tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16933275538673364032024-03-13T19:18:26.430+01:00Years on the FlyFredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-5503531214686869472014-04-22T11:04:00.002+02:002014-04-22T11:04:55.270+02:00Busy times and sponsorship.It happened again.<br />Another month without a post passed.<br /><br />Since last i wrote i've become sponsored as a rod tester for Kunnan.<br />I've been holding some fly tying demos and of course i've been fishing.<br /><br />I've cleared grayling, trout and brookies of my list for the year and the post-spawn pikefishing will swing in to action any day now.<br /><br />See you out there!Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-29127475724720539112014-03-19T14:27:00.003+01:002014-03-19T14:34:16.757+01:00Three flies for Trout and Grayling.<b><u>The Fish</u></b><br />
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Trout come in three varieties in Sweden.<br />
First, head of the family is the seatrout, searun brown or archetype for the family. Salmo Trutta and the fishing for these are conducted either like that for Salmon in rivers or at the coast with onehanded rods. I won't cover these in this post.<br />
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Then there is the Salmo Trutta Lacustris or Brown Trout, the regular model so to speak.<br />
Local morphs can be found and they often move between lakes and river systems.<br />
A fish of 3-4 kilos is considered a trophy fish<br />
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The third one is Salmo Trutta Fario or Brook Trout. They are generally riverbound and tends to be the smallest morph.<br />
A fish of about 40 cm is very nice.<br />
They are not to be confused with what Americans call Brookies, those are Salvelinus Fontinalis, a relative of our own Arctic Char, Salvelinus Alpinus.<br />
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The Grayling is another salmonoid distinguished by it's grand dorsal fin.<br />
They also have morphs all over the world but our tends to be silver with a red and purple dorsal.<br />
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While trout,and especially the lakerun variety, can become pescavore grayling and brook trout tend to eat insects their whole life.<br />
They inhabit the same waters many times and can be caught on the same flies, hence the shared post.<br />
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<b><u>The Gear</u></b><br />
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As i mostly fish small waters with fairly small fish i find it more fun and more usefull to use a 8' #4 rod with a floating line.<br />
When the water is really high or if i'm fishing a lake i sometimes use a 9' #6 also with a floating line, in the case with the high and/or cold water i use a light skagit setup to deliver the flies deeper. None of these flies will be covered here though as most of this fishing is going on in the summer when the fish gladly rise to the surface to sip floating insects.<br />
Thin leaders is a must here but i never really used anything thinner than 0.18mm.<br />
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<u><b>The Flies</b></u><br />
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Choosing just three was incredibly hard
as this is a couple of species that eat a variety of insects (and even
small fish in the case of the trout) but i concluded this was my top
pick.<br />
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This one was an obvious.<br />
Half of my box is composed of these buggers.<br />
Tied to imitate any of the Caddis species i find that it works well generally from early season to late autumn,they seem to imitate a wide variety of insects.<br />
This one is my own variety with a dubbed head or torso.<br />
I always tie a different colour on the body and the head though sometimes the colours are reversed.<br />
I fish them in streams free drift and in lakes i tend to give a bit of movement by raising my rodtip up high and wiggle it a bit and the fly looks like an insect struggling on the surface.<br />
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Materials used in this fly are:<br />
Body - Moose Ear, Dark gray<br />
Wing - Deer hair, Rusty<br />
Head - Moose Ear, Light Gray<br />
Hook- Kamasan B420 Sedges #12<br />
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When you're not fishing a dry you better have something to get down a bit.<br />
There is a great variety of nymphs and the imitations are as complex and diverse as the dry flies.<br />
I find however that something that was NOT adapted to blend in to the rocks and debri of the underwater world is a lot easier to get the fishes attention with.<br />
I tie these in a couple of different colours but purple is by far the best of this sort,especially for grayling.<br />
I usually fish it dead drift upstream in rivers and creeks and jigging in lakes.<br />
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Materials used in this fly are:<br />
Tail - Peacock neck feathers<br />
Body - Purple silk<br />
Rib - Copper wire<br />
Wing sack - Purple rabbit<br />
Head - Tungsten bead<br />
Hook- Kamasan B420 Sedges #12<br />
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This one is a bit modern and will probably raise an eyebrow on any Cane fisher or imitation purist.<br />
It is made to look like an ant,grasshopper or beetle.<br />
I started using it as a unsinkable fly for skating.<br />
I cast cross stream or 45 degrees down, let the current pick up a big chunk of line to give this speed.<br />
