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Re: Choise of blanks

C.f Burkheimerblanks? Not verry known in Scandinavia. What is to know about them?

Frank,

I have seen a few rods built on Burkheimer blanks - all excellent and good looking rods. People who use them seem to like them and recommend them.

One noticeable incident with a Burkheimer blank was a snapping sound when a 9' 10 weight broke in three pieces on a tarpon strike in Mexico! Could have happened with any rod. The guy striking did a very good job of stressing the rod to the extreme. I had the chance to fish it before it broke. A very nice rod indeed.

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Martin

Stalking

Yeah well I have this cold beer I have been holding for you forever!
Nahhhh! Just feeliing better, having a look around a bit more....last kick at the can before I go quiet for the fishing season.

The river looks a bi

The river looks a bit low for early season. Hope it holds out for you.
Just finishing our season down here in Oz. Most lakes are at around 20% capacity or less.

Cripes Kerry, are you

Cripes Kerry, are you following me around the 'net, or am i following you ? It now seems that wherever i go you are there, are you stalking me or something :lol:

...so was wanderin' about

[quote:de23efe8ef="maciasd"]...so was wanderin' about present choice of Yours f.e. for Bornholm Trip.During my trips to bornholm we were all using 8's and even 9's(5 guys) but our arms were almost dead.so on the base of Your post I got into decision of testing my light gear during my next trip.[/quote:de23efe8ef]

Using 8 and 9 weights for sea trout fishing is crazy! Your average fly is a size 4 or 6 and the fish you catch are only rarely over 1 kilo. A 6 weight is ideal, and both 5 and 7 is OK. On Bornholm I used two different Scierra rods: a [url=http://scierra.com/?product=1]9'2" MPA for a 6-7 weight[/url] and a [url=http://scierra.com/?product=8]9' HMS Saltwater for a 6-7 weight[/url]. Both cast with the same lines. I use shooting heads in th 15-16 gram range, even though the manufacturer only recommends 14 grams. 14 is too little to load the rods in my eyes and lining over the recommended weight is a good way to give your light gear some more power.

[quote:de23efe8ef="maciasd"]You think that fishing over sand beach but placed really close to really big trout river make sense??we have cought fish there but not many. ploblem with polish coast is lack of rocks in the water. but there is still lot of trout . we need a word of enthusiasm..hi hi.. so??[/quote:de23efe8ef]

You can catch sea trout over sand, but in general some dark patches will increase your chances dramatically. The patches are like an oasis in the desert: it gives food and hiding places. On large sandy areas I will always concentrate on dark patches (depth), sea weed and rocky patches and edges between sand and dark areas.

Martin

Allagash Lake

I really like this pattern, it would be nice to see a step by step for it, or perhaps the recipe if you are up for it? Streamers are sort of new to me in that I have generally fished nymphs and dries, but recently I have been using streamers more and more often...Kerry

Good to see a young

Good to see a young one with a great teacher and great result. Best of luck to you.

Dear Martin . I've put this

Dear Martin . I've put this question, becouse I just like this gear talks.I;ve read Your texts of light gear so was wanderin' about present choice of Yours f.e. for Bornholm Trip.During my trips to bornholm we were all using 8's and even 9's(5 guys) but our arms were almost dead.so on the base of Your post I got into decision of testing my light gear during my next trip.basicly for my river salmon/seatrout fishing my choice is always system of a shootin' line and wallet of heads, but on sea after numerous trys with different combinations i'd stick to WF long distance lines. just Like the moment when my toughts fly away and there is just sea,me and hope. dont have to aim directly into junctionn between line/head and in opposite to that with WF I can react like machine. throw/retrive.and still on dopping of hope. aaa and I would forget. intermedial line in my opiniom is better than floater.there is still one question.. do You think that fishing over sand beach but placed really close to really big trout river make sense??we have cought fish there but not many. ploblem with polish coast is lack of rocks in the water. but there is still lot of trout . we need a word of enthusiasm..hi hi.. so??

Really, beautifully

Really, beautifully tied fishing flies and superbly photographed. Nice story too.
Traditional wet flies (and their modern derivations) for sea-run brown trout and salmon. They are the most interesting and are unsurpassable catchers of wild salmonids.
I wish that you would tie some traditional Irish and Scottish wet patterns, such as the Green Peter, Kate McClaren and Kingsmill Moore's bumble series - the Golden Olive, Fiery Brown and Claret Bumble.
Traditional flies with well-picked out seal's fur bodies and palmered body hackles are far superior to the smooth body/slip wing paterns. Particularly the bumbles, with two contrasting body hackles, will provide you with superb photo models and not a few fish. Keep your work up!

hello. forget salmon and

[quote:8678e5e7a2="maciasd"]hello. forget salmon and seatrout. but try to find Mr. Roman Durski. chief of PASSARIA TROUT CLUB . they posses the best part of Pasłęka river. trout from this river might easily reach 70-80 cm. so good luck. You may also try Łyna, DRwęca warmińska . take care maciasd[/quote:8678e5e7a2]

Thanks for qucik answer I ll try to find some info on internet.

