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by Bendix
Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:22 pm
Forum: Tackle
Topic: Reel seats and gravity
Replies: 4
Views: 108

Reel seats and gravity

Hi All I just watched a product video on YouTube, featuring Scott MacKenzie, explaining his range of fly rods. And he mentioned something about the importance of having a down locking reel seat on Double Hand rods, rather than a up lucking reel seat. He said, that when using up locking reel seats, t...
by Bendix
Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:48 pm
Forum: FP Discussions
Topic: Unproven
Replies: 28
Views: 563

Re: Unproven

Hi again. Thanks for all your replies, and great points. But I think it’s getting off track with my original point. What I was trying to say was, that I’m tired of the approach where people tie a new and “innovative” fly, and then posting pictures and videos all over the internet, and claiming that ...
by Bendix
Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:46 am
Forum: FP Discussions
Topic: Unproven
Replies: 28
Views: 563

Unproven

Hi All I just finished reading Martyn Whites front page “Unproven” that he posted today. And I think he’s right on point with what he says! Even though I’m not on social media of any sorts (besides Sexyloops, if that counts as social media), I still often see unproven fly patterns being posted aroun...
by Bendix
Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:33 pm
Forum: New to the Board, Introductions
Topic: Hello from Shropshire
Replies: 3
Views: 94

Re: Hello from Shropshire

Hi Adam

Welcome to the board.

Cheers from Denmark
Bendix
by Bendix
Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:43 am
Forum: Flyfishing
Topic: Swinging for salmon
Replies: 8
Views: 251

Re: Swinging for salmon

Hi Gary In my home river, pretty much all Salmon and Seatrout fly fishing is done with fast sinking shooting heads. And this is on both DH and SH rods. And yes, hooking the fish can be a real challenge! When I use my DH rod, I will typically do a standard swinging technique with the fly, and when ho...
by Bendix
Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: Flyfishing
Topic: Swinging for salmon
Replies: 8
Views: 251

Re: Swinging for salmon

Hi Gary Like Paul, I would also recommend “Salmon Fishing” by Hugh Falkus, if you can find a used copy. I could recommend lots of other great books, but unfortunately the best ones I know are written in either Danish or Swedish… Unfortunately it seems, that after the invention of the internet and Yo...
by Bendix
Sat Feb 03, 2024 4:15 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: What is it? Competiton.
Replies: 6
Views: 239

Re: What is it? Competiton.

Or maybe you tried to get one of the new AI bots to write a list of fly fishing terms, and robots don’t know anything about fly fishing?

Cheers
Bendix
by Bendix
Sat Feb 03, 2024 4:09 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: What is it? Competiton.
Replies: 6
Views: 239

Re: What is it? Competiton.

I think you tried to use google translate (or some other similar app) to translate a list of fly fishing terms, and google apparently doesn’t know anything about fly fishing?

Cheers
Bendix
by Bendix
Fri Jan 19, 2024 1:00 pm
Forum: Teaching
Topic: Injury prevention
Replies: 9
Views: 478

Re: Injury prevention

I also agree that you have to stay sort of fit in order to enjoy fly fishing. Let me give you an example of a guy who was in his mid forties, who I talked to a couple of years ago, who had problems with back pain when fly casting: He had the issue, that he would get severe back pain after about 20 m...
by Bendix
Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:41 am
Forum: New to the Board, Introductions
Topic: hello from Chile
Replies: 3
Views: 265

Re: hello from Chile

Hi Vincente

Welcome to the Board!

I think it’s great to have another DH rod Salmon fisherman on the board! Seems there aren’t many of us…

Cheers
Bendix

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