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Sounds like you have a hole in your boat if you use a shovel! You use a double paddle because the boat is wide and short. I don't want some old aluminum boat that is 20' long and weighs a ton. I want a light boat, that is easy to load, easy to use and won't break my back.

I had an old aluminum boat about 15 years ( and about 6 boat swaps ) ago. Try carrying that boat more than 5 ' and you'll ask me for the name of the boat dealer. I like my back and also I don't want to sit with the front in the air and the rear under water. Gruman does one thing well..... making airplanes....not so much for boats. Aluminum is heavy, loud and grabs rocks. Gotta love that 9" keel as well!

You can also use clunky glass rods, automatic reels, level flylines and vinyl/rubber waders... Red Balls anyone? This is very high tech stuff.

Submitted by Yalcin Savas on

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Thank you for sharing such an experience.
Very emotional. I'm also jealous beeing started flyfishing after 45 and had to discover all by myself.
Beside beeing good fly-fishermen, we need such personalities -dads and childs- in every corner of the life.
I wish them goodnes in their entire life.

I have a Michi canoe since 1990 made of Aluminium. 4 meters long 18 Kilo light. No problems to carry it to the car and back to the waters. I just wonder that you dont use a normal Paddle designed for this type of boat. I´ve never seen someone using a double paddle your way in a canoe. THE CHAIN IS A GREAT IDEA. I WILL GET THIS THING ASAP. What you need besides all your equipment is a second paddle in case you loose or damage the one you have. And what is easily cut out of a big plastic tank is a kind of water shovel to get out lots of water quickly. A sponge is nice for a gallon of water; what you really need is that shovel to get out 20 gallons.

Submitted by Edwin on

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interesting article. I recently had such a Hobie PA 12 angling-kayak . to Heavy to carry around and not so flyfisher-friendly as all those knobs and things cq pedals from the "mirage drive" system where your fly-line seems to stick on around etc.
Despite the H-bar attended, the first time i tried to cast standing, I ended in the freezing cold water and lost several equipment on the bottom of the lake. Due to the weight and with my bad spine I already sold him after 3 months!
Let's try the canoe now :-) ! I wonder though if he 's stable enough to stand-casting ?

hi,i am looking to gett the pattern for a fly called 88.....does any one know it?if so please let me know...tyvm e1......

Submitted by David 1737246314 on

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GFF Team, Have you ever "discovered" website and thought this is way cool. That's how I felt today when I found your site, good job and keep it up! Thank you - I've sent your URL to a couple friends already.

Submitted by John on

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Hi Heiko,

I have a client going to Chile in February. I was wondering if you know of any great guides there?

Or for golden dorado in Uruguay?

Thank you,

John Miao
xcaliburrods.com

Submitted by Sergio Alberto… on

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The green feathers of the back can be use in the Fuzzy Wuzzy necklaces with green chenille body and otter hair with the hair as tail. Very good for fly fishing at Patagonia Argentina.
You can use the green feathers as ring neck in my Cicada pattern, with gray marabou from one red breast feather as tail, light brown chenille as body, gray dubbing as thorax. Very good for fly fishing at Patagonia in January.
Can use the brue feathers from the wings as wings on the beautiful wet fly Butcher or, I like more, the Bloody Butcher with a small red feather of breast as tail and beard. Can use the blue feathers as wing on a EVA Gum blue damselfly, a fly good for lakes at Patagonia too.
Can use the white and the brown biots of the wing in a Prince Nymph, with a small brown and red feather in the inside zone of the wing as ringneck.
With the marabou at the side of the yellow back feathers can tie a Damsel Nymph. A gray Damsel Nymph of course.
I tie a sea Shrimp with a side red feather as tail, orange chenille body and a side red feather as ringneck.
With the yellow feather tied in pukeko style can have a good caddis emerger, with green mohair yarn as body with the back of 3 fibers of brown ostrich and ribbing of copper.
With the tippet can have the legs in a caddis nymph.
I use red feathers of the breast in soft hackles too, just need to look for the small feathers and use size 12 hook.
With tail I do wingcases in gray Hare's Ear nymphs.
With the wing small brown feathers I do tails and hackles in without wings emergers with gray dubbing.
With the aftershaft I do the body in a soft nymph with marabou from a red or yellow feather ass tail and ribbing of copper.
With the marabou from a red feather I do the tail of my nymph, with 6 ostrich fibers in palmer as body with ribbing of copper, I use Chimango feather as wingcase but can use golden pheasant tail of turkey tail or other brown feather, fibers of the GP wing maybe will be good, and some gray dubbing as thorax, I use wildcat fur from an old coat.
From this article I think the Omoe Brush is the only fly you need to have when come at Patagonia, Argentina. Good to fishing at sea and in lakes and rivers. You'll notice that my shrimp is a variant of this.

Submitted by Sharon E. Wright on

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Love this conversion, Dave! Beautiful flies! I usually have claret hackle. If you need a little give me a holler.

Submitted by Hector Sarasol… on

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Hello Hank,

Found you searching for some fly-fishing action near Utrecht,place where my daughter lives.February I'll be a granpa from her and for sure will stay a couple months then and after that probably twice a year.I love fly fishing but know nothing about this practice there.
My pasion and also way of living is being a Hunting and Fishing guide in URUGUAY www.estancianinette.com ,so I can host- as guests - to pay back favors any New Dutch Fly fishing friends here to catch the "Dinosaurs" Hopplias and the Golden Dorado.
Please "route me on how can I get to fish while there, Pike is my pasion!!!!
Wait for your reply,and also any of you to try our fish.
Your friend

Hector Sarasola

Submitted by buddy539fis on

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I know I had seen on one of your sites messenger bags but now I cant find it. Can you help me with this bag ?

Submitted by Stig on

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Do not forget the number of fish. In Skjern you catch (on average) a salmon after 20 days of fishing in 2013 - so now the price is cheaper in Iceland 250 euro/salmon - in Skjern you pay 500 euro to catch one salmon( 20x 25 euro= 500 euro/salmon)

Submitted by David 1737246314 on

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These videos are awesome and very helpful. Thank you so much for making them available.

Submitted by Stuart Anderson on

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Bob, great job on the article! It brought back fond memories of the spit and how a seemingly easy place to catch fish can make you feel like a rooky kid all over again. Nothing worse than fish rolling and jumping feet away from you and nothing in your fly box even remotely interesting them.

Glad to see I was not the only one humbled by a fishing hole :-)

Submitted by Stuart Cullen on

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Nice fly and very effective. I tie a similar variety of this excellent pattern which I think i got from a Pennsylvania website. It can be a killer with a copper head. A variation I use is tying the rear hackle with olive CDC whilst retaining partridge for the front hackle..

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