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    Peter
    啓蒙家
    Joined: 6 Mar 2010

    Haven't been here for quite a while, but I love fishing and it's always a treat to scroll through this thread. So thanks guys! I'm fishing almost daily here in Malmö, Sweden. Weather has been great and the perch season started late August. Pictures are from this weekend and basically just outside my home. Yes, I moved to be even closer to the thing I love the most.. There's even some IH featured!
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      Giles
      IHUK Crew
      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

      Those are proper fish.....

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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        hillbilly
        Raw and Unwashed
        Joined: 24 Nov 2022

        great pics. recovering from shoulder surgery, itching to get back out there. pics from couple of weeks ago. small streams fly fishing.

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        last edited by hillbilly 24 Sept 2024, 20:24 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 6
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          Giles
          IHUK Crew
          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

          Matt and I did not get to share a boat last week (otherwise there would be far more footage of fish being caught 🙂 ), but this will give you an idea of what it is like....

          Dunno why it wont play here, but you can click and view on YT......

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            5 am start. Nothing at the first mark, so we stopped for coffee on the way to the next place....

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            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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              Giles
              IHUK Crew
              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

              It's blowing an absolute hoolie out there today, but I think I will go down to where I caught yesterday, so see what gives....I think the wind should be behind me at that particular mark...

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                Tago Mago
                Mod Squad
                @Giles
                Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                @Giles you don’t say

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                  Peter
                  啓蒙家
                  Joined: 6 Mar 2010

                  @Giles what kinda gear are you using for sea bass, and what are some of your favourite baits? Wish we had them where I live, but I'll settle for some good talk about tackle 🙂 Cool fish, pretty sure it's similar to the coastal fishing for sea trout we do here in Sweden and Denmark!

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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    My go-to rod in the creeks around here is:

                    https://yamaga-blanks.com/early-plus-92xml-combined/?lang=en

                    I use this for open beach fishing:

                    https://yamaga-blanks.com/ballistick-102mh-tznano/?lang=en

                    I pair the 92 with a 3000 size reel and the 102 with a 4000.

                    PE2 mainline and 18lb Fluoro leader.

                    Baits:

                    Soft plastics for weedy snaggy waters, my fave being :

                    https://www.highstreettackle.co.uk/megabass-spindle-worm-5-inch-2359-p.asp

                    But needless to say, I have bzillions in different colours/lengths. I'll use different weight belly weighted hooks depending on how deep the water is and where I want to fish in the water column.

                    Top water, I use loads, but this is always with me:

                    https://www.mrfishjersey.com/products/xorus-patchinko-85-metal-ayu?variant=40649785933992&currency=GBP&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwu-63BhC9ARIsAMMTLXQII5XFuPSUfzaWsrvBSIvZb-eepqYq9UEqooa1l1oIDO_W1hxtvC0aAlm3EALw_wcB

                    Mid-water hards, I have loads depending on where in the column I want to fish. But I use a variety of these and other brands:

                    https://www.megabass.co.jp/site/saltwater/sw_lure/

                    And I'm slowly getting into creature baits, like these:

                    https://www.anglingdirect.co.uk/z-man-trd-crawz?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwu-63BhC9ARIsAMMTLXTkIOimWKEpIu9HKzZXXPYJgg74JFEOZ5JsfrY1g-Whtp7W2MQM7IgaAvOREALw_wcB

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                    last edited by Giles 10 Jan 2024, 17:20 1 Oct 2024, 17:18 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
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                      Peter
                      啓蒙家
                      Joined: 6 Mar 2010

                      Good stuff Giles! Always fun when you get to use different gear and methods. Not so good for the inner tackle junkie though.. I'm a big fan of Megabass as well, I use their soft plastics and jerkbaits all the time.

                      I've been on a chatterbait bite for roughly a month, but the water is getting colder pretty fast now and the grass is dying off.

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                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                        Just sorting out some of my fly fishing gear. Found a few boxes of nymphs that a good friend tied decades ago. The only reason I got them was because he thought they were not good enough for his box 🙂

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                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        • goosehdG
                          goosehd
                          Mod Squad
                          @Giles
                          Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                          @Giles If those were the rejected ones, I would love to see his acceptable ones 🙂

                          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                            Giles
                            IHUK Crew
                            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                            Exactly, his dry and wet flies are amazing too.....

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                            • motojoboboM
                              motojobobo
                              啓蒙家
                              Joined: 22 Aug 2015

                              Not a fisherman myself so amazed to see these handcrafted beauties. How long does it take an expert like to your friendo to make one of these? He must be 700 years old if he tied all those together, and they are only his rejects.

                              The journey is the objective.

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                                Giles
                                IHUK Crew
                                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                Probably 5-10 mins

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  Giles
                                  IHUK Crew
                                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                  Here some of his "Grade 1" dry flies....I have 100's of his "Grade 2's"....

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                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                                  last edited by Giles 24 Oct 2024, 16:59 MizmazzleM 1 Reply Last reply 25 Oct 2024, 14:50 Reply Quote 3
                                  • motojoboboM
                                    motojobobo
                                    啓蒙家
                                    Joined: 22 Aug 2015

                                    Very, very cool handiwork.
                                    Whoever gets into making them will fill up his home with all sorts of different stuff (strings, nylons, beads…..and on and on) to imitate the myriad insects flying around water bodies.

                                    The journey is the objective.

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                                      Giles
                                      IHUK Crew
                                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                      I dont tie much (mainly salt water flats flies), and I have got a shit load of stuff.....

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      • MizmazzleM
                                        Mizmazzle
                                        見習いボス
                                        @Giles
                                        Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                                        @Giles wow! Those are quite lovely! A well tied dry fly is a work of art. Hell, I have framed paintings of them on the wall.

                                        In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                                          Giles
                                          IHUK Crew
                                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                          My typically Gosportian access to the foreshore....

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                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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