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Sea Trout Gear

Gear advice: This article will try to point you in the right direction when choosing equipment for coastal fishing for sea trout in Denmark and the Baltic.This kind of fishing usually involves a lot of casting. A lot! So the gear has to be easy to cast with - time and time again.
Get the advice here

How to look good

Like a pro: Appearance and behavior are two very important aspects of fly fishing. Act or look the wrong way, and fellow anglers will immediately judge you as an amateur. This first chapter of two will teach you what to wear and carry.
Learn all the tricks here.
This link takes you to "The Graphite Fly Rod"

The Graphite Fly Rod
This link takes you to "Shooting head talk"

Shooting head talk
This link takes you to "Rod review, Lamiglas Blue Ridge and XMG50"

Lamiglas
Jump to "Four stream rods"

Four stream rods
Find "Taking care of your fly rod" here

Rod care
Read more on "Rod review, Allstar Austin 9 4wt 2pc Blank"

Rising Star
More about "Lamiglas Appalachian 76"

Lamiglas Appalachian
Directly to "Choice pike fishing tool"

Choice pike fishing tool
  
 Go to The Making of a Prize Rod
The Making of a Prize Rod
The grand prize for the Flymeister 2001 contest was a custom built fly rod made by Neal Hall, owner of Classic Destiny rods and president of the Custom Rod Builder's Guild.
  
 Go to Rainshadow Xcel
Rainshadow Xcel
Not only do all the major rod companies sell their blanks, there are several companies that produce and sell only blanks. Where to begin? Rainshadow might be one choice. Great, afordable blanks.
  
 Go to Tough rod!
Tough rod!
You do not get to fish a 12 weight one hand rod every day. GFF partner Martin Joergensen has had the pleasure of field testing a Sirrus 12 wt - an impressing rod at a very good price.
  
 Go to Lamiglass Ti2000
Lamiglass Ti2000
A rod with a titanium section built in! Strange maybe, but the reviewer's verdict is clear: "All I know is that it's better than most other rods I have fished with." Read the review here.
  
 Go to DIY Rod Tubes
DIY Rod Tubes
You have one extra rod with no sock and rod tube. You've been putting off buying a tube...why don't you just make your own?! With $4.00 and about a 1/2 hour's time, you'll have a DIY rod tube. These won't win beauty contests, but they work just as well as any retail version. Read here how to DIY.
  
 Go to Sirrus Co-Matrix
Sirrus Co-Matrix
"While the mention of modulus does continue to pop up from time to time in advertising, most anglers, and indeed most rod and blank manufacturers, have gotten over their numbers fetish.". Read Bob Petti's review of the excellent and interesting Sirrus Co-Matrix 9' 2pc 6wt.

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Rod Building
·The Graphite Fly Rod
·Writing on rods
·Build a rod, 5, Testing
·Build a rod, 4, Coating
·Build a rod, 3, Guides and wrap...
·Build a rod, 2, Handle
·Build a rod, 1, Selecting the p...
·Build a rod
·Rod review, Lamiglas Blue Ridge...
·Trout Grass, a documentary on b...
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Reviews
·The Fish & The Fly Q&A
·The Fish & The Fly 1-3
·A Fly Fishing Guide to Rocky Mo...
·Atlantic Salmon Magic
·Essential Saltwater Flies
·Fifty more places to fly fish b...
·Stepping into the Stream
·Heads or Tails
·A Backyard in Nowhere Q&A
·A Backyard in Nowhere
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Gear
·My Wading Boot Blues
·AquaFly flybox
·Wading Jacket Blues
·Gear Review, Partridge Flashpoi...
·Product Review: Black Duck Flyf...
·Flyfishing Retailer Trade Expo ...
·Tightline Enterprises Magnetic ...
·Great rod gizmo!
·Flyline Maintenance 101
·Monic Light Green line review
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