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F-Stein, I only just

F-Stein, I only just now saw your post. My article is delimited to salt water application, and since writing it, I have used 4 # florocarbon. It could be said to be complicated, but most of the complication is semantics. One a jib is made, it is faster than a twisted leader than some folks suggest. There are many differences. The furled leader has no knots, and a smooth step down. Twisted leaders usually have more knots, and abrupt step downs since the lines are doubled and knotted. I'd be pleased to learn how you make them. I am: Bob Brown, buttonwoodbob@earthlink.net

a awsome video and s

a awsome video and some realy nice sceenry with it too.

sebastiaan,

The p

sebastiaan,

The precise size of the ring is not really important. 8 millimeters is just an approximate size, so whatever you can find in that range will do fine.

Martin

This is the way we d

This is the way we do it. you need a cone or some form of restraint for the bird . . .this only to keep it contained and still. Slip the cone over the head and neck pulling it down snugly over the wings .. . . the neck and head will be sticking out. Then just tuck the bird under your left arm (if you're right handed) with the head lower than the body. With your dominant hand spend a minute or two stroking the bird under the chin and neck. the bird almost falls asleep . .. and then take a very sharp (very) knife or old shaving razor and quietly, smoothly incise the artery .. you can feel it with your fingers when you are stroking the throat. The bird usually remains quiet and will bleed out into a bucket placed beneath it. It simply fades away without recognizing its injured and so there is no upset and no fuss. You can skin or scald it as you prefer but the killing part is important for the quality of the meat. Frightened or struggling animals release a lot of chemicals into their system (just as every living thing does when its threatened) and it affects the taste and quality of the meat .. . .so the calmer and quieter the better for the bird and the better for you if its headed for the table.

Caught two nice rain

Caught two nice rainbows on this one yesterday! Will surely tie a few more for the next trip.

Is the outside diame

Is the outside diameter 8mm or the diameter at the inside of the o-ring 8mm?

shameless photoshop

shameless photoshop !!

Andrew,

I have he

Andrew,

I have heard nothing about problems with the Danish sea trout as you mention it - toxins, bacteria, disease or any such thing. Not from authorities, not from the Danish Sports Fishing union and not from other anglers.
The only problem is that there are too few fish!
Regarding "gravlax" for those who don't know, it's a way of tendering or curing the raw fish using salt, sugar and spices, and as far as I know you can do that as you have always done: use very fresh fish, keep everything clean and enjoy the delicious result. You can freeze your fish first, but that won't cope with bacteria or toxins.

I would personally enjoy a piece of Danish gravlax any day.

Martin

Dear Martin
Plannin

Dear Martin
Planning my spring trip to Denmark, I heard some news about danish seatrouts.Some people , dedicated fishermans say that there is some problem with health and codition of danish seatrots seatruts .Some of them have peoblems with it. is it truth?I And if it so, is it save for the example to prepare some meal like so called " gravlaks"? Best regards,Andrew

Comment to David Mac

Cant wait for the unveil Dave. And its nice to finally put a face with the name!

Comment to David Mac

Thank you so much Jeremy :) I am counting down the days. Can't remember when I had so much anticipation about a Fly Tying event. Darren has done a wonderful job with this Project and I believe it will only grow in participants as the year progresses.

Comment to David Mac

This project sounds like something I'd be interested in..........maybe next year?

Over 60 years of exp

Over 60 years of experimenting with a spinning rod with a bobber and a fly, I recently wrote a spin-cast bobber-fly 64 page instructional. I show with diagrams, how to fish from lake shores and riverbanks, plus fish from a boat.

Hi martin you have g

Hi martin you have given me all the info I need, thanks very much ,i am much less confused now .

Thanks Again All the best for Xmas and the new year

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Thanks Cory I sent you an email. cheers

Comment to David Mac

David - - When will the "David Mac - All Tied Up" book be available? Best fishes, Rod

Comment to David Mac

Thanks Rod....LOL....That's would be a great name for a book. Just like most of us, I have had one in mind for a long long time. Retirement is on the horizon, so one never knows!!!

What you mean

Steve,

What you mean by wfs6 is WF 6 sinking I guess, and that's a fly line. Not a leader.
The leader is what you tie on to that to taper it down and the tippet is what you tie to the leader to connect it to the fly.

So it's: backing -> flyline (wfs6) -> leader -> tippet -> fly.

The leader can be sinking, but the tippet is usually just straight mono.
20 lbs. backing would be fine for your setup.

The flies would vary in size and pattern depending on how, where and what you fish. You can sometimes use the same flies for salmon and trout, and fishing in Irish loughs they would actually be the same: classical wet flies of different kinds in fairly small size. But in many other waters they would differ.

Hope this helps

Martin

Thats great advise ,

Thats great advise , so my wfs6 leader would need a tippet to match , do the tippets come in floating sinking etc or are tippets governed by the leader. would you put a 20lb backing line on the reel.
The fly 's that i would need to use with the above leader would they be able to fish for both trout and salmon.

Thanks Martin

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Would be honored to build some streamers!

Steve,

You can ea

Steve,

You can easlily combine a 7/9 wt reel with a 6/7 wt rod. It might be a little large, but that's just looks.

The line you need must fit your rod - 6 or 7 weight - no matter what you fish, trout, salmon or whatever. The line and rod must be the same weight.

And yes, you need backing. You need to fill the reel with something and also want some backing in case you hook something big. 100 yards or so will usually do, but your reel can probaly hold more due to its size.

The leader should reflect the thickness of your tippet and the tippet is decided by what flies you are going to use: small flies, thin tippet. Large flies, thick tippet.

Fishing loughs in Ireland may mean fishing several flies in a team, and for that you might find some inspiration in the article about the Diawl Bach.

Martin

Hi just starting out

Hi just starting out please advise..
I have bought a 7/9wt reel but bought wfs6 leader, my rod is a 9ft 6/7 wt. The reason my reel is 7/9 is because I want to go salmon fishing once i get some practice , what other lines would you suggest i need to get started . I need a backing line ? what yardage would you suggest, do I also need fly line , if so what wt do I need ,does it need to be the same as my leader, and then theres the tippet again do they come in wts if so what do you suggest . I will be mainly trout fishing but salmon may also be present as i will be fishing the loughs in ireland.

I read the book and

I read the book and really enjoyed his stories. Henry did a very good job.

I'm glad to read thi

I'm glad to read this!! Everytime I'm at the river and see all the "d- bags" in thier outdoor outfitters gear it makes me laugh.... Vests, boots, baskets the most expensive rod and reel they could find etc. Looking like you stepped out of a bass pro shop ad is just plain sad. I was at the river this summer in AZ it was about 110 out. I was fishing in surf shorts and flops waste deep with a small box of flys in my shorts pocket. The "real" trout fisherman were ready for the runway,... looking at me like "what is this guy doing here!". I have a Garcia flymax that I got from a swapmeet for 10 bucks and a Pflueger Medalist reel that I paid 5 bucks for at a thrift store. I pulled fish out all day, while they caught 1 or 2 here or there. If you need to stay warm hell yes get some warm gear... But don't be that guy with the look of fishing... Because it doesnt help you get fish.... Or even make you "cool". I'm not going to lie though, at least you'll fit in at most rivers.