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Submitted by Robin Rhyne on

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those are simple, elegant patterns. Makes me want to get out the vise right now!

thank you

Submitted by chris from canada on

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Amazing fly!!!

Please , can anyone direct me to a place that I can purchase some zonker strips in that color.

Thanks in advance,
Chris from Canada

Submitted by G.A. Morresi on

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I am SO glad to have found this article! I now have a much better understanding of the many uses of the many kinds of hen hackle.

Thank you Mr. Petti.

Sigred Olsen, noted Minnesota author and explorer of Canadian canoe lands, called the last 5 minutes Ross Light, after a famous photographer/painter friend of his.

Frederik,

The pictures are now available as a slideshow. Thanks for reminding me.

And sure it would be great with some more personal narrative for the trip. But it takes a lot of time to do these thorough articles, and accounting for seven and a half days of fishing amongst a group of seven guys is just beyond what I could muster the time for.

Next time maybe...

Martin

Submitted by Steve (uk) on

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Well just starting fly fishing and tying, am going to give this a go as looks easy ( cough cough ) May i also say what a wicked site :)
Cheers
Steve

Rodney,

Sent you a private mail with further information, but for the benefit of the forum crowd:

Unfortunately you are also a bit on the late side there. Bornholm is very much a winter and spring place, but anyhow.

Contact my good friend Carsten, who is a part time guide on the island. He has a home page here with his co-guide Otto: [url]http://angelguide.dk/[/url]
He knows what's happening on the island right now. And if not, he knows someone who does. Since we have had a slow spring you might be in luck.

There is also the local fly club [url]http://www.fluefiskerne.dk/[/url] (in Danish). Carsten is a memeber and there are many other very nice people to be met through there.

The pike fishing is opening right now, and Martin - the bike smith - will know where to go. He has a combined bike, sewing maching and fishing shop (sic!) in Rønne. You should definitely pay him a visit. Also the shop Sport Dres is worth a visit. Both are on the outskirts of Rønne towards north quite close to each other.

And of course the [url=http://globalflyfisher.com/reports/bornholm_2006/]article from our annual Bornholm trip[/url] has just come online.

Martin

Submitted by Ed Glenn on

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Henk opens eyes to a wide variety of flytying tools with this project. His work is excellent and photos and text clear and concise. A great article!

Thanks Martin. :) We went out again this evening but this weather is driving me nuts. One minute it was sunny, next minute rain was coming down sideways.

Anyways, we did not connect with any fish tonight but I did have a few taps and saw one followed to shore. One gentleman landed two in a row while we were there on a spoon.

I realize the peak garfish run is now over, but one can still expect to catch some until June right? I still need to get lots of video footages as originally planned. :cry:

Next Wednesday to Saturday Nina and I are off to Bornholm. :) Any recommendations? We are staying at the northern tip of the island.

Have a good weekend all. Sunday we'll be fishing around Køge, I'll post an update if I find any fish. :)

[quote:c72c830b35="Rodney"]We didn't see "millions" like what you have witnessed :lol: but I did see a school swimming by towards the end of our outing.

I think we're going back out again tonight. :)[/quote:c72c830b35]

Millions might be something that has escaped my mouth, but I never saw millions either - particularly not this late in May. The great run is over and it's sea trout time again. The weather the coming days call out for some sea trout fishing.

The garfish run is usually short, about a month or less.

And congrats with the fish BTW!

Martin

Our morning outing at Amager Strandpark started out slow but ended somewhat satisfying. :)

We were able to connect with a few garfish on these orange wooly buggers that I had tied up before I left Canada.

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We didn't see "millions" like what you have witnessed :lol: but I did see a school swimming by towards the end of our outing.

I think we're going back out again tonight. :)

Submitted by jason martin on

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an important factor is being overlooked in this neoprene versus breathable debate,weight.I have been wearing breathables for the last two seasons,previously i wore neoprene.neoprene is much than heavier than breathable material,that extra weight has to be carried by the angler leading to more sweating and fatigue.Thats a recipe for discomfort.

Submitted by ted weaver on

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finally found a comprehensive site and formulas for leader tying.

thanks ted

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