Dr Petti,
Excellent work. I always say, "the classics are classics because they work." I've been out of things for a while but am coming back to the land of the living and this page of traditional wet flies for trout is inspiring eye candy......
brian, buddy,
how did you end?
looking for short report
rgds
roolis
Good self-explanatory photography.
is that DNA frosty fibers you have used as the Antenna ?
nice fly
Andy
Reminds me of my favourite Ula River.
I miss the Zeimena, Merky's, Salcia, Sventoji...The list is endless...
Role on May.
Ripley
Let me know how you get on rick
I'm a cheap-skate, so I'll offer a good "poor man's solution" or two:
A 'normal' fly vise can be converted to a makeshift tube vise by taking some thick (12 gauge) wire from any hardware store and making a candy-cane looking loop out of it. Once you have that, you can slide the tube on the longer leg, up to the bend in the "candy cane", and then take a piece of closed- cell foam, folded in half, and double- pierce the foam with the cane and slide the foam to the back end of the tube to hold it in place. It's easier in pictures than words, but hopefully this makes sense... You want rigid wire, but not so thick as to damage the vise jaws.
Another "poor man's solution" is to use round coffee stirrer straws in place of the tubes. They're almost the same exact diameter tubing as the (price hiked) fly store tubing, and are a fraction of the price. Only downside I've found so far is the color selection, and really, one need not worry that much on that, as you're often covering much of the tube with the tying offerings.
Just my 2 cents worth,
Pete
There are options that, I'm sure, will be shared by other kind members.
Good tools just make things easier and more enjoyable...
You can never have too many "[u:eff641197b]good tools[/u:eff641197b]"!
Tubes are an interesting and effective alternative...
No worries...Have fun and knock yourself out!
BTW
My favourite local shop and another source worth looking into:
International order friendly... www . bearsden . com
Thanks. I will be visiting family but WILL find the time to visit my favourite streams. The company would be great.
I will be hooking up with Rolandas so please...Why not join us?
Ripley
I have to say that I love this picture.
Now, let's push aside any question on picture quality but look more at the moment. In my opinion, this captures a rare moment in time.
Great picture, breath-taking and lures me more and more to come back to Lithuania.
See you guys in May!
Ripley
Hi Darryl,
This fly helped my son land his first trout. Thank you so very much for the good memories and excitement this fly brings.
Richard B.
Keep this fish out of our pet stores and out of the U.S.Some idiot will release them in our rivers.
And this is my last shrimp pattern. On las trip to Denmark this fly caught some trouts. I will test it soon again.
Hi Stefan,
When to go is a personal opinion. As for me, I would go during the first week of September. By then there still is a fair chance of nice weather, which can be totally different at the end of September. (Last September 15th we woke up with about 10 cm of snow around the caravan. This is rather exceptional, but it happens every now and then) Back to the first week of September: most of the time the waterlevel in the river is low during that period and under these cirucumstances fish is fairly easy to approach.
Where to go is a personal thing as well. The fishing in the Koppang area is great and there is no real reason to assume, that the fishing is better at Kvennan camping. Only, like I already wrote, the landscape is different and I do have a preference for the Koppang area.
How to come there is another thing. I would recommend to have a look at the fares of cheap airlines like Sterling air. On top of that, I would rent a car. Regarding distances in Norway a car does make you much more flexible in your fishing. Suppose it rains, the river is too high for the right fishing and you blocked yourself in your campingcabin because there is no transport available for alternative fishingspots like small rivers and lakes in the area? Right, you will sleep for one day to forget about the stressy live in your country. But that was not the reason for travelling to Norway, was it? So, have a look at the site of Avis or Rent-a-wreck. (no joking, this company really excists)
I would suggest: call Edward Scholten at Koppang camping 004762460234. Ask him about the local fishing, nice spots and ofcourse a camping cabin. And do not forget to ask him why you should come to his camping for fishing. If you do not like the answers, call the other camping you mentioned and ask the same questions..........
Kind regards,
Vassenden
Vassenden,
thanks for your reply. ... and nice graylings on the pic.
What would you say is the better time for my trip, mid August or mid September?
I'm still not sure what is best for me - Kvennan or Koppang. I'll first fix the flight to Oslo and decide later.
Regards,
Stefan
I live in Iowa - USA
I FlyFish local ponds for Blue Gill and Bass - This is going to be a killer for both !!
Thanks Jan
Just starting fly fishing and I would like to say I will use your site to learn how to tie my own fly may be some time you will put small vidio clips on to help fly tying thanks
Hi, thanks for message. Yes, I know it but I will personally not take part in this competition. We planed our trip after our last trip to SouthJutland in March and after that I found Sea trout opened. We were on Fyn during two Sea trout openes and once one member of our group took nine place. So we will see.
Thanks for your advice, we will try some new spots and be very mobile. We will stay on Healnaes camp as usually. I know you live very close to one of our favorite spots.
But we will also take a load of czech beer, some sausages, Jameson bottles and we will make perfect holiday on very beautiful island of Fyn. You are welcomed.
Regards
Ole,my point of view is as follows:
when I'm travelling to a foreign country to flyfish, I try to be polite to the people I meet and try to adapt to the given fishing etiquettes,just in case I wanna come back.
In the matter of Kola there must be a legal way of obtaining a license,otherwise there would arise problems with the authorities on every guided trip some travel agencies offer.
I'm not judging your political system at all...
Rolandas,nevertheless I really appreciate sharing your experience,
thight lines!
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