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Interesting discussi

Interesting discussion, this one. Breathables or neoprene or even old fashioned rubber waders are in my opinion mostly a matter of taste with respect to warmth, if you dress according to their advantages / disadvantages on the inside.

The key issue is the wading boots, since you rarely freeze your legs but almost always freeze your toes.

The boots should have sufficiently thick soles to keep the cold from the ground out. And they should be sufficiently stiff to keep the boot from collapsing during wading, so you loose the insulating layer of air around your feet.

Tight lines

Martin,

Nice idea

Martin,

Nice idea...I got a kick out of listening to your podcast....remembering the cold water, etc.....looking out of the window into the Souther Californian Sunset.

Tight Lines
Matthias

I think the podcast

I think the podcast idea is great. Cant wait to hear some more.

Great article, aweso

Great article, awesome photos.

awesome picture west

awesome picture west, I fish the sioux as well, or at least i try to.

Excellent!

Excellent!

Always liked the woo

Always liked the woolybugger but this article has sold me on making better use of it especially for bass and panfish.Wonderfull well written and illustrated.

Bill,

We don't se

Bill,

We don't sell flies... or anything for that matter. You will have to tie them yourself.

Martin

Hello, I think this

Hello, I think this is a Brown trout getting some bug, great pic.

I am interested in o

I am interested in ordering some of your mini streamers. Do you sell the trout flies you display on this website? How do I order?

Just like to say tha

Just like to say that this is a great article. My kind of fishing and my kind of fish.

Bass Fisher,

I se

Bass Fisher,

I see no reason why this fine little baitfish imitation should not be able to catch a bass. Give it a try and let ud know!

Martin

Amazing photo. Great

Amazing photo. Great job!

HI, can anyone there

HI, can anyone there tell me where and when the matuka originated or any of its history thank you

I was born in Denmar

I was born in Denmark what seems like a LONG time ago to me 1977. In 1980 our family moved to Texes where my dad introduced me to fishing. Nothing big, catfish, if we were lucky! Sure enough We found ourselves up here in the Boston area, where my love for flyfishing took off, leaving me with much guilt to my father who used to tell me of escapment rainbows in the Omme down from where we lived. Looking at this truly wants me to return to my birthland, instead of fishing 5 seasons in the ice cold to catch a brown that "may" be sea-run. Great Page!!!

I've had great succe

I've had great success with the Cone head Zuddler here in Michigan this winter fishing for Brown Trout on the Upper Manistee - I've found several recipes for the Zuddler - but no pattern - I'm inexperienced at tying - however, the flies are cosing me $2.30 at the fly shop and it's killing me! I have all the tools - and can buy the materials - but, I can not find a pattern - do you have it? Can I bum it from you?

Thanks - many tight lines -

Derek

Really helpful when

Really helpful when you've got 'all the gear and no idea'!!

I fish heavily for b

I fish heavily for bass. Would you reccomend this fly on rivers?

Hey Martin -

Hop

Hey Martin -

Hope you are well. I have linked my recipe for this stonefly to your pic rather than post a copy, and included credits to you for the photo. FYI

I hope you fish that fly - it has been good to me!

it looks cool

it looks cool

Axel,

I do have a

Axel,

I do have a favorite. In the article you will find the following sentences:

Danish Pastry Fly
Some flies just work, and this is one that works for me. Its history has been told here already. One thing, which remains to be told, is that 74 out of the 120 sea trout I have caught during the last three years have been taken on this pattern.

Find a link to the pattern in the article.

Martin

Nice page, but have

Nice page, but have you (for you) the one and only best fly? (seatrout)
I mean the absolut favorite fly for 80% fishing.

Regards and knaek og break from Axel (Germany Kiel)

Hellow Martin

A

Hellow Martin

A note to you and the staff. Thank you----all for a bang up job, the GGF web site has a little something for all of us who enjoy the sport of fly fishing an tying our flies. I bought Leon Link's book Tying Flies With CDC last year after seeing flies with CDC from GGF. 80% of fishing is with wets, soft-hackles, nymphs, this cdc material incorpated with other materials has improved many of my flies. The Zuddler is a fly from your site that has been good for bass an hybrids this year for me. I am looking forward too trying the Bow River Bugger this spring for Large Mouth Bass here in Georgia. From your picture it looks like you are snowed in. Good tying time. Jan. Feb. are the tying months for me. No snow here but cold-wet- windy a lot of the time.

Thanks again for all your hard work to make GGF an enjoyable web site for all.

ED Madan. Lagrange, GA.

Do it Doug. You will

Do it Doug. You will not be disapointed. Plan for at least 5 days in Nov or Dec.