Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Lucky 13'teen

Just got back from the river and I have to say that for me the season started only today 'cause of lack of time. Have decided to fish a little bit in the afternoon and not wait for the weekend.

Although 13 is not my lucky number......it looks like it was today.
This is not an everyday trout here in Romania.


PS: The old otter has done the job again but not with great luck...bad on ya' otter..maybe next time :)

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Somesul Cald River

This river is a larger transilvanian river and a very famous one in Romania, and flows from east to west in the western Carpathians...Year by year, it hosts one of the most popular flyfishing competition in Romania, called "The Golden Trout"... despite the fact that we don't have any golden trouts here:)I have found some older pics on some scratched cd of mine flyfishing the lower part of this river and gotta say they made me smile a little.....oh well maybe a little more :))...The upper part is a pure wild trout and greyling water...
...a nice brownie on a hot summer day ... Another one caught at the "Golden trout" event ......and a beautiful greyling this time..not caught by me but I'm happy to have the picture...Although I remember I wasn't really throwing too many tight loops in the past... ...I also remember some of the nicest wild brows catched and released on some of my old custom crafted rods......hope they are still there...

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

The Red Creek...adventures from the past

Oh well, for those who are unfamiliar with waters from the Carpathians mountains, I'm ready to show you some...This stream is very close to my heart and I always come back here no matter what new places I discover...It's my home water and it's the magic place that can turn anyone into a troutbum from the first rise...This is the place where I caught my first wild trout on a dry fly..
The small pockets combined with big pools or fast currents are all to be found here...
The beautiful wild brown trouts are the only salmonid inhabitants of the Red Creek.. If you ever wanna throw some tight loops on my favorite stream.....prepare yourself for a very unique experience and plenty of wilderness...I'll give you some colors on the next stop here..And show you some very beautifully colored trouts......hiding in some of the tightest spots or fastest runs where many of us never have thought that can hold trout...Until then...
Thanks for the visit and tightloops!!

Tightloop flyfishing adventures and friends...

The trout season started on the 1'st of may here in Romania but didn't get the chance yet to catch some nice fish&pictures but there will be a lot of them hopefully in a few days.
Although this blog of mine was mainly a rodbuilding blog so far, starting with this spring, I will try to show you more from my beautiful country (and not only) and it's wild and beautiful streams, rivers and lakes.
In the mean time enjoy some beautiful photos of a friend of mine that lives in New Zealand...

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

First bamboo rod...

Well folks, building my first split cane bamboo rod even on an imported blank was quite a challenge...The delicate silk wraps and the use of varnish for finishing this sweet Cattanach med-fast modern taper bamboo rod has definitely opened up new horizons for me in the beautiful art of building flyrods.After receiving these beautiful Agate and snake guides there was no other option of silk thread selection but the orange Pearsall Gossamer silk.The best cork available was used for the grip and a lot of work for making the most comfortable grip to fit the owner's hands.The beautiful Bellinger seat is to me indispensible in fitting a bamboo fly rod...Casting a bamboo rod was different than what I was usually accustomed to (that is offcourse graphite rods) and gotta say "the feel of cane" rods is amazing..The delicacy of the presentation is absolutely like "painting the fly on the water"...definitely makes me want one for myself.

Allthough this delicate 7'6" 3 weight modern Cattanach taper seemed too soft for long distance casting it actually proved that it can handle my 3wt Rio Grand for casts up to 70'..tightloops!!
http://splitcaneblanks.com

Monday, March 30, 2009

Five Rivers FT 9', 8 wt...a rocket launcher...

Well here's my first 8 weight rod build...this is a big fly-big fish terminator fly rod...











This is amongh the fastest rods out there, if not the fastest and has tons of reserve power for handling big pike or salmon..north american flyfishers apreaciate this rod very much and they throw heavy shooting heads for those deep lying salmons and far away bonefish in saltwater...
I'm allready very happy with my 6 weight FT and I can handle just about anything with it, but this 8 weight is truly a cannon...throws big heavy flies with ease and is a very powerfull stick I can tell ya'...
Allready outperformed the famous TCR from Sage...no kiddin'
Just chuck&duck when throwing big flies with this stick in the wind;))...
Tightloops!!