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Valley Lodge 
06, 13 & 20 FEB
Swoon combo @ R695 per couple
(1 adult fishing clinic & 1 adult non fisher) 

Lovers kiss combo @ R895 per couple
(2 adult’s fishing clinic) 

Lovers Ultimate Combo@ R1595 per couple
(2 adult’s fishing clinic & spa treatment) 

Family Combo @ R1395
(2 adult’s & 2 child fishing clinics) 

*All combo’s include a buffet lunch 

Ask about our valentine’s gift options and other events

Terms and conditions apply.
For bookings and enquiries contact:

Office : (011) 315 4503
Wayne: 083 141 0391 or Francois: 0839967132
Email: sundown@iafrica.com 
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Facebook page: MBH Fly-fishing

Sundowner Adventures January 2011

Valentines’ month FLY-FISHING & WELLNESS EXPERIENCE in the Magaliesburg. Four packages to choose from. Couples and families welcome.


VALENTINES FLY-FISHING SPECIALS 
06, 13 & 20 FEB
Swoon combo @ R600 per couple
(1 adult fishing clinic & 1 adult non fisher)

Lovers kiss combo @ R750 per couple
(2 adult’s fishing clinic)


Lovers Ultimate Combo@ R1450 per couple
(2 adult’s fishing clinic & spa treatment)


Family Combo @ R1150
(2 adult’s & 2 child fishing clinics)


*All combo’s include a picnic basket and a bottle of sparkling wine*


Terms and conditions apply.


For bookings and enquiries contact:


Office : (011) 315 4503
Wayne: 083 141 0391 or Francois: 0839967132
Email: sundown@iafrica.com
www.sundownerproducts.wordpress.com
Facebook page: MBH Fly-fishing

Submit Your Fly Fishing Photos

Click on the link below to learn how to post your fly fishing photos and reports with the Virtual Fly Guides.

How To Post Photos, Videos, and Reports on the VFG Bulletin Board

or

Submit Photos on the Virtual Fly Guides Submission Page

After the reports, photos, or videos are posted on the VFG Bulletin Board or on the Submission Page, they will be featured here on this blog.

By sharing our reports and experiences in fly fishing, we encourage other fly fishers to do the same and become a Virtual Fly Guide. Regardless of your skill level, or how many days you spend on the water each year, everyone can learn from everyone. Our vision is to create a network of fly fishers around the country, and around the world, who guide each other by sharing their personal fly fishing reports.

Knot Tying Refresher: Part 6 Improved Clinch Knot

The Improved Clinch Knot, or sometimes referred to as the Fisherman's Knot is one of the most well known and easy knots to tie. When the pressure is on, fish are rising all around you, and your buddies are landing fish, tying knots goes into auto pilot. That's the way it is for the Improved Clinch Knot. Growing up as a kid and fishing with your dad or grandpa, this is the first knot they teach you.

Application: This knot is used to tie flies to the leader or tippet.

Step 1: Feed the leader/tippet through the eye of the hook.

Step 2: Wrap the tag end around the running line approximately 6 times.

Step 3: Bring the tag end back through the area between the eye of the hook and the first wrap.

Step 4: Take the tag end and place it back through the area between all the wraps and the line.

Step 5: Lubricate with saliva or water, pull tight, and trim close.

Knot Tying Refresher: Part 5 Double Surgeons Knot

The Double Surgeons Knot is a frequently used knot for most fly fishers. Since the tapered leader will get progressively thicker after a day’s worth of changing flies, adding some tippet to your tapered leader will allow you to keep the leader at the right length. This will also allow you to make the leader and fly land on the water without a plop. Since you will be using this one regularly throughout the day, practice this one and become proficient.

Application: This knot is used for lengthening the leader by tying in another section of leader or tippet.

Tip: Make sure you give yourself enough line to overlap. There’s nothing worse than getting close to finishing and then struggling to complete the knot. Especially when fish are rising and your buddy is landing fish left and right.

Step 1: Take a section of tippet material in one hand and the leader in the other hand and overlap the two sections about three to four inches and hold the lines together.

Step 2: Make an overhand knot by running the longer end of the tippet and the shorter end of the leader.

Step 3: Make second overhand knot, just like the first.

Step 4: Lubricate the knot/loop with saliva or water, pull tight, and trim close.

Knot Tying Refresher: Part 4 Duncan Loop

The next knot in the Knot Tying Refresher is the Duncan Loop. The Duncan Loop is my favorite knot of all. Not that I’m a knot nut, or an entomology freak, but there are aspects of fly fishing that make the experience a memorable one. Hard to believe any of that has anything to do with a FISHING KNOT! It doesn’t. The Duncan Loop is the most used knot in my fly fishing arsenal and the most useful. Learning this knot will make you a better fly fisher.

