With its 3.3mm tungsten bead and some lead wire, this nymph is heavy enough to fish even the deepest pools. And it often occurs, that the biggest grayling sit exactly down there! hook: TMC 113BLH #14 bead: tungsten pink 3,3mm tail: globrite orange abdomen: SLF […]
This small nymph works especially well when the water is murky or very cold. hook: TMC 100SP-BL #16 head: tungsten bead black 3,3mm “off-bead” abdomen: SLF Squirel Spikey Dubbing natural grey rib: copper wire thorax: hareline ice dubbing fluo shell pink tail: globrite pink
This nymph is one of my favorites for grayling in late summer and fall. It is basically a modified PT pattern….
Fishing streamers in spring often produces the biggest trouts of the season. But fishing can be difficult under the high water conditions after snowmelt and you need a pattern that dives easily and draws some attention with a strong motion and some flash/glitter. This pattern […]
When it comes to sunglasses for fishing, SmithOptics is one of the big names in the business. In december 2013 I bought a pair of Tenet sunglasses at tacklewarehouse.com and my review is somewhat bifold: Decide for yourself if it is the right choice for […]
A very simple pattern to tie and to fish, but VERY effective in the late evening hours. Especially when it is getting so dark that you can hardly see your fly, let alone tell if it is already degging or not, this fly lets you […]
This pattern, devolopped by Hans Van Klinken, is another one of those patterns that work under almost every condition! Its body lies deep in the water, and this seems to attract even the most wary fish. I exchanged the original white wing for an orange […]
During summer I sometimes struggle to tell to which of the many different insects the fish are currently rising. A pattern that ALWAYS works is this pattern created by Christian Kuchelmeister. This fly has caught a large variety of fish in difficult situations, from Slovenian […]
Here is another mayfly pattern, that I tie and use regularly. Its body is made of foam, which makes it almost unsinkable… and it catches fish! I caught some of my biggest dryfly browns on this pattern. Here is what you need: Hook Partridge Klinkhamer […]
The Woolly Bugger is one of the most effective and most versatile streamers! There are also a lot of different ways to tie this fly. Instead of rooster saddle hackles, some tutorials suggest chenille. Lacking the correct hackle I have successfully used marabou in a […]