For Anonymous- When the fly line has a loop in the running line for attachment I make a loop in my backing using any of the following knots- Bimini, spider hitch or 5 turn surgeon's knot. Now all you have to do is attach the flyline loop to loop to your backing.
how do i tie backing on to new fly line with a loop on it
Adirondackflytyer,
As always a beautiful fly, very icely tied and an excellent photo. Thanks for posting all these patterns in our forum and remember my "offer" to promote some of them to "real" articles.
Martin
Jim,
Thanks for your question. I added it to the Q&A.
See my reply here in a longer version here.
Martin
Jim,
Yes, in some instances you can use the straight tippet line as the whole leader, but in the far majority of cases you will need a real tapered leader.
And yes, you can also use the leader as your tippet and tie the fly directly on it, but it will cost you a bit of leader every time you tie on a new fly.
But it makes a lot of sense to use both - a leader to lead from the thick fly line to the thin tippet and a piece of tippet to lead from there to the fly. The tippet is essentially just a piece of straight, cheap mono, and a lot less expensive and easier to change than the leader itself.
Martin
can I use a leader and not a tippet or do I have to use both?
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Tight lines
Sincerely, Mathis and Peter (creators of the film)
can I use tippet material line in place of a leader line? And can I use a leader line and not a tippet? Thanks Jim
One of the best fishing DVD's I have seen.
Also one of the most distrubing DVD's I have seen.
It shows how such a fantastic system can go so bad, so quickly.
A sobering MUST SEE for every person that loves rivers, so much more for fisherman.
If this DVD is not a wake up call, nothing will.
Johan,
The Yellowfish occur from Lesotho, all the way down to the mouth of the Orange River in the Atlantic. The stretch at Hopetown have plenty fish. Small Mouth and Large Mouth. I would suggest that you go fishing with someone that is a bit experienced and he will show you how to fish for Small Mouth Yellows. With a bit of guidance, you will have a super time.
Juust a brief report back. Recently, a group of 5 anglers visited us in the Northern Cape.In a three day spell on two of our very remote stretches of the Orange river, they landed in excess of eighty,yes eighty yellows, muddies and a few odd species. The heaviest yellow came in at 4.5kg. The average weight would be of the order of 2.5 to 3 kg. Bear in mind only one of the group could be regarded as of expert calibre. Virtually all the fish were taken in the rapids and all enjoyed a fabulous time on the water. I do not believe there is finer fishing for really wild yellows anywhere in south Africa. Self catering accommodation is available.
Is the smallmouth population in the Orange River at Hopetown worthy of a try. Someone told me they do not occur in that particular section of the river?
Hi hairs ear, the season down here is October 1st to July 30th for most water in the North Island, though some waters remain open all year and some spawning areas are closed until December 1st.
Hope you get some fishing in soon.
All the best.
Mike
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Anonymous,
The yellow plants are seaweed, Fucus vesiculosus, AKA bladder wrack, and they are actually more brownish or olivish than yellow.
Martin
What are the yellow plants?
An orange or yellow hackled collar would make that fly irresistable to the heritage strain brookies in my neck of the woods!!
Nice conversion!
Land of the Cutthroats is as fine a video as I have ever seen, truly high grade scenery and the cutts feeding is as good as they come ..many thanks
Paul@
My compliments to the producers of these great videos, if your a fly fisher person this is the site to be ..sometimes I just sit here with a fly rod in hand watching these beautiful scenic videos...keep up the good work. ... Paul
Biran,
Never mind simple comments! You are more than welcome to write as long as you please.
I'm glad you found this helpful, and happy that you caught your first fish.
And yes, I think you're hooked!
Martin
Thank you thank you thank you,I knew absolutly nothing about setting up a fly reel,or how to fish with one. Now I know.a little,but what little I know was enough to go fly fishing & have a great 1st day experience .I owe it all to you, I setup my per your xlint instructions, I tried the wetfly method at one of my favorite spots on the Mckenzie river.everything you mentioned in your article about the beginner fishing with wetflys happened to me.the good & the bad, I fished off the bank so I lost some flys in the trees,bushes,& rocks. Thank god for the white water my casting has plenty of room for improvment, but as long as I got it out in front of me she drifted down stream.I had lost 5 out of my 7 flies that I bought in a hr.or so & not a single strike. I ate lunch was a bit frustrated ,I hate getting skunked and usually won't go home until I catch something. So I grabbed my old faithful trout rod w/spinng reel. I brought it just in case,well I didn't get any bitesfor a long time.I finally caught one. Now knowing where they were I grabbed my fly rod. Within 15-20 min I caught 3 trout. They weren't the biggest fish,just like you said but I was so happy when I caught my 1st fish ever on a fly rod . I got 2 more in a few minutes , I didn't even know trout that small were allowed to find dinner for themselves. It didn't even matter to me, I was just so excited to be catching fish fly fishing. Then I lost my fly on a bush. I had one left,but will they go for this one? I casted out & BAM I got hit hard,my rod was actually bending,then she was jumping out of the water,it was so cool although it wasn't huge a good 12-13 incher it made my day. Short while later I caught one more a little smaller.I haven't had so much fun for who knows how long, I know I got carried away with this (what was suppose to be a simple comment) but I am still pumped & I owe it all to you & your great website.thanks again . P.S. guess what I am doing tomorrow? You got it & I am leaving the power bait &worms at home. Do ya think I am hooked?
I use this tools myself and it works very well for caenis, trico spinner, mayfly etc.
I"am not so satisfied with the existing wing material. In stead of this I use sheets
of very thin (a kind of) polypropyleen. It has the right color (milky-white) and stays
dry all the time. Give it a try !
Hi Mike,
before Rügen there are two outings on trout. I figured out that next Sa/Sun is doable and the 15th and early morning on the 16th is doable. After that trout season closes.
Is yours already open? I am not sure about the seasons.
Anyhow this upcoming WE I have good company, but no fishing.
Best regards
Florian
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