It is basically a fly hook, a pinch of muskrat fur… and a lot of life. It might be casual dressed – but will stop any trout in its track There is so many ways you can dress up a trout fly. Some flies are classic, some are beautiful and then some are… well just […]
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 […]
It’s been nearly two weeks since my last confession:0) Winter has returned with temperatures below freezing. And to make things worse: I have been grounded by an annoying cold. The package from England arrived last week, and I have tied lots of new flies: Teal & Green, Camasunary Killer, Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear Nymph, Casual […]
Lerkenfeld River again. I hooked a nice fish on a classic Black Zulu. It turned out to be a beautiful golden brown trout with distinct red and black spots. The fish (est. 1 lb) was released. I had to find my way back to the car in a heavy snowfall. It’s tough to be a […]
I tied up a hatch of classic Black Zulus today. I think the combination of black, red and silver makes some of the most trout catching flies ever. The Zulu as well as the Soldier Palmer is incredibly simple. Our friends Lasse and Gitte dropped by tonight. Lasse and I are going on a fishing […]
Snow is falling outside right now, but I had the first real fishing trip to the Lerkenfeld River earlier today. I fished an hour around noon at the upper part of the river. The temperature was just a little above the freezing point. I fished a sinking line and a Firetail Booby without any luck. […]
Tied a bunch of Soldier Palmers (sizes trout 6, 8 and 10 – and a few on a small salmon hook… 8 I think). Cool looking and super simple wet fly. Besides… this is a variant of one of the oldest flies known, the Red Palmer – and is mentioned by Izaak Walton (1653) or […]
I have been working on a new book or more correct a new series of books… on and off during the past season. Now the first title is taking form as a layout on Ulla’s computer. This will be the first book I have written in English, though one of my earlier books, Fly Fishing […]
Today I had to check the calendar to realize that we are in midwinter. The weather is grey, damp and definitively warm considering that we are in the first week of 2013. The new season of trout fishing is nine days away and it’s just fine with me. I am struck by cabin fever again, […]
Just as we have had a smell of spring in the air, it seems like winter is making an untimely return. Lasse and I were planning a trip to Öland in the Easter Holliday, and were looking forward to some serious fly fishing for sea run browns in the Baltic Sea. We have been checking […]
