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You will live on the

You will live on the wrong side of the world Bob! 21deg C & blue sky here in Melbourne Australia. We have just had 100mm of rain over 3 days & the rivers look fantastic for the coming weeks.
Regards from Dave Cook

i like the fishing t

i like the fishing trips in the red sea we use a small boat i want to knaw what is the best way we could use in this kind of fhishing 1/best deeps 2/best techniqe 3/best time(morning_night) because fishing in sault water completly diffrent i hope you accept my question and i preciate ur enterest

Dear All, thank you

Dear All, thank you very much for all the impressions from the Danish coast and other destinations all over the world. Thanks for so many tying ideas, new patterns, lovley photos etc
Merry X-mas to all of the GFF members

Helge

Thanks a lot for wis

Thanks a lot for wishes. I wish all of you very Merry Christmas and happy New Year, ful of hapiness and successes. Best regards and tight lines

As always - so many

As always - so many nice pictures.
Merry Christmas to you Martin and all of your GFF-partners. I hope Santa was good to you all.
And Kudos for maintaining the best fly fishing site on the internet.
/Mats

My wife's Uncle Bob

My wife's Uncle Bob Ballou (Ai Ballou's oldest son) recently sent her copy of the Article "The Steamers Flies of Bert Quimby" dated 10/30/07. The author of the article wondered out loud, why Quimby was at the mouth of the Songo River on Sebago Lake, when he first met my wife's grandfather Ai Wellington Ballou. I met Ai Ballou very few times, too my regret. Truely, a wonderful man and sportsman. Quimby met Ai Ballou at the mouth of the Songo River because that was where the Salmon were. My vivid memory recalls the stories he would tell of his fishing feats as well as the stories behind each "trophy catch". My summer home is on Crescent Lake, in Raymond and he therefore told of the many times he would trek to the "Migis Lodge" fish with his friends at the mouth of the Songo.
His fly tying laboratory (small upstairs corner room)was a marvel with all the bird feathers he gathered from around the world. My best recollection was the story of the patch of grey dog fur that he had stored away in a bottom drawer and the story of how he got the dog's owner, a 9 year old girl, who he extolled to cut off a swatch of this dog's fur. This dog fur became the heart of his famous and very successful fly he named after the dog. "Growling Bill" was to go down in Ai's book as a favorite of his flies. Have any of your readers any knowledge of "Growling Bill" fly?

Happy and blessed Ch

Happy and blessed Christmas everyone, and thanks for the best web-site on the WWW.

Les and Nan Austin

Martin,

Merry Chr

Martin,

Merry Christmas to you and all the GFF Partners and Readers. Thanks for all the wonderful posts and podcasts and also for giving all your readers a Global perspective on Fly Fishing.

Merry X-mas and a fi

Merry X-mas and a fishy 2008 :)
...and now, off to the table...

Carlos,

Thanks fo

Carlos,

Thanks for reading - and contributing to our picture gallery!

Martin

Merry Christmas Mart

Merry Christmas Martin and partners!!

Happy New Year!!

And thanks for all that you gave to us!

I hope Santa and his blonde

I hope Santa and his blonde friend will be generous for everyone 8)
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Merry Christmas!

They would probably

They would probably catch a fish... but considering the choice of thread, the odds of it coming up to two or even three seems poor.

Very nice article. Certainly nicer than those flies...
/Niclas

Thank you very much for the

Thank you very much for the information AndrÃÂ© :wink:

I watched ÃËrretboms 2 and i will watch the third part now !

I think after the ÃËrretboms 3 movie i will take the next airplane to there :lol:

Best Regards
Feridun

thanks so much, i am

thanks so much, i am dario an italian fisherman, this has enlightend me very much. keep up the great job.

Wow!! That is gigant

Wow!! That is gigantic. How can you pick that up? Is it heavy.

Martin:

Martin:
Can't tell you where but there is fishing from the surf out there. A friend from another list took a job out there and he posted several fishing reports about fishing the surf and some of the fresh water lakes out that way. You might do a web search and see what you can find. I think Dan Blanton has web site where you might find some information.
When I'm traveling for work, and I know I'm going to have some free time, I usually pack my travel rod in my luggage, along with a box of flies, a vest, and since I go to warm places, some wading boots. So far all my stuff has arrived in one piece.

Jerry C
"All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."

To Michael Nielsen -

To Michael Nielsen - mail me at - johnyelland@eject.co.za - and I will give you all the details of our Okavango Tigerfishing trips including activities for non-fisher people! This year we ran two back-to-back flyfishing trips and caught huge fish - a total of eleven fish of over 10lbs - and lots of fish - very exciting stuff! Best wishes - John Yelland - Upstream Flyfishing - Cape Town - South Africa.

Dear Rolandas;
it w

Dear Rolandas;
it would never come to my mind going to a foreign country and not obey the rules or fishing etiquettes - you bettter should have named your article "Poaching in Kola"...

Black Duck has been

Black Duck has been out of business for a few months now. I bought a couple of bottles of their head cement before they went under. It's nice head cement; too bad they went under.

I like this pattern,

I like this pattern, it shows a good bit of invention - now where's my white sili legs!

Very classy display

Re: Spey casting

[quote:c1f271654d="Mike Thomas"]I think I am more roll casting than spey casting.
So can anyone recomend a DVD or a book on Spey casting? I would take some lessons but no one seems to teach Spey casting down here in N.Z.[/quote:c1f271654d]

Mike,

Try to learn the underhand cast - also referred to as the Scandinavian Spey cast. It's less complex and a lot easier to master and something you can learn in an hour or two - and master in a year or two... ;-)

The "real" Spey cast (Falkus style) is not as well suited for modern rods and lines in my view.

And regarding learning: I can only concur with the recommendation of Henrik's DVD's. His latest is on the Scandinavian Spey cast. [url=http://henrik-mortensen.com/en/content/volume-4-scandinavian-spey-cast]… more on his web page[/url]. His recent book in Danish is being translated to English right now and should be out soon.

But the best way to learn is definitely to get instruction. Send me a ticket and I will be more than happy to show you! ;-) I will even bring my own rods and lines...