Application: The Duncan Loop, sometimes called the Uni Knot can be used for tying a fly to a leader/tippet and for tying a section of tippet to the hook shank for multiple fly nymph rig. It is also useful for any fishing application that needs a knot that is adjustable.

Tip: With any knot, it’s always best to lubricate the knot/loop with saliva or water, then pull tight, and trim close. Tightening a knot without moisture can cause the monofilament to burn making the knot weaker.

*Weak Knots=Lost Fish.

Step 1: Make a loop with the line leaving approximately 4 inches.

Step 2: While holding the loop make a bend in the running end of the line and hold them both together.

Step 3: Take the tag end of the line and wrap the line around the running line and through the loop 3 to 4 times. *This knot/loop will slide along the running end of the line allowing you to cinch or loosen the loop as needed.*

Step 4: Lubricate the knot/loop with saliva or water, pull tight, and trim close.

Knot Tying Refresher: Part 3 Perfection Loop

Tying the perfection loop is a matter of preference. Some fly fishers prefer to tie their tapered leader directly to the fly line. And others, like me, prefer to utilize the loop to loop method of attaching a tapered leader to the fly line. It has been my experience that there is no significant difference in casting with the loop to loop. In fact, it is much quicker to change out a damaged leader for a new one. It’s all about keeping your fly on or in the water.

One of the issues of tying the tapered leader directly to the fly line is that every time the leader needs changing, the fly line has to be cut. After some regular changes, the fly line can be altered to the point of negatively affecting the usefulness of the fly line.

When using the loop to loop method, a 3 to 4 inch section of 20 pound test needs to be attached to the fly line with a nail knot and a perfection loop on the other end, thus, creating one half of the loop to loop. The other loop for the loop to loop connection is tied to the thick end of the tapered leader.

Application: Any fly fishing application that requires a static loop and for the loop to loop connection for attaching a tapered leader to the fly line.

Tip: There are some brands of leaders that have the perfection loop already tied.

Step 1: Make a loop to the rear of the line. The end of the line should be going to the tier’s right. Make sure you leave yourself some extra line.

Step 2: Take the tag end and wrap it around the base of the first loop. This will create a loop in front of the first loop. Be sure to hold both loops together.

Step 3: Take the tag end of the line and place it between the two loops and hold it all down. The end of the line will be pointing to the tier’s left.

Step 4: Reach behind the first loop and grab the second loop (the one closer to you) from behind and pull it through.*It is important to make sure that the tag end of the line doesn’t slip out.

Step 5: Lubricate the knot with saliva or water, tighten, and trim the excess.

Submit Your Fly Fishing Photos

Click on the link below to learn how to post your fly fishing photos and reports with the Virtual Fly Guides.

How To Post Photos, Videos, and Reports on the VFG Bulletin Board

or

Submit Photos on the Virtual Fly Guides Submission Page

After the reports, photos, or videos are posted on the VFG Bulletin Board or on the Submission Page, they will be featured here on this blog.

By sharing our reports and experiences in fly fishing, we encourage other fly fishers to do the same and become a Virtual Fly Guide. Regardless of your skill level, or how many days you spend on the water each year, everyone can learn from everyone. Our vision is to create a network of fly fishers around the country, and around the world, who guide each other by sharing their personal fly fishing reports.

Trophy Trout Video Part 2

Bucks Lake, CA Fly Fishing Photo

Love seeing other people catch big fish 
almost as much as I like catching big fish!!!!

Submitted by: Jack Zittrer

Trophy Trout Video Part 1

Sean Wallentine with a hefty rainbow at Eagle Canyon Trophy Trout Lakes.

Eagle Canyon Trophy Trout Lakes - Video

Eagle Canyon Trophy Trout Lakes

Caught this thick rainbow with a slow retrieved black streamer.

We had an awesome day and caught some BIG rainbows,
and this wasn't one of them!
More to come...

Click here on Eagle Canyon Trophy Trout Lakes to book your trip.

Trophy Rainbows

Eagle Canyon Trophy Trout Lakes
Manton, CA

We had the incredible privilege of being invited to the Eagle Canyon Trophy Trout Lakes on December 23, 2010.  It was an awesome day that yielded rainbows up to 29 inches. Our host Clint, met us at the entrance and escorted us to the lakes where he gave us the rundown, which included, access to float tubes and fins, hot coffee in the hut, and the rules for the day. We highly recommend Eagle Canyon Trophy Trout Lakes if you want the opportunity to catch the BIGGEST rainbow of your life. Thanks again for a great day!  -Darin Wallentine, Co-Owner Virtual Fly Guides