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Post by chrisfly on Jun 28, 2005 17:48:56 GMT 8
Hey, everyone!
Im Jens Christian Andersen, flyfisher, and flytier from Norway.
I m visiting Singapore for my first time, arrives this weekend with my family, gonna be there fore some weeks, and want to try some flyfishing, maybee a day or to.
Saltwater or freshwater, but flyfishing in saltwater is what I like best.
I know nothing about fishing in Singapore, thats why I have about thousand questions, like: species, fishingspots, gear, flies, transport, cost, and many other things.
Gonna stay in Bhukit Timah Road, a place called Mapplewood, iI wonder what is the best transport from this area of the city.
Is there anyone, who may have some information that can be useful for me?
I will be very grateful.
With sincere regards
Chris
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Post by pirate! on Jun 28, 2005 18:00:09 GMT 8
Hi!! Welcome to FFSg.. Oo.. maple woods.. up the road from me.. well.. that location is ok. I normally take a Taxi when i am by myself or a bus if i am with friends. To where you are staying, only buses and taxis go there. i dun think there is an Train station near by. Species we get here Freshwater toman peacock bass earth eaters pacus haruan aka common snakehead tilapia aka jap fish lampan (one of my fave) Sebarau (super rare) Luo hans Carp Kalui aka giant gourami and thats all i can think of at the moment. Saltwater Spanish flag snapper Finger Mark snapper Barramundi Barracuda Giant Herring Tarpon Queenfish (one of my faves) Giant Trevelly Groupers Archer fish Milkfish and thats all i can think of at the moment. Gear I have a 4wt, 6wt,7wt and 9wt. I use the 4 for most of my fishing. but have sent it back to Orvis for a replacement. Out of my carelessness, I broke it. I use the 7wt more than my 6wt because it is easier to transport around. But the 6wt is a nicer rod to cast with a softer tip. Generally, an ultra light rod will be useful for the small peacock bass and using dry flies for lampans. The peacock basses here do not get very big and are about a kilo normally at some spots. where I normaly fish, they are about palm sized. The 9wt is used for just saltwater fishing which is very variable due to the tide. I do not do very much saltwater fishing so will not comment on that. all ithink you need is a light rod for dry fly and peacocks and a light saltwater. You can get more information on my fishing log on how big the fishes are. Most of the fishes posted there are big ones that I catch because I do not take photos of the small ones. flyfishingsg.proboards38.com/index.cgi?board=FreshWater&action=display&thread=1118210972&page=1Flies:P I use clousers, charlies and seaducers for peacock bass and predatory fish. sizes of the charlies range from micro (size 16) to size 4. clousers range from size 6 to size 1/0 and seaducers are normally size 4 to size 1. Toman and haruans will take popper flies. For lampans, they eat nymphs like bloodworms and dry flies like the elk hair caddis and small bread flies. sizes to use would be size 18 to 12. Hope these help. I may go fishing this saturday so if you can make it, pls do drop me an IM. perhaps we can arrange something with everone else in this forum Lines. I personally use intermediate and floating lines practically all the time. The waters where i fish are not that deep so ya.. floating and intermediate lines work well. If you have more questions, pls do post them here. The community of fly fishers here are extremely friendly and will be more than happy to help you out. OH yeah.. almost forgot... our local fly shop, Coho fishing tackle is located at 14 Bali Lane. its open at 10am and i dunno wat time it closes. it is located near bugis MRT (train) station. i not sure what buses go there. Hope this all helps:P Best Regards An Ren |
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Post by Admin on Jun 28, 2005 20:04:48 GMT 8
Welcome to our forum chrisfly.
An Ren has provided quiet a bit of information about Singapore fishing already.
I'm sure they will come in handy.
COHO is our local fly shop.
The owner is an avid fly fisherman.
He organise fly fishing sessions regularly
for locals and foreigners alike.
A very friendly chap, his name is Michael Boey.
The number to call is 6297 2978.
Give him a call when you touch down.
