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Red Tag

Fly tying SBS and underwater footage of the Red Tag, one of the most popular flies in the world - and highly valued by trout and grayling fishermen everywhere. The striking combination of the red wool tail and the sparkly peacock herls subdued slightly by the soft brown hackle makes for a very beautiful and versatile fly. It is a great fly for beginners and seasoned tiers as well. Nobody should leave home without it ;0)

Girdle Bug

Tying SBS and underwater action on the Girdle Bug. In the box it looks like shit, but when you’ve seen it solid imbedded in the jaw of large trout often enough… well you come to like the bastard. It still isn’t beautiful but it looks efficient and killing in the way an AK-47 does. Well I know Mister Mikhail Kalashnikov wasn’t much into fly tying, but if he had been that, he probably would have come up with something remarkably like the Girdle Bug. Since this dude concentrated his effort on deadly hardware for the military it was up to Frank McGinnis of Anaconda, Montana to combine rubber legs and chenille in an equally killing way. Back then, in the 1930’s and ’40s, the fly was known as the McGinnis Rubber Legs. McGinnis tied the fly as an imitation of the large stoneflies nymphs, or hellgrammites, in the Big Hole. If you want this fly to go deeper, give it some wraps of lead- og leadfree wire on the hook shank befor tying the rest of the fly :0) Read more on my blog on this link: https://michaeljensens.com/angling/girdle-bug-ugly-but-very-effective/

Damselfly Dog Nobbler

Tying SBS and underwater action of the UK classic, the Dog Nobbler. This fly was designed by all round angler Trevor Housby, after inspiration from American spin fishermen using ultralight tackle and small jigs. I learned about it from my friend Jens Ploug Hansen, who brought some of Trevor's flies home after fishing with the originator. This is one of the worlds most effective streamer flies for large rainbows and browns - and I have had great succes using it for char. Needless to say, its great for panfish, bass and other species as well. In my opinion it excels fished on a floating line, but if you fish deep lakes or fast streams, a sinking line is an option too. The action of this fly is unreal ;0)

Maroon'n'black Wool Leech

Tying SBS and underwater action on the Maroon'n'black Wool Leech. The yarn or wool leech is a simple, but effective imitation on leeches in freshwater and ragworms in saltwater. This is my take on the classic pattern. The glass bead seems to work great on these flies, if you want more of a gliding than a jigging swimming motion: adding just enough weight to give a slow dive, but not going totally jigging like tungsten or metal bead flies do. Besides: when sun hits these beads they glow beautifully. The tail is arctic fox hair and the rest of the fly is build up using my own Woolly Sparkle Dub. The way these two materials work together is cool - giving a very smooth swimming motion.

Montana Nymph

Tying sbs and underwater footage of The Montana Nymph. This pattern has changed a bit over time, This is however what you could call the current accepted "original". Like other great fly styles, this can be tied in a lot of different color combinations. I prefer the black and yellow - and use it as a searching pattern, and as an imitation of stonefly nymphs, dragon flies and large water beetle larvas. A fabulous trout fly. From freestone rivers to ponds and lakes, the Montana Nymph always manage to lure trout, bass and panfish.

Pink Dog Nobbler

Tying SBS and underwater swimming action footage on the Dog Nobbler tied on Ahrex Mini Jig hooks. This pink version has been a steady producer in the cold waters this winter and spring - in rivers as well as in the salt. I use Woolly Sparkle Dub for the body. I tie the fly in a lot of different color combinations - brown, olive and black to imitate leeches, rag worms and tadpoles. But this all-pink is hard to beat :0)

Blue Zulu

Tying tutorial and underwater action film of this blue hackled variation of the classic Black Zulu. The Blue Zulu is a popular pattern for lake-, lough- and reservoir fishing on the British Isles and will catch trout everywhere. I use it for lake brownies and sea run brown or seatrout fishing in fresh- and saltwater. Works especially good on dark days, in heavy wind and waves - and at dusk and dawn.

Woolly Bugger

Tying SBS and underwater swimming action on one of the worlds most popular streamer flies for trout, bass and anything else. This is Russ Blessing's original pattern, the Olive and Black Woolly Bugger. Tie as many as you can before going on your next fishing trip. This is an essential fly and an American classic.

