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Restoration

Just WOW! Great story, that is an inspiration for me. Congrats to Jim Burchette for the artistic work!

I am the grandfather in this story. An old friend gave me this rod to give to my grandson Ian just to introduce him to fly fishing. I took it to my friend Jim Burchette to more or less give me some information about the rod and reel BUT Jim is a perfectionist and now you see what my grandson has. It’s beautiful and I’m sure it will be well used! Thanks to Jim Burchette

Fantastic Job Martin

You did a fantastic job Martin. Thanks for adding this section on LeaderCalc. Bravo!

Small book about natural things that happen along the beach.

Dear Martin,

I was looking around on your fantastic website and ran into the section where you ask for input of any usefull kind.
May be i have something that fits into your website.
It happens to be that i wrote a small book last year during Corona about some soil-, water- and wave mechanics that happens along the beach.
The book is called "Beach Science: about sand, water and waves" and it is available in English, German, Dutch and French.
I think the book will be an interesting piece of information for flyfishermen that are fishing from beaches as well along the see as along rivers and lakes. The content is also interesting for kids who can perform some simple tests with water and sand to investigate the behaviour of water and sand.
The book is low priced and can be ordered via my website at www.vanderschrieck.nl
Should you be willing to put it on your website, please feel free to reproduce some of the contents on your website.
If necessary i can send you the files of pictures etcetera.

Hope to hear from you soon,
Best wishes

Bart van der Schrieck

Safety on the water

Love your show but I don't understand why I see so many of you guys fishing from canoe or boat without lifejackets. Not something I'd want my grandchildren to see.

We had an Australian Shepard

We had an Australian Shepard of the same habit named Pumpkin. Like most Aussies she had tri-color fur with the predominant color an orangish tan, so of course she was named Pumpkin. While she would roll in anything smelly, her preference was for bear or moose dung. When we all got out of the car at our fishing spot on the Kennebec near the outlet from Moosehead Lake, Pumpkin lifted her nose, gave a shudder of delight and suddenly dashed out of sight. This was out of character since she always stayed close to us. Worried she might have found a bear, we went looking for her. We found her alright, rolling delightedly in an enormous pile of moose droppings. Before we could drive home later, we had to spend well over an hour washing her with in a lake. Thirty years later, I’m still tying nymphs with Pumpkin Dub.

Thanks for the idea!

I read this article and had to go home and make my own. These was brilliant and really took my fly tying station to the next level for only 18$.

Crease flies

Peter do you flatten the bottom of this flyand also do you use epoxy or Uv to cover everything. Last question ,have you tied them on tubes.

Stacking Bucktail: Modifying a Loon-brand Zippy Hair-Stacker

I modified a large-size Loon-brand Zippy hair stacker by adding a long open-ended tube so that bucktail can be stacked.

A video of the stacker and the stacking process is posted on Youtube-- https://youtu.be/9gv1tyfNylw

Turrall Promo

That was an excellent video. You make the hackle process look so easy. Where can I find those promos you have. I'd love to gift a few Bassett ones to family members.

Master Hair Stacker needs to drilled out to stack long hair

I received my Master Hair stacker and found that I was wrong-- that it is two hair stackers-- a 12 mm and 14mm stacker on each end of a closed tube. The unit is made on a lathe and the solid rod was only partially drilled through to separate the stackers on each end.

so, I was able to convert the Master Hair stacker to a longer closed-end stacker by drilling through the undrilled plug between the hair stackers. I used a 31/64 inch drill bit and a drill press. This bit at 12.2mm diameter is about the same inner diameter as the small end hair stacker.

Because the overall length of the Master hair stacker is 4.25 inches (108mm), I have to leave one end off to stack hairs longer than the total length of this stacker. You just have to be careful when tamping down the hair so you do not lose some hair out the top. Also, I find the diameter of the unit at 12 mm is a little tight to get kinky hair settle well but works OK if you only use small amounts of hair.

Master Hair Stacker

Closed-end hair stacker

It looks like Ebay has a closed-end stacker for sale-- search for the "Master hair stacker". About 12-13 bucks including shipping and tax.

Fishing near Istanbul or an airport

I have just moved to Istanbul and am also keen to find some fly fishing - on rivers or streams ideally, but a lake would be enough to keep me happy. I’ve a car so could go anywhere within about 4-5 hours of Istanbul. Or further afield, I’m happy to fly. If anyone has any suggestions for locations, or who wants to buddy up, do please drop me a line: tomsisum@gmail.com. Thanks!

Net Details

The net is an old model of the Greys GS Scoop Net with an 18 inch hoop. There is a magnetic link in the end of the handle which I clip to a plastic carabiner on the strap of my shoulder pack so the net is always to hand, the net lanyard is also clipped to the carabiner so. The reason I use the foam is to keep the net floating while I photograph or video fish. I can hold and fire the camera with one hand and the fish with the other without the net sinking from under the fish.

Elite bobbin

I agree i bought it on this c review and the metal frame. But the bobbin hasn’t been used once for tying because it doesn’t hold tension. The drag is such a small window from completely loose to too tight.

Ellie bobbin

Details about your net

Nick,

Beautiful video. Makes me happy for you and envious for me. My local New Jersey ponds are iced over so won't be going fishing again until March.

Please provide more details on your net. What size/brand is it? What kind of mesh? How do you attached it to your vest and keep it ready to use? Looks like you've used cable ties to hold pipe insulating foam around most of the rim. I think this is to keep the net floating level while you unhook and photograph fish. Or maybe it keeps the net floating if it breaks loose and you need retrieve it, Or both. Or some other reason.

Bill

Salmon Reel

Hi Martin,
FYI, I found out the reel I was asking about is a Vision Tank Salmon Reel. I found it in an old Vision Catalog. It came in 3 sizes, but has since been discontinued. I really like the look of that reel and have been scouring the internet to find one. I would like the #3 for 7-9 wt lines.

Regards,
Hector

Video

Nice video. Thank You for showing the different Flies used.

No idea

Hector,

I have quickly run through the videos, but have been unable to recognize the reel or even the brand.

Maybe try contacting kanalgratisdotse on YouTube to see if they can help?
https://www.youtube.com/@kanalgratisdotse

Martin

Fly Reel Question

I have enjoyed watching Antti Guttorm Salmon fishing in several Fly TV videos. I wanted to know what fly reel on the two-handed rod he was using in one of Norway videos. It was an enclosed sided with round center drag wheel and pewter in color. From watching him land some salmon I noticed the reel seemed to be an ant-reverse drag system. I could not make out any the markings on the video. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks and happy holidays.

Music

Terrible. Music… a good video does NOT Need music.
Terrible obnoxious left w/o watching..

fabric

Hello
Which software used for the plan of objects. Thank you for the answer. Good week
Dominica