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Post by pirate! on Jun 28, 2005 20:21:19 GMT 8
Hey billy.. I am sure i missed out bits here and there and u do know loads more than I do.. btw.. how to stalk a ka lui?? i spooked a few during the hols.. heehee.. Oh ya.. most of the freshwater fish take dries.. with the exception of toman n haruan and in my experience sebarau cuz i have neva seen a sebarau eat a dry.. so yeah..like that lar.. peacocks do eat dries and minnow imitations... hope tt helps:P
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Post by Admin on Jun 28, 2005 20:37:27 GMT 8
The kalui(Giant Gourami) king is mtshark. Ask him to tell you the secret.  |
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Post by mtshark on Jun 29, 2005 10:06:13 GMT 8
Hi Uncle Billy, I cannot take that title at all. It is nymph's. He is the real 'kalui king'. His methods and tactics have proven deadly for the elusive pinky. I remember once, while I was still setting up (slow and steady as usual  ) his Ross Evo 0 went screaming! "Fish on!" exclaimed nymph with a big grin on his face. *mtshark stunned* "So fast?" mtshark was still struggling to thread the flyline through the last guide on the tip... ;D Nymph shed some light and showed me everything he encountered with this fish. Yes, I hooked up one biggie too and it was so exciting but I had to lost it to some snags.  After a few more tries, I realised that catching kalui is not that easy actually. You need to do some logical thinking and be extremely tactical when you want to hook up that super shy biggie. Finally, I landed my first pinky after a few trips of chasing them. Thus, 'kalui king' is not me. I used to call nymph that. I doubt nymph will take the title too. Why? We found new targets and these are super shy. Sometimes, we have to work as a team to catch them. One guy stands high at one corner to see if the fish takes the fly or not. The other must be accurate in casting to land that fly into the strike zone that he cant see. Teamwork is critical for such super shy pinkies. Maybe we could be called 'pinky stalkers' instead. Hahaha Definitely not a king. I am sure some seniors out there are more successful than we are. From the reports, some asked me, "Is it easy to catch them?". No way. We spooked many, attempted many and then finally, we earned a few trophys. If you ask me what is the most important factor for catching kalui, I would say 'precision'. It may not be as precise as catching wild trouts in NZ but if you want to catch them, you really need to be quite 'precise'. Otherwise, you would end up seeing the fish refusing your flies and carries on feeding on other insects on the surface. You may have to come back another day to catch that one or you have to wait for another one to appear and then you get to try again. It can be very challenging but at the end of it, it is quality time spent if you are a thinking angler. To land that supershy, is a bonus. |
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Post by Nutzfactory on Jun 29, 2005 14:35:48 GMT 8
Hi Chris,
Firstly, Let me extend a very warm welcome to you and your family on your first visit here. I understand that you have loads of question as I would if I were visiting your country.
Firstly, if you are planning to bring your own equipment, here's my recommendation for you to consider.
Rods - anything from 4wt to 6 wt would be able to tame most of the fish we have here, be it fresh or saltwater. Some of us more suicidal anglers here go down to even 2wt or 0wt in the freshwater scene.
Reels - Any reel that matches the 4wt to 6wt rods that you are bringing. There are not many fish here that will take you too far into your backing (that's why we choose to lower our rod wt ;D). Of course, there will always be that one catch of a lifetime that comes once in a blue moon.
Flies - A large spectrum of flies are used here in our local waters. There are the perennial favourites like Charlies, Clousers, Deceivers and any other Saltwater flies. They can be used even in freshwater with fantastic results. For freshwater flies, various dry flies like the humpy, stimulator and a multitude of hoppers work well. But the more consistent performers are nymphs like teeny, pheasant tail nymphs, etc. Wooly buggers and emergers work as well too. If you are a fly tier, bring along your vice and we can work out some patterns before we go out fishing.
As for species, learningtoflyfish has already provided you with quite a comprehensive list of our commonly targeted species but I think you'll get a few surprising species as well if you're lucky so I'll leave the fun of finding out to yo when you are here.