It imitates not the bug itself to me but the movement of a bug flying over the surface.<br />
The strikes are usually violent and sudden, not the slow sip you get with an EHC.<br />
It can be tied with endless combinations of coloured foam though i use cut up kneepad and find it to work perfectly.<br />
The rubber legs should be short and respond to all the small changes in the current.<br />
As i said, i mostly skate this fly and i never use it in a lake.<br />
I once caught 11 trout and 8 grayling in one summer night on the very same fly.<br />
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Materials used in this fly are:<br />
Body - Black foam<br />
Belly - Orange chenille<br />
Legs - Barred Orange sili-legs<br />
Hook- Kamasan B420 Sedges #12<br />
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That is all for this round!Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-64588051566913760952014-03-18T11:59:00.006+01:002014-03-18T12:03:14.292+01:00Three flies for Perch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To kick of "Three flies for Sweden" i'm gonna go ahead and talk about my favourite flies for Perch.<br />
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<u><b><br />The Fish.</b></u><br />
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The European Perch, Perca Fluviatalis, is a smaller predatory fish.<br />
A fish above 1 kg is considered very nice and the Swedish record is just above 3 kg.<br />
The main bulk of the population is about 2-6 hg and these are the ones i mainly target when i fish for perch.<br />
They can be found in both fresh and brackish water.<br />
It's
a great schooling fish, incredibly fun and for me they take me back to
when i first started fishing, angling with a worm when i was little,
back to the simple joy of cathing a lot of them.<br />
When you find a school you usually hook multiple fish in very few casts.<br />
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I think this is one of the best species to start your fly fishing career with.<br />
They can be found in almost any water, hungry and give a good fight and you oftentimes have lots of room for casting.<br />
Watch out for the spikes on the dorsal fin and gill flaps though.<br />
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<u><b><br />The Gear</b></u><br />
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Depending on where i fish for them or rather the expected size i go for a couple of different rods.<br />
When
fishing in small forest lakes or ponds where i can expect them to be
smaller i usually use my #4 rod to get a bit more fight.<br />
Fishing in a bigger lake i usually use a #6 rod to be able to cover more water.<br />
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The
line is almost always a floating line, sometimes i use a sinking tip
but as these fish can usually be found in the shallows or hunting the
top water a floating line will do fine. <br />
<b><u><br />The Flies</u></b><br />
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The fly i use most often is a rabbit zonker fly.<br />
Rabbit is a soft material that moves great in still or slow flowing water wich is where you'll find these redfinned buggers.<br />
The wing is tied in just at the base to give greater movement and the beadchain eyes gives it a jigging action.<br />
Some flash under the wing to catch the sunlight and get them going.<br />
It imitates a small fish or a leech and can be tied in any colour, perch respond great to gaudy colours.<br />
Tie it on any streamer hook you like.<br />
Somewhere from 4-8 cm in length depending on the size of fish you are targeting.<br />
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Materials used in this fly are:<br />
Body - Black woolen yarn<br />
Rib - Stainless wire<br />
Wing - Dark purple rabbit zonker and pearl flash<br />
Head - Fur from the same skin as the zonker.<br />
Eyes - Beadchain.<br />
Hook- Kamasan B180 Low water Salmon #6<br />
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Crazy Charlie was first invented as a Bonefish fly to fish on the Carribean flats.<br />
It is however a fantastic fly for perch when you find them really shallow.<br />
The eyes are tied on the up side of the hook flipping it over.<br />
I fish this fly on a long leader at depths of 0.5-1 metre and let it sink to the bottom, pull it home and let it stir up mud, let it sink again.<br />
Tied on a maggot hook, the type you use for icefishing, the hook point faces downward and the fish are securely hooked in the upper lip.<br />
This is a fairly weedless fly as well.<br />
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Materials used in this fly are:<br />
Body and Wing - Pearl thread<br />
Rib - Copper<br />
Eyes - Beadchain.<br />
Hook- Mustad Maggot hook #12<br />
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Popping for perch is not something you get to do every day unfortunatly.<br />
It's reserved for the heights of summer but when you get to throw poppers it's the most fun fishing you'll ever get.<br />
The main goal here is to generate sound and movement and trigger fish that are hunting the top water to hammer it.<br />
Tie it fairly big, you want to make it worth their while (but not to big unless you target the biggest fish. This one is about 6 cm)<br />
The marabou and schlappen tail gives a lot of movement and volume while the rubber offer even more.<br />
The head is made out of a kneepad that i use a 10mm leather gauge to punch out and then paint with waterproof marker.<br />
There are lots of nice popper heads do buy out there but i use these, simple to make and really cheap.<br />
