Tying and fishing the Booby Fly Learning how to tie and, even more important, how to fish the Booby Fly, will get you into more trout than ever before. The setup of a sinking line and a floating fly is super effective – whether you want to search deep drop-offs in the lake, deep pools […]
Well it probably isn’t a secret, that I’m a big fan of Jack Gartsides Soft Hackle Streamer. And… since I’m slowly becoming a tube man in this winter (not the Michelin style, gigglehead – I’m just tying a lot of tube flies)- well I kind of cloned the concepts and made a batch of Soft […]
Damselfly nymphs are stable trout food in most lakes, but they are very common in slow flowing rivers as well. Last season I had great success with pretty simple damselfly patterns I came up with. I caught some nice brown trout and a few sea trout on this fly. For this season I have improved […]
On March the 2’th I had the pleasure of, once again, being part of the team of judges in the annual fly tying comptetion Aalestrup Open. I had a great day hanging out with Orla Bertram Nielsen, Laurits Flowbinner, Søren Glerup and lots of other old friends. The competition was fierce, and the standard of […]
In the 2012 season I tied a new tube fly for summer fishing for brown trout and sea trout. Actually it didn’t get much swimming time back then, but now I’m tying a batch for the new season. It started out as a hair winged tube fly, sporting some extremely long black hair I nicked […]
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, […]
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 […]
