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Hi Sexylooper,
And welcome to the first Snapcast of 2008 - the Year
of the Big Fish.
This Snapcast comes to you slightly later than
planned because I caught the Lurgy - as well as one
immense pike - while Ice Fishing in Hungary and have
been on my deathbed ever since. Lars said to
me, "What's the Lurgy, Paul? It sounds bad." I said, "it
is bad Lars; only the Hardcore survive."
Viking Lars has been pretty Hardcore this month
and provided most of the content - thanks Lars. This is
the year it all happens; we'll be ten in
September, by which time we'll be well under way in
our Global Domination plans.
Last month we announced our partnership with
Ray Schmidt, subscribe to his membership for free
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have a Great Year.
Cheers, Paul
| Mel Krieger's Patagonia |
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Mel Krieger's Patagonia is not like any other flyfishing
DVD that I've seen. There's not much educational
content, not much on fishing tactics, not much on flies
and how to choose them!
Then what? Mel
Krieger's Patagonia is a DVD Mel Krieger's history
with Patagonia. 40 years of travelling in Argentina has
given Mel Krieger a unique outlook on the country, its
history, its people, its landscape and in particular its
rivers and their finned inhabitants.
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| Orvis Zero Gravity |
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In general, I'm more concerned with the way a rod
performs than the way it looks, but I have to say, the
Orvis Zero Gravity-series are beautiful rods.
From the bottom and up, the reelseat sports a
beautiful, light hue Tiger Maple insert. The end cap
doubles as an uplocking nickel silver reelseat, which
is a nice detail, albeit a little heavy.
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| The Goddard Poly Sedge - by Viking Lars! |
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The name gives away the source of inspiration for this
fly. I've been tying and fishing the Goddard Sedge for
years, and I've been happy with it. It performs great in
rough water and low light conditions as it rides high
for a long time. However, I really hate spinning
deerhair and once wet, it's difficult to dry properly. That
prompted me to begin thinking about another type of
fly that contained the same basic elements -
silhouette and super floatability. And hence the
Goddard Poly Sedge. The first versions were tied
during the winter with no possiblity to test-fish them,
so I sent a batch down to Paul in NZ, and as far as I
remember, he really liked them. More were given a
away and some were sent to Scandinavian brethren,
who regularly fish segde-hatches. They also reported
back that the fly worked great in low light, fast water
and was excellent when skated.
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| A Foam Odyssey |
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Stu Tripney is an ex-Scot, New Zealand guide and fly
tyer, A Foam Odyssey is about his fishing and fly
designs.
We all know New Zealand is one
of THE trout destinations: this is the first time I've seen
flies designed for those waters. Most Videos and
DVDs I've seen suggest anglers use familiar flies,
sometimes slightly adapted to suit NZ fishing - Stu
seems to be on path of his own.
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| Sheepgirl Rings |
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This question comes up about a several times a year
on the board. And it's due time that we put the answer
where we can find it!
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| And finally... |
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Here is a picture of my bottom, for my bank
manager.
Cheers,
Paul
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