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Materials used in this fly are:<br />
Tail - Green marabou, pearl flash<br />
Collar - Black Schlappen<br />
Head - Kneepad 10mm popper head.<br />
Hook- Kamasan B180 Low water Salmon #6<br />
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That concludes the Three flies for Perch!Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-38024074194982528742014-02-21T15:07:00.001+01:002014-02-21T15:07:43.470+01:00Is the pike premiere getting closer?Well of course it is.<br />But is it in the forseeable future?<br /><br />I think so.<br />This weekend i'm heading south for a meeting and i'm hoping to be able to squeeze some pike fishing in to these days.<br />Not very likely but i just might.<br /><br />In news from my own river the ice is starting to creak and crack and there's been some waterflow on it, weighting it down and hopefully soon enough it'll release its grip.<br />Next week promises up to +9 degrees,hopefully that'll be the end of winter.<br />If so it'll be an exceptionally early spring and a very long pike spring season!<br /><br />I've been tying some more, ran out of Big Fly Fiber and i really want some more of it, it's a great material and the flies look awesome.<br /><br />Big Pink:<br />
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Yesterday was a fun evening (though a bit short)<br />Pike flyfisher profile Niklaus Bauer visited our local flytying club and showed a couple of patterns.<br />Nothing out of the ordinary but some neat tricks for handling materials.<br /><br />What i liked most was that he gave away his pike fly to a young guy aspiring to start with pike on the fly.<br /><br />I got some inspiration,got to talk some matierials and have a look at all those fancy ones i want but can't afford.<br />Nice to see what's out there anyways.<br />Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-44916396472989063362014-01-23T20:16:00.001+01:002014-01-23T20:16:51.609+01:00FLY TV - Fly fishing for big Perch<br />
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This is a nice one.<br />
Simple, good explenations of the gear (again,really simple)<br />
I've really been looking forward to this release as i often argue that perch is the very first fish you should start fishing for when you'r getting in to fly fishing. (No,any fishing really)<br />
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Easy to catch, fun to play and really hardy, easy to unhook.<br />
Easy on the eye as well.<br />
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You can get them on baitfish patterns for bigger fish, nymphs and such for smaller.<br />
One of my favourites is actually the Crazy Charlie pattern in different colours.<br />
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They use bigger rods, I think you'll do fine with your average #5 rod so if you get in to fly fishing, get one of those, go to a lake and practice your casting and when you got a bit of experince you could take that trout trip you always wanted.<br />
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Bring the kids!Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-37981411303166317302014-01-06T16:01:00.001+01:002014-01-06T16:01:18.950+01:00Crappy winter but some good fishing.This winter is the worst.<br />It's a few degrees above zero, no snow to speak of and more rain than anything else.<br />The ice is thick out on the forest lakes though.<br /><br />I've been out icefishing some more.<br />These are some pictures from todays outing.<br /><br />Arctic Char and some proper coffee.<br />
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Apart from that i've gotten a new line for my switch rod.<br />Rio Skagit Max Short 200grains.<br />Great fun, i'm looking forward to the spring!Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-56269201310983843762013-12-04T16:05:00.000+01:002013-12-04T16:53:56.102+01:00Ice fishing premiere.Allright so I do fish in other ways then flyfishing.<br />
Ice fishing that is. In the winter. When all the streams and lakes are frozen solid.<br />
Since this state of torture lasts for about 4-5 months of the year you at least gotta make some trips in to the winter forest to go ice fishing not to go crazy.<br />
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It's really nice.<br />
Warm coffe, the stillness, skiing through the white landscape.<br />
I'm not really there yet, lot's of ice but no snow wich led me to the new experience of going by bike (and a short hike) to get to the lake i was looking for.<br />
It's not marked on any map as a troutbearing lake but i've heard a couple of stories.<br />
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And trout there was!<br />
The lake is small, clear and very shallow, i suspect only about 2 metres at the deepest.<br />
Probably fed through a spring as there was a small creek running out of the lakes southern end.<br />
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When i got there i saw no previous holes, no snowmobiles (well, the lack of snow..) or really no other sign that anyone had been there in a long time.<br />
The lake was only accesible by foot through a walk over a rather steep ridge.<br />
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The third hole i drilled gave the fish.<br />
A very nice little trout that first slammed the bait, missed, went for it again but as they say, third time's the charm and up he went for a quick snap and then back in the cold water.<br />