Tight lines

What a great pic! T

What a great pic! The glee is noticed on both dad and little boys face!

Lovely pictures. Nic

Lovely pictures. Nice to see my all time favourite wets here...
Teal, blue and silver...Telephone box...Fish hawk.
I am having great results using them in Denmark for sea trout. The good ole' English way...uhh?
Ripley Davenport

oh boy. You Czech and the

oh boy. You Czech and the nymph idea. . . . think my way: big fish.. dropper..snag on the bottom... lost fish.. anger. really I do not think that seatrout/salmon fishing is the place for usin' droppers. if U know polish word "zbój" what means guy like Rumcajs, we in poland usually use one fly and we call
this techiqe "na zbója". hej

hello. forget salmon and

hello. forget salmon and seatrout. but try to find Mr. Roman Durski. chief of PASSARIA TROUT CLUB . they posses the best part of Pasłęka river. trout from this river might easily reach 70-80 cm. so good luck. You may also try Łyna, DRwęca warmińska . take care maciasd

Most impressive.

Most impressive.

I'll have to give the sea-run patterns a whirl...

I met Don Bastian fo

I met Don Bastian for the first time last winter at the Fly Show in College Park, Maryland. I found out that he is friends with our good buddy Large Mike Martinek. Don's booth was the first one on the left as I walked in. I stopped for a quick chat and spent an hour (at least) watching him tie. I realized that I could spend the rest of the day at his booth so I pulled away so I could see the show. Upon leaving several hours later I made the mistake of stopping by his bench again. Yes. Another hour. And like you, I went home with new confidence and started tying wets. What a great inspiration he was. I asked him way too many question and he answered every one. He gave me lots and lots of wonderful tips on many aspects of tying.

This article is superb. Thanks.

Bob Abrams

You might want to lo

You might want to look at Don Bastian's DVD on tying these wonderful flies. Also, there is now at least one discussion board on the web (not allowed to give you a link, you'll have to find it yourself, maybe by googling the names of some classic wet flies) where many of us afficianados of the classic wets hang out and show some patterns and discuss ideas. I'm a great fan of GFF as well, and love many of the patterns and articles. The one on Mary Orivs Marbury flies and the stuff on classic streamers come to mind as examples of great GFF stuff.

I love all the wet f

I love all the wet fly talk in this article. I tie alot of classic wet flies, including many of these patterns and let me make one suggestion. DO NOT hesitate to use these during the season. If you think they are fun to tie, wait 'til a nice trout or bass rolls on your wet fly at the end of a swing!

Dropper fly in seatrout fishing

Has anybody tried to use dropper fly for sea trout fishing? I always use only one point fly but I am interested if it is possible to use second fly. thanks a lot

Pike flies

Hi, my most favourite pike fly is certainly Red Head streamer from furabou and pearl hair.This fly caught a lot of pikes during my flyfishing trip to Sweden. Also successful in Czech republic. Used mostly with intermediate line. But when wet, the fly is quite heavy so proper rod should be used. The second possibility is to replace furabou by some syntetic material.
The best pike hook I have ever used is Kamasan B940

For other good pike streamers see website www.czechfly.com, especially section big game streamers

Tight lines

if these are all imp

if these are all important to have, why do so many beginers kits include very few of these materials? Even the most expensive ones have some of these, and lots of obscure materials. any ideas?

thanks, i am just st

thanks, i am just starting to tie, and i was running out of patterns for the materials i had, thatnks again

If I'm not mistaken,

If I'm not mistaken, that's ABS pipe, which is chemically different from PVC, and has its own specific primer.

Using PVC cement will help make a mechanical joint between two pieces of ABS, but if you want a permanent joint (one that won't come apart when subject to baggage handling abuse), you may want to use the primer and cement that's specifically made for ABS.

thanx for replay. and if You

[quote:fee9a83ae5="maciasd"]thanx for replay. and if You can please write something about tackle U use.i mean brand of rod reel line etc. right now ,due to quite windy conditions I use 8 wt fly rod, and Vision intermed/float "extreme distance"fly line.it shoots wonderfull. with smiles..maciasd[/quote:fee9a83ae5]

Maciasd,

I basically use whatever I can get my hands on: Scierra, St Croix, Lamiglas, Loomis, Vision, Loop or whatever... Most modern rods are more than excellent, and will work well. Your money is better spent on casting lessons than on a new rod. My reels are a Waldron, a ULA Waterworks, System 2 and a couple of Scierras.

I prefer using a shooting head and almost always select a slow sinking one. For night fishing I sometimes do use a floating WF line, but it seems to have little effect on the result - and it casts shorter and requires more work. I usually use simple knotted leaders, but I'm quite flexible there too.

I like fishing lighter rod weights - 5's and 6's- and those work fine even in the hard winds we usually have. The rod length seems more important. 9' is good, 9'6" is too long in my opinion and I think an 8'8" 6 weight would be perfect for our waters.

In general I think people think too much about gear and too little about fishing... as you might have guessed ;-)

Martin