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Dear Dave
I'm a Bas

Dear Dave
I'm a Bass fisherman from Texas. I use Shimano,Kistler & Falcon
rods. Priced from 90.00 to 300.00 each.
The palms of my hands are so big the standard grip size is to small.
Bass Pro makes a pole with a palm swell. Called a power grip. There are several
rod manufactures that make a pistol grip. Both are more comfortable.
Neither are offered on the high quality rods. Most of my rod handles
appear to be rings 1 inch long. Some have no ring marks.
Are the ones without ring marks turned from a single piece of cork?
My objective is to build a grip that fits my hand. Either from Rings or
a single piece. I can carve a prototype that fits my hand from a piece of balsa
wood thats cheap before I work with the cork. Would like your input & where to get
cork thats close to 2" square x 12'' or 1 1/2" X 2" x12" or 2" dia X 1" rings.
If this works & your interested in building some big boy grips. I know a lot of big handed
Texans that would sign up. Thanks for any & all input.

leeches are crazy.

leeches are crazy.

"Diawl Bach" is Wel

"Diawl Bach" is Welsh for little devil and pronounced as letter 'D' combined with 'OWL' and Bach as in the name of the famous composer.
Great Web site

What a great article

What a great article. I was in the process replacing the felts on my own Chota's and had a few questions which were very well addressed in this article. My boots had raised plastic inserts for studs but I cut these of and sanded the entire sole of the boot flat on my electric sander.

Hi, Jan! Just got a

Hi, Jan! Just got around to reading your article on building your fly tying bench and I have a suggestion. For the top, I recommend using counter-top laminate materials. They're commonly available at local builder's supply houses, cabinet shops and custom woodworking outlets in literally hundereds of colors and surface finishes. They can be applied with contact cement and, because of their composition, are proof against all sorts of common solvents generally found in fly tying materials.

If you decide to use a laminate top, I'd suggest going with either a light tan, off-white or neutral gray color and a slight pebble finish or matte finish rather than a glossy surface. The pebble and matte finishes are great for reducing glare from lighting fixtures with the added benefit that you can buy enough additional material to serve as a "backdrop" for better color visualization.

A terrible picture r

A terrible picture regarding both quality and scope!!! When will you people learn that making a photo (intended to be published here) is not simply pressing a button on a device evincing that you caught that fish...

Several years ago I

Several years ago I met Marijke Roos at a show in Massachusetts. She was tying a CDC Caddis. Unfortunately I seems to have lost or misplaced my notes. I would like to obtain some more information about this pattern and the tyers other CDC patterns. I purchased some of her CDC feathers and put them to good use..

I was going to use P

I was going to use Picric acid to dye sprats that beautiful gold colour and individually vacuum pack them for future use when fishing.
This now seems a very dangerous pastime!
Although I never actually got round to doing it, I was told by a friend that he'd made lots of money doing this and selling the dyed sprats packed in pairs in a resealable plastic bag to fishing tackle/bait shops in the area.
Mike Ramsay

so does anyone know

so does anyone know of any plans to make a wood fly reel?

Thank you VERY much

Thank you VERY much for this article. This is the most informative website I have found to help me with starting out. It was very helpfull!!

Behind the eye. If y

Behind the eye. If you tie off the hackle against the post in a clockwise direction, and then make a normal whip finish behind the eye, your thread will be pulled under the head/thorax. When you make a reversed whip finish you don't have that problem.

I am in need for who

I am in need for whole wood duck skins. do you know anyone, hunters, etc, retails, that deals with them?

i have a crown bambo

i have a crown bamboo fly rob, its very old but i have no information about it , could anyone help? it says made in taiwan on it so it cant be worth much , but id just like to know more about it as it was left to me by an uncle who passed away

Should your run into mullets,

Should your run into mullets, leave a note. I looks like my last fishing season in Denmark,
I´d be glad to hook at least one :cry:

Re: GFF Summit 2008.........?

Hopefully the date fits my schedule, see you there champs. :D

Nice fly and very in

Nice fly and very inspirational. I think I'm gonna tie a dosen or so myself in different colors. BY the way. You might wanna look at typos though in this article ;o)

Re: gilleje

[quote:0fcee834aa="Olle Bulder"]Could someone tell me something about the fishing around Gilleje and
Udsholt?[/quote:0fcee834aa]

For those not knowing: the locations are coastal spots in Denmark.

Olle,

Udsholdt is a very nice place to fish - quite popular and sometimes crowded, but with fine conditions when the wind isn't on.

Right now it's getting really warm here, and I would recommend trying early mornings and evenings. Sunrise and sunset is your best bet for sea trout. There might still be a few garfish around, but most have gone now. If you walk along the beach in dayight, don't forget to watch out for mullet. We haven't really seen any yet, but any day now...

And remember to look before you wade. In the morning you will sometimes have fish all into the shallow water close to the beach. Walk along the beach and keep an eye on the water. These fish will often show themselves.

If the wind turns west or any northern direction, don't bother. The northern beaches will become dirty very quickly and stay so for days after hard winds.

Good luck!

Martin

I live in florida no

I live in florida now but I have spent countless hours on hendricksons pool. what memories what a fishery. if anyone needs advice i know the insects personally. great pics

Hi Kasper, really ni

Hi Kasper, really nice article, I wil tie some of your flies and try these on the million mullet swimming around Biscayne Bay in Florida. I will try also the mullet shrimp for trout in my native Patagonia.

whats wrong with usi

whats wrong with using 25lb nylon and just melt the end with match ...perfect and cheaper than a hair brush

Hi Brian,

thanks

Hi Brian,

thanks for the comments. Carp was taken at 13:03 p.m. We took ten carps and lost 5, biggest was this and smaller were in the 6 to 7 pounds, reaaly fun!!

Thats a real nice fish,

Thats a real nice fish, congrats! Can't wait till the season opens up here in The Netherlands (it's closed season now until the end of May due to spawning period :evil: )

Hi Terry over in the

Hi Terry over in the UK we have shops called hobby craft they sell dozens of A4 sheets of foam in many many colours. Have you got anything like that over there, their must be hobby shops somewhere , if not i will send you some brown foam. thanks Jan

I've tied so many fl

I've tied so many flies and thrown so many since I viewed the DVD that I'm exhausted thinking about Mullet. They jump over my flies, they swim underneath them, they taunt me every second that I spend hunting them. I lay on the rocks, casting on my back, crouching like a crab and walking the same, and still no Mullet.Why? Why? Why? HELP me please.