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I'd really like to go, but I

I'd really like to go, but I live in Mandal and I'd take the ferry from Kristiansand. So I guess that that doesn't really help much!

Hi everyone,

I'm

Hi everyone,

I'm an Englishman living in Oslo, Norway and I'm interested in attending the GFF 2007 Summit. I was just wondering whether there was anyone else from Norway planning on attending, if so perhaps we could travel together?

Regards
Jonathan

A very nice fly. I m

A very nice fly. I may tie a few and fish them here. Thanks for sharing.

well that's confirmation I

well that's confirmation I needed, only the March Brown and some more Daddy L. and I will be ready for the holiday.. 8) Hopefully the waterlevels and the weather will be better at the end of the month....

thnx for you're reaction

Tigt Lines,

Bjorn

Hi Martin its only b

Hi Martin its only because a very very dear friend who passed away last year was a fantastic salmon fly tier and mounted many many flies like this, its so easy and does not spoil the fly please let me know how you get on if you try this method take care

Re: Tube flies

Warren,

Regarding your tube fly questions:

[quote:81c2110281="Warren Rankin"]in the commencing & finishing process when cone heads are used. Do I glue the cone heads on?[/quote:81c2110281]

Nope. The easiest way is to use a "liner"- a thin inner plastic tube that runs through the outer tube. When the fly is done, you run the inner tube through the cone and the fly and melt it in both ends. That will keep the cone in place. You can add glue, but it is usually not necessary.

[quote:81c2110281="Warren Rankin"] With copper tubing is it always necessary to jam plastic tubing inside & if so is it glued in?[/quote:81c2110281]

Nope again. Same technique - just without the cone. Run a thin liner through the copper tube and melt a collar in both ends, before or after you have tied the fly depending on temper - and the danger of the fly catching fire...

I am currently working on a large tube fly theme and all these questions (and many, many more) will be answered and illustrated. Here is a sample showing your coned fly:

[img:81c2110281]http://globalflyfisher.com/tiebetter/tube-flies/colored-plastic-tube-fl…]

I expect this theme to be ready within a week or so.

Martin

Jan,

I have tried

Jan,

I have tried a number of different methods for mounting flies, but not the one you describe.

Martin

have you tried mount

have you tried mounting trout and salmon flies with pushing a drawing pin through the back of the card then pushing a small piece of fine clear tube over the pin leaving enough to mount the fly pushing it through the tube.

Well I'm not known in those

Well I'm not known in those parts, but from my experience in the norwegian mountains, here's a list of what flies you shouldn't leave home without!

Montana
Goldhead GRHE
Daddy longlegs
F-Fly
Para grey duster
Hackle adams.

There's a saying in norway. "One can survive in norway with a matchstick and a march brown". So you could say a march brown/silver MB could be a good choice.

Tube flies

G'day from Australia. This is my first post on this site.
I've been a fly fisho & tier for many years, learnt to fish as soon as I could walk.
In Australia tube flies are rarely seen and I don't know of anyone who ties them so, I thought I'd give it a go. I have the required gadgets to commence tying but am inexperienced in the commencing & finishing process when cone heads are used. Do I glue the cone heads on?
With the drought in Australia many of our inland water ways have all but dried up and the Trout have suffered. So, we are getting more & more into saltwater flyfishing. Tube flies look like a great way to go for saltwater.
With copper tubing is it always necessary to jam plastic tubing inside & if so is it glued in?
This is a great forum and an ideal place to pick up tips & new ideas.
Regards
Warren.

I saw how Ronny caug

I saw how Ronny caught the trouts. I tried to catch fish on the same time and same water on a different way.
I used streamers, nymps, dry flies nothing worked...... I am convinced now I saw how good this method worked!
Thanks for sharing the tip

Bob,

Bob,

You can count on it! I wish I'll be there soon.

How is stripped bass fishing in Chesapeake Bay? Three years ago I went to Washington D.C. for business, and I packed a #8 rod dreaming on fishing on the beach for those fish after reading some articles about it, but finally I couldn't. On the train from Washington to NY I met a guy who carries an Orvis rod tube, and he told me there was no good fishing on Chesapeake Bay (he was a trout fisher).

I'm still dreaming on that...

Martin,

Any angle

Martin,

Any angler from any country would be more than welcome! Having an Argentinean would be some treat! We have people coming if from as far away as Moscow as it is right now, so soon we can span the planet...

Martin

Hi Guys, do you acce

Hi Guys, do you accept an Argentinean? I speak English und kann ein bischen Deutsh auch! Would it be enough to have fun?

Brian,

All these

Brian,

All these flies will do fine any time of year. The difficulty is not finding the flies, but finding the fish!

In general smaller and duller flies are considered better in the autumn, and last year it was flies like Magnus, Honey Shrimp and small crest bug like patterns that worked.

Martin

Are these flies usab

Are these flies usable during ermmm...let's say a GFF summit late september :) ? I can't find so many pages on flies for late summer. Most flies i see are spring and winter types.

bloody awesome !!, n

bloody awesome !!, never seen something like this before from european flyfishing DVD production - good luck for your next projects from NZ, hopefully I can get the next DVD till end of this year. tigh lines Klaus

I had one of these D

I had one of these DVD's. Very good one. Brian is very skillful person. Any idea what weight rod has he been using? Is this 8 weight?

I've used this rig,

I've used this rig, with as top fly a big sedge as attractor, a diawl back as middle dropper-nymph and an buzzer as pointfly. It worked well (I only once threw everything in a enormous knot...). Caught two rainbows in a few minutes time.

Thanks for the tip.
Ronny,
the Netherlands

Tom wrote: "I was s

Tom wrote: "I was somewhat offended that the term Cracker was represented as describing the poor whites of Florida."

Tom, you have to take that comment in context, it is a verbatim quote from a book published in the later decades of the ninteeth century. Evidently, circa 1888 that is what the vernacular implied. Note also the spelling. Perhaps I should have indicated "sic" to denote the transcription.

I need a tube holder

I need a tube holder for my fly vise, any suggestions where I can get one!! Thanks Doug

Hi!
I'm looking for

Hi!
I'm looking for DvD ( VIDEO ) that show a Garry "ROD BINDER" WORKING?
THANK YOU AND HAVE A SAFE DAY!!

Hi Johnathan,

Hi Johnathan,

I too live in Norway, well Mandal to be exact. Most norwegians use shooting heads with a skaget, spey or overhead cast. Shooting heads are excellent for distance casting but harder to mend and have complete control of your fly. Though with this said, the norwegians certainly have no problems catching!

Maybe get a hold of both a shooting head and a spey line and have a go with both. Any good tackle shop should let you try before you buy.

I have used Jans ter

I have used Jans terrestrial its a very very good pattern fun to fish with and there is nothing to beat this type of pattern