Feb 1. 2023 Surefire Midge One of those simple patterns that never seems to fail. This little black midge with a trailing UV shuck is, as the name suggests, a foolproof choice when the fish are on anything small and black.
Feb 1. 2023 Hard Head Pheasant Tail Jig A must have jig for Euro nymphing that is quick and easy to tie, durable and above all, incredibly effective!
Feb 1. 2023 Riff-Raff Midge A game changing midge that is ultra quick to tie and has saved many a day for me on both river and still waters. Here I tie a red body but green, grey and black also work very well.
Dec 5. 2022 CDC Humpy A CDC variant for the classic fat boy dry fly Humpy. Here we replace the traditional deer hair hump and wing with a couple of CDC hackles.
Nov 28. 2022 Furled Damsel Nymph Another super quick yet effective technique for an extended body damsel nymph, that can be used not only on nymphs but also dry flies.
Nov 28. 2022 Two Minute Mosquito Larva Probably the quickest fly that you will ever tie! Only two materials and under two minutes for this deadly small stream pattern that will take fish anywhere on the planet!
Nov 28. 2022 Grå Frede variant The Grey Frede/Grå Frede is a truly simple pattern that is one of the Danish favorites for sea trout. This short bodied pattern is again in the popular sea trout colour, GREY!
Nov 20. 2022 Hangman midge pupa A quick and simple tie with some unusual material choices and techniques. This is an extremely effective still water pattern that will give perfect presentation every time.
Nov 20. 2022 Vaskebjørn AKA Racoon Vaskebjørn or Raccoon, translated from Norwegian, is a pattern that very quickly established itself amongst Scandinavian salt water sea trout fishermen.
Nov 19. 2022 CDC midge pupa This standard yet effective CDC midge pupa, can be tied in various colour combinations and sizes. Red, grey and brown being some of the favourite.
Nov 18. 2022 Magnus A popular Danish pattern designed for salt water sea trout. The Magnus can be tied in various sizes but I believe works best in # 6-8.
Nov 18. 2022 Cigar The Cigar, Scandinavian surface pattern for sea trout. This is without doubt the most popular pattern for night fishing.
Nov 18. 2022 Serendipity Another very simple but effective pattern, that I believe is from the tying bench of Craig Mathews. Said to be one of the most effective nymphs for the Madison.
Nov 18. 2022 Ally's Shrimp One of the modern classics from Alistair Gowans. This long tailed Atlantic salmon fly Ally's Shrimp has established a solid place in the Atlantic salmon fishers fly box.
Nov 6. 2022 Klympen A pattern that quickly found it's way into the fly boxes of Scandinavian sea trout fishermen.
Mar 30. 2022 Regan's Mayfly Spinner A very interesting Mayfly spinner pattern that puts deer hair to good use for both the body and the wing post.
Mar 30. 2022 March Brown Nymph With it being the first day of Spring today, I thought a little March Brown clinger nymph would be appropriate. This is an easy tie that fishes up side down.
Mar 30. 2022 CDC Mayfly Dun An extremely effective Hi-Viz, Hi-floating CDC mayfly dun. This little pattern has a few interesting techniques that help make this a deadly choice on the end of your line during mayfly time.
Mar 30. 2022 Sasquatch The Sasquatch was designed by George Leonard Herter in the late 1960's and was said to be a entirely new type of dry fly!
Jan 12. 2022 Suspender Minky An extremely quick and easy pattern, that pushes all the buttons for those Autumn fry feeding rainbows and browns, on still waters. Visit my site
Jan 12. 2022 Mayfly Stillborn A very useful general purpose pattern, especially during prolific hatches, that you can easily match to the hatch by changing the colour combination of the moose mane body hairs.
