What are you tying today 2011

Holger Lachmann · Post by **Holger Lachmann** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:03 pm

Nice fish!

P-A · Post by **P-A** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:29 pm

You should try the BBBB style Holger, they are a bitch to
cast but the rewards are worth it. Here is example of a small grayling caught with the BBBB style....
:O

:p

:kungfo:

Holger Lachmann · Post by **Holger Lachmann** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:00 pm

I've never said, that I don't fish big flies...
Take a look at Posting No. 273....

I do fish big heavy nymphs and streamers and yes, you catch a lot of big fish with those kind of flies...sometimes.

There are some slow rivers here in Germany with graying 50cm+, which would laugh about those big ugly flies. They would never take them.
They already know every fly on the market by first name... Size 18-22 is what they like.

For me, it's just a joy to cast dries and emergers to rising fish, more than dashing mean tungsten nymphs on a czeck nymph rig.

P-A · Post by **P-A** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:24 pm

Take it easy Holger, i am just kidding with you.

But in Sweden big fish eat big flies generally and here a really big grayling start over 60cm. I have got 5 around or above that mark and none on dries or small nymphs even if i used to fish that 90% of time before the BBBB. We have very big parasitic waps and horse ants here and 4 out 5 of my big ones have eaten immitations of one of those creatures in size 8 or 10. Trout is even worse and some of my favourite flies are in the size of your pike streamers. If you ever seen a 6-8kg trout eat 1-2 pound whitefish or grayling in the same size it becomes a drug to get on of those beasts. I actually cast the flies also but i always use barbless hooks to get them out easy from me or the fish or both:yeahhh:
Everyone has their own drug and that is fine by me and when i am abroad i fish like the locals but here in Sweden/Norway i use the heavy stuff 95% of the time.
Cheers P-A

Holger Lachmann · Post by **Holger Lachmann** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:03 pm

Hey P-A,
I'm not angry or mad or anything else.
Flyfishing and-tying is fun! We do this for joy!

I think the same way like you. Big fish - big fly. It's that simple. Normally.
If I want to catch a really big trout for example, I would definitley fish a big streamer, probably at night or at early dawn.
I'm really not scared about big flies.

I just think you can't compare fishing a wild river in sweden with fishing a river in germany (8.5 Mio to 82 Mio people).
If I want to catch a nice fish in sweden, I would try a BBBB at first for sure.
Here in germany you often got more success with smaller flies, especially when you fish for grayling.
Oh lord... it's december... we all have to much time to THINK about fishing instead of going fishing. LOL

Marc LaMouche · Post by **Marc LaMouche** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:27 pm

sounds like Holger wants to join the club, P.A. !

:laugh:

Holger Lachmann · Post by **Holger Lachmann** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 6:23 pm

...today's work: 20 Zonker-Fish

P-A · Post by **P-A** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:06 pm

We should definatly fish more insted of spend time on the inet man

I think we think a like a lot Holger is just semantics Cheers Mate
P-A

Holger Lachmann · Post by **Holger Lachmann** » Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:02 pm

today's work: 20 Zonker-Fish in natural colors
Edit: They're all weighted....

That's it for 2011!

Holger Lachmann · Post by **Holger Lachmann** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:16 am

...was bored this morning... so this was the last 2011....

Viking Lars · Post by **Viking Lars** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:47 am

Great looking flies, Holger!!!

Your flies look, well, like flies as well, Andy :-)

Lars

Holger Lachmann · Post by **Holger Lachmann** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:53 am

Thanks Lars!

Magnus H · Post by **Magnus H** » Sat Dec 31, 2011 2:17 pm

Awesome zonkers Holger!

Holger Lachmann · Post by **Holger Lachmann** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:40 pm

Happy New Year Guys!

Holger Lachmann · Post by **Holger Lachmann** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 1:40 pm

...another one...

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