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To Michael Nielsen -

To Michael Nielsen - mail me at - johnyelland@eject.co.za - and I will give you all the details of our Okavango Tigerfishing trips including activities for non-fisher people! This year we ran two back-to-back flyfishing trips and caught huge fish - a total of eleven fish of over 10lbs - and lots of fish - very exciting stuff! Best wishes - John Yelland - Upstream Flyfishing - Cape Town - South Africa.

Not obey the rules or fishing etiquettes

Dear Rolandas;
it would never come to my mind going to a foreign country and not obey the rules or fishing etiquettes - you bettter should have named your article "Poaching in Kola"...

Black Duck has been

Black Duck has been out of business for a few months now. I bought a couple of bottles of their head cement before they went under. It's nice head cement; too bad they went under.

I like this pattern,

I like this pattern, it shows a good bit of invention - now where's my white sili legs!

Very classy display

Very classy display

Re: Spey casting

Mike,

Try to learn the underhand cast - also referred to as the Scandinavian Spey cast. It's less complex and a lot easier to master and something you can learn in an hour or two - and master in a year or two... ;-)

The "real" Spey cast (Falkus style) is not as well suited for modern rods and lines in my view.

And regarding learning: I can only concur with the recommendation of Henrik's DVD's. His latest is on the Scandinavian Spey cast. See more on his web page. His recent book in Danish is being translated to English right now and should be out soon.

But the best way to learn is definitely to get instruction. Send me a ticket and I will be more than happy to show you! ;-) I will even bring my own rods and lines...

Martin

Hi Mike,

Hi Mike,
"Speycasting a New Technique" by Hugh Falkus is a classic in this regard. There happens to be one up for auction on eBay right now.

Good luck,
JMarcus
http://flyrodjewelry.com/home

Hello Christophe,
Y

Hello Christophe,
Your photographs are superb!
stef ;o)

Hello,
I also found

Hello,
I also found the motor from disco ball and spend some time for making dryer :)
Here it is.

How to tie on the Feather wings

Can you show me how to tie on the Feather wings? I get to the point where you tie the fibers on, and then the wing fibers get tangled up and uneven.

Mike,

I tie on a

Mike,

I tie on a LAW-vice - made by British Lawrence Waldron. And it not only looks good. It is good! Lawrence makes them to order, but has also created a vice in cooperation with Snowbee.

Martin

A lovely clear set

A lovely clear set of pictures

What type of vice do you use? It looks very good

Chris,

You should

Chris,

You should try Tuffleye instead of epoxy.
Much easier to apply, has infinite working time, can be set in 20-30seconds WHEN REQUIRED, is perfectly clear, doesn't yellow, non-allergenic, and is tougher than epoxy
(no financial interest unfortunately!)
I use it for all my surf candies, poxy shrimps etc

It will turn your tricky part into a breeze

Anselmo

Hi Stephane,
Your p

Hi Stephane,
Your picture is wonderful !

Re: rod

Oops, I forgot that normal people work on weekdays. 😄 Sea trout on the beach would be fun too, but all we fish for back home are salmonids so some other spiny ray species are always interesting to catch instead when I go away somewhere. ;) I find that you really have to be an optimist to fish for sea trout here. Yesterday we spent five hours up and down the Southern Zealand coast with no fish to show, plus a very leaky pair of waders. 😢

Lovely day and coast for photos though.

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Perhaps we should pan out a date for an outing to Trygg River? My suggestion would be December 22nd, 27th, or 28th. :)

I will be in Oahu in

I will be in Oahu in January and was going to get in touch with Dave Hill for a days fishig,but from the last comment I will have to find another guide,as any body used shoreline adventures

rod

- one should really be lucky to get booked into this crowd on weekends (yep, you need booking, unless not a member of the local fishing club). Nevertheless, I also found that place off my interest.

- well, I´ll be working all week long, but the week& is open and free. Only interested in perch?

Well... No one at Trygg today

Well... No one at Trygg today, and apparently no fish too. 😄 🙄 The weather was pretty nice! Sunny, somewhat mild, and CALM! Anyway, no taps on the flies, a ambitious northern pike decided that my small spinner was good enough to eat, but I managed to long-line release it after horsing it out of the weeds. I then managed to foul-hook a poor bream, thinking that it was my biggest pike on the line. 😄 Water was flowing quite fast downstream compared to other times we've been there.

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We went over to St. Vejl Aa once last winter and Nina didn't like it that much, mostly because of the crowding. I am not so fond of livebait fishing, used to do it in Australia but find it kind of a waste especially if it is a catch and release fishery.

Anyway, the weather looks good for the entire coming week. I'm available to go with a couple of days notice. ;) email me at info@fishingwithrod.com

Sounds good Martin. Nina and

Let's hear how you did.

I went by the St. Vejl Aa today and there were hordes of anglers fishing for perch with bait - and obviously catching as many as they wanted... I watched for 10 minutes and one couple of guys had a take every minute or two. Not big fish, but a lot of them. Buth there were probably more than 20 anglers fishing right by the sluice that opens the stream into the salt. Too many for my taste:

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Martin

Sounds good Martin. Nina and

Hi Rod, sure I´ll come and give it a try - as soon as I get over my lazy period that I have had for last few weeks :) Grey, grey, grey weather, no signs of fish... :x

Nicely done.

Nicely done.

get a drift rod.

get a drift rod.

... and one more ver

... and one more very frosty winter evening is done. Great idea which I will try out very soon - tying and fishing wise. Thanks.

Ole

Sounds good Martin. Nina and

Sounds good Martin. Nina and I are going tomorrow. ;) I'm up for it anyday really, since I am working mostly night-time here (daytime in Vancouver). I think Vanuz would like to go too after our outing last December. :) Anyway, we'll report back tomorrow if there are some catches.