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Make my day! Last ni

Make my day! Last night was my first real attempt at tying a Muddler and only had some natural bucktail. After a few false starts I ended up with a "2 clumper" that actually resembled a muddler with room for improvement but it was for sure a keeper.
I fish small creeks in Middle Tn for smallmouth (and Bass in general) and have been tying a lot of Closure Minnows. I went to a favorite Greenie creek this afternoon just to get out. It gives up some of both Large and Smallies. With not much happening with my Closures I tied on my Muddler. Within 30 minutes I had released 6 Largemouth 13"-15". They took it off the top with great vigor.
I didn't know what to expect and really thought that it would sink like a rock (not sure why) but it floated better than I ever imagined. (Are they suppose to float?)
Im sure I'll be tying a bunch of these and thanks for the great tying instructions. Once I saw it spin it comes together pretty quick. I can imagine lots of variation coming. Had a blast.
Tom

Hey guys and gals,

Hey guys and gals,

We hope to be with you again this year - indeed, due to a generous offer, we hope to make it a longer stay in Denmark this year. :D

Time is booked in the diary, even though I don't know the exact date yet. We are really looking forward to seeing friends old and new.

Regards,
Les and Nan Austin

WOW! When you tie yo

WOW! When you tie your head how many "bunchs" do you tie on for this size hook. Its really a beautiful streamer.
I'm just learning to make a muddler and can sure appreciate this one.
Tom

Well this was a BIG

Well this was a BIG help.Tied my first and theres a lot of room for improvement but by golly I'll fish it! Your pics and instruction really cleared up some things. Practice make perfect.
Tom

Good looking fly!

Good looking fly!
No offense intended at all but I have to wonder if those white wings are even necessary. It appears as though they are not visible to an underwater view. Nonetheless I plan on fishing them for bluegill here locally.

TKS Martin...like yo

TKS Martin...like you, i do like to overpower my rod.
My guess is that if the long belly has a belly 40 to 50% longer than a usual WF
it means you will have serious problems loading a rod with 9 meters line off the rod tip.
In softer tip rods that would be good with short casts and presentation will work almost like a double tapper would.
But with harder rod tips, i think it would be a bit difficult to load the rod for a shoot cast. wouldn' it ?!?!

Well that means that i should

Well that means that i should be open again now then!
I think that more countries should have closed season during the spawning. The swedish arcipelago could win a lot from it.

It's midsummer feast in sweden now and the fishing is running slow due to high temperatures but im going out to do some night fishing next week.

Thank you very much

Thank you very much Martin .....

Greetings from Argentina

Cristian.

Mike,

Mike,

Welcome to the forum..
"Hooked on salt" - in Germany? ;-)

Martin

I to am trying to fi

I to am trying to find Peter. I fished with him in BC and knew that her had moved west. I want to fish with him again. If you have info or could forward my info I would appriciate it.

Kimbal Markwardt
jack_flash75234@yahoo.com

Hi all,

Hi all,

only wants to say "Hallo" to all users of this great international fly fishing board. I love to read all the articles and massages from all over the world and feel good by knowing about this great community of fly fishing enthusiasts. Thats a good way of globalisation!

Warm Regards

Mike

Oh if you wanna know where i

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Oh if you wanna know where i was this one should do the trick :lol: the land/hills is sweden. It was taken at sunrise with a little north-eastern wind and the water was cristal clear. But i didn't see any action that morning, evenings were better for me.

What size parachute

What size parachute cord should I use?

hornbaek? hmmm

Well, ... extremely difficult to guess the spot you fished, there´s only the sea and the sun... It could have been anywhere. But good pics, though.
The "soup" was pretty muddy when I got there, visibility less than 30 cm... :?

srry m8 it works fine now. i

srry m8 it works fine now. i forgot i changed some things for a test i had for my other website.

My dear boy

My dear boy, for anyone to start & finish such a fly & get copliments from one of my favorate fly
tyers, Bryant Freeman, & the couple little minor mistakes that were made are so easily fixed.
So, let's shorten the thread back on the eye a little, put another plus the one that is here in this
picture side by side. I know you have talent, show me your next version of the same fly.

Nice pics to bad you had a

[quote:29c3e1afb7="Olle Bulder"]Nice pics to bad you had a blank fishing morning. I've made some pictures too you can find a slideshow at www.coolinfo.speedxs.nl . Is that fishing spot near the place i went?[/quote:29c3e1afb7]

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I caught mine with orange

I caught mine with orange patterns and you could try further up north of hornbaek. See my previous posting.

Nice pics to bad you had a

Nice pics to bad you had a blank fishing morning. I've made some pictures too you can find a slideshow at www.coolinfo.speedxs.nl . Is that fishing spot near the place i went?

I have an East Branc

I have an East Branch 7' 3wt 3 piece rod that I use for brook trout in the Shenandoah National Park, a great little brook trout rod. Unfortunately I beleive that East Branch Rod Co. has gone out of business.

Blatt,

I like ove

Blatt,

I like overlining my own rods a bit (personal taste), but apart from that recommend beginners to do the same because they rarely have a full belly out when blind casting, and because of this only rarely load the rod fully.

Whether to overline in particular when using a longbelly line...? I honestly can't answer you there. Personally I would probably do it, but again, that's how I prefer it.

Martin

Many guesses here...

Many guesses here...When using a long belly fly line, would it be a good idea to overline the rod?
Thanks.

North Sealand

Arrived at 4 a.m., probably too late as the sun was just about to rise. Zero trip, but a lovely morning, though.

...glad you were lucky to

...glad you were lucky to hook some fish. There´s many regular Gilleleje visitors trying luck for days without even seeing a single splash!
I´ll check the beach tomorrow, anyone want to join? :lol: