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  • Newsletter on dry fly for salmon

    5:51 AM PST, 1/24/2011

    SIGN UP FOR NEWSLETTER FROM FISHMADMAN Dear dry fly fisher we at Fishmadman would like to send you a newsletter on our sport... It could be new ideas for fly-tying or new suggestion for new material or even a videos that we make on the subject We would also like to send you the latest of information on catches and other news from the river-bank... Last but not least we would like to send you pictures and information on new fly patterns that we make or other new products that we have in our shop If you like to get such a news letter hit the link below and we will do our very best to make you a interesting newsletter http://ethreemail.com/subscribe?g=1d5ef308 * Just to make sure that we don't bother you... we will not be sending you a Newsletter if you do not subscribe Kind regards Jesper Fohrmann, Per Fischer As winter still keeps the Northern rivers in a frozen grip we send you a little story from season 2009 - that dry fly angler Mr. Joakim Haugen from Norway has send us "Salmon fishing is a unpredictable sport - I guess this is what makes it so fascinating. Sadly conditions was bad for the month of August at Repparfjord River (Northern Norway) - As the river was much bigger than usually” “ On Saturday the 31.07.2010 I went of to fish the Repparfjord River in Finnmark. On sunday morning the sun started shining just enough to create dry-fly conditions at the river. First fly I tried was the smaller of the Monster Tube Caddis http://fishmadman.auctivacommerce.com/Monster-Tube-Caddis-Small-P225936.aspx. After just a few casts with this fly a huge fish came for the fly but missed. I did two more casts before it re-appeared - This time it got hooked. Salmon weighed 17.1 kg (37.7 lb.) and is the biggest salmon I have ever caught... I used a Sage Z-Axis 9.6 # 6 with a Danielson Reel. The hook was a size 12 Kamasan triple hook and the fish was hooked well - right in the scissors. I used 0.40 mm leader (20 Lbs.) and fought the fish hard to prevent it from going down rapids. I used 15 minutes or less to subdue the fish and finally my father had to wade into the river to get the fish on land as - I could not apply sufficient pressure on the wide giant fish All in all the Repparfjord river has had a good season - with the month of July being exceptionally good" Kind regards Joakim PS. Love your flies