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Martin,

Had a clo

Martin,

Had a close one with one of my dogs on the river this weekend. You've not met her yet, shes a cocker spaniel with long floppy ears, who just loves the water. I was walking the bank and she was hunting the bushes along the rivers edge.

I realised I couldn't hear her and went to investigate by forcing myself through the bushes where I last heard her, only to find her hanging by her ears, tangled in the thorns of an overhanging a bramble bush, totally submerged in the current, and not moving a muscle.

I jumped in, ripped her off the brambles and threw her up onto the bank. Where she remained completley still. However, picking her up by her back legs and a good thump on her back did the trick.

After throwing up half of the Usk river and a bit of whining and coughing she seems none the worse for the experience. Though Im not sure she appreciated the rough treatment!

keiller Bug Yarn

Take a look,

5 days to go and nearly £50.00 including postage!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ORIGINAL-GENUINE-CHADWICKS-477-YARN-GRAYLING-KILL…

Im not sure Id pay £50.00 for some yarn. Having said that I have some capes that easily cost that. Whats the difference?

I have a really high

I have a really high end pair of Browning 5 MM neoprenes I've owned for 15 yrs. They were a real blessing after years of vinyl and rubber waders, especially for duck hunting in the winter. However, I haven't worn them for the past 5 years or more, since I got a set of lightweight breathables. Mine are Cabela's midrange priced GII's, about $100. US. Admittedly, we havent had many really cold winters lately, but I've worn these when we were breaking 2 inches of ice to set up decoys,late winter in Idaho. I wear polyproplene from head to toe-sox, mid weight long johns, hat. Then I layer fleece over it. I make sure I don't overheat during the really physical parts of carrying gear in, setting up etc. And I DON"T GET COLD!

I just looked up t

I just looked up the bleak to see what it looked like. I would think that one of the bait fish imitations tied with braided mylar tubing, with some sheet foam to deepen the body shape, and maybe a cone head to off-set the bouyancy would be a perfect imitation.

FYI- Fly tyer Magazi

FYI- Fly tyer Magazine, Winter 2003 has a good article on making foam bodies by gluing sheets of craft foam together, then cutting the bodies with a sharpened tube hammered thru the stack of foam. Some of mine were OK, but I do a terrible job of shaping them with a knife. The current edition suggests impaling the bodies on a needle, put the needle in a drill and shape conical bodies with an emory board.

Colin,

There isn'

Colin,

There isn't much recipe to the fly, actually: mylar tinsel in any color(s) you fancy, a hackle in front of that all tied in the back of a medium large pike hook - size 2 to 2/0 will probably work well.

Martin

Johan,

Follow the

Johan,

Follow the links in the fact box above these comments and ask the outfitters Upstream Flyfishing and FlyCastaway directly.

Martin

Great. I should hav

Great. I should have asked for the recipe. I am really enjoying the site Colin

Hi could you please

Hi could you please send us price list in (euro's) for one week fishing and staying at the camp for 2 people.
Regards
Johan

I wish I could the s

I wish I could the same about my black lab.
She's been fir hooked, tail hooked and more often than not, spooked by a passing fly.

My lab Karmen, will quietly enter the water without warning and many times I have been wading, she's swam by or swam in circles in front of me as if nothing was wrong!

Lately she's taken to resting on the shore until I hook a fish, then all hell breaks loose!!!

Rip

Colin,

This would

Colin,

This would work on pike anywhere. Pike are not exactly picky.

Martin

Bob,

He is a very

Bob,

He is a very good dog, and since this unfortunate incident he has only been "fur hooked" with no harm caused. He is still a bit anxious when under a low back cast, but most times he will just roam the beach, or lie or sit down behind me waiting for me to come back in.

The only time he really keys in on me is when I hook a fish. That wakes him up, but won't make him enter the water.

Martin

What a good dog. Be

What a good dog. Be more careful. Will ya?

Hi..I am going to N.

Hi..I am going to N.W.T.for pike for the first time. As a trout & salmon fly fisher the flies for pike sure are different. Would this be O.K. for my first try???

that is a very good

that is a very good looking asp i have some pictures of some good asps that i have caught here in baghdad iraq.

Chris,

59.75 DKK

Chris,

59.75 DKK (Danish Kroners) of which we get about 5-6 on the Dollar. So about 10-11 US$ or some 8 Euros.

Martin

59.75/pasos?

59.75/pasos?

the diagrams are a b

the diagrams are a brillant idea as well as the discripsions,as a new starter there is so much advise out there the simplere the better,thanks Steve

Just the thing

Just the thing for the CT and Rhode Island worm hatches for striped bass.

very nice,been usein

very nice,been useing burnt nylon eyes on crayfish patterns since 1976.can't be beat!

dore-lover,

The k

dore-lover,

The knot is called the nailless nail knot, and if you click on the picture you can see instrictions on tying it.

Martin

Stripping

So how fast do you strip it? I'm thinking it's slow but erratic.

Bassies

Nice. I bet the bassies would like it in various colors.

hi
what is the name

hi
what is the name of this know and how to make it thanks