A Nice Fall Coho
A Nice Fall Coho
Shayne Heinrichs sent us this great shot of a nice coho he released in the Fall of 2005. Shayne says he`s “been using your hooks since I found them at the local fishing store. Thanks for a great product.” Thanks for the compliment Shayne and keep sending your pictures in!
A Letter on our Hooks from the Heartland
Dear Sir or Madam,
First of all I want to start out this letter by saying that I think your company Daiichi Hooks makes some of the best fly tying hooks on the market. I have had the privilege of using various Daiichi hooks for fly tying and am amazed that not everyone in the fly tying world has caught on to them. Actually I am intrigued to find that during many of the classes that I teach, individuals in my region, the upper Midwest do not really know much about your products. I got started using your products when I was out West a few years back and have been using them ever since because they simply are better then all the rest. I am very impressed with your company and the products it distributes and most certainly would very much like to help get the word out. My personal experience in this industry comes from being a professional guide and fly tier that ties commercially and teaches tying classes to both adults and children for the last ten years. Most of my flies make their homes in fly shops in the Northern Midwest but some have found their way as far as Northern California. I contribute monthly to several online magazines, websites and newsletters for organizations such as Basspro, Orvis, AFF and the Online fly tyer. When not on the bench or behind the computer I spend my time with companies such as Gatti rods or Monic Fly Lines working as a part of their pro-staff doing product testing pieces and seminars. After ten years in the business I am certain that I have not come across a product as dependable as yours. I believe in your products and hopefully we can come together to get others to feel the same way. Tight lines and Smooth threads.
Jason Akl
A Letter From Down Under
A Letter from Down Under
Hi guys.
Thought I’d send you a photo taken at the Victorian Fly fishing championships held at Lake Eildon Vitoria, Australia. Daiichi is alive and well used by anglers Down Under. Attached a rather worn, debarbed and fish chewed Blarney Lodge Bugger (a pattern tied by Pat O’Keefe from New Zealand). This is a deadly pattern tied on a Daiichi No 1550 size 12. An unusual size for a Wooly Bugger but nonetheless, a successful fly. The attached picture is of my beautiful 10 pound rainbow trout caught on this fly during the lake session on Eildon pondage. Daiichi hooks are super sharp and the fish stick to them. It’s a real fish slaying hook. Would appreciate some sample packs of tying hooks for our club, Sunshine Fly Casting Club. See our web page!
Tight Lines,
Steve Varga
Nice job Steve, The samples are on their way!
25″ Rainbow on a size 18
25″ Rainbow on a size 18 hook
We got this great photo in the following e-mail from Pat Saloky today: Subject: Big fish small hooks. I was fishing recently and used the 1120 Daiichi caddis hooks and landed this 25″ rainbow on a size 18 fly. These hooks seem to stay sharper longer than other hooks and are a very strong hook.
Bob Larsell: Daiichi Pro Staff
Bob Larsell
56361 Hwy 197
Maupin OR 97037
503-803-3628
rlarsell@aol.com
Bob Larsell was reccomended to us by Dave Roberts. He demonstrates at 2-3 shows every year. He specializes in fishing flies for heavy steelhead. Bob calls the Deschutes River his home base and he is skilled in the use of two-handed rods. Bob has us all jealous as he manages to fish about 100 days each year. Pictured is: Bob Larsell tying at the Northwest Fly Fishing Expo in Seaside, OR.
Rick Kustich
West River Publishing
PO Box 15
Grand Island NY 14072
rkustich@hotmail.com
www.westriverpub.com
Rick Kustich began fly fishing over thirty years ago on the lakes and streams of upstate New York. He has since traveled extensively to experience the finest fly fishing throughout North America but continues to find that some of the best fishing often exists in your own backyard.
Pudge Kleinkauf: Daiichi Pro Staff
Cecilia Pudge Kleinkauf
P.O. Box 243963
Anchorage AK 99524
pudge@womensflyfishing.net
www.womensflyfishing.net
Kleinkauf is Alaska’s leading woman fly fishing instructor, fly tier and guide. Renowned for her teaching skills in both fly fishing and fly tying, she is also Alaska’s best-known woman guide. Her business, Women’s Flyfishing offers lodge-based fly fishing schools and small-group guided trips for women and couples to a wide variety of Alaska’s best known fly fishing locations. She also leads guided trips to Argentina and Sweden and to Mexico each spring for saltwater fly fishing.
