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Great fly - must be

Great fly - must be a winner !

Jim,

Assessing th

Jim,

Assessing the value of a split cane (bamboo) rod on a mere description is close to impossible. You will need to take it to someone who knows about rods or present good photos to such a person. A general description of the process of valuing a rod can be found on Flyanglers Online.

Martin

Sir: I recently ret

Sir: I recently returned from a week long vacation to Keystone, Colorado. I tried my hand at fly fishing while there. In conversation with the guide that we worked under I told him about an old fly rod that my father passed on to me many, many years ago. I was advised to look at the handle area of the rod to possibly "date" the rod. The only inscription on the handle is: "I Deal" by Heddon. Can you determine the value of this rod as an antique by the inscription? I would appreciate a reply. Jim Lokhaiser, Butler, Pa.

Kai,

Kai,
don't be upset, there is nothing wrong with the Steelhead face and for the other part, plastic surgery can do miracles,
TL
Florian

Sweet fly.

Sweet fly.

Re: Fishing in croatia

I quess you're already on an airplane, if not then have a look at this site and this site. It's about the Gacka and the Kupa, 2 well known and good trout rivers in Croatia (at least it seems that way, never been there myself). Thigt lines!

Amazing

Hi Kai,

I am always impressed what people can do with photoshop and other various graphic programs.

Nice pictures - shame about the face!!!!! 😄

Looking forward to the GFF summit and seeing you again Kai.

Rippers

I agree with you who

I agree with you wholeheartedly on the burnt goose sold as spey hackle. The stuff is horrible, and short of some clever saltwater tyer finding a use for it, anyone who packages it for sale should be tarred and feathered.
Goose, however, is not a complete a complete waste. If you get the packs of plain old goose shoulders(dyed almost any possible color) and split them yourself, you've got some wonderful hackle material with long fibers. You still need to give them a in bleach solution to keep the fibers from clumping together.(Make sure you do the bleach bath after you split the feathers.)
Even though you may destroy half a pack of feathers trying to split them, it's still worth it since the feathers are relatively inexpensive, you'll get better at splitting the feathers with a little practice.
After splitting you may find yourself with some thick stem material. That's okay since the fibers are fairly long on many goose shoulders and you only need to palmer through half the fly.
I'll send you off a couple of photos later.
Tight Lines,
Jerry Dedo

The knot bites

Justin,

The knot grips the fly line coating very firmly, and will "bite" into it. The only times these knots seem to fail is when the coating comes off the fly line too easily. I have never had one of these nailless nail knots fail on me (knock on wood!).

Martin

This is "Polish" [fr

This is "Polish" [from Poland] nymph!

Larry,

I just add

Larry,

I just added a last chapter on leaders and tippets. This should answer your question. For your 7½' #4 rod I would recommend a 7-9' leader ending in a 4-5X tip and a foot of 4, 5 or 6X monofilament tippet. That will give you a pretty generally useful setup... hopefully.

Martin

I need help with lea

I need help with leader to fly line, how long is the leader, and where and what the heck is a tippet anyway and do i definately need one or can i just use a 2 to 6 lb leader. also, how long should the leader be. fly rod is a #4 7 1/2 ft.
thanks

This has been really

This has been really really helpful for me. I'm making the switch over from coarse fishing to fly and hadn't got a clue what I was doing. Thankyou so much

re: that chair...goo

re: that chair...google "air chair"...I've got a knock-off...When I say I'm just hangin' around, I really am! TWO (2) thumbs up!

re: CRAP!!!!..."Where was I"...sorry, "just hangin' around!" Too bad I missed the cut...I posted my DualTube on flyfishingforum a few years ago and posted here sometime last August...maybe I'll make "Tubez part Deux, the Next Generation"
Go figure!?

Tell us about that c

Tell us about that chair.

Really nice book!

Really nice book!

Good lookin pictures Rodney.

Good lookin pictures Rodney. I might just have to venture south for a couple days fishing this year. It's been several years since I fished the Thompson. Thanx for the idea

And don't forget variations

And don't forget variations on a Hornburg. They work great in the skim.

Very nice article, t

Very nice article, thanks for the information. Will try it also with a crab pattern in Patagonia.

Hi Martin - again,

Hi Martin - again,
I am working a setup for joining you all late saturday evening on some good looking stretch of danish coastline, and staying until the "the end" sunday. I can give you a final answer in a day og two.

Marck

CRAP !!!!! where wer

CRAP !!!!! where were you when I was putting my book "Tube Flies Two:Evalution" together, I just gotta send this to my Neurosurgeon who fishes Stripers in your neck of the World. WELL DONE

Worst come to worst you could

Worst come to worst you could always add a bit of foam as a personal floaation device,
TL
Florian

I am like Doug

I am like Doug, where would I get a tube holder? I really liked the video.

nice variation to th

nice variation to the normal "look at this fish!" shot..... very nice!
Regards Kasper