Published Feb 1. 2001 - 23 years ago
Updated or edited Dec 12. 2020

Ken Bonde Larsen

Danish fly tyer Ken Bonde Larsen mostly known for his tube flies and flies for Danish coastal fishing among these the very popular patterns the Omoe Brush and Charlie.

Martin Joergensen
Ken Bonde Larsen passed away April 2016.
Ken was a very good personal friend and he will be missed by many.
He was a regular contributor to GFF. His fly patterns and his fly tying is featured in many articles here and his ideas and constructive criticism and his awesome fly tying skills will be missed.
Silver prize - Ken with a beautiful silver sea trout
Charlie and Ken - Ken's chocolate lab Charlie watches his owner driving
Napping - A nap on the beach has never hurt anyone
Don't bit too hard! - A grand sea trout
The hunter - Ken is also an avid hunter
The tying factory - Ken's little cozy room
Henning Eskol - Martin Joergensen - Ken Bonde Larsen

Flies on the Global FlyFisher tied by Ken Bonde Larsen

Ken has tied flies for a whole bunch of patterns in the step-by-step series on the Global FlyFisher and originated some of them too.

Articles authored by Ken

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Submitted by Lorenzo Swanson on Fri, 2009-07-10 18:59
I found your web sit...

I found your web site and reviewed the fly patterns shown there. I want to know if the flys can be purchased? Especially the White fly regular and with eyes added? I have interests in other flies on your site.

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Lorenzo Swanson
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Ken Bonde Larsen authored or co-authored this

Article
Mar 23. 2012
Class Here are some general tips on composing a Scandinavian style salmon tube fly - and a bunch of flies to inspire. Learn some basic methods and you can experiment wildly and still get some beautiful flies.
See the lecture here
Article
Jun 18. 2011
Simple The Killer Shrimp hardly looks like anything. It's gray and translucent, sparsely dressed and inconspicuous. But it catches fish. It's a great fly for those bright and calm days where sea trout seem to be unwilling to take any fly.
See how to tie it here.
Article
Jun 16. 2011
Well groomed A small, soft baitfish imitation that will do a very good job standing in for a sculpin, but can be adapted to look like almost any small fish. Learn to tie it here using easily available materials - 
and a Velcro stick.
Article
May 16. 2009
Simplicity The White is a stable pattern in originator Rasmus Hansen's coastal sea trout flybox, He uses it as a provocation (read: attractor) or as a shrimp imitation, and prefers it for turbulent water and autumn fishing. The fly is simple, one color only, and one of these universal flies that can catch anything.
Tie along here
Article
Mar 15. 2009
Gammarus No sea trout box should be without a small Gammerus imitation, and the Copper Bully is one of the most efficient and easily tied ones. Consisting of very few materials in this version, it hardly gets any easier. It can also be a scud or a cress bug in a tight spot.
Follow the tying steps here.
Article
Mar 15. 2009
Bugger Fished actively over sea weed and its likely to be mistaken for a gammarus. Same thing in a lake. Dead drifted or fished using a lift in a stream, it looks like a tumbling scud or cress bug or even a hatching caddis. What the fish think, I don't know, but it's a fact that they find it edible.
The simplest fly here
Article
Mar 12. 2009
Chocolate The Charlie Fly was inspired by the underfur from the originator's Chocolate Lab. Ken Bonde Larsen's dog has unwillingly become the material manufacturer for this great sea trout producer. As it often is with Danish with sea trout flies it's a small, generic pattern.
See how to tie the Charlie here.
Article
Jan 7. 2009
A true classic If one particular fly was to be celebrated as the Mother of all the typical Danish, gray, nondescript hackle flies it would have to be The Magnus. Originated in 1973 in Denmark it has become a goto-fly for Many Danish as well as foreign coastal anglers.
Complete tying steps found here.
Article
Dec 21. 2008
Twoface A classical pattern originated back in the sixties - here adapted for Scandinavian sea trout fishing, but probably also useful for bass and other species as well as the brownies it was originally tied for. The fly is fairly easy to tie and we have made it even simpler.
See how to go about it here.
Article
Dec 5. 2008
Red This fly is originally meant to be an imitation of a small clamworm like a small Nereis, but can be considered a generic pattern more than an exact imitation of these polychaetes. It takes its outset in the red body feathers of the Golden Pheasant.
See how to tie it here.
Article
Nov 4. 2008
Go green The Green Machine is a classic salmon fly from the Eastern part of Canada. It's fished as a wet fly in spite of being tied with deer hair and a hackle like a bomber. This article shows you step by step how to tie it and shows an alternative and easier way to create the green body.
See more here.
Article
Nov 2. 2008
Bright This is another bright tube fly for clear water designed by Danish fly tyer Ken Bonde Larsen. And another one that uses a cone to add weight to the front of the fly. And another one, where the metal cone can be replaced by a common head or a plastic cone.
You can see detailed step-by-step photos here.
Article
Nov 2. 2008
Taking over A small black tube fly inspired by the classical Undertaker and flies like the Green Butt. This small fly shows that tube flies do not have to be large. It's petite, it's black and it's sexy with a small hotspot.
And no, it's not a piece of lingerie
Article
Nov 2. 2008
More tubes We continue our series of tube flies tied in the Scandinavian style. This fly is another subdued yellow, white and gray fly, well suited for bright light and clear water. It uses a mallard hackle to create a nice, closed shape.
See a detailed pattern description here
Article
Oct 25. 2008
Tubed A bright tube fly for salmon in clear water created by Danish Ken Bonde Larsen. Tied in the Scandinavian style with a large and soft hair wing made of several layers. Easy to tie and impressive both in and out of the water.
See pattern and pictures here.
Article
May 14. 2007
Wet fly Originally this was a classic style wet fly with a feather wing, but it's easily transformed into an excellent sea trout fly. Black, red and silver are perfect together and makes the fly very visible. See tying steps and lots of pictures and 
tie along here.
Article
Oct 10. 1999
Front weight A few early samples of Danish fly tyer Ken Bonde Larsen's cone head flies.
All stuff from Ken Bonde Larsen
 

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