My father is a HUGE Musky fisherman and has asked for a mountable camera for Father's Day to capture pictures of his catches before he sets them free. Any ideas?
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Some of the Loco Foam products are available from mudhole.com.
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@ martin
thanks for the sunset hours tip, you were so right. Caught my first three seatrout and a garfish in just a few hours fishing. I wrote some words about it but it is in dutch so for the dutch people here, it s on www.vliegvissers.nl
@ vanuz
Sorry m8 did look for mullets for you (and myself ofcourse) but didn't see any. When i was walking in the harbour of Gilleleje at dinner time i thought i saw a mullet but id turnd out to be a rather large seatrout :). Some locals told me also they should be there any day now.
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Dave,
The legs are made from feathers, which are cut close to the stem as far as I can see.
Martin
were do you get te legs, i need some please help
Erik,
It does sound easy just to put a video on YouTube, but trust me: producuÃÂng something useful in video is a lot of work - even more than taking stills. We do what we can to illustrate these patterns, but if we want to sleep at night and go fishing from time to time, a simple pattern like this will usually have to do with a few stills of the fly and some text.
Remember that we do this unpaid in our spare time...
Martin
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Nice fly! Have been looking for a pattern just like this. Do agree with the previous comment from Bruce, would be nice with more pictures. One simple way would be to film while tying, putting it on youtube or something like that, linking to this page.
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[quote:5da8cbfecd="Brendan Johnson"]By the way do pike take surface flies?[/quote:5da8cbfecd]
They do - typically in the spring and in shallow lakes. I have caught pike on this one in Lake Boegholm:
http://globalflyfisher.com/patterns/plipper/
Some of the images are from that specific lake, actually.
Martin
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Many years ago, I used to bait fish for Yellow's in the Orkney area. I recently started fishing for Yellows on fly in the Vaal, but haven't been successful yet. During my "bait years" the most successful bait (amongst crickets, locusts, shrimp, whole corn etc) was thumbnail size crabs. Do you have a fly pattern for crab, and how successful is it as a fly, compared to other flies that have been identified so far, for Yellows. Having caught, trout, Tigerfish etc on fly, I look forward to the day I hook my first decent Yellow. Thanks for a stunning article.
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Thanks for that Martin
I was probably just going to wet wade with thermals rather than bring waders over due to weight restrictions. By the way do pike take surface flies?
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[quote:6dbfddd212="Brendan Johnson"]What water depth were you fishing with these sinking lines?.
P.S when you say a hot summer what do you mean? down here that would be about 40 degrees C.[/quote:6dbfddd212]
A sinking line would be fine. We don't fish that deep (2-3 meter max), but getting down is one key. And do bring your own flies. Pike aren't picky!
And of course we're not quite up to 40 deg C here in a hot summer, but up to 30 in the day and not below 20 in the night is plenty warm for both man and beast...
- Martin
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Hi Brendan,
I might be able to take you on a trip on a pike lake. In fact it could be the very same lake where Martin fished (following his link).
It's a bit tough, since I'm on holiday some of the weeks where you are in Denmark, but it probably can be arranged. Please drop me your e-mail, and I'll try to arrange something.
My e-mail: asgero@gmail.com
Kind regards
Asger
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Thanks martin
Those flies look very similar to flies I use for Barra and Murray Cod, I'll bring some with me. What water depth were you fishing with these sinking lines?.
P.S when you say a hot summer what do you mean? down here that would be about 40 degrees C.
tight lines
Brendan
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What a great article - I have cast a 9' #5 Harvest traveller fly rod and was very impressed.
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Most lakes are private and offer no fishing without a license, but getting a license for many of the lakes is no big issue. In most case you will also need a boat or a float tube.
There are public lakes, and being in Rungsted offers an easy drive to Lake Boegeholm (Bøgeholm Sø¸), which is public (free) and can be fished wading. Unfortunately the high summer isn't the best time of year for pike in a shallow lake, but it may be worth a try anyway. These were all caught when the heat was peaking one summer a few years ago: http://globalflyfisher.com/patterns/messy-pike-fly/
Regarding the sea trout, Hornbaek is a good bet, but again the time of year means hard conditions. You will need to fish at night - late evening and early morning. You can be lucky during the day but the odds are slim. The wind also has to comply, which is not always the case.
I'm sure you can find company through your post here and I myself may be tempted to show an Aussie how to behave here ;-)
Martin
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Cristian,
That is one stunning creation! And an excellent photo. Kudos!
Martin
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If you want to get the best tips on trout and grayling patterns for Trysil River, you shoulld post a topic in this forum and tell them where in the river you are going to fish, and when.
Fluefiskesiden.no is by far the best place to get info about troutfishing, patterns etc in Norway.
If someone knows exactely what patterns to use where and when, they will defenately use this sites forum to discuss those things. :wink:
(it seems that you are scandinavian, so it should not be much problem to understand the norwegian language on the site)
Good luck, and skitt fiske!
Link to the site:
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Bruce,
We'd love to do step-by-steps for all ur patterns, but it's a lot of work - like in A LOT!
So for the simpler ones you will have to do with the pictures of the finished fly and the description.
Martin
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This is a great fly and will do nicely for grayling. Do you know how to contact this guy?
Very nice and well done...But (there is always a but) this shrimp, since it'is used a bendback hook, will not swim upside down?
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How's about photos with the step by step guide .It''l make tying certain flies a whole lot easier to tie
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I wish to know how to maintain tention on the loops whilst anchoring the overhand loop to the last plug. I also want to know is this overhand loop included in the twisting process in other words is it removed from the last plug and passed through the weighted paper clip with the other loops and twisted. also interested as to wether the overhand knot (the actual knot) has any effect on the end result of the twisted leader. any comments appreciated
kind regards Richard
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