DutchDryfly

I would suggest the following leaders: 13 feet floating polyleader 10 feet intermediate polyleader 8 feet sinking leader and if you really need it a 5 foot superfast sinking leader

Welcome to the darkside. If you think this was nice, wait till something hit on the swing.

Congrats to Canada but next time not as much suspense, please!! And dutch, I want to see that Meiser in september!

Also the sharp edges of Qtips Will cut your tip.

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58 million USD by telethon, which will be doubled by the government. And I agree, any gift is equally worthy, as it is given by heart. Now I only hope it is getting to the right place, after all there are still funds in bankaccounts, which were donated for relief aid after the tsunami and have not been used so far.

Clinton needs to get his figures right, I noticed that a total amount of 9 million was raised in Canada and doubled by your government. We (The Dutch) raised 58 million which is also doubled by oer government. It seems Clinton has the same problem as Gore has with figures.

Cortland Peach would be my choice

Bob already has a claim in at USPS. If the rod does nog turn up in the next 10 days, he will build me a new one. So all the things said about Bob on Speypages are correct, he is a great guy. The rod I am expecting is the Highlander S 13' for a #6 with matching line.

Give Bob my regards. I am currently waiting for a rod he built for me. Unfortunately USPS screwed up and sent it to Norway instead of my home.

In no particular order Single Cortland 444 Wulff TT Double Elixer CND GPS Scierra MWF

My 11'9" #3 weight

5 or 6 piece 2-handed medium-fast action with fast recovery tip scandi rod between 13' and 14' and a 250-275 grainage

You did the right thing, let nature run it's couse. On the other hand I will kill a fish if I caught it and it was heavily damaged by catching it. No matter what the rules say, I will not put back a fish I injured just to have it die slowly. I will kill it, puncture the blatter and put it back in the water.

According to Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies by Paul Marriner Tag: Black chenille Rib: Fine oval silver tinsel Body : Rear half flat silver tinsel, front half black wool Wing : Fox squirrel Hackle : Orange tied as a collar and slanted rearwards

Did not check, just donated.

Noticed that foreigners are also able to donate. Made the donation and I don't think many can say they even convinced foreigners to donate. Hope to meet you in September.

I must really start tying again as the season has taken a toll on my boxes. Lately I found myself more and more swinging flies for trout and grayling with the doublehander. To my surprise they tend to have a liking for sized down salmon flies. This winter I will be tying some tubeflies and try those.

Fishing with my buddy Noud for the first time in saltwater. We arrived at the campground in order to fish from shore. Unfortunately this was not possible but the campground had also some rental boats. As it was Noud's birthday I booked a boat as a present and in the early evening we went fishingafetr we had tied three clousers each. It was our first time in the salt and there was more water then we were used to. Luckily I asked at te campground for a shallow spot and right in front of the campground there were some shallows. Shallow in a Norwegian fjord means about 30 meters deep, so the sinking lines were on our reels. As we reached the shallow we started to catch some cod, not big but a lot. It was the most fun we both have ever had while fishing. Noud later told me he never imagined of catching anything, so hit after hit was a nice surprise. After a few fish Noud's rod started to bend very deep and it was clear it was not a small cod on the end of the line. The best birthday present I have ever given anyone : Getting ready to land Surrender The present

Thanks, guys. My present to myself is the Meiser 13"#6 S, so that will be used on the Bow next September.

I did not use a heavier line on the Vapor, according to Winston the Vapor has a grain window for scandi from 400 to 432 grain. Which is between 26 and 28 grams. The Scierra 8/9 is 26 gram (401 grain) so I did not have a heavier line on it. Skagit lines are not much used over here, so I do not know if you can compare the grainwindow of a scandi rod with the grainwindow of a skagit line. But a nice example is your Goran Andersson #6 which is rated by Loop for a 23 gram line which is 355 grains. In comparison my Anderson Custom Rod 11.9 #3 has a customline from Gary himself about 295 grains. So grainwise they are close together, but AFTM wise there is a world of difference. And yes, I like the slower rods, although the Vapor throws some mean laserloops.

Please be carefull that an European manufactured rod in the 6 weight is not the same as an US manufactured rod in the 6 weight. I had a Winston Vapor 12.6 #6 (US) which I had to line with an 8/9 scandi line from Scierra (EU) I used it for salmon. Now the rod is sold and I am eagerly waiting for my Meiser 13 #6 I think a US 6 weight is overkill for trout and you better can have a US 3 or 4 weight. Decho or ACR in the #3 and #4 lines are nice rods for trout.

Happy b'day, Greg

Actually Ben, there are rivers in Germany where C&R is not allowed. Although it does not apply to the whole country, it is enforced on some German rivers. Rob Also from Holland

As the Pound is about par with the Euro, I am certain to buy some stuff in the UK.