A regular presenter at outdoor shows around the country, Pudge is also one of the Special Explorers for the Alaska Magazine Television Series on PBS. Pudge is the author or two books and a contributing editor for Fish Alaska Magazine. Her first book, Fly Fishing Women Explore Alaska, 2003 Epicenter Press received several awards, and her second book, River Girls: Fly Fishing for Young Women, 2006 Johnson Books, won the first-place gold award in the Benjamin Franklin Awards Sports and Outdoor Recreation Book Competition in 2007. Her new book, Sailfish of the North: Fly Fishing for Alaska’s Arctic Grayling, will be released by Frank Amato Publications in late 2009. A retired University professor and lawyer, Pudge is a member of Trout Unlimited`s Outfitters, Guides & Business Members Program and a member of the Federation of Fly Fishers` Guides Association. One of the founders of the Intl. Women Fly Fishers, and of the Casting for Recovery program in Alaska, she also serves as a Fly Fishing Ambassador for Patagonia, and as a Pro Staff member for Daiichi, Ross Reels, Scientific Angler›, Sierra Stream & Mountain, Jay Fair, and others.
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Monte Kennedy: Daiichi Pro Staff
Monte Kennedy
5154 Bly Hill Road
Ashville NY 14710
National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame: Four World Records. Two Outstanding Angling Achievement Awards Fly Fishing Guide Service: Lake Erie Tributaries & Little Juniata River. Founder & Editor: Kids on the Fly: Quarterly newsletter for kids & Weekly Fly Tying Classes. Fly Fishing Merit Badge Counselor: Alleghany Highlands Council Boy Scouts of America.
I started fishing as a youngster around the age of nine, at least I can remember receiving a Zebco spin casting reel and rod for my ninth birthday. Initially, I fished using worms and grasshoppers as bait and caught bass, pan fish and trout. I didn t begin to become interested in fly-fishing until I was 24 years old and then I realized I would have to learn to tie flies. Around the age of 42 I became serious about fly-fishing. I was on the road as a sales trainer for Motorola, Inc. and would spend some of my afternoons at a fly fishing shop learning to tie intermediate type flies. The tying of classical streamers caught on a few years ago and I took a class with Mike Martinek Jr.. renown classic streamer tier, that has aided in my desire to create new designs. Of course, this all leads to more fishing to test new patterns that I am designing. What Fun! I’ve fished the Adirondacks and Catskills, fished rivers, streams and lakes in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Montana, Alaska and Canada. I currently hold Four World Catch-N-Release Records and two Outstanding Angling Achievement Awards in the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame. I have the good fortune to be a fly fishing merit badge counselor in the Allegheny Highlands Council of the Boy Scouts of America. I recently started the Kids on the Fly, a fly fishing group with youngsters 10 to 16 years of age. I have been fortunate to have numerous companies donate equipment and materials for those youngsters to use in learning to tie flies. I use Daiichi Hooks exclusively; in fact all fish in the accompanying photos were caught on Daiichi Hooks!
Dan Kellog: Daiichi Pro Staff
Dan Kellog
403 Picadilly Circle
Medford OR 97504
541-773-4724
flyguy@eznorthwest.com
My passion for fly fishing is related to most of my other hobbies, boating, hiking, birding, and most importantly, fly tying. Once the kids left the nest I was determined to keep that promise to myself about learning to tie; not to save money on flies but just to create an imitation that could catch fish. The creativity has turned into the art phase.
We are your manufacturer for innovative products in fly fishing.Feel invited to get a glance at fly reels and fly tying tools. You will promptly catch our philosophy in terms of quality. You will feel our passion for our common hobby – the fly fishing and our passion for manufacturing the finest equipment for fishing respectively fly tying.The maxim we prefer to go by is “Good things prove their worth in practice and design means perfection”. You will feel the presence of our principles in all our products. Vosseler fly reels and tying vice are constructed, designed and produced in-house with state-of-art machinery and are in fact “Made in Germany”.This is what we are standing for. Neither laser marking nor assemblies are carried out by any subcontractors. We favor short distances and want to supervise the complete production process. Last but not least we simply want to offer the best products and we want you to use them. Welcome to Vosseler!
The perfect run of the reel-axis, too. And what else you may notice.
