Oct 19 2006
Classic Wet Flies
Classic Wet Flies – Global FlyFisher
A collection of some very nice wet flies…. the photos are excellent. A few ideas for patterns to tie up this winter for sure!
Archive for October, 2006
Oct 16 2006
Bite tippets for pike streamers
Global FlyFisher, bite tippets for pike streamers, by Henk Verhaar
An excellent article on alternative choices for leaders when fly fishing for ‘toothy critters’
Oct 10 2006
Hoverwing – Hovercraft / Hoverplane kit
Hoverwing – Hovercraft / Hoverplane kit
Now this looks like it would be great fun! Imagine all the places you could get too!
I wonder if those wings would make a good casting platform? 
Oct 09 2006
Packing it away…
Well, now that my last fly fishing trip of the season is done, it’s time to get things put away so that it will all be good to go next season. I read that it’s a good practice to take the lines off the reels over the winter… that it helps minimize line memeory. I’ve noticed that a couple of my lines had quite pronounced memory… which makes them a little more difficult to work with… the line doesn’t lay out across the water as nicely as it should.
So…now the lines are hanging from a coat rack in my office. One thing I noticed, is that my 3 sink has a number of nicks in it. I’m sure that’s not a good thing… so I think that I might retire it, and replace it with a new one over the winter.
I also pulled the rod apart, and gave it a good wipe down. The cleaning cloth was instantly green. That was quite the algae bloom at Swan last month!
Looking over my reels, I noticed that my SA reel has some rust inside. Didn’t use this one much this year… prefering the action and size of the Okuma Sierra I bought last season. Still, nothing wrong with having a spare (and one for the kids to start with one day). Perhaps I’ll see if the Reel Doctor can clean it up, and get the reel working better. The drag on it sucks completely.
Oct 08 2006
Fly Fish Radio – The original podcast for flyfish anglers
Fly Fish Radio – The original podcast for flyfish anglers
I’ve listened to a couple of the episodes so far, and they are very well done, and some very interesting listening. Will be trying to listen to them all over the coming days!. To view the episodes available, click on the Fly Fish Radio link to the right.
The site is definitely worth a visit, and be sure to check out some of the links to other worthy fly-fishing blogs. Also, you don’t want to forget to subscribe to the FlyFishRadio RSS feed!