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Seeing the bottom on all places i drilled, acctually seeing the bottom before that due to insanely clear ice, seeing the fish take and not just feel the tug, the lack of people and everything about this lake have made it my new favourite winter fishing destination.<br />
As it often is when you hook a fish in a new water.<br />
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I practice my ice fishing much like i do my fly fishing.<br />Usually a single hook, sometimes with a nymph, gluehook or as today, with a funky smelling old shrimp.<br />I also put most of the fish back, it's more about the catch then the eating.<br /><br />I won't tell you where it is but i'll gladly,as always take you there.<br />
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This is one way of curing the skins so that you can use the furs for tying.<br />
I've do this mainly with the "scrap" parts of the animals, parts that don't really have another use.<br />
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I've used the inside of mooses ears (the outside is great for warm hats or mittens but the inside has less hair and really only the edges of the ear has a use) and with a hare mask.<br />The same principle can be used with any skins from game or fowl.<br />
The hare, by the way was supplied by a neighbour. Came knocking on the door and asked if i wanted a hare.<br />
And out came the knife. It was a great dinner.<br />
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<b>You need a couple of things.<br /><br />1. A sharp knife for skinning. Go to a hunters forum or such for skinning lessons.<br /><br />2. A slightly dull knife for skraping the skins (I use a special tool but as not everyone have tanning gear at home we'll make due with a dull knife.</b><br />
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<b>Start by skinning the animal and cutting away the piece you want to save for tanning and scrape them, put them in a freezer and then proceed to the pieces you just want to cure.<br />Mind that you don't cut holes in the skin,you want a pretty product.<br /><br />Scrape the skins, get rid of sinews and meat.<br />Wash them in Cold water (always use cold water when dealing with raw skins, they can get rock hard from warm water) with some soap or such to get rid of the blood.<br />Wringe them to get rid of excess water.<br /><br />Scrub the meat side with salt.<br />Seriously, a lot of salt, you can't really overdo it.<br /><br />Place the skin somwhere with a lot of air circulation.<br />Not nescesserily warm, just an airflow that helps lift the moisture out and away.<br /><br />The hairs will probably be lumped together but no worries.<br />Once dried you can just brush the skin a bit and it looks great.<br /><br />This is one of many methods to cure a skin. <br />You wont get a smooth and flexible skin, that takes different tanning methods and softening etc.<br /><br />But it's great for fly tying.</b><br />
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Sorry about that.<br />
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In the last month and a half i'vemainly been doing pike fishing and that season came and went.<br />The biggest i landed was a bit above 80 cm.<br />The cold have set in properly now but i got a few trout and a grayling nymphing 'bout a week ago.<br /><br />So the fishing is on the down low with winter setting in properly.<br />Sno and ice etc.<br />The dreams about spring have started coming back.<br />
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The most exciting thing that have happened is that i was invited to join a fly-tyers "club" that gathers once a week, ties and talks about fishing. Very nice, definetly gonna see me through the winter.<br /><br />Sorry,no pics this time.<br />Hopefully next time.Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-66999791298691515972013-10-03T11:09:00.000+02:002013-10-03T11:13:52.166+02:00The need for a new ladderSo, in my river there's this old mill.<br />
While i do appriciate the historical values of it (and do NOT want to see it torn down) it does present a stop for the fish in their migration upstream.<br />
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There are potentially two types of trout present in this river, the brook trout <i>Salmo Trutta Fario </i>and a large lakerun brown or <i>Salmo Trutta Lacustris.</i><br />
The stream resident Fario morph operate mainly above the mill but the lakerun variety need to be able to pass upstream to further the reaches of their spawning grounds.<br />
Lake Siljan and the Orsa Lake trout are of a particularly large breed and are both valuabe and considered threatened.<br />
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There is an existing ladder although it functions poorly.<br />
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<i> </i>I cleaned out the log,branches and twigs and as much leafes as i could.<br />
This years low water is a problem as the ladder is clogged.<br />
The principle here is that the fish should go through V shapes up the ladder and further up the river.<br />
With low water however, that is not at all possible.<br />
I can safely say that not a single trout have passed here.<br />
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My suggestion therefore is to tear out this old ladder and install a new, more naturelike ladder that will allow, the fish to pass.<br />
If the reeds above the inlet were to be cut down and a new ladder with a higher flow were to be installed they'd have a hard time growing back, making it more of a onetime job.<br />A higher and more natural flow would also eliminate the problem with leafes and make logs less of a problem.<br />
