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Bob,
Nice article.

Bob,
Nice article. I just sent the link to an old friend who is giving it a go on the Owens in California.
Lets fish,
Gert

Hi Bosse, how about using

Hi Bosse, how about using some kind of down rigger or paravane setup with a fast sinking flyline - just a thought..

I didn't understand

I didn't understand how you French guys catch fish like barbels. Now this one :D
In Lithuania these fish are possible to catch on corn or cheese, but with a fly? Unbelievable!
Tight lines,

A very good pattern,simple,quick to tie and can change color to match water and fish I'm trying for,use this pattern for king salmon,shad,bass,and small version for panfish,like neutral colors for bass,and panfish,and bright colors for shad and salmon,can change sink rate by chaining out the bead chain eyes with dazle or real eyes depending on sink rate needed,try using pearlesant mylar for the body to change body color wrap a underbody of thread to match head color for a more neutral color tone.

Hi Bosse,

you can find this line even [url=http://www.landbigfish.com/tacklestore/showcase.cfm?PID=1639]HERE[/url].

Good article Mark I

Good article Mark I love the simple approch you use to catch smallies,I use the kiss (keep it simple stupid) approch to fish for small mouth and never failed to give me hours of fun,Try using a rubber leg cone head wolly bugger (#8-12) in olive or black works for me.

When small bait fish

When small bait fish are present try a all white version works great on trout,and bass,for a change of pase add rubber legs works great on smallies.

I've fished small fl

I've fished small flies a lot on most of the water I fish is small streams and stillwater big flies just scare the fins off.Little clousers and Whistler little to no flash (size # 8-10) work great try them.Remember let the fur and feathers fly.

Mindaugas,

Congra

Mindaugas,

Congratulations indeed, excellent article, great story.
Regards,
Les Austin

Hi Bose, here in NZ every fly

Hi Bose, here in NZ every fly shop also sells lead core trolling line, they come in 100m spools and they change colour every 10m so they are easy to cut down to whatever length you need. these guys http://www.sportinglife-turangi.co.nz/pages/booking.htm are one of the best shops in the North Island and I am sure that if you email them they will ship to you. I am not sure that this line will get you down as deep as 50m but you do not know unless you try.
Hope this helps.
Mike.

You are right, I'm wrong.

Frank

Pete
Superb as always
Andy

Pete

Superb as always

Andy

Thanks Mike, that's an

Thanks Mike, that's an idea. Since I don't need to cast at all, it will work provided the line sinks fast enough. I have also been thinking about using that kind of line as shooting line. Cortland Kerplunk would work if it wasn't cloth-coated, wears the line guides too much when going out and in while fishing. A plastic-coated leadcore line would be better, You know where to find one?

/Bosse

Hi Guys, thanks, problem

Hi Guys, thanks, problem solved though - ended up with this guy:
http://www.nativewatercraft.com/ult_14.cfm
the beast can be totally or partially covered for rough seas, AND the price was right...
Now - I just gotta find them mullets....and plant a "green avenger" in front of them..
Ulrik

Hi Ulrik, I have not used one

Hi Ulrik, I have not used one of these, http://www.hobiecat.com/kayaking/models_outback.html
but I do know a few guys who swear by them, I have also seen a video of a guy having a tow off with an olympic kayaker and towing him backwards easily. Plus using you legs to "paddle" leaves your hands free to cast.
If getting wet is a problem then you could wear a pair of breathable waders.
All the best.
Mike.

Hey Bosse, you could try 10m

Hey Bosse, you could try 10m of lead trolling line, splice this to some super braid shooting line and you will have the fastest sinking rig possible. It will however be a dog to cast.
All the best.
Mike.

I am developing a fl

I am developing a fly fishing reel, I'm looking for articles, books, more information on the history and progress of this equipment over the years, types of reels, models, concepts, manufacturers. Could help me by informing potential sources of research?

I have had the pleas

I have had the pleasure of chatting it up with Derek and not only is he truly talented, he is a nice guy to!! keep up the good work Derek and lets head to the Horn some day soon?

Hi Frank

Hi Frank
:evil:
Since the idea of fishing with a drain-cover is as absurd to me as I know it is to You, i would be grateful if you would refrain from that kind of smart-ass comments. They are no help to me and needing help is the reason I posted this question in the first place.

I want to fish a fly, on a fly line or similar, at 50 meters of depth in the sea. That is, as I see it, a bigger challenge to achieve than casting a fly line, something that I frequently do when fishing for other species of fish. Basing the fishing technique on casting the line is contraproductive, since the 40 top meters of the water doesn't hold fish.

Consequently, I fish the fly up some 10-20 meters from the 50-meter level and let it sink again. As I am catching the fish with fly fishing gear - fly rod, line, leader and fly - this way of fishing the fly should be considered just a flyfishing technique as any technique based on casting the line. The innovativeness in finding a way to even reach the fish with this type of gear sould even account for more.

Furthermore, I catch these saithe up to 10-12 kg's on relatively light fly rods, line class 7 or eight, something that makes the challenge even greater.

So please, don't recommend any drain-pipes or post any similar comments that are stemming from a one-track purist mind way of thinking, but help me instead to find the lines I need, if possible.

/Bosse

Do we still talk about fly

Do we still talk about fly casting or just fly fishing?In case of the first, take a guideline shooting head in sinkrate 7/8 and the highest line class. In case of the second, just take a drain cover.

Regards, Frank

Hi Ulrik,

I can give you just the advice to get in contact with these guys:

http://www.globetrotter.de/de/shop/rubrik.php
http://www.seekajak.dk/

Kind regards,

Frank

>Sometimes the answer is just

>Sometimes the answer is just under your nose!<

True.

I'll post a pic of the "[i:fc3662480b]Murmansk Munroe[/i:fc3662480b] Brook Trout Conversion Fly" when time allows. Copper tinsel, orange dyed squirrel tail, red bucktail and yellow hackle. A Brook Trout magnet, if ever there was one...

Craig

Craig,

I also Googled the fly, but found nothing. But I didn't give Chris' books one thought. I have the latest volume 'Directory of Salmon Flies" on my table right next to the computer since I'm writing up a review of it, and one look in the index and I found it... The Murmansk Killer, a Munroe derivative. Duh!

Sometimes the answer is just under your nose!

Martin

Dear Tobias

M

Dear Tobias

Next summer I will travel to Austria, San Michael in Lungau, and he/she would want informs me if it is possible that type of flies advises me like I imagine, good expert of the fishing area and rivers of the Tyrol. I was already 7 years ago in this same place and you me diÃÂ³ very well, but it is always good to obtain information on the part of some fisherman of these rivers.

Thanking your attention and sending you a cordial greeting.