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Thanks guys.

Cedar chips, isn't it wood chips, isn't that more of a food for the insects?

Thank you for interesting answers

Many good advices I can use.
In the future I will definitely put all my feathers and hairs in zip loc bags.

I will wash the featers and hairs that I keep and...

Hi group.

I know this has been posted before sometimes but here goes.
I found little red insects in my pheasant tail feathers, earlier I had thrown away peacock feathers from China, they were in...

4. You get involuntary casting movement in your arm when you think about fishing.

All shades of "fisherman brown" are in this year.
Salmon Pink seems to be getting popular too.
One should always have it on the bank or in the boat to freshen up the colour when needed, you can...

I paint eyes on my streamers, on bead heads, cones and hour glass eyes.
I use the drills that are 1.5mm, 2.0mm and 2.5mm (the back end).
First I put put on f.ex white color by stamping it on the...

I'm in the opposite position with Rocketfish.
I use nymphs 90% of the time, streamers 9% and dry flies 1% (don't ask how I came up with those numbers).
In the country where I live the tradition is...

If the fish get put down, how long time does it take for them to become active feeders again?

Thorarinn

Haha, no we don't have grasshoppers and we even hardly have mayflies :)

Thorarinn

We don't have leeches or crawdads here, but leech will do quite well I think as a general pattern.
As Mike Thomas says earlier, PT is a good pattern and I use it alot for browns!
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I believe that everyone was honest about their flies :)
I'ts their favorite choices.

Thorarinn

ps.
I still have to check some of the flies out, tyed one this evening, I'm excited

and don't wash
and eat junkfood

Hy guys

Simple is good, I use a pattern that looks like the olive bugger except I use orange and black, it's called Nobbler.
Like this one:...

Next summer I'm going to take even more (and bigger) of the brown trout in my favorite lake.
I'm looking for a new killer pattern.

So, as it says in the title, I need the awesomest, beutifulest,...

Have you been in contact with any golfers lately?
Don't let them mislead you, stay focused.

Of course you go when and if you feel like it.
Maybe one day when the sun is shining, you see a lake...

It must be depressing for the Loon to have this name, no wonder it's on the rare species list.

I tied three colours of PSC, Olive, Orange and Dark brown.
This fly really looks like she will give some fish, the pictures don't show it all somehow.

ps.
Googled "pine squirrel", found this...

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I drive 16km to my home water, there are even some waters that are closer.
You can se my usual fishing route last summer, a bit of a wading, but worth the effort.
They built a dam 1924 and...

Hahaha, yes I asked.

I consider me not to be a "fishing racist", I sometimes use spinner as can be seen in the background in this picture:...

I could add that the fishies are brown trout.
Some people do good fishing with worms downstream, at least 10 meters ahead they say, so why not flies.

Those streamers then may not sink.

Yes...

Hi you guys and gals.

Here is the scenario.

Small river, 3-8 meters wide.
Runs slowly.
Often very calm weather and you can see the bottom.
The river is not deep, from 1 feet to maybe 7...

Don't know which type of hooks you are talking about, but are these any good for your purpose?
http://www.togenenterprises.com/steelheadhooks.html

Reg,
Thorarinn

Hahahaha :)
Does faol have not fotw but jotw (joke of the week)?

Thorarinn.

ps
I say it again, hahahahahahahahaha!

Priceless.

I do this if my rod doesn't have a hook keeper, so I dont mess up the cork butt.

Reg,
Thorarinn

GW, Thanks for the answer.

It doesn't seem to be that much difference between the two vests, except maybe comfort and durability?
Thorarinn.