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I've mailed the lokal fishery society and are awaiting answers from there.<br />
They'll probably not have the resource for such an operation and i'm probably gonna have to go further up, to the local government of Dalecarlia.<br />
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Would't it be great to hook one of these large browns not in the lake trolling but on a swung fly up in the river?<br />
Of course, it's about all the species and not all about fishing.<br />
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Here's a great new report from the University of Karlstad on planning and building nature-like fish ladders.<br />
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http://www.nrrv.se/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CG%C3%96-2012.pdf<br />
It's a PDF in Swedish.Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-74134901252472253762013-09-10T20:03:00.001+02:002013-09-10T20:06:36.696+02:00When autumn comes.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The summer's gone and I thought i'd tell a bit more about my river.<br />
"My". Well it's not mine personally but i do fish it and for that matter, have never met anyone else out on the water.<br />
The closest i got was a few bobbers left in the stream that i picked up.<br />
When you fish the same water over and over you develop a connection to it.<br />
You know the places, know the rocks and form a bond to the inhabitants of the water.<br />
A respect for the fish, a love for the bugs and the water itself seems to come alive.<br />
Here's some pictures from the day and i'd love to take you out on the water if you're passing by.<br />
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I'm gonna walk you through three pools spaced out about 400 metres from each other<br />
They are all low water at the moment.<br />
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First out is the Forest Bridge Pool.<br />
Named thusly from the small rickety bridge connecting two small and partially overgrown trails.<br />
Nice spot to get to the water though.<br />
The water itself gets a dark green feel to it due to weeds growing on the rocks.<br />
The pool usually holds some fish though not loads.<br />
One to three trout or grayling.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Descent trout.<br />
They are spawning atm but this guy didn't get the memo<br />
that they are off the fishermans list.<br />
Quick pic and back into the stream.<br />
Note the white and black lines on the anal fin.<br />
Typical for this variety of trout, Salmo Trutta Fario.</td></tr>
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Second of is the main destination of the day.<br />
Grayling pool. I'll let you figure it out.<br />
Pearshaped pool that broadens at the end.<br />
The downstream portion holds a lot of fish.<br />
Always. My trip ended with six or seven just in this pool.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Why hi, got a moment to speak about our lord Neptune?<br />
Seriously though, one of my own patterns was the fly of the day.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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And then the third set of pools.<br />
I simply call them "The Cauldrons"<br />
Here the water have bared the rock, run over it for millenia and dug holes down into the granit itself.<br />
Doesn't always hold fish (as was the case today) but when it does the fights are awesome.<br />
In the spring flood these are not just rapids with wierd currents, they are raging.<br />
The water is clear and the light green weeds at the bottom of these bowls make them look like witches cauldrons.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not all creatures aquatic are fish.</td></tr>
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Bye for this time!Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-4559236729277120562013-09-07T13:42:00.001+02:002013-09-07T14:23:29.591+02:00(Re)Building a switch rod.I miss swinging a twohander.<br />
The thing is, my 14' is arguably a bit large in my local rivers, the shooting head alone covers more than the rivers withd.<br />
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So a thought emerged some year ago to rebuild one of my seldom used onehanders into a super light,short twohander.<br />
Call it a switch if you like.<br />
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I've been looking for components for a while without really finding anything i liked.<br />
But when going through some stuff in a wardrobe i found an old spinn rod and as i never fish those i thought that what the hell. Wasn't an expensive one anyways.<br />
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Using a hacksaw as my main tool i opened the end of my flyrod, sawed of the reelseat screw from the spinn rod along with a portion of the rod that fitted perfectly into the end of the fly rod.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Extended reelseat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To be able to remove the reel it was nescessary<br />
that i could unscrew the back handle a bit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Filling up the hole in the middle of the old top handle from the <br />
spinn rod.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here she is.<br />
Can't wait to get on the water.</td></tr>
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A bit of tape to fill out the gap to the screw, some glue and filling up the end of the new but with some foam and i got myself my light twohander.<br />
