestion is to get a pair of waders that go right up to your armpits - it's generally easier to walk toward that fish under the far bank than to try to put your fly on his nose with a herculean cast.
Dear Martin,
maybe a good method of calming the pike down (when out water) is just covering its eyes.Believe or not, as soon as the eyes are covered with your hand pike calms down completely (have done it myself couple of times and have seen many people doing so) and then easilly you will put the other hand/fingers in the jaw.
I like your notes very much, hope to continue with good comments.
robert
Again, a lovely article on a method that I practice and believe in more or less every time I go fishing (except salt of course!).
Ripley davenport
i have one question
does this method work with salt water bamboo rods also?
if not can you please e-mail me with the right info or tell me about a book i can buy so i can start building bamboo salt water fishing rods.
thank you
joe curran
[quote:6047fa2418="CARLOS"]I've noticed that Pike flies are quite similar to the flies we use here for Peacock Bass: Large, bright colors, etc.
This one is a kind o variation of a Wooly Bugger tyed on a heavy 3/0 saltwater hook.[/quote:6047fa2418]
Peacock Bass, that's one fish I'd love to try for on a fly. That and Tarpon.
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