Greasing up the arsenal

There is not enough hours in the day to fish:((

...What a life...


flyfishingninja

Well...Last time I fished was...

I'll be back on the river on Monday.
New scandi line, skagit line and a couple of running lines.
TCX is back finally from the States, it will be interesting to compare with TFO side by side:)

When I'm not fishing...

This is what I did yesterday. Cleaning the line ........But can you see whats happening on my cleaning cloth?!?!?!?!?! The coating of the line is coming off! Sorry not just the coating, it's actually the line itself!!! I have been using it 4, 5 days a week for 2 months (quite a bit of fishing ah) but this is not good is it????? The ridge construction (or formation) is all gone (YES, IT'S AIRFLO AGAIN!) and it feels like a normal round-shape level line. Disapointing...again :-(((
I have already ordered a couple of new ones from RIO. They never let me down, never...

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Tongariro update

Short bites, short bites and more short bites!!!!!

Tongariro update

It was freezing cold this morning, standing in the river waist deep for about 2 hours with Gore-Tex waders gave me a hypothermia :-) The fish tend to be moving quickly through the river again.One pool was holding more than 30 fish yesterday afternoon, but nobody home this morning.  Caught many dark fish, they took my flies in the fast current! Striking the fish 60~70 ft away and fighting with them is pretty exciting!!!! Imagine if I was using a 5 weight...!!??


Gosh, I love my life :-)))

flyfishingninja

Tongariro update

My new sword, TFO DC 7110-4 is sooo nice to sweep, easy enough to deliver big flies to the fish in Tongariro. I especially prefer to use this rod rather than the TCX 7119-4 in windy conditions(funny???), the sharp narrow loop will cut through the air and I never have to stop fishing. Believe it or not, Tongariro's famous strong south-westerly blast feels like a breeze with this rod :-))  480 grain head is OK but slightly lighter is better I think (all depends on the tip I use anyway). 
Caught a lot of dark fish again, the river seems to be holding a lot of fish this week.

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Tongariro update

A lot of fish in Blue and Sand pools.
Heaps of pumice still floating down, a school must have gone up the river in the weekend.
Half the fish I caught today were dark, which I haven`t seen many of in the last week.
Anyway, another nice day down there. Tie some more flies tonight, and get ready for another day:-)

flyfishingninja

Tongariro update

Beautiful sunny day on Tongariro.

My new sword is very nice to cast, and also surprisingly amazingly awesome to control the fish.

Perfect match with new 480 grain tip, capable to cast 70 ft effortlessly.

Caught so many fish again, my fly paterns are definetly spot on for clear-low water days.

However.....

I don't want to say this but.....I lost a big, big fish today.

I have never ever engaged with a fish that big, after she made the 1st big jump, I saw the fish and my hands started shaking. I got very nervous then 2 minutes later....shes gone.

I didn't do anything wrong, she was just about on the beach.

Well, must be one of those days and..... now there is a reason to go back and cast.

As I said, my new fly experiment is completed now and it's time to move on to something new again.

Don't worry, I already have a few ideas.

I'll be back on the river next week, until then I'll keep collecting browny points:-)

flyfishingninja

Tongariro update...Strong southerly wind, 39km/hr!!!

Another nice day on Tongariro.
Fresh fish all the way up the river.
They are moving!!!

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Tongariro report - respect, learn and get the jackpot!

The river is even lower, fish seem like they are reacting to certain patterns and colours of flies.
Always respect elders, they know where the fish are, just add our 21st century technology to catch them efficiently .... Even catching just a few fish this morning, I learned alot from them, it's like worth a 1000 fish :-)

They have already lived and fished 30 years longer than I have.

Gosh, life is too short...

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Tongariro update

The river is low, water is still clear.
Another big rain will make life alot easier :)

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It's going to be great weekend!

Lots of others went back into the river.
Tie heaps of black leeches (with pearl flash) and happy swinging this weekend!

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A lot of people on the river

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Another day on the Tongariro...

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Tongariro is firing!!!!!!!!!! i think...

This morning, landed 7, lost heaps.

Now is the time to come.

Don't miss it!

Prawn dish

Prawns
Ginger
Garlic
Spring onions
Corn flour
Tomato ketchup(NOT TOMATO SAUCE)
Sesami oil
Chili paste
Sugar
Water

=

YUM :)

Creation is...

First of all, I would like to make a disclaimer that I didn't know such a fly tying tool existed, thought it could be handy to make one. (YES yes, I know, there is a tool called a magic tool, but I want have a more simple, easy to use tool for myself.)

I went to stationery warehouse this morning, and bought these big clips to make the fly tying tool for myself. Luckly, the clips were in the plastic case which I also needed for the project.

What I did was ...

I cut the plastic case in these shapes, looks like duck beaks.

Once cut up, it's time to glue them onto the clips.
UV glue comes in handy for this type of job (of course I don't have to wait for long!!!)

Only a moment to get hardened, let's test them!

I can imagine so many ways of using this tool, this time I grabbed a strip of antarctic fox.
Hold the material like this, and...

Cut the skin off, and...

Put them into a dubbing loop. Don't forget to wax the thread!!

Then...

Spin it with dubbing twister.
So far so good.
When finished, tie the material on the shank.

Beautiful isn't it!! and it's so easy!!!

Remember I made 2 of them, one has a shorter beak.

The shorter one is ideal for shorter material, such as rabbit fur.

Do the same thing, spin and hackle to make the head.

It's sooooo easy, and makes a beautiful fly.

Those clips were only $2.90. What a creation ah!?!? I have heaps more of those useful ideas, I'll tell you when I'm onto the next project.

Keep tying these flies and...   It's swing time :)

flyfishingninja