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Steven Sinclair

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #425 on: 09/03/2011 at 15:13 »
Bruce Sandison?
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Hamish Young

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #426 on: 09/03/2011 at 20:31 »
Quote from: G Ritchie on 09/03/2011 at 11:50
Bill Currie

Is the right answer - can see I'll need to make these trickier for you Graham :wink

H  :z3
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Peter McCallum

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #427 on: 10/03/2011 at 09:12 »
Not quite a joker but can anyone explain what the art of 'Gyotaku' is?
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Jim Eddie

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #428 on: 10/03/2011 at 12:55 »
Quote from: rabbitangler on 10/03/2011 at 09:12
Not quite a joker but can anyone explain what the art of 'Gyotaku' is?

Is it something like Japanese brass rubbing with fish ?

Cheers

Jim
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Peter McCallum

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #429 on: 10/03/2011 at 16:27 »
Quote from: Jedi on 10/03/2011 at 12:55
Is it something like Japanese brass rubbing with fish ?

Cheers

Jim

Almost Jim but not quite
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Alex Burnett

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #430 on: 11/03/2011 at 17:06 »
Ah so..that would be an old way of recording fish sizes using sumi ink & paper 19th Century...ish japan.

Alex

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Peter McCallum

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #431 on: 11/03/2011 at 22:27 »
Quote from: Catman on 11/03/2011 at 17:06
Ah so..that would be an old way of recording fish sizes using sumi ink & paper 19th Century...ish japan.

Alex



Tis so.... also by John Gierach in 'Where the trout are all as long as your leg'

Over to you Alex
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Alex Burnett

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #432 on: 12/03/2011 at 07:43 »
OK I am going to go with a Hamish type question..see how you get on with this one.

I am a long, thin, perch-like commercial food fish & I belong to the Gempylidae family.
I am found in the seas of the Southern Hemisphere.

In Australasia as I am known as a barracouta although I am not related to the barracuda.

I can grow up to 79" long and weigh as much as 13 lb.

In South Africa what is my name & which language does it come from?
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Noel Kelly

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #433 on: 12/03/2011 at 11:36 »
Snoek/Dutch  :z18
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Alex Burnett

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #434 on: 12/03/2011 at 18:43 »
Correct Noel

Over to you
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Derek Roxborough

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #435 on: 12/03/2011 at 18:59 »
Ah! Tinned Snoek South Africas help to the war effort who remembers that? easgach 1
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Hamish Young

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #436 on: 16/03/2011 at 08:35 »
OK - this might be trickier... we'll see :wink

Which fish am I :?

I am from an anadromous species, but seldom intentionally fished for in the UK.
Although there are examples of my species that are land locked in freshwater, I'm more associated with my saltwater cousins. Recently there has been a move to reintroduce my species to waters in Europe but I remain largely unknown as a sport species in the UK although across the English Channel your French cousins have a habit of of targeting my species for sport fishing.

So.... exactly which fish am I :?

H :z3
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Jim Eddie

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #437 on: 16/03/2011 at 09:50 »
Is it the Shad ?

 :z18

Jim
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Hamish Young

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #438 on: 16/03/2011 at 18:33 »
I need a bit more Jim - you are 99.99% correct :z16

H  :z3
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Offthebard

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #439 on: 16/03/2011 at 18:37 »
Beat me to it Jim,

Actually caught one on a floating line and a Teal Blue and Silver of the jetty outside the house, flat calm winters evening with the jetty lights shining on the water. Took me hours and the shoal just kept on rising to wee beasties in the tidal stream.

Sandy B.O.
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Peter McCallum

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #440 on: 16/03/2011 at 19:02 »
Allis Shad
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Derek Roxborough

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #441 on: 16/03/2011 at 19:34 »
Twaite Shad? easgach1
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Hamish Young

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #442 on: 16/03/2011 at 19:44 »
It is indeed the Allis Shad  :cool:
Had great fun with these under-rated fish on the River Wye many moons ago :z16
By the way, they taste quite nice too  :wink

H  :z3
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Peter McCallum

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #443 on: 16/03/2011 at 22:09 »
What is the feathery connection betwen the first editor of a well known fishing magazine and the eponimous Ghillie of a lord in the 1800's?
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Alex Burnett

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #444 on: 17/03/2011 at 19:33 »

  Pheasant Tail Feather.
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Peter McCallum

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #445 on: 17/03/2011 at 22:09 »
Nope sorry :cry
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Jim Eddie

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #446 on: 18/03/2011 at 19:04 »
Quote from: rabbitangler on 16/03/2011 at 22:09
What is the feathery connection betwen the first editor of a well known fishing magazine and the eponimous Ghillie of a lord in the 1800's?

Is it the Editor Fly Peter ?

The Editor
Hook: Size 6 Tiemco up-eye salmon hook
Thread: 6/0 BlueTail: Golden pheasant breast feather
Body: Fluorescent white floss
Rib: Pearl mylar tinsel and fluorescent green mono
Wing: Fluorescent green and black arctic fox, crystal flash
Hackle: Black hen neck
Overwing: Gray Fox


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Jim

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Peter McCallum

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #447 on: 18/03/2011 at 19:25 »
Sorry Jim the editor in question is a person so is the ghillie. The connection is a specific feather. An extra clue? The editor was famous for catching the heaviest bag of salmon on a scottish loch.
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Jim Eddie

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #448 on: 18/03/2011 at 20:27 »
Peter
The Editor was a person it was Sandy Leveton the editor of Trout and Salmon who first tied the Editor fly.

 :z18

Jim
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Peter McCallum

Re: General Knowledge - Fly Fishing
« Reply #449 on: 18/03/2011 at 23:15 »
Nope you forgot 'the eponimous Ghillie of a lord in the 1800's?'
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