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Fly Fishing Magazine
FIN CHASERS
Fly Fishing Magazine
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Fly Fishing Magazine
CUBA
WITH STEPHAN
GIAN DOMBAJ
ICELAND
SALMON FISHING
FOR GENTLEMEN
SEATROUT
TRAVELLING WITH
APRIL VOKEY
GAULA
A STORY BY
MATT HARRIS
#4 2013
Photo by Damien Brouste
IT’S TIME TO RELEASE ISSUE 4!
There is something deeply fullfilling about releasing a beautiful fish. You
invest yourself – all your focus, patience, skills and energy – in catching the
fish, and once you succed, you graciously let go of it and wish it all the best.
As it turns out, it was the process of catching the fish that was the whole
point in the first place!
Its much the same for us, when we release this fourth issue of Fin Chasers
Magazine. The whole process of making the magazine – applying all our crea-
tive and administrativ
Fly Fishing Magazine FIN CHASERS Fly Fishing
Photo by Damien Brouste
IT’S TIME TO RELEASE ISSUE 4! There is something
Photo by Stephan Gian Dombaj CHROME FEVER
#4 2013 FIN CHASERS MAGAZINE Presents Chrome Fev
FIN CHASERS www.fin-chasers.com PUBLISHER Fish Be
PAULA SHEARER Paula Shearer is an avid angler who
Cuba: Chrome Fever in the Caribbean I am typing t
“THE COUNTRY IS AN EVERGREEN WITH A VIVID
Fishing in Cuba is stellar and even when it’s bad
The Gotcha fly.
i The Merk n Crab
Although the area of Las Salinas is known for it’
I missed a Grand Slam on the second day simply be
The leading fish is bonefish, without any doubt.
The outer islands are tarpon territory - and the
The Good he Bad The Ug y B g o Tarpon on
Fly Fishing in Cuba Cuba is big and so are the fi
ICELAND SALMON FISHING FOR GENTLEMEN Paul is 85.
Thvera, the lower section of the Thvera/Kjarra wa
“THERE WERE TONS OF FISH THERE“ The sitting an
There were certainly fish there as we lost someth
On Thvera and Kjarra, one moves beat every three
“IT IS AMAZING HOW FISHING A POOL WITH A HITCH
Sometimes one fishes Beats 2 and then 1 but other
I had one fish that screamed off down the river t
Paul was using a switch rod of 11ft but it was ve
We used a hitched or unhitched collie quite a bit
We laughed solidly for our entire time on the riv
Lenok The Trout’s Siberian Sibling BY CLEMENS RAT
If you haven’t already heard about the lenok trou
While floating the river Anyui in the Russian Far
Trout aren’t just trout… The evolution of brown t
65cm Lenok!.
Lenok appearance At first glance, the lenok trout
The t o lenok species - blunt nosed and sharp nos
Lenok biology Only minor differences concerning h
It is September 2009, and we are on a long float
The SRX rod series has be These progressive 42T c
en developed specifically for stillwater fishing
GAULA THE GOLDEN RIVER Norway has any number of s
“TWO ENGLISH HUNTERS CAUGHT 266 SALMON IN JU
Perfect for . The Golden R ver! i
Some of the most productive and most attractive w
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“THAT ELECTRIC MOMENT WHEN THAT BIG SILVER FISH G
And then we were off downstream, racing through t
Contacts: The Norwegian Fly Fishers Club is, to
From then to now: MUSIC, SEX AND ASADO - An April
Ben has always been the quiet man in my life who
I still stared… Argentina had been on my list for
The plan was simple, catch a flight from Buenos A
Speaking of goofing around… One of my greatest re
While I am not saying that we as a society are no
Perhaps the most infamous characteristics of Arge
I am one of those deranged travelers who enjoys t
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Show us your fly box In every issue of Fin Chaser
When your cat stares at your fly box - you
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CANADIAN MIDGE - Every 42 years, the Canadian Mid
CHRISTMAS COLLECTION - Fish, like everyone else,
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The Profile of a Fly Fisherman
Lars Lenth – The Norwegian Trout Bum
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