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Thanks Kasper,

Th

Thanks Kasper,

That is a shame, but eye-catching they certainly are.

Regards,
Les

I have won the battl

I have won the battle with Yellows in Sterkfontein Dam, but the yellows in the Vaal River are still eluding me. I have tried all these flies mentioned, but no luck in the Vaal!!!!

Helge and Les,

th

Helge and Les,

the rubber sand eels are not difficult to tie, but pretty useless as the silicone starts to curl and the fly to spin. More an eye catcher than a practical fly.

Kasper Mühlbach

I checked out all of

I checked out all of Steve's tube flies..........they are really something. He's a VERY good tyer and a VERY nice man.

Bob wow what a nice

Bob wow what a nice sand eels, could you send me some they look so realistic and I am hungry.
Tying instruction would be great

Anonymous,

Yes, t

Anonymous,

Yes, this is a fishing picture! Have you never taken a bit of time to look at bugs, flowers or birds when fishing? Well, you should! It's part of fishing. Like this picture...

Martin

fishing picture?

fishing picture?

Most interesting article

Hello Geir,
Thanks for your most interesting article ! I fully share your feelings about Czech nymphing. I fished the river Vltava (Moldau) many years ago and came to the conclusion ... definitely not my cuppa tea !
Med vennlig Hilsen.
Bas

Nice work!
Those sa

Nice work!
Those sand-eels are amazing. Any chance of an article on how to tie them?

Nice photo reportage

Nice photo reportage Bob!
Add more photos if possible ;)

are those staples fo

are those staples for the legs?

Stefan,

Stefan,

Thanks for that, and I agree with you.

I am very happy with the 3piece CTC I have been given in return for my #5 weight 6piece 3Zone. My intention with the 6 piece was that I could carry it in my rucsac, keep it close in the aircraft in case they lost my baggage containing other rods, etc. I had no problem with the action of the rod as a fishing tool, but it was just too sloppy for use with a #5 weight shooting head in the Danish salt.

I could have found plenty of other uses for the rod, but that was the use I wanted, so I now don't have the multi-piece option open to me, and a 3 piece it is. I agree with you that the 4 piece compromise is probably the best compromise when transport, convenience, and use are all considered.

Regards and tight lines to all.

Les

Have you get pikes w

Have you get pikes with that?

Les,

Les,
sure you have 4 more or less stiffer spots on a 6pc compared to a 2pc (I think 1pc is theory) and that will affect blank action ... at least in theory. But what I wanted to say is that I'm not sure if the rod with less pieces must always be the better one.
Regarding weight: A 6pc Five Rivers FTL blanks, 9', 6 wt, weighs only 45 gramms (a least on my letter scale). Compared to e.g. Sage blanks (that are blanks where I find blank weights on their website) that's a lot lighter than many 4pc blanks.
Maybe another draw back of multi piece blanks can be that the risk of loosen blank parts while fishing of 6pc at least in theory is 3 times greater than with a 2pc. But I think modern manufacturing techniques has minimized that risk in the last years.
In my eyes a 4pc rod is a good compromise.
Stefan

the best way is to s

the best way is to sever the spinal column either by holding the shanks and placing thumb and forefinger around the neck and pulling or placing the birds neck on the ground and using a broom handle lay it on the neck and put one foot on either side of the bird and pull up quick,painless and then just slit throat and they bleed out good too

It hooks steelhead a

It hooks steelhead aswell, caught a 6lber last weekend

It hooks steelhead a

It hooks steelhead aswell! caught a 6lber on it last weekend

Tom and others,

I

Tom and others,

I'm sure these flies could catch fish. I have seen fish caught on the strangest contraptions... even made a couple myself. One of my favorites is from the spinning world where an angler pulled his line through a carrot and tied a hook to it. He caught trout on that!

But these flies are so poorly made that I'm almost sure they would fall (more) apart within a few casts. Plus they're not nice to look at. The fish may not care, but I do.

Martin

Stefan,

Stefan,

Yes, o.k. but I know what Rolandus means. In the hand while actually fishing, the one-piece rod (theoretically) has less weight and no stiffer spots where the ferrules/joints/spigots are. so, all things being the same, its going to be a better rod.

Of course, when you try to put it in your car, or take it on the train, bus or aeroplane its going to be a d*** nuisance. There was a short-lived craze (in the 1970's) for one-piece beach-casting rods in the UK, but they were always taken to the fishing on top of a car. At 11-12+ feet long, they must have required a garage to store them!

Multi-piece rods are a boon when you want to shove the rod in a rucsac, and the modern rods seem well-designed with good actions despite all those joints. Still, with a double thickness of carbon on the overlaps, they do weigh quite a bit more, and that must affect the action compared to the "same" rod with less joints.

Regards,
Les

Hi Martin:
I had to

Hi Martin:
I had to laugh when I read your article. You're right, of course.
However, under the right circumstances a salmon might actually take a nibble at one of these monsters.
I think that Lee Wulff in one of his articles wrote about some flies that his son had tied. They appeared to be rather crude in Wulff's eyes. Yet, they caught fish.
You never know !
Anyhow, thanks for this hilarious article.
Tom

best rod is 1 p rod! I (...)

[quote:31e1aa8597]best rod is 1 p rod! I (...) [/quote:31e1aa8597]

Hi,
there are some really nice multi piece rods on the market where I definetely wouldn't say a one piece is the better rod.
I'm sure that the "same" rod of one manufacturer with different no. of pieces isn't the same, but I'm also sure that the rod with less pieces isn't always the better one.
Stefan

Although they are ho

Although they are hooks, they are pretty Pointless!

eh gads, it certainl

eh gads, it certainly would make a fellow think twice about a mail order bride.

Thanks for the fly!

Thanks for the fly!
Few question: what is the way of fishing this fly? Was it tried in salt water only? What about lakes or rivers?
Thanks in advance!
Andriy