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George F. Grant’s Black & Tan Featherback – classic fly tying tutorial
June 13, 2023
Learn how to tie one of the most famous of George F. Grant’s Stonefly Nymphs, the Black & Tan Featherback. This is advanced fly tying – and that is why we have invited our friend John Lind Rasmussen to be guest tier. John is a master of classic fly tying and he has many years...
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Article in Scandinavian fly fishing magazine Flugfiske i Norden
June 13, 2023
I wrote an article for the latest issue of Scandinavian fly fishing magazine Flugfiske i Norden. This time about the great late George F. Grant, his love for the Big Hole River and his unique Stonefly Nymphs with the complicated weaved hackles. For that task I needed help, from my friend (and long time Grant...
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Green Frog Popper – Pike bass popper fly tying tutorial
March 17, 2023
Green Frog Popper – Full fly tying tutorial and surface action footage! Find the pattern down below. For warm days and nights and surface feeding predators. Bass, pike and even large trout love frogs and other amphibians. This imitation makes a lot of noise and wiggle those long legs. It sure will call up most...
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Bill Edson’s Dark Tiger – Classic trout streamer fly tying tutorial
March 10, 2023
Bill Edson’s Dark Tiger – Fly tying tutorial – find the pattern down below. The Dark Tiger is the badass brother of the Light Tiger. While the Light Tiger is elegant and classy I’ve always found the Dark Tiger a bit more clumsy looking. The fat chenille body and the large yellow head, makes it...
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Bill Edson’s Light Tiger – classic trout streamer fly tying tutorial
March 8, 2023
Bill Edson’s Light Tiger – Fly tying tutorial – find the pattern down below. The Light Tiger and the Dark Tiger are probably Bill Edson’s most famous streamer flies. In this video I will show you how I tie the Light Tiger, and especially how I prepare the famous brass eyes before tying them in...
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Red & White Bunny Jig – Classic hair jig tying tutorial
March 3, 2023
Red & White Bunny Jig – Clasic hair jig tying tutorial. Find the pattern down below. Jig tying tutorial and underwater swimming footage. Bunny jigs and Bunny flies will catch any predator swimming in fresh- or saltwater: Pike, musky, trout, bass, walleye, zander, perch and a variety of saltwater predators. This Red & White color...
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Spinning & Baitcasting
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Red & White Bunny Jig – Classic hair jig tying tutorial
March 3, 2023
Red & White Bunny Jig – Clasic hair jig tying tutorial. Find the pattern down below. Jig tying tutorial and underwater swimming footage. Bunny jigs and Bunny flies will catch any predator swimming in fresh- or saltwater: Pike, musky, trout, bass, walleye, zander, perch and a variety of saltwater predators. This Red & White color...
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Purple Zonker/Bunny Firetail Jig and other dark and purple lures and flies
June 27, 2022
Rabbit strips and jig heads are a perfect match. The jig head adds a lot of action to the super soft rabbit fur, and the added weight when the fur gets wet, gives longer cast, even with relatively light jig heads. Soaked rabbit fur can be a pain to cast on the fly rod, but...
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Uncut perch fishing shootout – jig fishing
August 25, 2021
A fun day, enjoying some great perch fishing. Even though Ulla and I aren’t really competitive, when it comes to fishing – this 25 minutes of uncut (but partly speeded) angling turned into a friendly competition. Hope you enjoy it. Thanks for watching :0) Michael You wanna support my channel? Read on! Affiliate links: Do...
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Black and Purple Marabou Jig – UW- special: real honest fish reactions
August 13, 2021
Watch some real honest and unbiased fish reactions to my Black and Purple Marabou Jig :0) This is our take on the popular reaction movie trend. Wouldn’t make much sense seeing fish reactions to old pop songs or B-movies – so we served up a tasty lure instead. Enjoy… and thanks for watching. Cheers, Michael...
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How to fish hair jigs – basic angling tips
December 4, 2020
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...
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Black and Purple Marabou Jig – classic hair jig tying tutorial
November 27, 2020
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...
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Fly Fishing
Latest Fly Fishing
George F. Grant’s Black & Tan Featherback – classic fly tying tutorial
June 13, 2023
Learn how to tie one of the most famous of George F. Grant’s Stonefly Nymphs, the Black & Tan Featherback. This is advanced fly tying – and that is why we have invited our friend John Lind Rasmussen to be guest tier. John is a master of classic fly tying and he has many years...
Read More
Article in Scandinavian fly fishing magazine Flugfiske i Norden
June 13, 2023
I wrote an article for the latest issue of Scandinavian fly fishing magazine Flugfiske i Norden. This time about the great late George F. Grant, his love for the Big Hole River and his unique Stonefly Nymphs with the complicated weaved hackles. For that task I needed help, from my friend (and long time Grant...
