[Jim Eddie]

Jerome,
Was it Richard Waddington?

No idea on the title of the book.

Eddie.

Eddie

Waddingtons book on Salmon Fishing was imaginatively named Waddington on Salmon fishing

 

Jim

[Eddie Sinclair]

He must have stayed up for many a night working on that title.

Eddie.

[Dutchfly]

Jerome,
Was it Richard Waddington?

No idea on the title of the book.

Eddie.

Is the right answer!  The quote are the last words in his book Catching Salmon.
Over to you, Eddie!


Jeroen

[Eddie Sinclair]

Hans Van Klinken of Klinkhammer fame had another name for his famous fly for Grayling fishing before it was named the klinkhammer.

What was the name originally?

I saw this on a letter written by the man himself with pencil drawing instructions for the fly many years ago in Richard Walkers shop in King Street Aberdeen.

Eddie.

[Marc Fauvet]

the Light Tan Caddis ! i saw a pic of that letter (or something similar) somewhere on the net a while ago and for some reason the name stuck in me head. must have been the utter boringness of it that made it stand out...

cheers,
marc

[Iain Goolager]

i saw a pic of that letter (or something similar) somewhere on the net a while ago and for some reason the name stuck in me head

Nice try at disguisingthe fact that you just googled it, you Dirty Duster 

Iain 'twatmobile'

[Eddie Sinclair]

Iain, Marc,

both wrong

Eddie.

[Marc Fauvet]

how can Ian be wrong if he didn't even offer an answer ?! (or is it just a 'principle' thing ?) 

[Jim Eddie]

Iain, Marc,

both wrong

Eddie.

You sure Eddie  I'm sure I  saw something once by the man himself on Sexyloops that agreed with Marc

[Eddie Sinclair]

Jim,
it may well have been called that in some communications but the name on this note that I read was something else and I have seen it referred to another fly.

It was called the once and away, apparently you cast it once and it went away.

Marc,

your go.

Eddie.

[Jim Eddie]

Jim,
it may well have been called that in some communications but the name on this note that I read was something else and I have seen it referred to another fly.

It was called the once and away, apparently you cast it once and it went away.

Marc,

your go.

Eddie.

Fair play to you Eddie,as they say in Inversneckie you were right enough 

[Marc Fauvet]

It was called the once and away, apparently you cast it once and it went away.

or, from Hans: "I called the fly the "Once and Away", since I had a great deal of difficulty in getting the pattern to float again after it had been dragged down by a fish." (cdc and fish slime...  )
the whole story and sbs of the Once and Away here - http://www.danica.com/flytier/hklinken/once_and_away.htm

hmmm, this'll be a two part question:
1) who came up with the term 'Cul de Canard' ?
) what exactly was he referring to ?

 ,
marc

[Eddie Sinclair]

Marc,
was it Marc Pettijean?

Was he referring to ducks arse?

Eddie.

[Noel Kelly]

Marc,
was it Marc Pettijean?

Was he referring to ducks arse?

Eddie.

No idea whom but cul is indeed arse!

[Eddie Sinclair]

Marc,
great article. I was remembering snippets from a long time ago and I myself am getting old so the memory is somewhat foggy. Many thanks for the great explanation of once and away.

Eddie.

[Marc Fauvet]

Ed, nope and only indirectly, so nope.

yes gents. 'cul' is indeed a vulgarish' term for arse in french.

ps- Van Klinken's article - Ed, i find it always better to go to the source (when possible) rather than variants from a slap-head...   

cheers,
marc

[Eddie Sinclair]

Marc,
trust us Scots to only guess the arse bit, oh well off to bed now. Will have to think about the rest.

Eddie.

[Marc Fauvet]

Marc,
trust us Scots to only guess the arse bit

don't worry, it's international... 

[Eddie Sinclair]

Marc,
I have to confess that I have cheated and looked this up on my computer.

Was it Henry Bresson?

Eddie.

[Dutchfly]

don't worry, it's international... 

You got that right, Marc. If you ever visit Amsterdam, you'll find out that they know everything there is to know on that subject over there.
(On the other hand, maybe it's best if you don't find that out...)


Jeroen

[Marc Fauvet]

that's correct Ed, Henri Bresson from the Jura region (near the Alps). good on ya for 'fessing up on how you found it 
one wouldn't know it (if you're not a frog) but the guy had an enormous influence on fly fishing/fly tying/fly design in France.

ok, that was easy. part two is the most interesting.  (at least to me)

Jeroen, i've been to Amsterdam. a butt's a butt and what one may or not do with them is the same anywhere you go... 

cheers,
marc

[Euan Innes]

OK, so it's not really my turn but I can't do what I'm about to do after I post the fishing report about the week that Hamish and I just had.
So here we go.

In a "Where's Waldo?" kind of quiz can you name the following locations?












I loved the first location. It was like an Alfa advert / Top Gear photo shoot, but the idea is to name that damn not admire the Alfa (although you can feel free to do that if you want! )

Good luck!

 

[Eddie Sinclair]

Is the first one backwater reservoir?

Eddie

[Mike Barrio]

You're not fooling us ...... it's an Alfa advert    

[Marc Fauvet]

HEY !!! THE CDC QUESTION THING ISN'T FINISHED YET !!!

answer coming tonight if none find the answer...

cheers,
marc