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Hi Hoppy,
I stayed in Denmark for two weeks in june this year and one of the places i fished was middlefart.
You will need to wade out quite a way to find the deeper water,.......and the fish.
I fished at night with a black muddler with arctic fox tail and managed two small cod.
But i liked Denmark so much that i've already booked for two weeks next year,I agree about the book 117 .........you must get it.

hi guys, should you do some fishing on Sealand over the weekends, I´d love to join you as long as it is not a "private ride" :D

Hey Martin, so I am scheduled to arrive in a week from now, and I have been watching the daily temperature of Copenhagen very closely. ;) It is rather warm! :D

Vancouver on the other hand, has been going through what most of you saw in the movie "The Day after Tomorrow".

Since my last post, we were greeted by multiple days of heavy rainfall after five months of drought. In Chilliwack, where many of you have fished, they received over 100mm of rain in 24 hours! The watershed was completely flooded and many houses were damaged. As a result, this has further created another barrier for our returning salmon, which have not been many this season.

[url=http://www.fishingwithrod.com/member/gallery/album87]Photos of the flood![/url]

Chum salmon are typically shallow spawners so the flood pushed most chums onto trails and roads. We performed a chum rescue mission... ;)

[img:2d231c6a38]http://www.fishingwithrod.com/albums/album87/061107_06.jpg[/img:2d231c6…]

Over 100 chums were netted and returned to the main channel.

This weekend, we are experiencing the earliest winter snow storm since 1975. :roll: Since last night, 30cm of snow has fallen.

As you can see, I have not fished since late October! :o Time to get some perch and pike. ;)

I'll send you an email when I arrive in DK.

Cheers all.

Submitted by S Ilija on

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Thanks for great link Jari, i just research prices of harvest product's and i think harvest rod have best quality for that price, i buying TRAVELER 4pc's 9" class#5 in next couple day. Thank's Martin, for your great comparing that i found on your page.

I wish all of you many great day on river with fly tackle in hand

Ilija from Banja Luka, BiH

Submitted by Bill Parker on

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Just came back from a steelhead trip to Northern NY state. With the rivers running high and fast, slinkies got the fly down quickly and made for better drifts.

Submitted by harold brockopp on

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I am looking for detailed tying instructions for Wes Drain 20 steelhead pattern

Submitted by Larry Seidl on

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This is just what I am looking for. I have the book on Atlantic Streamers but have not been able to find the right feathers, the hen saddles. The ironic part is that I live less than 40 miles from the Whiting Farms and visited once on a TU trip. Any suggestion on where I can buy these saddles?

Submitted by george tinaza on

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i have many articles about bamboo fly rod tapers--garrison, payne--but i just heard of another but i am not familiar with itis called the "anulet" taper--can you tell me about this--thanks george

Submitted by kenneth westli… on

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hi
nice dvd, but sad, that i cut´n get this dvd i Denmark or sendt to Denmark :o(

Hi Matej!

A dangerous question! Questions of that sort usually turn out pretty long threads, but then again this site is not so much a casting site as it is a fishing site.
Most Sage rods I have tried are rather unforgiving, but that is part of the point I think. I guess you're right that they are good casting rods and for some that is the same thing as a good fishing rod.
Others just like to fish and want a rod that casts easily and sufficiently far and I think that Martin thinks of himself in this category.

I havent tried the new z-axis, but it probably follows the sage stile, so if you're on the lookout for an undemading rod, its probably not for you.
I like demaning rods, its a nice sence of success when you learn to control a demanding rod and because they are demanding, it usually means that you're in for a treat, when you learn to master its potential.
But on the other hand, those things haven't got much to do with fishing and as always, these things are very individual

-Jari

Submitted by jan normandale… on

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Martin, a fly fishing party ..... you never wrote, you never called, you didn't send flowers, or a card... ;- )

[quote:0633328ec9="Matej Muhelyi"]It is very good for casting but for fishing ??? I want to know your opinions....[/quote:0633328ec9]

Matej,

You are sooo right! I haven't tried the new Sage rods, but on a general level I find this fast action rod craze way too much.
Many new rods may be good for casting far, but for casting nicely, presenting delicately and fighting...? It's not my cuppa!

Whenever someone hauls out one of these wiz rods, I just remind them that my good old Partridge splitcane rod - 7' for a 4-weight line - can lay out close to a whole WF line as delicately as a butterfly lands (well almost at least). I find that most of the rods I like to fish are medium fast, progressive, on the heavy side - and a blessing to fish with!

Fast isn't always better!

Martin

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Possibly one of the places but beautiful and spectacular that have known. River Paloma.
!What luck to be able to enjoy them¡

Hi Esox, that video is great!!! :shock: Very nice. My pike was caught on reservoir Žilina. I live 5 km from this reservoir. There are big big pike, some waylle, and nice brown and rainbown trout. Last weekend I was there and it is unbelievable. I was want to fish some :? I do not know how it say hmm ´´church´´? fish like waylle, there where I caugt my biggest pike. On first cast came contact with big fish. It was pike!!! :D
On my rod was 0,20 fluocarbon and two little boobies :D I don´t know how I was get this fish. It was gooood luck :wink: after take fish from water, fluocarbon do ´´puk´´! :lol: but fish already was in my hands....

Thanks for your insight Ripley! Actually I wasn't that much hyped by Scierra's "saltwater" denomination for their shooting head but well interested in the actual profile of the head which they claim to be optimized for sea trout fishing.

I agree with you that SWFF fishing with light rod is great fun even tough we need to carefully balance the length of the drill for a proper catch and release.

Fenwick rod are indeed of good quality.

Anyone has something else to add on the rod or SH?

Hi Mad Dog,

I can't help you with comments regarding the saltwater head you mentioned.

I have been using Fenwick's Aircutter fly line for 2 years in the salt and I am more than impressed with it. It's just an option for you.
I doubt there is little difference between a line that claims to be "saltwater" and a line that doesn't. Your not going to catch more fish.

I have and always use a class #5 WF / F line for the salt - no matter the weather or season and by using Fenwick, I have never experienced problems, including the cold hardening the line.

Rod - I have been using Fenwick HMG 9ft, 5wt for 3 years in the Danish salt. That's roughly 100 fishing days a year - give or take. Same rod - no problem what so ever with the cork, in fact it's still in mint condition.
Those that know me will know how much I fish the salt so I can fully recommend that brand.
Scierra? Well, that's up to you. I have never tried any Scierra, so I can't help.

I have nothing to do with the company Fenwick but will never use another brand.

Ripley

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No it never ends. After loads of research i am now going to buy the A620 because the macro goes to 1cm. Is the software programs suitable with the package when you buy it or do you use another software for editing the pictures. This site has really helped.
Thanks very much
Matt.

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