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Florian,

Although I have caught big trout on very small flies, I have also had some smaller fish on huge flies. I remember one from back when I did a lot of float tubing, and trolled a cod fly tied on a 2/0 hook behind the tube as I was paddling towards the shore. The fly was a good 20 cm (or about 8 inches) and the fish probably 35 or 14 inches or so. The fish could barely open its mouth wide enough to gape over the hook, but still struck with vigor! It was pretty deeply hooked by the large hook.
Maybe it didn't want to eat the "quarry", but just scare it. Judging from the hook set, it looked like it wanted to swallow everything, though.

The same fly caught me the biggest fish I ever got from the tube. Same technique, same vigor, but this fish was more like 90 centimeters or 35 inches. A slim winter fish, but still a decent catch.

I rarely fish with flies that large, but my experience from fishing my normal fly sizes (up to 4-5 centimeters or a couple of inches) is that fingerlings in the 10-20 centimeter or 4-8 inch range will willingly strike at these flies and ever so often get hooked.

Greedy little fish
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This one was caught spin fishing. The lure is about one third to half the size of the fish, but of course slimmer (seen in the background)
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Martin

Submitted by John Morton on

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I got these boxes ex Chine at about NZ $5 a box. Site to follow up is
alibaba.com. The same boxes are selling here at $99-00 - a rip off.
I have double sided ones with waterproof clear lids. Glue is not good so have redone them with superglue

Submitted by willard oleson on

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After reading many diaparaging remarks by some on this technique, I find it a lot like the old nymph fisherman who did everything by feel. This tecnique is all about your ability to feel the movement of the flies and the take by the trout. I fished this just this last weekend with Lance Egan, world champion, and find it to very effective and enjoyable. Fishing is all about catching fish and I have ample opportunity living within three and a half hours of both the Green and South Fork of the Snake not to mention both the Provo and Weber rivers. I love dry fly fishing but in most cases the majority of the fish are feeding in the zone, on the bottom and either you fish there or you leave with a sore arm and no fish.

Thanks everyone, Barry & Mike and Scott, Your comments are always greatly appreciated.Kelly, Jim, and Armando you are very kind. This one kind of reflects back to my days of Salmon Fly tying.

Submitted by :David Walters… on

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Still have two MM's unopened and waiting for the 'just' right occasion. Keep missing the visit to the distillery ~ I have passed it several times, timing not there but I will succeed... :)

Submitted by Joel Sstansbury on

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Thanks guys! I have about a dozen or so bottles unopened, but those are collectors editions, including the famous"Blue Label' bottle. Go cats!!!! Another NBa draft team in the making by the time March gets here!

Submitted by 1737246326 on

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This is a really awesome fly reel. I've never seen anything like it. It's in a class by itself

David,

Usually all parts of a rod are the same length, but of course there might be variations.

Missing a bit of the tip does sound like the rod has been broken. I personally have two rods that have tip sections, which are ½-1 inch shorter than the other sections, but I know why: I broke off the tips! I fell with one rod and the other one hit a lamp or pipe in a room where I was waving it around to "test" it.
All I did was move the top guide from the broken off part to the remaining part, and I must say that both rods are equally good and the difference - if any - is so subtle that I can't feel it.

I have no idea whether your rod has been broken or not, but that could be a possibility.

But if the rod feels good and casts and fishes as it should, I wouldn't worry about it.

Martin

Submitted by David LIM on

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Need Help:
Just bought a St Croix legend Ultra fly rod 9 ft 6 wt 4 pc.
Found the last 2 top sections have different length. The tip section is about 0.25 iches shorter.
Is it normal?
Thanks for your reply.

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