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Lough Conn trout fishing

Jun 14. 2014
Large lake Irish Lough Conn is a huge lake full of wild trout and a very decent number of salmon. Fishing in it is free, and can be fantastic. And the Kelly Kettle was born on its banks.
Find here a story from this beautiful lake and some facts on fishing it.
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Discovering the Marbury Lake Flies

Nov 25. 2012
Marbury If today's tyer wants to tie the Mary Orvis Marbury Lake flies, they would be wise to think 'old school', and transport themselves back to a time when the hooks had blind eyes, the materials were natural, and the flies were colorful and uniquely adapted to the American fly fishing experience by Mary Orvis Marbury and her crew of women tyers.
Click here to learn how to tie them
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Lake Vintter

Mar 8. 2012
Patagonia Lake Vintter may be the mother of all Patagonian lakes. Huge, rough, windswept high in the mountains and full of huge brook trout and rainbows.
Read Heiko Schneider's story here.
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Lake fishing in Sweden

Jul 11. 2011
Stillwater Hans Jacob, a good friend of mine, has been going to some lakes in Sweden for many years, and asked whether some of us wanted to join him on another summer fishing trip. I wasn't late to return with a confirmation. Sure I wanted to fish lake rainbows with him! Sounded like a lot of fun. And it was! 
Read about the trip here
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Lake Champ

Jun 19. 2009
Dragon Many years ago, when Colombian Carlos Heinsohn began to tie flies, he didn't have more than a few basic materials and not more than three models of hooks. He wanted a huge dragonfly nymph, so he made one almost entirely with black and brown marabou on a #6 hook with a few wraps of copper wire.
This is the evolution of that fly