The Fly life

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Redfish in Hong Kong

Hi again,

We are still on our vacation from sunny sydney and I'm happy to report that we finally got to go fishing! Yes there will be an actual post concerning fishing here in Hong Kong. So Look out for it!

I'm not writing the post till I can get the photos consolidated and organized. Korea will also feature for some fly matters. Just to whet your appetite, Justin and I went out and met with Redfish, (and lots of them too!) Right here in the middle of hong kong.

It was a truly unique fishing experience from what we were used to in sydney and one that we throughly enjoyed.

So be prepared for tales of smashed lures, lost flies, and general fishing bliss.

Till thenm

Tight lines and good fishing

Sunday, December 23, 2007

End of our Seoul trip

Hi all,

Tomorrow, my Significant other and I fly back to meet with my folks and Justin in Hong Kong. I'm sad to say that despite my most ardent wishes and efforts, it was just impossible to fish. We had to meet her folks and various social engagements took piority over the piscatorial needs of this now fishing starved writer.

However, I have good news in the sense that I now have a permanent fishing contact here in Seoul! Yu Ran was kind enough to take me to the local fly tackle store.(ok so we dropped by 3/4 stores and one of them was fly oriented.) I was actually invited on a Rainbow trout hunt earlier this morning but my having to go to church was more important.(If Someone made those trout you better respect that someone..) jokes aside, I got some fresh water tips from him including a used rvis reel that he had spooled with wt line.Sweet! I'll be posting a review of my impressions that I have gathered on this less often written about fly fishing destination!

Till the next post!
Tight lines "ham sa midah"

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

First time the team left sydney

Hi all,

I'm writing this just to give an update to whoever that's been reading our blog. As you would know by now, we have been through a period of much stress lately with Justin going to HongKong and all. So we decided to take one big holiday!

My significant other and myself have been on holiday since the13th of DEC and will be till the 3rd of Jan 2008!

Never to fear, Fishing is still riding high on the agenda so you will still "enjoy" the usual intermitent ramblings of this crazy sheepfly maker to keep you entertained.

We'll be visiting Justin in HK as well as a little detour to Korea so I'll just snap a few and clue you in on what has been happening over here in the FF team. Keep in mind that it's winter season in both countries and that Christmas is around the corner( read this as:" tackle shop tours and freezing my buns of in hope of miriculously unlocking a locations secrets without any local knowledge to help...)

So till the next post

Season's greetings and tight lines!

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Introducing the Ladies

We have been blessed with having female company on many of our fishing trips. Contrary to popular belief, we have been enjoying success on the water on a constant basis. Without further a do, here are some pictures of the ladies in our piscatorial lives!





Thursday, December 6, 2007

The Pink Pillie

Yes Yes I know...

Posting deluge...

I'll give a bit of time before I post the other entries that I have thought up.

But for those who are interest, here's how I did the Pink Pillie! (I do apologize for the poorly focused pictures. Hopefully a new camera will solve things in the near future)
Also I'm doing all this in the office with my boss' (spare) vice. Not really ideal conditions but do tell me if anything is unclear and I'll redo it from the comfort of my home.

1.) Set the eyes and take the thread to the end of the shank and back twice
2.) lacquer to hold everything in place
3.) let the lacquer half dry and start attaching the "bottom" wing above the eye
4.) don't secure beyond the eye
5.) attach the top wing (secure this past the eye)

I used some translucent bluish hair for the bottom wing and ultra hair + crystal flash for the top wing. Happy tying!



I'm all by myself

Hi all Reuben here. Sorry for the long silence from me. Work/study commitments had me all tangled up. Furthermore, our Piscatorial Swarae ( don't even know if I've spelled this right) has been reduced by the departure of Justin. He's left to pursue better career prospects over in Hong Kong. On the Brighter side of things, We've now gained a Hong Kong Corespondent every time Justin gets away from His desk for a fish. :P So here's looking forward to even more fly fishing in ever more unchartered locales!


You'd already guess from the last post that the last boat trip with Brendon was to be the final boat outing that included the 'full team'. The next time we were to meet was Justin's last big send/ fish off! (I'll update you all on the activities of those quite fish less but oh so memorable days in later posts.)

Anyway, I've been by myself ever since Justin left and was busy till recently when I got a couple of days to test a couple of flies that I've been developing.I'm happy to report that I've finally settled on what I think to be a winning design.

Ever since Brendon, Justin and myself found a new "aussie bass" spot, I have returned to the spot determined to get one of these freshies on a fly. A few patterns were tied in anticipation but one seemed to be a winner. This resulted in my first Aussie Bass on fly.

I had a couple days off and decided to take the opportunity to see if this same fly would work on our usual saltwater target the black bream. This chance came while I was to meet my colleagues for our usual car pool to work. I was about half an hour early for the car pool :) and tied on what I've now started to call the "Pink Pilchard" 10 minutes of casting saw a decent Bream and one small Flathead (which I dropped in a spectacular fashion) This Bream was followed by a couple more decent sized ones. I was happy enough with the success and will update on the next time I take the Pink Pillie out for another test run.
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