This fall I’ve been fishing a large lake with a healthy population of brown trout. Since these trout primarily are predatory, large streamers are the order of the day. I’ve had some success with my Rusty Strip Minnow but wanted a fly with a touch of even more provocative colours. Being a sucker for traditional […]
I am having a great time tonight tying flies with my friend Lasse. We are tying tube flies and small doubles for the sea trout and salmon. I’m tying two patterns: The Rusty Strip Minnow and a black and green fly for night fishing. Lasse is experimenting like crazy. We are drinking as well – […]
I’m a bit exited over this new fly I designed this week. It’s a zonker style, and the wing is made from a tapered strip of muskrat fur dyed in a dirty orange hue. It has got warm rusty brown tone, when I get wet. I have tied a lot of different versions: Regular streamers, […]
I designed a new fur strip streamer today. The main ingredients being a strip of muskrat fur dyed warm orange brown and a selection of soft hackles. Really like the way this one turned out. It looks deadly in a trout fry kind of way. I prefer muskrat over rabbit strips, when I tie streamers […]
