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Dec 1999 - Editorial - Articles, blog posts

Derek from SA

South African friend Derek goes to the Danish coast to try some sea trout fishing. Since he always comes during Christmas, it is bound to be cold.

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The Red Fly

This is a true blooded cod fly. It has taken numerous of cod, and almost nothing else. It's a large fly - 1.5-2" - and I fish it on my usual cod setup: a 9 wt. 9' rod, fast sinking line and short twin...

Smooth as silk

Rod builder Dave Lewis of Performance Flyrods teaches you how to finish a cork grip. Dave covers the whole process from selecting cork over glueing to the final shaping.

Follow his instructions here

Dave Lewis, USA

Dave and Mary Lu Lewis of (and with) Performance Fly Rods
Dave Lewis passed away spring 2009 and will be missed in the fly fishing community. We're thankful to have published some of his writings a...

Chillimps

Chillimps or Jydsk Chillimps is a fly that I picked up from a classical Danish stream sea trout fly (see comment below about the real Swedish origin). My prime use of it though, is for garfish,. Use...

Tying Foam Flies

What stirred my interest in this book was Charles Garwood's article on foam flies for panfish. In this he mentions Skip Morris as his inspiration. During a recent visit in Seattle I stumbled over the book, and as it's absolutely reasonable priced and looked very interesting, I immediately bought it.