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Barred blue zonker – streamer fly tying tutorial
August 18, 2021
Watch the underwater footage of this fly, and you know you are gonna need to tie it! The Zonker is not a specific pattern, but a type of streamer fly typically tied with a furry skin strip from rabbit for wing and tail. You can use other types of fur as well. Muskrat, fox, mink...
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Hugh Falkus’ Medicine – Seatrout Fly tying tutorial – video
March 15, 2021
The late Hugh Falkus’ simple Medicine is a top producing fly for seatrout (sea run brown). It was created for river fishing, but in my opinion it is equally effective in the salt. The slim silver body, kingfisher blue hackle and the dark mallard wing combines to make a convincing imitation of a small baitfish...
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Golddigger – classic streamer fly tying tutorial – video
March 5, 2021
The Golddigger was created in the 1950’s by Danish fly fishing pioner Paul Wellendorf. Wellendorf was one of the first Danish anglers to embrace the American style of streamer fly tying. He wrote several books on fly fishing and popularized a series of feather streamer flies and hair winged flies tied on long shank hooks...
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Casual Dressed for the Williamson River
February 26, 2021
Polly Rosborough’s Casual Dress Nymph Back in 2013 I wrote a blog on Polly Rosborough’s Casual Dress Nymph. That article was the reason why I later got a mail from fellow fly fisherman Marlon Rampy, saying: “Hi Michael It is always nice to discover a fresh blog with great content. Enjoyed the night looking at...
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Bill Edson’s Dark Tiger – Classic trout streamer fly tying tutorial
March 10, 2023
Bill Edson’s Dark Tiger – Fly tying tutorial – find the pattern down below. The Dark Tiger is the badass brother of the Light Tiger. While the Light Tiger is elegant and classy I’ve always found the Dark Tiger a bit more clumsy looking. The fat chenille body and the large yellow head, makes it...
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Bill Edson’s Light Tiger – classic trout streamer fly tying tutorial
March 8, 2023
Bill Edson’s Light Tiger – Fly tying tutorial – find the pattern down below. The Light Tiger and the Dark Tiger are probably Bill Edson’s most famous streamer flies. In this video I will show you how I tie the Light Tiger, and especially how I prepare the famous brass eyes before tying them in...
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Bill Edson’s own flies
January 30, 2023
I’m working on an article on the late great William R. (Bill) Edson and his streamer flies, not least his Light- and Dark Tigers. Bill tied a lot of tandem trolling streamers as well. Most of his flies carry the trademark brass eyes. I feel lucky to have the opportunity to sit with Bill Edson’s...
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Bill Edson’s Light-, and Dark Tiger
December 9, 2016
Ever since I got hold of the wonderful book Streamers and Bucktails by Joseph D. Bates sometimes back in the 1980’s I’ve been in love with Bill Edson’s flies. I wanted to tie the flashy Light Tiger and the more discrete golden brown Dark Tiger. But I didn’t have the right fly tying material –...
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Fishing Tips
Latest Fishing Tips
Gammarus imitations – curved or straight hooks?
October 16, 2020
Gammarus! They 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. The small crustaceans from the family Gammaridae count more than 200 described species. That’s a lot of bugs. Some of these live in moist places...
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Fishing lure tips – light, color and visibility
May 25, 2020
Today, let’s talk color. Being anglers, most of us are interested in colors. Whether we swing flies, spoons, spinners, crankbait or jigs. Everybody is searching for that color combo that is just irresistible to anything with fins. We use as much time talking colors as we do talking weather – and bad excuses for not...
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Rig a Texas Worm – basic angling tips
April 25, 2019
With underwater swimming action. Learn how to make the classic Texas Rigged Worm rig. This is probably the worlds most popular rigs for bass – but equally effective for walleye, trout, pike, perch and other predators...
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Put a rattle inside your Tube Bait – DIY angling tip
April 18, 2019
Tube baits are super effective soft lures, and they work really well for crawdad eating predators like trout, bass, pike, perch and walleye. But in some cases you can increase your succes rate dramatically by adding sound to you bait. Being hollow, tube baits beg to be pimped up in different ways, and shoving a...
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Turn your jig into a spinnerbait – lure action underwater footage
December 18, 2018
How to turn your favourite jig into a spinnerbait, using a Lindy jig spinner. The blade adds more flash, commotion and sound to your jig – which can be a bonus in dark weather conditions, in muddy or stained water or during night fishing. This combo is deadly for pike, perch, walleye, musky, zander, bass...
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How to use the Storm R. I. P. Multi-depth Screw System
January 21, 2018
Your guide to rigging large softbaits using Storm’s R.I.P. Multi-depth Screw System – or most other hook and wire leaders setups. Close-up filming, easy to follow step-by-step instructions – and underwater film clips...
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