Skip to main content

Recent comments

I colour the nylon line with black pen FIRST, then melt it you get a little black ball on the enmd of clear mono.
Then coat the eye in tuffleye (www.wetahook.net) - sets in seconds with the UV light a quick dab of clear nail polish to end and you're done. I've completed a set of eyes in 20 seconds.

Submitted by Sandy Moret on

Permalink

This complicates something so simple to the absurd. I doubt I would have ever taken up fly fishing if all that stuff mattered.

Submitted by Todd on

Permalink

Was wondering what aut string to be used? How many different muddlers there are? I am new to the fly fishing scene.

Submitted by Petr on

Permalink

Dear all,
I'm fisherman from the Czech Republic. I have to say that czech nymph (bobesh) is quite popular. However, dry flies during grayling season are more important here.

Submitted by Bergthor on

Permalink

You who can fish for seatrout in the sea are so lucky we here in Iceland dont do that we wait til it runns our rivers and that is only from late july to late october...

Submitted by 1737246394 on

Permalink

Gentlemen as an icelander and a fisherman rivers like the west ranga have allmost no natural stock for it is very cold and with a gravel bottom with sandy flows in it so salmon has problems spawning in it.. I have fished the west river many a time and most of what I catch I kill for food and if somone wanted me to stop killing and buy farm raised fish I say to him have you tasted the differance in those 2 fish.. It is so differrent that I would never swap wild for farmfish...

Steve's Leadercalc is a tremendous resource for anyone wanting to develop an understanding of what is involved in tying your own leaders. He was compiling his wealth of information on leaders at the same time I was writing Drag Free Drift, and as I was in the final stages of the manuscript, he graciously agreed to allow it to be included (in an earlier version) as an appendix to the book. Leadercalc is one of the great free gems Global Flyfisher offers readers, and is a credit to this fine resource

Thanks Martin...

it is great here and warm

I hope that it will stay the same when I come back, but I'll use those flies in any weather probably...as long as the water stays clear enough..

for now:

greetings from Athens ;-)

F

Hi Matthias

I have sent you a mail.

Thank you for the kind offer! Let me know if I can return the favor.

Cheers,
Martin

Submitted by Larry Doyle on

Permalink

After all these years of looking at the similar diagrams, this one has provided a comprehensive understanding in a flash.

@ Joerg and Vesper:

Scale down. Everybody who does not know the country (and in this way does not know how things work in Russia) should not judge.

It remembers me a little how some German politicians telling other poeple how democracy should look in their countries.

Rgds,
Ole

Hi Martin,

I actually live in San Diego and you can contact me when you want to go fishing. If I am around I can take you fishing, subject to my working schedule. I travel a lot.

Depending on the time of the year there are several things to do, not all of them are fly fishing thogh.

Two websites to check out:

sdfish.com......the local fishing board

Try also a search on the web for Conway Bowman and Mako Shark on the Fly.

I do have a boat and we can go shark fishing, if you want, but no guarantees though. These beast are tricky.

Let me know when you are in San Diego.

Tight Lines

Check your message box

Matthias

Submitted by Brian Jones on

Permalink

Hello,
Very interesting tying and pattern of the BWO, I stumbled over this page looking for BWO patterns to tie for my trip to the provo river in Utah next April. If you could further help with American style patterns and fly sizes I would be very gratefull.
Kindest regards, Brian Jones, gwynedd North Wales.

Submitted by Richard Bursua on

Permalink

Here in the States this method we refer to as "high sticking" and takes can be seen by watching the bow in the line as you lead the offering downstream. One must strike often as delays caused by bottom structures can mimick a hit. Enjoyed the article and will be using the technique in Missouri in a couple of weeks.

[quote:8ced8ae5dc="Fish"]Fresh for the season opening![/quote:8ced8ae5dc]

Fish,

Those are good looking flies! I cross my fingers for some sunny, calm and dry weather in your neighborhood.

Martin

Submitted by George Ruetters on

Permalink

This is excellent reference material. Would it be possible for some one to write some pieces on how to make the best use of something like a hare mask, wood duck skin, etc.?

Submitted by tomasz dyduch on

Permalink

Hello
I like this picture very much but sharpness is a little bit too poor :( View is excelent.
br

Since you got this far …


The GFF money box

… I have a small favor to ask.

Long story short

Support the Global FlyFisher through several different channels, including PayPal.

Long story longer

The Global FlyFisher has been online since the mid-90's and has been free to access for everybody since day one – and will stay free for as long as I run it.
But that doesn't mean that it's free to run.
It costs money to drive a large site like this.
See more details about what you can do to help in this blog post.