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i coulght a 35 lbs

i coulght a 35 lbs pike last week and i closed its eyes and i put my hand in its mouht no harm done

Pete,

Pete,

They are the best, the Canon PowerShots. Love'em too!

And a nice fly too!

Martin

what kind of rooster

what kind of roosters give the best feathers for fly tying,also what kind of other foul are raised for there feathers, like peacocks and others.I fly fish and would like to raise some different varity of foul for there feathers but don't know witch ones.any help would be very helpfull. thank -you.

Ever read old Trey C

Ever read old Trey Combs steelhead books? These questions have been out there fer a long time,sink tips leave all there line,15-30 feet laying on the bottom of the river,swinging your presentation over rocks and logs is just one way of snagging your hook. Never mind loosing expensive tips or shooting heads.I guess" chuck n duck" is still better and more sporting than bare, weighted, hooks.

TENKARA. My comment

TENKARA. My comment is this; if you fish small waters with small fish all well and good to use a tenkara system. On the other side of the coin if you fish big water with fish that average 4 lbs fishing without a reel is an act of stupidity. New Zealand Dept. of Fish & Game regulations ban this form of fishing for sports fish though it is permissable to fish for bait fish this way and I have had fun catching small rudd at the rate of 60 an hour with what Coarse Anglers call a whip. However this is not what I think sport (Game) fishing is all about.

Me and my 14 yr old

Me and my 14 yr old grandson are trying figure out how to make our planeing forms from scratch, but not having much luck. Also are the plane forms diffrent for the butt end and the tip end.
Richard Thomas

Well well, maybe it

Well well, maybe it is time for some more simplicity and ZEN in our sport. I have discovered Tenkara, the Japanese form of fly fishing with a 11-13ft long carbon fibre rod. Mine is 12ft long and significantly less than 100grams heavy. Reels? Don't need one, you attach the line directly to the tip. So much fun!

Muy bueno el video d

Muy bueno el video de nuestros amigos chilotes!!!! Pero es un poco caro ir a pescar a Chile!!!! Solo para los gringos....
Very nice video of our friends "chilotes"!!!! But fish in Chile is very expensive!!! Only for "gringos"
E. Guevara

this is an exelent s

this is an exelent site i love fly fishing going to the gariep dam november good luck to u all hope u get the big one

John,

Check with

John,

Check with the British producers. You can most likely order online directly from them.

Martin

how can i order the

how can i order the woven flies video in the united states?

Tracy,

They can b

Tracy,

They can be checked in, and will do nicely and be sturdy enough for air travel. But don't expect to bring them as hand luggage - or anything like them. Those days are over. Security is much too tight to let anything like a rod tube go through these days.

Martin

Can these types of r

Can these types of rod cases be taken on airlines?

John, I think maybe

John, I think maybe you have got a couple of posts mixed up. I was responding to this post that was aimed at me because I had not thought to include the name of the product that I was using. This was the post I was responding to:

From: Nycflyangler nycflyangler-at-yahoo.com
Submitted September 11th 2010
@David Ball

"Why did you bother to post this WITHOUT telling us the name of the product? Duh!"

I thought this was rude and said so in my own post. As I've said before, I am happy to help anyone, all they have to do is ask.

As for Bug Bond, I have been aware of this product since it came on the market and have had many discussions about it with David Edwards, who developed and markets it.

I hope this clears things up.

For anyone interested, the UV gel that I use is a product called "Tina". It is used extensively in the nail art industry. I buy it on Ebay from China, it comes in two versions, a top coat, which cures without leaving a sticky residue and a base coat to build up bigger heads/bodies etc, this leaves a sticky residue when cured for the top coat to adhere too. It cures completely clear and does not yellow over time as with epoxy. The whole set up UV light, top coat and base coat cost me round about £20.00, which is a lot cheaper than most of the other products, although now, a Bug Bond starter kit can be acquired for £25.00.

Cheers Dave

Perhaps if David had

Perhaps if David hadn't of shouted the word "WITHOUT" & used the word "Duh!" he might not have had my repost in such a way, he could have emailed me f.f.i. after all my email address is on-screen.

@everybody,

I pub

@everybody,

I published Nycflyangler's post kinda expecting an outburst like this. I was close to starting it myself with the very words that David wrote: ask kindly and things will go a lot smoother.
So educated from this incident: let's keep the tone nice and friendly, ok folks?

Thanks!

Martin

David, if I assume y

David, if I assume your comment was aimed at my post, why haven't you googled it ? THERE IS A PRODUCT CALLED BUG-BOND & it's available through www.bug-bond.moonfruit.com It has a page on facebook, Bug-Bond, the art of engineering flies & there is a thread on the U.S. www.flytyingforum.com in the realistic's section called "Bug-Bond for realistic tying

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO KNOW ?

Gee, it's the Electr

Gee, it's the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.

Drop in acid. Tie flies. Catch trout. ;-)

@ Nycflyangler

Ho

@ Nycflyangler

How rude!! All you had to do was ask POLITELY, I am always pleased to help!

@David Ball

Why d

@David Ball

Why did you bother to post this WITHOUT telling us the name of the product? Duh!

Right on the money,

Right on the money, Martin. Reel prices ridiculous. My most expensive reels are a Martin 72 multipler and a Kamikaze 9-12wt I use for steelheading and salt water respectively. I bought them new because, I used gift certificates I got from answering on-line surveys. If it weren't for that, I would have bought used.

Large, powerful, long running fish is the only reason you need an expensive reel , is for the drag system. The fact is, for fish under say 20-30 pounds, you really don't need more than a line storage device. You could get away with just a cleat to wrap the line around.

Fortunately, you can pick up reels for around ten dollars, including shipping, on ebay. Fly reels are like cars, never buy a new one. Let someone else take the depreciation hit.

Hi Mark,
Flies look

Hi Mark,
Flies look great ! I used to subscribe to a british Trout Magazine and everything was about fishing wet flies. I really had an interest in the wets that were displayed in the magazine - I wondered at the time why these types of flies were not used here in the USA. Years have gone by since I first read about the flies and my wife and I were going to the White River in Arkansas for vacation this year. I had read your article "Wet Flies - Rediscoved " before we went to Arkansas and new I wanted to try it there.I learned about a guide there that specialized in wet fly fishing. I went out with him for a day and absolutely loved this style of fishing ( 3 flies). When I got home I started tying my own wet flies and think I'm hooked forever !! Even started using them for panfish and bass !! By the way the guide was Davy Wotton !!!

Thanks for your support

Tom,

Thanks for your support! It's much appreciated.

I have a couple of copies, and I have to admit: I'm proud! They DO look great! I know it's not good style, but since I have the only copies yet, I am the only one to say it... ;-)

I hope your will enjoy your copy as much as I enjoy mine.

Martin

Great idea

Hi Martin,

Great Idea! It looks great. I have ordered one!

Keep up the good work!

Tight Lines,
Tom