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Hi Rip

You are using a #5 rod for seatrout on the danish coast ......, is it one of those special saltwater rods which is typically classified one or two classes below?

To get a lighter rod for the coast, I bought a Fenwick Techna AV Saltwater #6 , but actually
it is a lot heavyer than my class 7 Fenwick Ironfeather :wink:

What specific class 5 rod are You using for the coast?

By the way, the 8 feet #4 Zeplin & König rod, I bought from You worked very fine for me, under my trip to Slovenia. I caught a lot of grayling, brown trout, rainbows and a single marble trout :D

Kind regards
Allan Wermuth

Mooncussers...shiftless near-do-well shore bound pirate wanna'beeez who would meacon ships aground and pillage the booty...
(not to be confused with MoonBatz TedKennedy/JohnKerry)

Here's another eye-in-the-sky glimpse of the neighborhood...
and a stripes seasonal visitor...PhlatWing to go...

[quote:01c9ea8fe5="Esox"]They fight a hell of a lot harder than their size. Don't they, Rodney. How did you fish the nymphs?[/quote:01c9ea8fe5]

Different kind of fight to a salmonid, the broad tail sure makes them hard to come up to the surface. :) Our typical target fish here are salmon, steelhead and trout, so it's refreshing to fish for smallmouth bass for a few days a year. I find that their takes usually feel more like a pause or slow drag. A lot of times I mistakened them as weed or bottom. Once the hook is set, the fight is definitely very exciting. With nymphs, I just fish with wooly buggers (brown, black, size 8) by letting a intermediate sink tip to get the fly down to where they are. Most of these fish (the bigger ones anyways) are now sitting in 30 to 40 feet of water. There are also some very nice cutthroat trout in this lake, but the lake is a bit warm for them now. I did manage to "by-catch" one last weekend. ;)

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[quote:500a21dd0e="DistantStreams"]Amazing how many different angles you can get with the same fish... :D
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Haha... I actually have about 150 photos from the trip. :D I had a tripod set up in my boat with a video camera so I could simply flip the screen around, and take photos in between video clips that way. It's quite exciting when there is a bit of chop on the water too. :D

[quote:500a21dd0e="DistantStreams"]
Great pictures Rodney. When are you coming back over here?
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Probably December again. Hopefully I'll connect with a sea trout on the beach this time. Last year we fished Møn cliff area but had no luck, saw a couple fish landed late on in the day. We also fished on the west side of sealand one day, and I lost one fish but I think it was a rainbow.

Amazing how many different angles you can get with the same fish... :D

Great pictures Rodney. When are you coming back over here?

Ripley

Hi everyone,

With reference to my original post I've been looking at flights from Norway to Denmark. I have found that the easiest method for me, will be to fly from Oslo to Billund and then rent a car, if I can't get a lift off someone.

Anyone who is travelling via Norway or Billund please feel free to contact me and perhaps we could travel together and/or share car rental if needed!

Cheers
Jonathan

My birding and fishing friends use to drive their jeeps to that light house before the big storm that cut up The Moy. Have you ever heard of The Mooncussers?

Submitted by S. Lonneberg on

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Beautiful photo! Here in Canada that insect would be called a damselfly.

Martin,
Is the 0.23 (2X) Berkly Trilene line tippet or just regualr mono fishing line. If it is fishing line what pound test would it be, maybe 2lb? I would like to buy it in bulk rather than 30 yard spools.
Thanks.

Submitted by Terry Still on

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oliver your flys are the best i one day hope to tie flys as well as you i have a book of yours that is in german and i cant under stand it but i have started tieing from the pictures in it and i think there not bad but still learning.thank because of you fly are fun to tie again. thank from the yukon.

Submitted by Nancy on

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What a terrific, insightful article and pictures!! The Tigerfish is truly amazing - all those teeth. Thanks.

Hi Jonathan,

I am sure you'll get hundreds of answers, all different.
There's no real formula or correct way. As you progress, you'll find what works for you.

I can answer with my experience and what works for me.

What breaking strain of leader?
Basically you want a tapered leader to allow a good turn over and presentation, tapered to a tippet of around 23mm. Some, and including myself, have used tippets as fine as 15 to 20mm. But as a beginning, I would go for 23 to 25mm.
Expect average fish weights of 2 to 4kg.

What length of leader? ( My rod is 10.5ft #7/8 )?
That's weather permitting.
Normal conditions - 9ft.
Night and strong wind - 7ft
Calm, summer, crystal clear water - up to 12ft, maybe more...
A 7/8 rod, for some, may be to heavy. But that depends on what species your targeting.
I use, and always have used a #5 in all weathers and seasons. I have never had a problem.
As an average, good all round rod...A #6/7 handles everything.
Tropical species, the above does not apply.

Tapered leader?
I answered that. Tapered.

WF or SH?
Personal preference. I use WF.
As most sea trout lurk CM's from the shore line, distance isn't a priority. If you love casting...Then perhaps a SH.

Floating line or intermediate?
Both.
I use floating.
Intermediate still catches fish but I think most use floating in Denmark.

Are "polyleaders" recommended?
That's up to you.
I make my own and always have done with standard "bob's your uncle - any line I have", leaders.

Hope it helps.
You'll get many answers but don't stress to much. Experiment and enjoy the experience.
Happy chappies at the GFF will help, point you in the direction and some...May even point out a few sea trout for you?!

REMEMBER: GLOBALFLYFISHER have all the answers to your questions and with answers that are proven also to work.

See you out there at the GFF summit.
Ripley

Submitted by R.J.Kauffman on

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Thanks for the work you put into your article. So far all I've heard of is Dacron and braided type backing.Why can't monofilement be used??

[quote:59b14409dd="Matej Muhelyi"]Hi, I was on Fyn last weeks with my friend Luki. The weather was good for fishing. Dark sky with rain, sout-west wind, sometimes north wind. The best fishing was in the morning. We fish about 40 sea trout.[/quote:59b14409dd]

Matej,

What a fantastic week, huh? Those are beautiful fish! Congratulations.

Martin

Submitted by Peter Moss on

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A Nice Fly I will tie one and try it on our River. The river Erme in the South West of the U.K.
P.M ( Membership Sec of Cleeve Angling Club Of Ivybridge )

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