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can you use a braide

can you use a braided leader? Like Power Pro or Suffix Braid in a really light gauge? I just got my first fly rod and will be setting it up tomorrow. I found your info quite useful, thanks.

I am trying to figur

I am trying to figure out what shooting head lenght I need for my new 13' # 8 Scott ARC.
What do you recommend? Unfortunately I'm a novice two hander after 40 yrs. of fishing.

Good idea to tie them this way, I have spend too much time lately on the tying bench so I have to hold back a little before I try it.
I am going to do a float trip in Alaska mid of July, that is in connection with a business trip and I decided it late, so I had to tie a lot of pacific salmon flies. My better half has already asked the question "do you now have enough flies".
I have still taken a few soft hacles from the stock and put them in the box for grayling and rainbows. We'll see what happens.
TL
Florian

Summit 2007 Flyswap

Summit 2007 Flyswap sounds a great idea to me, though we don't catch sea-trout in the sea here so its difficult to have a favourite. However, I'll think of something x21 (or however many). Maybe tie you all a bass-fly!

Les

That's going to be a

That's going to be a lot of flies, 21 people and counting, it's the same amount of flies i use in a 3 year period. It's my luck that i've got a new favorite fly ;o)
Kidding aside i'll have to pass on this otherwise great idea, because i haven't tied so many flies (alltogether) the last two years, and i'm a bit to lazy to sit my a.. down and tie 25 dark honeys :o) it will take two much af my mullet fishing time. :o)

Looking forward to seeing you all on Fyn.

Regards Jesper

Kasper.

I'm in on

Kasper.

I'm in on that one, I have a personal favourite: a magnus with some blue dubbing in the body and a purple teal front-hackle. I've caught my last several Seatrouts on that fly (very few exceptions) all through winter and up until a couple of weeks ago.
Anybody else in on this one?

-Jari

Can you please tell

Can you please tell me how and the material used to make your rubber band construction?

Thank you for your time,
~Mark

Kai,

Kai,
This is totally untrue.

If the design of your fly has leaked out is was not through this source, as I have not and would not sell details of our secret fish-seeking missile - except for a very large sum of money. Or, perhaps, a Sage rod.

Mercifully - now the secret is out - this model is obsolete, as you have now tied up version V26.412.007. I should have the printed circuit boards ready for the next production run by Sunday.

Looking forward to trying it out in September.
Les

GFF '07 fly box.
T

GFF '07 fly box.
There's a promotional item. Great idea. Should we get that going?
Each participant ties his or her favourite fly and hand them out.
What about T-shirts?
Kasper's full of ideas.
Rip

Kai's secret revealed.

I managed to get a hold of the secret Kai fly.
This an actual copy of the fly that Kai used and Kai is pictured holding and priming the fly.
Les is seen observing (right) and is said to have "sold" a blueprint of the fly to an unknown source.
Investigations are currently being carried to find out if this fly named "GFF '06" will be used to further Kai's catch rating at the next GFF summit.
Les refused to comment.

Mr Scripts
Fly Daily Post

Hi Kasper,
Sounds l

Hi Kasper,
Sounds like a good idea, I have already tied up a few for Ripley and Steve, they will have to try them on thier friday trip.
( I dont believe they will do as well as last year)
Paul

I believe these are

I believe these are Vossler reels, not Okuma

I like Okuma too!

A reel made by Rolls

A reel made by Rolls Royce - cooool! :-)

ALARM - Das Fly!!!

ALARM...

Am I not mistaken, but are those flies attached to some sort of propeller blades?

I have some questions...

Is Kai hoping to launch them or fire them?
Are they homing flies or wire guided?
What is the range?
Do they come with full safety's? We wouldn't want the flies coming back at us?

The plot thickens...

ALARM...

Ripley

Agreed totally- this

Agreed totally- this man's work is truly exceptional... remember this name!

Kai,
Good to see yo

Kai,
Good to see you're up for another Summit! Keep a fly or two for me - your last one worked the trick on my leader.

Look after that squirrel!
Les

Rip,

good point.

Rip,

good point.

Maybe we should all tie enough of our favorite fly to give one to each participant and we will all have a Summit Fly Box 2007?

Kasper

Kai's fly does work.

Kai's fly does work. I have seen it in action and snapped the picture to boot!

He might turn up with a box full of his winners but I'm darned sure he won't be leav'in with em!!!

Rip

Now I know why it turns

Now I know why it turns yellow... I've tying almost all my flies for many years with epoxy using toothpics and mixing over a pape sheets!!!!

There is no problem with small or dark heads. For poppers I use an epoxy resin made for finishing furniture surfaces. It is more liquid than ordinary epoxy and cures in 45 min., but turning the fly it is O.K. It lasts absolutely clear for many years, no one of my poppers tyed five or six years ago is yellowed.

I buy it from an Art Store. It is used for a glass finish on tables and for "country art".

Great link the wetahook.com, thanks Anselmo.

The Partridge and Hare is

The Partridge and Hare is certainly a fantastic fly. The entire line of soflhackles are worthy of inclusion in any well-tempered kit. I carry them from a size 8 to a size 18 and I've caught just about everything on them. if you want to try something just a bit different, use a bright flourescent orange thread to tie the P&H - it gives the fly a fine ruddy glow when wet. Dub lightly and use the brown hackles from a partridge. With this variation I'll often leave an 8" tag of thread from the tie in at the beginning, tie in the hackle butt first at the head (Stewart style), dubb the body and then wrap the hackle [i:07a1238058]back[/i:07a1238058] towards the tail. I'll then rib the body and wind through the hackle using the tag end and tie the whole thing off with a small neat head. tied this way the fly in almost indestructible, it has a great ribbed effect, and it tapers naturally towards the tail end.

Joe C.

Hi Nan,
hi Les,

it's very good to hear that you are going to join in!

But you don't have to fish in the cages, Rip and Steve had fished the first day last year.
I've tied a brand new fly, of witch Paul after our last trip said: "If I had that fly in my box,
it was surely the last thing I want to have on the end of my leader!"
But it catches - that's proven for sure.

Looking forward to see you all again!

Kai

Hi Brian
Leervis/ga

Hi Brian
Leervis/garrick, elf/shad, grunter at De Mond, and Kabeljou will be the prime species that time of the year on fly. Poppers, decievers, clousers and some prawn patterns for the grunter etc all work. You just have to put in the hours. Get one of the Nedbank guides, they will give you excellent info. Regards Korrie Broos

Hi Joe,

Hi Joe,
one of my absolute favourites in this style of tying is the partridge and hares ear. Especially with difficult trout and grayling fished upstream dead drift with the occasional rod tip twitch to move it has done a lot for me. The trick is to lift it just a little and get the soft hackle to move.
TL
Florian