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You could tie this i

You could tie this in different sizes to suit the location and the shy fish refusing a larger version. Just go down a size a size and see what happens. Start with Say a size 12 or 10 to start with. I am in Ireland. It would be great lake fly to fish for Brown Trout as it has a bushy appearance like the Irish Lake flies. I would fish it on a sunk leader or tippet.and retrieve it slow and steady.

Dale,

You buy it!

Dale,

You buy it! It's a Marc Petitjean product, available in many stores.
More information on his web page.

Martin

how do you make the

how do you make the magic head???

It's been 10 years

It's been 10 years since I got a note / email from Martin asking if I had anything at all to put up on GFF's website. Somewhere I think I still have that original correspondence!

I wrote a book column for about a year then like everyone life came at me fast and hard for a few years and the writing was put on a shelf. I see my 'columns' are still here!

Congratulations gentlemen on almost 15 years. You should be proud.

best regards, Jan Normandale / aka "the old fly fisher"

Hello from Arkansas,

Hello from Arkansas, USA! Nice fish!

Have built a few rod

Have built a few rods & fuss & fume at my guide alignment & marvel at the perfect guide placement of commercial makers. So there must be a method to attain this perfection with guides & dots for perfect assembly. Heck mine look O.K. but not as good as theirs. You always want your baby to be perfect.

It depends on the manufacturer

Leon,

Both contact and guarantee depends on the manufacturer and since we don't know what brand rod you have, we can't really help.

Martin

Can anybody help

hi,can anybody help me i have broken my flyrod and want to repair it in the factory but i can't find no e-mail adress in denmark is it also life garantie?
greatings leon

This is so amazing,

This is so amazing, what a movie. Probably one of the best I've viewed.. can't imagine what it would be like to actually experience this event in person.

Floo glue

You can use a product called floo glue instead of epoxy for all your flies ie heads and bodies of buzzers, dries really fast and hard, also a superb finnish, try two coats or more, fantastic. All my flies are finnished with floo glue much better i think than varnish

Hi , I am trying to

Hi , I am trying to find out what a permanent bend in built-cane rod is called? please can you help.
Please email yes or no to me at email address many thanks for your time
Regards William

Hi Steve, I find you

Hi Steve, I find your books full of extremy useful information and fantastic photogrphs. I have one question what method is called fully-hacled flies, I have in my mind it is palmered but not sure, could you let me know, thanks. William.

Well, I read it and

Well, I read it and set up my new rod. Now it looks awsome and ready to go.
Thank you,

Ps: It was easy to follow and set up for a first timer

Fish both ways

Gee it probably will fish both ways--maybe

I thougtI had tried

I thougtI had tried every way possible way but here are several you also missed.After a days fishing close to home I took my superb bamboo rod down and put it in the back seat of my car, drove over to my gun club as I knew they were tapping a fresh keg
that night. By now it was quite dark I finally found a parking space, turned off the engine, thought I had better place the rod in the trunk for safe keeping, after all the members were tapping a new keg that night. The car was a Plymouth salsemans coupe, they did not waste money on items which were not required so the trunk had no light. I slammed the trunk lid and heard one of the most fearsome sounds ever that right the bamboo made the horrific sound of breaking, probably serves me riht I should have gone directly home. The first chance I got I decided that the rod could not be repaired, the only solution was to build a new tip.but who could match this marvel of a tip? I decided to take it to my hangout in New York's Abercrombie & Fitch.
I told you this was a superb rod. I woefully approached the sales clerck to determine if I could afford a new tip.The clerck
examine therod a reported that the break could not be reraired. He reported that the only recourse was to order a new tip.
I said that I did not even know who built this one. He certainly saw that I must have had a desperate look and he said that he was the rod maker and introduced himself as Mr. Edwards. I feared that he would not have the time available to make me a new tip.. When I broached the subject he told me not to worry, that he knew a fine youg rod builder who could do the job for about $25.00 I felt like lucky Piere.

This is a short story While fishing on the Mirimichi from a conoe I was using two rods an eight footer for Dry flies and a nine footer for wet flies. I handed the eight footer to my guideand asked him for the other rod which had an immitation shrimp pattern on it and requested that he put a green machine on the other rod. I was right about to "GP" as I quickly hooked a large salmon of about thirty pounds. My guide netted the fish and brought her aboard the boat. This was not to the fishes liking however and she jumped out of the net and started thrashing about the boat. When fishing from the canoe the fisherman sits facing forward and the guide sits behind facing forward. After the guide finally unhooks the fish he realeases the fish. The guide the poles the canoe to another pool and hands me the smaller rod it had the strangest feeling when casting, Upon examination the tip was demolished ust abve the fferrule. the large fish must have landed on the rod and broken it during the struggle.

I believe I have just reported a new way to destroy a rod

woodchucks are getti

woodchucks are getting scarce used to be able gather them as roadkill.
Fran Betters of the Wilmington area used to practically eliminate the woodchucks from the Adirondaks. He used Woodchuch in just about every fly he tied. You probably heard that Fran is no longer with us, he passed this spring, and is probably seeking
trout in heavan. If there are any there I am sure Fran will locate them. We will all wish him luck and miss him very much.

I witnessed a man us

I witnessed a man using the tabou. He released about 20 fish in about 2 hours. It was like magic. I had to ask him and he told me the pattern. Can't wait to try it!

CDC collar

I will not use any of the above hackles on a Prince nymph anymore (and a lot of other nymphs/wets too). A CDC collar wrapped around instead of hackle will out fish all of these Princes combined. The flash of the CDC trapped air bubbles are an irresistible trigger. It's hard for even partridge to compete with a CDC feather.

jeezus thats one big

jeezus thats one big ass fish

Great help and comments

Great help and comments on Buzzer fishing. I found that if you tie the Shuttlecock type buzzers against the bend in the hook as opposed to with the bend- as we normally tie on flies and buzzers- then it helps to suspend them the right way up in the surface film. They seem to hang naturally there. This might help someone.