A New Zealand streamer fly for hunting large rainbows and brown trout in the dark hours. I still got mental images of some monster brown trout slamming this large blue fly one night years ago in a secret river somewhere in Norway. Good memories, that always will make this a confidence fly for me. The […]
Skykomish Sunrise I just love this classic beauty that was created as kind of a family team effort, by father and son Ken and George McLeod back in the late 1930’s. Famous Steelhead angler, Trey Combs rated this one of the most important steelhead flies of the century, and he told the story in his […]
Introduction to hair jig fishing. Learn my techniques for fishing those classic hair jigs – filmed above and below the surface. This is just an introduction to some of the most versatile techniques for fishing bass, walleye, perch, panfish, trout, pike and musky. New videos on special techniques like vertical jigging and jig & bobber […]
Tying SBS and underwater footage. Today we turn to the dark side. A famous Danish salmon fisherman once said: Color don’t matter – as long as it’s black. He was talking about fly color and salmon fishing, but the saying applies to most kind of lures and lot of species. Some even though some people […]
Black marabou jigs kick started the revival of hair jig fishing. Mainly because Canadian tournament fishermen used this as a secret weapon for years. But the secret got out eventually, and now this is one of the most popular jigs for smallmouth bass, trout, walleye, and perch – and around here it works great for […]
Today we turn to the dark side. A famous Danish salmon fisherman once said: Colour doesn’t matter – as long as it’s black. He was talking about fly colour and salmon fishing, but the saying applies to most kind of lures and lots of species. Some people will tell you, that orange is the new […]
…and 100.000 views on the most viewed video Well this last month our Michael Jensen’s Angling YouTube channel passed an important milestone. We reached the 1 million views mark. And about the same time our most viewed video The Yellow Monster Bugger articulated streamer tying SBS passed 100.000 views. I think this is as good […]
Underwater action and full tying SBS of the Black’n’Blue Bucktail Jig If you fish deep structures, drop-offs and deep weedbeds this color combo is highly visible even in stained water. It’s also a go-to jig for fishing on dark days, at dusk and dawn – and a great cold water pattern. Check out the underwater […]
A new jig pattern Back in early spring I came up with a new jig pattern as a present to my wife Ulla. I called it the Blushing Blonde Jig, since, like this lure, Ulla is a blonde (at least at the moment ;0) and the blushing pink part of the design was inspired by […]
Underwater footage and full tying SBS. Scuds are everywhere in salt- and freshwater – and they are active year round. Most fish have a close relationship to these small critters, and you should as well. In this video I tie a super simple scud, that you can tie in a few minutes. No bells and […]
