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Fly Fishing Magazine
FIN CHASERS
Fly Fishing Magazine
FIN CHASERS F
Fly Fishing Magazine
BUMPHEAD
PARROTFISH
A NEW FRONTIER
REDTAILS
A FLORIDA
LOVE STORY
GT FEVER
WITH CLARE
CARTER
EXMOUTH
A FLY FISHERMAN’S
DREAM
#4 2014
Photo by Jan Bach Kristensen
WELCOME BACK!
F
Winter is a somewhat depressing time of year. The days are short and cold, the
fish tend to be lethargic and finicky, and pneumonia, and hypothermia seem
to be imminent threats when heading out fishing. As a fly fisherman, hiberna-
tion would seem the obvious answer to mother Nature’s cold-heartedness. But
Fin Chasers
there are alternatives. Winter time is actually a great time to tie cool new flies,
watch the latest fly fishing films, plan upcoming trips, and -
Fly Fishing Magazine FIN CHASERS Fly Fishing
Photo by Jan Bach Kristensen
WELCOME BACK! F Winter is a somewha
Photo by Jan Bach Kristensen BUMPHEAD
#4 2014 FIN CHASERS MAGAZINE Presents Bumphead P
FIN CHASERS www.fin-chasers.com PUBLISHER Fish Be
JAKO LUCAS Jako Lucas is a young and innovative
A New Frontier: Bumphead Parrotfish (Bolbometopan
A shout of, “twelve o’clock GT’s”, is quickly rep
This experience had rattled me, could they be cau
While guiding a team of anglers, we walked the tu
With the hook perfectly situated in its scissors
They also feed on invertebrates such as crabs, sh
Shoals can vary anywhere between five to thirty f
Tackle setup • A nine or ten weight fly rod is re
Fishing Techniques The technique we use is a comb
Martin Ejler Olsen PHOTOGRAPHER & FLY FISHING GLO
”I’m lucky enough to get to fly fish some of the
HIMALAYAN GOLD: Fly Fishing for India’s Mahseer
The wait was over, after 2 years, I was back in I
The First Excited Casts… Finally it was time to t
After some nervy minutes tussling with the fish n
My arm was just about to fall off after cast- ing
A New World Record The fish had meanwhile done a
More Golden Memories That afternoon myself and Bo
It was an unbelievable day, 86lbs of Golden Mahse
After an epic struggle I managed to get the fish
Near the end I was watching Nic retrieve his fly
TX2+ TX1
XDP+ Orbit Scierra’s range of fly r
EXMOUTH: A Fly Fisherman’s Dream We are making ou
Tuna hunting The sounder tells us that we have on
Exmouth About 1,300 kilometres north of Perth in
Despite windy weather, we have had a good taste o
The elusive permit Time has flown and it is sudde
We often see shadows but as we get closer they al
Fortunately all goes well and with no visits from
IT TAKES MORE THAN 80 STEPS TO MAKE A PAIR OF
In a world where 95% of all sunglasses are inject
RED TAILS IN THE SUNSET : A Florida Love Story By
There’s something so truly delicious about spotti
Early mornings were spent checking out the bird a
across the open bay became a no-go as the whiteca
We’d arrived at the bottom of the tide so our int
Knowing which way the fish is pointing helps too
That’s one of the beauties of the area, it has a
More Information Captain Tommy Locke – www.captto
GT FEVER: A Tale of Passion and Obsession Having
There is no feeling like being waist deep in salt
Farquhar Atoll I started my adventure in March 20
The screaming and whooping must have been heard a
Alphonse Island October came round and we were of
Heart in my throat I paused and then gave one las
Lenz Optics Passion for design meets optical exce
WITHOUT RI-PEL WITH RI-PEL All Lenz Optics glass
The Profile of a Fly Fisherman Name: J
Jako Lucas I have now guided full time for 8 year
The Profile of a Fly Fisherman
Jako Lucas I worked very hard to become a succes
The Profile of a Fly Fisherman What is your favou
Jako Lucas if that means that we have to wear a t
The SRX rod series has be These progressive 42T c
en developed specifically for stillwater fishing
Show us your fly box In every issue of Fin Chaser
At that time there was a small fly shop near wher
How and why did you end up starting your own fly
What are the advantages of using tube flies compa
My flies have to fly effectively through the air
How do you decide on what type of fly to use? Wel
Do you have any favorite Fly patterns that you us
That means tubes, cones and weights all fit each
Fin Chaser’s door to Dream Waters
Fin Chaser’s door to Dream Waters GNorthwest T
Great Bear Lake, which is situated in Can- ada’s
– and they have been known to reach weights up to
Every bay, every reef, every island and depth cur
In total, there are three lodges in operation on
Scierra Tundra Neoprene 100% waterproof, strong 5
Scierra CC3 XP Waist The CC3 XP 3-layer waist wad
Dream Fish (Salvelinus Alpinus) Arctic Char As th
ter realm to feed during the spring and summer mo
Being quite closely related to both salm- on and
As most inhabitants of the high North, the arctic
”Trailblazing the way for passionate destination
Christer Sjöberg Founder of Loop Tackle and Solid
New on the market GRAYL The Grayl
SCIERRA TUNDRA SEAL NEOPRENE WADERS The New Scier
Product in the view OMNISPOOL SWITCHBOX The Omni
The Switchbox spool are also superb for quickly l
FLY TYING: THE ULTIMATE SANDEEL By RUNE WESTPHAL
only had the wind picked up, it had also turned a
20 minutes later, we were standing on top of a hi
same instant my new sandeel imita- tion was hit.
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 6 Step 7
MATERIALS: Hook: Gamakatsu F314 or si
X-Tech CC6 Hard core, Detachabl
• Extremely tough & durable 5 layer polyester tw
THE E DITOR’S CHOSEN VIDEOS Guides Cribs - Mon
The Easy Road By Waist Deep Media The fishing ha
KUPA RIVER: Grayling Madness When you head out an
The Kupa river is a diverse and beau- tiful river
Bonding through fly fishing The thing I really lo
There are a lot of river turns, gravel bars, rapi
Universal palmer and long leaders Generally, the
The evening rise that never happened Wehadatremen
LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE? WOULD YOU Do
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