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Not accounting for the new handle it's now a #6/7 9' switch.<br />
I'll be able to practice casting and adding some sinktips when using a skagit cast.<br />
I'm thinking about a new line, one with a shooting head/shooting line setup but i don't really want to loose the ability to fish close as well as adding a bit of distance.<br />
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Why not just rollcast with a onehander you say?<br />
Well, it's just for the fun of it, i really like to cast twohanded.<br />
And again, it's a short rod that will work perfectly for overhand throwing as well.<br />
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My only problem now is that the rod tube is to small...<br />
I might keep on working on this and make some sort of detachable handle.<br />
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Tight lines!<br />
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<br />Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-46392265914135044282013-09-06T17:48:00.001+02:002013-09-06T17:49:53.357+02:00New stuff from Fly TV I'm back.<br />
I've been out working for the last month and have barely been home at all.<br />
Had the chance to try some new waters, one especially comes to mind.<br />
A small wild creek were all i'd heard was that "maybe" there were some browns.<br />
There were. Lots of them and a good size fish in comparison to the water.<br />
I got to enter "Small river, No name" into my journal.<br />
I'll show you sometime if we pass that region.<br />
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Since i've been gone FlyDressing have released a new Fly TV episode.<br />
Skagit fishing for salmon in the north of Sweden.<br />
Very nice camera, nice fish, nice setting, nice everything.<br />My itch to get to use the twohander wasn't really helped by this...<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-2004675995871191292013-07-24T10:22:00.000+02:002013-07-24T10:24:14.850+02:00Hey, it's summer!It's been like that again.<br />
I've been busy and havn't written in a long time.<br />
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Since last time i've fished a lot, explored new stretches and caught a LOT of fish.<br />
More trout and grayling now that i know where to find them.<br />
The water is extremely low right now and the fish are shy.<br />
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We've entered the time of the caddis and this is what i fish with almost exclusivly right now.<br />
Elkhairs and some other types, often with a big dubbed hare torso that you brush up.<br />
Very effective fly.<br />
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There's bigger trout in the river than people know.<br />
They are a bit smaller then some other neighbouring waters but still good, the biggest i caught was a little over 40 cm.<br />
Fairly small but insanely beautiful!<br />
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Took on a skated Chernobyl Ant.</td></tr>
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It's just another month left of the trout season.<br />
Yup, that's all there is. From the midst of May untill the last of August.<br />
2.5 months of troutfishing in the streams every year.<br />
On the other hand many of the troutbearing lakes are open another month after that and then there's grayling fishing for as long as there's no ice (or until the last of december but it's defenatly covered over by then.)<br />
And of course, when the autumn comes i'm hoping to get stuck in to some char,there's plenty of lakes around but they're to warm right now in the hight of summer.<br />
Autumn also means pike fishing and i'm starting to look forward to that.<br />
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All i miss right now is to swing the twohander, it's been a while with just the lightest rods and while they are fun it's great to vary the fishing a bit.<br />
<br />Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-2630349114649057092013-07-03T21:24:00.005+02:002013-07-03T21:24:59.011+02:00Bombs awayFirst of, i'm a bit sorry for not posting in almost a month.<br />
On the other hand, i've been out fishing.<br />
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Anyways, here's my newest fly and newest idea.<br />
I noticed that the trout in my local river more often than striking the fly while it was drifting attacked fiercly when it was beeing stripped home.<br />
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I started fishing my flies in this way on purpose but they all got drowned and sank and didn't give that nice V pattern on the surface.<br />
I thought to myself that maybe it's the action of the fly, not the pattern that triggers the strike.<br />
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So inspired by patterns such as Goddards Sedge and salmon bombers i came up with these.<br />
Basicly boiled down to nothing more than a deerhair cone.<br />Floats well and is meant to be fished striped or skated, crosscurrent or right upstream.<br />
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I tried them out and they work amazingly well!<br />
The fish strike them with such ferocity that they jump out of the water.<br />
And if they miss they come around and strike again or they chase they fly, one of them struck the fly three times before it got it proper.<br />
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I call them Micro Bombers and i tie them on hooks about #12<br />
