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A couple of days bef

A couple of days before I caught one sea trout on this fly. I was not able to catch fish for whole day so I tied this fly (blue type one) on my tippet and in ten minutes the fish around 45 cm was on.

Gozo or Malta

Kasper my friend,
You are a gem! Thanks for this, I was beginning to despair of the sense in taking a fly-rod. Now I'll see if I can squeeze in two!

Tight lines in the coming season my friend.
If you want to come to Devon, give us a shout.
Les

Les,

Les,

maybe you can find some info here:

http://www.medflyfish.com/index2.html?

http://www.maltabookers.com/fishesofmalta.html

http://www.midcurrent.com/news/2003/12/fly_fishing_the_mediterranean.ht…

Remember to bring your camera, so we can see some photos from your trip.
Kasper

Les,

Les,

you are not the only one looking for a GFF summit 2007. I am sure Martin is thinking of something...

Kasper

cheers,keep up the g

cheers,keep up the good work.

Mike,

Pike hook s

Mike,

Pike hook sizes can cause some controversy, but my own attitude is that you should choose whatever size suits you and works for you. Swedish pike master Soren Essebo uses hooks as small as 4's and 6's for his pike flies and catches a lot of pike, while others prefer large hooks like the ones you use. Personally I'm inbetween. The hook should be lightweight and castable but still durable and able to contain materials for a large fly. Depending on the style of hook I have landed on something between 2 and 2/0 for most my flies.

Martin

Im a kiwi living in

Im a kiwi living in Ireland.I started fly fishing for pike last year and am hooked.I tie my own chook sized flies on a No 6-0 hook,is this a bit big?Ive caught a lot of pike on em,do you think a 2-0 is better?

Chadwick's lost the dye

Chadwick's lost the dye recipe for 477 some 30years or so back in a fire, the nearest colour to follow it was their 454 but that was discontinued around 20years ago with all the other darning wools they made. 477 comands very high prices indeed - you do see it on ebay now and again, and it often reaches £40.+ per card. I have heard it go to £100+ in some cases.There are numerous substitutes on the market, its just a matter of trying different ones until you are happy with the results.
John

Hi there,

Hi there,
Welcome to the forum, I wil p.m. you a list of sites that I have compiled that include many of the best salmon related tying sites you should need to get started with.
Regards
John

Please P.M. me as the email link didn't seem to work, I am <jthorsfall@hotmail.co.uk>

Tom,
Can you tell u

Tom,
Can you tell us the name of the lodge or hotel where you stayed?

You are not the only

You are not the only one with this problem. I received the same sort of kit and no instructions. I assume that one has to tease the end of the braided loop and push the fly line into it and then pull the tube/sleeve supplied over the join?? Using glue would seem to be useless as the tube would stick to the join, I have experimented with a bit of tube and this is the case. There seems to be an assumption by the line suppliers that we are all experts?

This has become a co

This has become a constant producer and a major staple in my box. As a trailer, I tie it with a glass bead. Slays them on the White River System

Used some on picky t

Used some on picky trout pa stream. Worked very well.

Nice Fish. Good pic

Nice Fish. Good pick up.

Hi Bob, Your web pag

Hi Bob, Your web page is outstanding and it shows all the places I fish on the Beaverkill and area rivers and streams. I caught my first trout on the Beaverkill standing on Piano Rock at Hendrickson Pool .This area I was the person that developed the newer version of the Thorax Dry Fly that is the most popular tied these days and during this time I develope Overton's Wonder Wax .. I now live in Libby, Montana that is much like the Roscoe area .
So I thank you for what you have done here...Glenn Overton

Well-done!!! P/s kee

Well-done!!! P/s keep going...................don't stop.

You may wish to try

You may wish to try your luck at exoticfarms@gmail.com. This guy owns a small farm, limited kills per year but absolute quality and value, just make sure to rub him along the grain....:-)

exoticfarms@gmail.com

Hey, I think I know

Hey, I think I know that "polletje", Ed

Great pics. use them

Great pics. use them for backgrounds on my computer, keep up the good work.

You can find tubes a

You can find tubes and tube kits at most fly tying shops, you can use q-tips, the ones with the hollow plastic tubes, or you can use tubing (plastic or metal) found at hobby stores. Most common sizes to use for tube flies are 1/8" or 3/32" OD (outside diameter). If you are using a metal tube, you will have to line it with a hollow plastic tube to prevent cutting your leader.

Dada,

Dada,

I start fishing for them late in the afternoon, until deep into the night, the most productive time usually is dusk.

Tight lines

Ill try, thank you.....

Ill try, thank you.....

And last question, I hope...... When youre fish for them? Morning, night? Thanks....

Thanks for wonderful

Thanks for wonderful flies that have some of the neatest symmetrical head wraps I've seen. this is the page that inspired me to start a Soft hackled or Winged wet fly swap in my favorite online forum. OzarkAnglers.com

great flys for brown

great flys for browns rainbows and perfect for ambushing land lock salmon.It doesn't get much better than this.