As Billy has mentioned, our local fly shop, Coho, is a gathering place for most of us so just pop by when you are in town. Michael is out of town until the 2nd of July which is about the time you should be arriving so he'll be around to welcome you to our fraternity.
I wish you and your family a pleasant flight over and hope to be seeing you around.
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Post by chrisfly on Jun 29, 2005 14:50:06 GMT 8
Hi everyone!
I will start to say thanks to everyone of you, you all have given me a warm velcome, even before our trip has started.
Really looking foreward to visit your country, travel with my wife, 2 children, and my mother in law, so the vaccation is gonna be more like a familytrip, and we will mostely do familything, but I will use 2 days fore flyfishing.
Got a Able rod case, and bringing my own gear, have C.F.Burkheimer rods in many weights, probably bring my 590 trout, and 790 saltwater, hardy bouglee reel, and Orvis Battenkill large arbour, maybee a Vortex also.
Some different lines, and saltwaterflies, nymphs and some dryflies.
Will visit Coho flyshop, and get what i Maybe miss there.
You all have been very, very helpful, you seems to be a fantastic group of people, who really know your flyfishing.
Hope to see you around, and looking foreward to visit your country.
With sincere regards
Chris
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Post by chrisfly on Jun 29, 2005 16:10:39 GMT 8
Have another question, how do I get pictures in the messages?
Am not really a computerman, have some nice fotos of norwegian cathes, could be okey to present a picture or to.
sincerely
Chris
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Post by pirate! on Jun 29, 2005 16:36:49 GMT 8
register a photobucket account then u can upload them to photobucket... then use the ![]() [/img] function. than ok liao... alternatively, email the pix to me then i can upload on my photobucket account... |
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Post by chrisfly on Jun 30, 2005 3:31:56 GMT 8
Thank you An Ren! Will see what I can do. Have done some saltwaterflyfishing here in Norway this afternon, got many Pollack s, most of them between 1 and 2 kilo, and the largest was over 4 kilo, a really nice trip, the Pollack is a good fighter. Have taken many pictures, will see if I can get some of them in the forum. Gonna start packing my gear soon. Ready for holidat now!!  |
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Post by pirate! on Jun 30, 2005 9:42:17 GMT 8
No problem... i may go fishing this saturday and next week monday.. please feel free to join me if you can. i will probably go for lampans or peacocks.
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Post by pirate! on Jul 1, 2005 12:39:47 GMT 8
Will most probably go fishing on monday since I sprained my ankle the other day and its not fully recovered. would you like to come along?
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Post by chrisfly on Jul 7, 2005 23:44:15 GMT 8
Visit Coho yesterday, and I did meet Michael Boey, a very very friendly guy.
I did really enjoyed my visit there, a very nice fishingshop with a superb manager.
He invited me to a fishingtrip tomorrow afternoon, I m really looking foreward to that.
Exhited to se if my norwegian flies is working here also...
I ll come back with a report to the forum on saturday.
To everyone, my best regards
Chris
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Post by mtshark on Jul 8, 2005 8:35:18 GMT 8
Visit Coho yesterday, and I did meet Michael Boey, a very very friendly guy. I did really enjoyed my visit there, a very nice fishingshop with a superb manager. He invited me to a fishingtrip tomorrow afternoon, I m really looking foreward to that. Exhited to se if my norwegian flies is working here also... I ll come back with a report to the forum on saturday. To everyone, my best regards Chris Hi Chris, What time were you in Coho yesterday? I was there too in the evening time, around 5pm. Mike is really a nice person. I bet you would very soon catch your first fish in Singapore later on. All the best! Hope to see your catch reports soon!  |
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) his Ross Evo 0 went screaming!
After a few more tries, I realised that catching kalui is not that easy actually. You need to do some logical thinking and be extremely tactical when you want to hook up that super shy biggie. Finally, I landed my first pinky after a few trips of chasing them.