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<br />Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-3811072035578817242013-06-10T17:44:00.000+02:002013-06-10T17:44:18.742+02:00New waters.I realised it's been some time since my last update.<br />
I've been busy with moving but with all that fuss and turmoil comes of course, new waters.<br />
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My main focus have been on river Våmån.<br />
It's a small fairly shallow river that is wadable in most stretches.<br />
It has a pepple and stone bottom with some weeds and sunken timber.<br />
Perfect flyfishing water.<br />
It also houses some of our favourite bugs such as different varieties of Trichoptera, Sulphurea, Beatis and last but not least both Ephemera Vulgata and Danica.<br />
The fishes include, but are not limeted to; Grayling, Trout, European Whitefish as well as pike, perch and other spicies of whitefish such as the Common rudd and Dace.<br />
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Most of them eat bugs of the surface.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty grayling of smaller proportions caught on a warm summer evening.<br />Dry fly.</td></tr>
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I know there's good pike fishing in the lake by the village, it remains to be seen if it's as good on a fly.<br />
And of course there's numerous small forest lakes with trout, grayling and char around that needs exploring as well as the upper stretches of Våmån that promises to hold more trout than down here in the village.<br />
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I think it's gonna be a good summer.<br />
And i'm not entirely unpleased with living here now!Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-64200661955269290132013-05-26T22:04:00.000+02:002013-05-26T22:18:00.282+02:00New materials.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today i donned the usual viking outfit (yes, there is one) and went down to the local yearly mediveal market to have a few beers with a mate, play some games and have a look around.<br />
As usual i was on the lookout for flytying materials, there's always an abundance of feathers and furs to be found in those markets and way below fishing store prices.<br />
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I payed in total 200 swedish crowns or about 20 euro for all of this.<br />
One <b>big</b> piece of dark red/purple fox that turns black at the tips.<br />
One fairly large piece of blue/black racoon.<br />
One very dark purple whole rabbit skin.<br />
One lepard dyed whole rabbit skin.<br />
A whole peacock sword.<br />
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The sword is neatly cut into bits to fit my tying box.<br />
As you know it's a versitile material used for tags, nymph bodies, dryfly torsos and also goes in classic flies like the Sunrays Shadow among other things.<br />
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Rabbit is another material i really like.<br />It makes a great wing for streamers and has a way to almost vibrate in the current.<br />
To strong of a current and it will collapse though.<br />
It still makes a good swung fly and is excellent fished in still water.<br />
The hair also makes an excellent dubbing for nymphs.<br />
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I like those moment when you buy those odd materials in an odd place and the salesman wonder what it's for and you reply with "fly tying".<br />
That usually sparks some conversations.<br />
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Peacock tag, silver body with thick silver rib, <br />
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I like adding a bit of a silver body to my salmon flies, i have a theory that states that a swung fly should in some circumstances have a bit of material that gives a bit of reflection to catch the attention of the fish.<br />
Not that i fish for salmon and seatrout a lot but they are fun flies to tie.Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-73600482892030097032013-05-19T17:28:00.002+02:002013-05-19T17:32:38.063+02:00First trout of the year.Me, the lass and a friend went fishing today, last outing before we leave school and went to a place we went fishing last year a couple of times.<br />
The aim was for grayling but instead i landed this beauty.<br />
Just above a kilo and with those intense colours only trout really have.<br />
Wild trout on top of that, none of that sausage look and broken fins stocked fish get. <br />
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I was fishing a double rig with a caddis fly as strike indicator and my alltime favourite nymph Orange Attacker as a dropper.<br />
He took the nymph and it once again proved its worth.<br />
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As i fiddled with the net (not the one on the picture,that one was kindly supplied by my girlfriend who also did the netting) the fish went down a fall and into some whitewater rapids and i thought i lost it.<br />
Good thing i didn't!<br />
The fish posed for some pictures and then swam back home. <br />
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<br />Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-5776635277717048942013-05-12T15:34:00.002+02:002013-05-12T21:24:45.095+02:00The season is here!I went out to a spot a bit away yesterday.<br />
Initially no activity but as the day went on more and more fish started to rise.<br />
They are escaped rainbow trout from various farms and this one is propably from last year judging by the fins.<br />
