The Wild Fishing Forum

How did you get on with the scandi grind Vaughan? I find them brilliant for wood but anything else the edge is a bit weak and dulls quickly.

Here is my old Helle. Mazure birch handle wrapped front and butt with self-amalgamating tape for a safer grip. Sacrilege!!!

Thanks guys, the handle is stabilized birch Burl. It's quite a palaver to stabilize wood. Funny you should mention Helle as the guy who the knife is going to  told me Helle was once considered as a posher knife to have with the stalkers.

I have a Norwegian Helle Gaupe which I got about 30+ years ago. A similar curve for skinning deer and a nice compact knife. Has a cobbled up sheath which I need to get replaced !

Vey nice - lovely blade and beautiful spalted wood handle.

Looks a very good working knife blade at the double edge point. Looks great Liam.

I'll have a couple of these available soon if any stalkers about are interested. This one is going to a ranger who deals with around 500 deer a year. With a small harpoon point to assist with the initial entry. More focused to a skinning knife than grlocking I've tried to incorporate both tasks into the knife but leant more towards skinning.

Hi I just bought 2 Maxcatch sky high series 10ft 7 wt fly rods used 1 once but finding them to difficult with arthritis in my hand so selling them on bought £150 will sell £120 if any body interested

Same been out a couple of times on local club water and never saw a sign of life water cold think fish are deep even using sweep lines not a touch need water temp up a few degrees

If it's any consolation, not much different south of the border. Repeated lifts to the main stem rivers putting them pretty much out of action the entire time. I've been out four times so far and have had to go sub surface for the majority of the time, mainly nymphs as I'm trying to discipline myself to keep clear of streamer pulling. A dozen or so trout to about 3lb have obliged. I've only had two fish off the top, both sporadic risers that were having an odd windblown LDO from under the bank. The only proper hatch I've dropped on was last Wednesday - a flush of MB which started at 14:07 and lasted until 14:13. A single fish rose once towards the end of that 6 minute period and I didn't manage to get into position to cover it.
Typical early season stuff around my neck of the woods.
The weather around here has been cack for trout fishing for nearly 9 months now. Surely it's got to change soon?
Matt