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2021
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As good as it gets

I head out fly fishing on a stunning spring day in New Zealand and go looking for some Rainbow Trout.

McGinty Bucktail

This steelhead version of the classic McGinty wet fly was likely created sometime in the 1920s and was a popular pattern in the Pacific Northwest for a couple of decades before largely falling out

My Favourite Pheasant Tail Nymphs

A better quality video on tying my favourite Pheasant Tail Nymphs..

Gulff Magnus

One of the most classic flies for fishing the salt around Denmark and other places in Scandinavia must be the grey/grizzly palmerhackled fly called “Magnus” - a fly that has caught hundreds - or th

DMC Nymph

A simple but versatile stone clinger pattern.

Conehead Bunny Muddler

Detailed instructions for tying a Conehead Bunny Muddler.

Kobberbassen

Copper Bully - "Keep It Simple" are the keywords behind this easy-to-tie pattern.

Martins Minnow Variant

Flyfishing for predators have been very popular for many years in Europe and Scandinavia - in the recent years flyfishing especially for perch has grown in popularity.

Europea 12

The dry fly season is coming to an end. But it’s certainly not over, and the fishing can still be quite good.

The Bully Bluegill Fly

The bully bluegill is one of my favorite flies to fish in still water situations. Fishing for species like bluegill or other sunfish, this fly seems to do the best.

12 iconic saltwater flies - real swimming action

12 classic saltwater flies swimming under water. See how they behave, and how the different color combinations work in a natural saltwater environment.

CDC Biot Dun

Pattern by Rene Harrop, tied by Marco Conti - 54 Dean Street

Chamois Caddis Fly

Martie van den Brand and the chamois fur, a perfect match. You can’t think to one of the two without evoking the other.

Redfish, we found the perfect spot!

I finally hooked one of these amazingly powerful fish on the fly. It took off like crazy and ended up bending the hook I was fishing.

Two-tone Amber Shiner

Full tying SBS and underwater footage.

Two-tone Olive Bucktail Shrimp

Full tying SBS and underwater footage.

How to Cast Big Flies

I see a lot of videos geared toward casting "big" flies, and the examples are....well, not very big.

Dron Lee

Dron Lee is an innovative fly tyer from Malaysia.

Polish Quill Nymph

Dressing Hook: Gamakatsu Jig Nymph BL #14 Thread: Textreme PowerThread 50den + Standard 8/0 Head: Textreme Slotted Copper Tung 3.3mm

Crafty Baitfish

A small baitfish can be super effective in search of different species of predators in the water - even the most selective midge-eating trouts often can be fooled by a fast retrieved small baitfish

Orange Bodied Daddy Long Legs

Orange Bodied Daddy.

Top 3 Flies for Arctic Char

...trout LOVE them, too!

Öland Spey Shrimp Var.

Few flies are more popular at the scandinavian coast than shrimp-flies, and none more than the salmon-pink coloured Pattegris (the Pig) by danish sea-trout expert Claus Eriksen.

Jig Head Indicator Fly

Jig Head Indicator. Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Jig Force Size 16 Wing, Pink and White Poly Yarn or Anton Thread, Uni-8/0 Black Rib, Small Silver Tinsel

Rattle.Bum Popper

Dron Lee from Malaysia has created this excellent little popper using a combination of foam and braided tube - and a rattle for some extra noise

It's like a box of chocolates...

...you never know what you will catch.

Silver Clan Chief

Tying a Silver Bodied Clan Chief wet fly

Bucktail - turning to the dark side

Bucktail is a fabulous material for fly tying and jig tying. But most of us probably primarily use the long hairs on the backside of the bucktail.

Italian Style Caddis

Scraggly style deer hair caddis tied in the "Italian style" with a hair hackle made in a dubbing loop. Follow me on Instagram

Caddis Mosca in Pelo

Thank you Francesco Palú for inventing Italian style.

Wasp

A wasp is quite a big insect, but a type of fly that in the beginning of autumn can really get the attention from trout and grayling, get them to rise to the surface and inhale the fly.

Hard Going At The Big Loch

Scottish Highland Loch Fly Fishing. With the season end in sight it was time for what might be my final visit of 2021 to The Big Loch. Hard going, the fish were not giving up easily.

Amazing Sight Fishing for Big Trout!

After 2 Weeks of Lockdown with no Fishing, it was so good to be back on the river chasing some fresh run rainbow trout.

Franks Sawyers 5 Nymphs - up close and original

See the original nymphs tied by Frank Sawyer in close-up video footage and hear Sawyers own thoughts on each of the 5 individual nymphs: The Pheasant Tail Nymph, The Grey Goose Nymph, the S.S.

Triple F

Terrestial-patterns and big foam flies can be super-effective for chasing trouts at the coast-line around scandinavia here in the beginning of autumn.

Freshwater Clouser Minnow

Detailed instructions for tying a Freshwater Clouser Minnow.

Blue Elver

A classic seatrout (and salmon) streamer utilizing the beautiful vulturine feathers for wings. Materials Used; Hook, Size 4 Single Thread, Uni-8/0 Red

Crabby Patty San Flea

I created this fly a while back inspired by a few flies I saw on instagram.

Robbies Terror

Materials Used; Hook, Ahrex NS122 Light Stinger size 6 Thread, Uni-8/0 Black Tail, Black and Grizzle Cock and Pearl Mirror Flash

Mixed Bodies International Dabbler

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight size 10 Thread, Uni-8/0 Fire Orange Tail. Bronze Mallard Fibres Rib, Small Oval Gold Tinsel

Soldier Palmer

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight size 12 Thread, Uni-8/0 Red Tail, Red Wool Rib, Small Oval Gold Tinsel Body, Gold Tinsel and Red Wool

Barred Blue Zonker

Watch the underwater footage of this fly, and you know you are gonna need to tie it!

CDC Para-Weld Caddis

An extremely buoyant caddis pattern with a special CDC parachute hackle technique, that ticks all the boxes.

White Minkie

The minkie is a fantastic subsurface fry pattern and is ideal for the back end of the season.

Chartreuse Sand Eel

Sand Eels are a super-effective type of flies for the coastal fly-fishing. But when the sea run trouts are tricky and just bites the end of the tail - hooking the fish can be difficult.

Red Head Pheasant

Heavy nymphs is just plain effective - no doubt about that. But the traditional nymphs often get caught between snags and rocks in the river and streams.

LW Reel Review

I am someone who doesn't like to spend a ton of money on my fly fishing gear. However I still want a high quality reel or rod, that will perform for me when it needs to.

Tap's Bug

Detailed instructions for tying Tap's Bug, a simple and effective deer hair popper.

Fiery Brown Missing Link Caddis

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Olive Damsel Nymph

Damsels is a very impressing insect, especially the hatched adult winged insect really atracts attention from both humans as well as fish.

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