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The tactic for the evening as this was still water was to look for rising fish, follow their movement and place the nymph in their path.<br />
Landed one, lost three and had another couple of bites.<br />
First rainbow trout of the season, small but makes me glad!<br />
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Caught on my own Orange Attacker weighted nymph.</td></tr>
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Almost all the fish in this bay where this size, maybe a couple of bigger ones.<br />
On a #4 rod with very limited space for back-casts I had to resort to spey style casts and these short casts and constantly rising fish in close proximity to you really made it very exciting! <br />
The skin is prepared for tanning and the meat was sprinkled with thyme, wrapped in tinfoil and baked in smoldering charcoal, it tasted fantastic!<br /><br />Other then that i've been tying lots of dries lately in real preparation for when i move in a couple of weeks.<br />I'm going to be seated just by a couple of brown trout streams and with a whole summer ahead of me i'm hoping you and me both will see a lot of those.Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-34468795821522566212013-04-25T21:07:00.002+02:002013-04-25T21:07:19.998+02:00Top water pike fliesI don't often tie from books, of course i do take inspiration but this time i did tie a true topwater classic.<br />
The Dahlberg Diver.<br />
Two colours, yellowish and white.<br />
Two different sizes.<br /><br />It was a while since i cut any kinds of muddler heads but i'm fond of the second one, the white one.<br />
The purple wing is purely cosmetic.<br />
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<br />Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-83543965760872284372013-04-24T17:46:00.001+02:002013-04-24T17:46:53.962+02:00Here's one i really enjoyed.<br />
Diverse species, diverse fishing, a bit of humor.<br />Nice!<br />
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Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-66022942448155502402013-04-23T16:21:00.000+02:002013-04-23T16:21:09.260+02:00First fish of the year!So, i went out fishing this weekend.<br />Big surprise.<br />
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I hooked and landed the first fish of the year, a smaller pike, just above 1 kilo i'd say.<br />
Didn't weigh it.<br />
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It was a textbook spring pike.<br />
The fish stood at a dropoff, attacked the fly after a few strips but missed.<br />
I presented it in the same place again, stripped home a few times and BAM!<br />
I set the hook and smiled but it wasn't that much of a fight, the water is still cold, in fact the ice is still clinging to the bays and covers the lakes even thicker.<br />
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Short fight, small male in waiting for spawning.<br />
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But the season has started!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The culprit. Not the biggest pike i've caught, about 45 cm long.<br />But few things beat the feeling of the first hook up of the year!</td></tr>
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Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-31964726215927960652013-04-18T19:56:00.003+02:002013-04-18T19:56:33.636+02:00Spring is commingIt's been warm the last week and almost all the snow is gone.<br />
Some rain and heavy wind should probably make short work with the ice.<br />
I went to a small river some days ago and it was a proper spring flood, brown raging water!<br />
It'll settle down soon and hopefully the water will rise.<br />
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In the meantime i've gotten some new materials for my tying.<br />
Grizzly saddle and epoxy eyes from <a href="http://www.taimen.com/">Taimen</a>.<br />
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Here's some new stuff!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spent Danica.<br />This is a work in progress using deerhair for boyancy and for wings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For this project i shape the hooks to really look like a dying drake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fierce orange EHC with rubber legs.<br />One of my best grayling flies is the <a href="http://fredrikloveus.blogspot.se/2012/11/worldwide-flyswap.html">Orange Attacker</a> (pic in the post) and i thought "what the hell, might as well try one as a dry.<br />You can clearly see the grayling taking an interest!</td></tr>
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<br />Fredrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07313386988747967232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1693327553867336403.post-17688152165761966262013-04-07T15:39:00.000+02:002013-04-07T15:39:07.829+02:00New stuff from the vice.Todays fly tying consisted of big nymphs and larvae.<br />And a Caddis dryfly as well.<br />
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Got really into crocheted bodies and made these three glowbug caddis larvae and then went on to crochet the body on the dry as well.<br />
It was a fun technique that i plan on keep using and develop my skill in!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big caddis with crocheted body.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The days collection.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simple but nice.</td></tr>
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