There`s one more information about buying soft hackles. Of course you can buy by luck very good and not too expensive hen or game bird skins in the local shop`s, but a very, very good idea is to contact "Chevron Hackles" in the UK. I never tied with better hackles! Especially the coloured skins are absolut perfeckt for seatrout- and stillwater flies. Check them out!
Tight lines!
I love sparse flies,i am a firm believer in the less a fish sees of a fly the more effective it can be.The jungle cock nails just finnish it off perfectly.nice one Bill...
Pedro,
Your article on fly fishing the Rio Grande River in the Tierra del Fuego was filled with interesting facts. You are indeed fortunate to live in Argentina, to have reasonably good, not necessarily easy access, to much good fly fishing. Please write more such informative articles. Reading is traveling in comfort, without the usual inconveniences. Thank you.
Tierra del Fuego and most of Patagonia is full of empty space as well as being at the other end of the world, just getting there is quite an undertaking.
There are numerous parts of the Rio Grande, principally close to the sea where access to the river is not limited, except for the need of a fishing license and that catch and release must be practiced.
The fishing Lodges and the local authorities offer a mechanism to local anglers by which a request is made to the authorities and they coordinate with the operators of the lodges free access to the river.
Several guides offer services to out of town fishermen to travel daily to the river based in the city of Rio Grande.
I am sending this to you instead of commenting directly on GFF as I do not want to contribute further to the controversy, publish it if you feel it is appropiate.
Should anyone want to pursue this futher they can contact the local flyfishermen's association:
Asociación Riograndinense de Pesca con Mosca
Montilla 1040 "B"
Rio Grande (9420)
Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Phone (54) 2964 421268
Email: arpm@ciudad.com.ar
Pedro Alfredo Miles
Pedro,
Nice article!
Some more interesting, straight facts about salmonides introduction in Patagonia (Chile ans Argentine) right here in GFF under: "Patagonian Salmonids"
saludos de Concordia
Heiko
Kate,
I did go. I didn't get to fish much, but had a great time anyway. I'll see if I can compile a few images and post them in a blog entry.
Martin
Thomas: Your example does not proceed, is incoherent, I'm talking about a symbolic good and not a material good. I'm talking about free circulation in national rivers that Argentine Constitution and the Penal Code enables natives. Now the sea or brown are also foreigners? You need to know more about the history of how this resource fishing as a whole took place in Patagonia. And you should know more about the reality of the natives in these places before talking foolishness. It is very easy to pay U.S. $ 5000 for a week of fishing, boarding to a plane and go down to the river and then tell stories about what is not known. Thomas, try to learn more about the topic. Logically, buying a Ferrari is not an injustice, because not serves to to driving on the roads of Patagonia ...
Martin,
Did you go on your proposed fishing trip in April? I have not seen a follow up article although I may have overlooked
it. Perhaps unsettled weather came your way as it did in many areas of the US in April.
I can't buy a Porsche or a Ferrari...that's not injustice. Is freedom, capitalism, free market. We are not equals. Locals were not the guys that kept the fantastic Rio Grande's population of seatrout. John Goodall (British landowner) planted the browns at the beginning of the last century; the estancias owners protected the seatrout and made a great business. The locals just killed the fish. Now they claim to fish.
It is the logic of the capitalist system in flyfishing. Do you see the product, but can not buy it. Rio Grande, Rio Gallegos as other places in the South America be sold to those who have money and own native can not enjoy them. This is the greatest injustice. I know enough to Patagonia and there are many places that do not have the access to the natives, I have plenty of stories to tell about this .....
Unfortunately, it is a sad fact of life that what are called fully guided fishing trips with quality accommodations, in Alaska, Russia, South and North America, and other places in the world, can be afforded only by folks who have a fair amount of extra money. Many aspects of life are unfair; most of them are out of our control. Feel fortunate that you are alive and enjoy every day.
only for millionaires (argentines and sudacas) and gringos .....
Great simple article!...Neat informations!...Will surely use those tips when taking pictures of my carvings.
Thank you Thomas.
Yves Laurent
Colin,
Where in my text did you read that I want boring and non-edited video?
That's not really what I wrote, was it?
You're reading my text as the devil reads the bible as we say here. You see what you want to see.
And it might be that the popular videos all have slow motion or high speed scenes, but that doesn't make me like it.
We're in the lucky situation that we can decide what we like and don't like, and I don't like stop motion, time lapse, sped up scenes and slow motion and a handful of other things - in fishing videos, in movies, in music videos or other video productions. You might love it, and that's good for you, because we obviously see more and more of it.
Luckily there's a lot of videos where there's none of it - and a few where it's used really well.
To each his own.
Martin
nice streamer black and yellow is a great colour combo,works great on Atlantic salmon at this time of year....
So you want boring non edited video in regular speed. Thats boring and doesn't look good. Maybe you don't want the whole video in fast or slow motion but that's what makes it interesting and art. Show me a video that is even slightly popular without having a slow motion, fast motion or time lapse. I wont hold my breath cause you can't
If you want to attach your name to a 'new' combination of materials and/or techniques - fill yer boots.
Hans Weilenmen, and others, have built a reputation for contributing and sharing, not one that brings to mind an attitude of self aggrandisement.
When I sit down to the vise I'm calling up 30+ years of experience and exposure to a myriad of fly tiers. Though I recognize all that influence, it doesn't stop me from feeling I've created something unique. Some people have even referred to my creations as 'my' flies. 'Dave' is such a common name, even I couldn't say it's mine.
Thanks Jim and Kelly. It's one of my favorite patterns to tie. It has a few challenges, but is really something cool.
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