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I will be there Saturday

To all folks attending the FFFD Fly Festival in Kolding the upcoming weekend,

I expect to be there almost all Saturday - no set plans for the day, but we might do a bit of coordination, and meet at 1 o'clock (13:00) this Saturday (April the 18th) by the stairs just inside the main entrance.

I will try to look like myself and wear my GFF cap and I might even bring some extra caps, which can be acquired for close to nothing - which is about 20 Euros or 150 DKK.

I still never got around to selling them on the site... sorry to those who tried to purchase by mailing me. There are good reasons for failing them, but I'm still sorry.

Hope to see you all Saturday. You might drop a note here if you expect to come.

PS: I don't expect to be back Sunday, so it's Saturday or bust.

Martin

Nice atricle Martin,

Nice atricle Martin,

Ive been using the flexi-stripper for about a year now, and must say that I really like it. Although I have never been a great caster, I definatly notice more distance with the flexi-stripper, which if anything is good for my ego. But the thing that is really great, is that my hands don't get as wet, the line is not being pulled from the water when false casting, which is a big plus during them colder months on the Danish coast.

Having said that, I will be giving Hans Jacobs method a try, sounds like a very good idea.

Paul

Hi Mike!

Hi Mike!
To enjoy the trip we need at least two more people to go with us.If we found nobody we won't go. But if we do I'll try to write a report with some photos.
Michal

Hi Michal, hope you have a

Hi Michal, hope you have a great time, perhaps you could do a trip report for everyone with some pics of all those fish when you get back? I for one would like to read about it.
All the best.
Mike.

I use size 10's with hook

I use size 10's with hook offset, Yep anything orange works ! Don't worry about patterns as the garfish will more than likely destroy the fly !

They will be here soon in Horsens Fjord. The seatrout fishing in Horsens Fjord is excellent at the moment with lots of silver fish being caught.

Steve

How many times? "There are NO

How many times? "There are NO Fish on fyn !" :P :)

Great news Martin ! I was

Great news Martin ! I was just speaking to Paul yesterday on the phone about this years summit.

Count me in ! It will be great to see all the faces again in one place !

Steve

I`ve used a line tra

I`ve used a line tray for quite a few years now, and I guess it`s the same as with a lot of other things, some people don`t need them, some find them very useful. I know I would`nt leave for the beach without one. Try one, then make up your own mind. Could be the best buy you ever made:-)

Cheers,
Peter

Biiiiiig fish !!!
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Biiiiiig fish !!!
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I would like to get

I would like to get the recipe for this pattern.

Love the look of thi

Love the look of this fly . What did you use to bond and form the tail ? Glue ? Heat ?

I personally have ne

I personally have never used any form of gadget or contraption.
I can see the advantages as well as the disadvantages Martin has pointed out. Nice article and I love the very first picture (top right: foot in coils).

All in all, the best item I can see is Sören Essebo's towel hook. I tried this some time ago and got it to work a treat.
As for line baskets, I have always thought they look strange and kind of silly and rates right up there with most other useless junk on the fly fishing scene you can do without.

I agree with Hans Jacob..."tangeling is part of the game". No one said that what ever you do and how you do it should be problem free or easy.
I have stood in the salt at Andros Island, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Tortola, Denmark and even the Falkland Islands in calm mirror like seas to a howling, bitter, blue finger, nose dripping nightmare in winter. I get coils and knots and other impossible tangles but have never let it get to me. It's part of the game.

I like these articles. Good and bad sides and some pretty "fine and dandy" alternatives. You decide but don't get sleepless nights and waste your money.

Last but not least...Don't buy what the fly fishing scene or some expert says you should have.

Shake a leg and get rid of those coils!!!

Rip Van Winkle.

Hi Martin
There is

Hi Martin
There is another even more obvious natural alternative to the bathtubs: simply pick up the line coils with your left hand fingers ( if you are a right hand caster of course). With a little practice its possible to handle a lot of shootingline with your fingers.

Using your fingers gives you several advantages. First, and maybe most important, you do avoid to buy, pack and carry another gadget. With the fingers its easy to keep the line clear of wawes and current, it gives you freedom to vary your stripping, it allows you to hold your rod and strippinghand where it feels natural and when the coils is slipping through your fingers it gives you better possibilities to add resistance to the shootingline to form those tight and sexy loops you need in windy conditions.

How do you avoid tangeling of the line? Well, as you all know tangeling is part of the game no matter if you use fingers, basket, tray, stripper or whatever fancy gadget. But if you want to use your fingers first of all use a minute or two to stretch the shooting part of your line so it forms nice even coils. Then you should mix between large and small coils as you vary your stripping and put the first one or two coils round your index finger, the next ones around your f*ckfinger and so on. If you use thin monofil shootingline like flatbeam, let the lower third of the coils be submerged in the water. When fishing short distance from a riverbank with brush and other obstackles I normally carry 10 meters shootingline (plus the shootinghead) in tight coils around 30 cm diameter. When I wade fishing longdistance I carry 15-20 meter shootingline in 5-7 large coils.

So gentlemen, save the money and effort and enjoy when the line is whizzling through your fingers into that murky water.

Thight lines and again and again......

Hans Jacob

Coming to my backyar

Coming to my backyard! Fantastic! :D Let me know if you want ideas for October because I have lots. Most visitors tend to limit themselves to the Fraser Valley, which is too bad because there are so much more to see. I'm coming back to DK on May 4th btw, for two months. :)

This is FANTASTIC!!!

This is FANTASTIC!!! Love your website. I am from California, 56 years old. My wife and I love to fly fish.

Great Review, The bo

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yes, yes...good work

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Aloha! We guide for NervousWater Fly Shops at times. I guide occasionally, but my son Joaquin is a very savvy guide, and excells in sight fishing and spotting fish for our clients. We have a small boat, and our rate is $ 350 a day, close to half of what some new guides are now charging. We are second in experience here only to Ollie Owens. I have been guiding over 40 years. My website is www.louiethefish.com and we really know Oahu's best kept secret spots, and we have a number of very special flys we have invented that work when all else fails, and we easily have the very best catch rate for bonefish on the fly in all of Hawaii, hands down!! Hope to see you here.....Louie

Hey,
What the heck

Hey,
What the heck is in its mouth??

Labas,

Graži n

Labas,

Graži nuotrauka Tadai. Top marks from me.

Never tried Suktinis. The wife says it's good.

Iki
Ripley

Thank you ;)

Thank you ;)

Hi Mike,

Hi Mike,

one of the best DVDs about spey casting & techniques I can recommend is the "Rio´s Modern Spey Casting" with Simon Gawesworth. The DVDs show what it takes to understand that way of casting, standard casting, trick casts as well as techniques in all details and the know-how, also bio-kinetic movements. This is pure technique!

Lykke til and Tight Lines,

Frank

Dear folks,
You hav

Dear folks,
You have a superb site. I have tied some of the patterns and they have proved most productive, especially the massawippi smelt and the songo smelt. Cheers and continued good work.