Hi Kasper,
New to this and had a ball playing with eyes today. Out of desperation pulled mono off old fishing pole and used clear nail polish just so that i could make one of the shimps with real eyes. Thanks, still trying to learn terms and hooks types love the art of tying dont even have a rod yet:)
I know how you feel! I CAN'T WAIT for the water to open up!!
Damn where are these lekker possies u are fishing at?
What part of the Vaal were u fishing when this was taken?Please let me know
It's just a pity the Vall river system isnt as clean as the Zambezi river.
czech nymph, hydrorsychidae larv, shrimpbrassie pheasant tail nymphs? I will appreciate it if you could please give me info on purchasins the above mentioned flies
[quote:f0e787442b]My biggest worry is that when I die, my wife will sell my fly rods for what I said I paid for them.[/quote:f0e787442b]
God, is that funny.
If you really want to do this on the cheap... I just made one of these from a 9 volt battery, a hunk of old guitar string and duct tape. Be sure to cover one terminal when not in use!
Great Site. Nice to see talk about things other than dry flies
[quote:8377c47a52="ASO"]Hey Burkala,
I hope to go to Turkey, Antalya in the middle of October this year. Is it not legal to fish trout in the period after October 1? And if it's legal, do you know where it's good to fish in the area?
Thanks, and kind regards
Asger
asgero@gmail.com
Denmark[/quote:8377c47a52]
Dear Asger,
Unfortunately the trout season in Turkey ends after 1 of October. I'd advise you to arrange your vacation to an earlier date because there are very nice locations where you can fish trout in Antalya. By the way, foreigners in Turkey need to attain a permit to fish in Turkey. Altough there are'nt much strict control, its appropriate to attain one may you face a official person. As for the locations, a can advise you the upper reaches of Dim and Manavgat streams. They are all turqouise streams where you can find lots of rainbow trouts.( all fugutives of fish farms ) But ýf you want to fish natural browns, you need to contact the locals or fishing companys, or I may be of help if I can arrange some spare time. You can contact me in person and I'll do my best when the time comes
Regards
Burak
bkalac@hotmail.com
I've had a tool I got from a doc for a number of years...The batteries died and I used a pipe cutter, making a cut about l to l 1/2 inces from the top, carefully separated the two pieces, took out the two dead batteries and inserted some new ones, put it back together using friction tape to seal the cut and "olay" its good for another round...
Nice article...Over the years I went the painted eye route and you have to have steady hands or its fouled up... I know that Goop is pretty good but I feel I have an easier and quite a bit faster way of doing this...It works on thread, hair, paint, balsa, bar bell eyes, you name it and it sticks...It dries clear, does not stick your fingers together as super glue does and costs about $3.00 to $4.00 a bottle (can't remember what I paid for it as I had it a number years)...The product is called Jewel Glue Mfg by Delta Technical Coatings Inc,, Whittier Ca 90601 and was developed for gluing glass beads etc onto fabric ...I use doll eye style eyes that you can purchase in most hobby stores at reasonable prices..(Our area it is "Hobby Lobby")...You put a small drop on, put the eye on (I have a offset tweezers that you squeeze to open and it closes when you let go) with the tweezer and drop it and use a tooth pick to push it down...If you did it right, a small ridge of glue will come up and will help contain it where you put it...Let it sit for 24 hrs...To really make it stick you can coat the eye with Locktite Quick Tite (Brush Style) Super Glue...Try it...I hope it works for you as well as it did for me...
Great DVD's! I've seen them all and they are all three one of the best casting DVD's I've seen! Henrik doesn't promote Scierra in any way, he only wears the scierra blackwater waders and a scierra wading vest and in henrik's introduction it is mentioned that Henrik is a rod, reel and line designer for Scierra. Sometimes you get a glimp of his rod and you can see a scierra logo on the rod/reel. In my opinion that's pretty impressive to produce a dvd for Scierra without any direct promotion for the brand. So the accusations that there's too much Scierra on the dvd are nonsens.
TL
Hi,
So where can one get a copy of Ad Swier's book? I looked on amazon.com and amazon.co.uk and couldn't find it. Googling it didn't turn up much either.
Best regards,
Chris.
i like to fly fish warm waters from around october to mid april in the susquehanna river its the best i usually catch a lot of bass large and small mouth walleye and a couple of pike.Did you guys ever fish the susquehanna?
Hey Burkala,
I hope to go to Turkey, Antalya in the middle of October this year. Is it not legal to fish trout in the period after October 1? And if it's legal, do you know where it's good to fish in the area?
Thanks, and kind regards
Asger
asgero@gmail.com
Denmark
actually an 11wt might not be a bad Idea..... but if you are going to be casting all day I think you will be fine with a fast 8 or 9wt
Yeasterday I tied one epoxy miracle fly and it was not so difficult tying acording to the Kasper' s instructions.Polar fibre is very good material and I really like it.
I've made several of these over the years, the last for a 2 piece 9 1/2 foot 8 wt that was going in baggage when I flew back east. I went with an end cap I found in the hardware store that screws in flush with the end of the tube. It has an indented cross, like a huge phillips head screw, that requires a tool to open. I felt this would dicourage the merely curious from getting into it in transit. I also like to add a handle and shoulder strap that I pop rivet in place-but ALWAYS use a rod sock as the end of the rivet on the inside of the tube can scratch the rod.
Up until last year, I tied at the kitchen table and my outfit had to be "portable". God smiles on fools sometimes and the right sized containers happened to be on hand. My grandfather's cedar tackle box was just right to hold two plastic compartment boxes that held hooks, beads, and thread spools. The single tray held tools, glue, the vise base and my magnifying glasses. The vise just fit inside the lid clamped with the table clamp to an"L" shaped braket I screwed on. All my materials went into clear plastic page protectors, available with many varying sized pockets, in 3 ring binders. I always worked on the dull side of a piece of white poster board to protect the table and give good contrast to the materials and reflect the light.
A couple of other variations for this tie; Leave off the hackle collar, then cross the front biots and pull them down under the fly then split them with scissors- wah-lah, legs. Or, tie the front biots in as normal, then fold them back and tie them down. Trim them to 1/3 the length of the rest of the biot and color with brown marker- wing pads with wings emerging.
I built a bunch of these indicators using strips of craft foam (instead of yarn) and a box of "O" rings in different sizes I got a Harbor Freight for about $4. I still prefer red, green, pink Lil' Corkys for indicators. I cut a slot thru the side with a hobby saw so I can put them on the leader or move them past tippet knots without removing my fly. I peg them in place with pieces of round wooden toothpicks and they stay put pretty well. Two drawbacks; when my casting gets lazy, the leader can get stuck on the toothpick if it isn't trimmed short. I've also had trout hit the indicator instead of the nymph. I plan to start coloring the bottoms so they're less attractive.
For a great story of an incredible cast (er), read Frank Woolner's introduction to "Fly Fishing In Salt Water" by Lefty Kreh.
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