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The Rubber leg
The Rubber leg
One of the most charming parts in Salmon fishing must be the flies and the never ending discussions how to fish them the right way – probably salmon fishing is the most traditional game in Fly-fishing – and nothing really have change during the last many generations. Of cause most of the fly tackle has change – Carbon rods and clothing in all sorts of high tech material have make our life easier. The way we fish and “design” our dear flies, is fundamentally the same as way back – nothing has change.
Why a Salmon rise from a deep pool to grab a small insignificant fly, nobody really knows – there are hundreds of hypotheses. Some of them sound very rational – some of them doesn’t!
No matter you are fishing public or exclusive salmon water it can’t sometimes make a huge different to use a fly the Salmon haven’t “seen “before – The shock fly trick!
When I’m salmon fishing I love to do experiments – some years ago I tired a big Rubber legs on a long streamer hook and caught a 24 lbs. bright Ponoi Salmon on this absolutely horrible thing – I have several times since, tried the “rubber leg trick”, and with big triumphs – if you have fished Patagonia for Sea rum brown trout you probably have a bunch of Rubber legs in your fly box – Keep them in mind next time you are going Salmon fishing.
Sincerely - Steffen Juhl - E-mail: steffen@lax-a.is Cell Phone: + 46 - 70 23 33 110