The Woolly Worm

Underwater action and full tying SBS on one of the world's most popular flies. The Woolly Worm is not a Woolly Bugger without the tail. The reverse tied hackle makes it a totally different bug, and make it super useful when you fish upstream or fish dead drift. It is almost completely weedless. Read more about the Woolly Worm, the choice of fly tying materials and the fishing technique... in this blog: https://michaeljensens.com/angling/will-the-real-woolly-worm-please-stand-up/

Dan Bailey's White Marabou Muddler

Classic streamer fly tying. Underwater action and tying SBS. on the fabulous Dan Bailey's White Marabou Muddler. A streamer designed for large trout in western rivers, but equally at home anywhere trout live. On this video I am trying something new, and talk while tying instead of having music only. Drop a comment, and let me know what you think about that. Thanks Michael :0)

Nightwatchman v2

I've pimped my favourite pike streamer (which happens to be a killer for large predatory trout as well). The new version has rubber legs, a bit more flash and those cool eyes from Flymen Fishing Company. It's not replacing the original Nightwatchman - just adding an alternative with a bit more spank :0)

Natural Beauty

Fly tying photo essay. Fly tying materials look up close. In this little film we explore the beauty and magic of some of the materials used in flies for trout, steelhead, salmon and sea trout. And there are a couple of flies in there, too. Lean back... and enjoy :0)

Bumblebee Woolhead Sculpin

Tying sbs and underwater footage of my Woolhead Sculpin. This time tied with focus on maximum contrast - and as a silhouette fly. When you fish these flies high in the water column or in low light conditions, eyes aren't important in my opinion - profile and silhouette are factors that close the deal. See a natural colored version with eyes on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cw1Bwm5Jxs And see the V2 version on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az2gJsG9ACA Find more info, fly patterns and tying- and fishing tips on Woolly Sparkle Dub on my blog here... https://michaeljensens.com/angling/?s=woolly+sparkle+dub Watch more Woolly Sparkle Dub videos here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyZriKvHKmY&list=PL5PXjxuhlX6cotDzlWUBHTNmkgPpLlbHU You can buy Woolly Sparkle Dub right here… https://shop.michaeljensens.com/?product=woolly-sparkle-dub&lang=en You can buy Natural Sculpin Wool here… https://shop.michaeljensens.com/?product=natural-sculpin-wool&lang=en

Sparkle Fox

Tying sbs and underwater footage of a streamer design mixing arctic fox hair and Woolly Sparkle Dub. With a internal glow from a maroon colored glass bead and the flatbraid body material - this fly is transparent and the super soft materials breathe like marabou. I use this fly in the salt for sea trout and for migrating trout in the rivers as well - the latter often tied on a classic salmon hook. The bead ads sparkle, profile to the front and might mimic gills. And the colours? Well last two colors to disappear when you turn down the light (dark days, night fishing, deep... or murky waters) is...blue and purple :0)

P&S Shrimp v2

Tying SBS and Underwater footage of a Shrimp fly you can tie in a few minutes and use to fool even the smartest seatrout, sea bass or other saltwater gamefish. This is a updated version of my trusty P & S Shrimp that I tied and made video sbs on back in 2015. Seatrout love it! I hope you like it as well.

Rattle Zonker

Rattle and hum! This is a basic zonker fly with a twist. The fat belly on this version hides a glass tube with metal rattles inside. Works great in some situations: Night fishing, low light conditions and stained water. See more on zonkers and rabbit strip flies on this blog: https://michaeljensens.com/angling/?p=1933 And watch Zonkers under water in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsb3igOStZk

Ovidiu Skeleton Diver

A pattern inspired by Ovidiu Mihut, a Romanian fly fishing guide, who is part of some TV-shows on the Fishing & Hunting Chanel and @Romanian National TV Chanel 2. He wanted me to tie some flies for pike fishing in a shallow water river delta. One of these should be a white popper. Since I was inspired by the skeleton logo fish and some mental images of an animal skeleton I saw and photographed in a Swedish pike lake some years ago – I came up with the Ovidiu Skeleton Diver. I think it is bad to the bone – and Danish pike seems to like it. I sure hope their Romanian cousins does that as well.

Peacock Flymph

I never get tired of tying and swinging soft hackle flies, and the Peacock Flymph is as simple as it gets. A pinch of dubbing and a soft webby hackle is all you need. The dubbing can be substituted with real peacock herl, which is beautiful... but slightly more fragile.

Bloodworm Larva

The name bloodworm refers to several species of wormlike creatures - including some large saline rag worms. This fly however imitates the red midge larvas found in many lakes, ponds and slow moving rivers. This is a very simple and uncomplicated tie, but it has given me trout, grayling and some really large whitefish. I feel it is important to thoroughly brush out the dubbing, to make the natural fibres and the flashy stuff glow.

11 Streamer flies - swimming under water

We are going down under the surface in rivers and lakes, to watch a bunch of streamer flies from the fish's perspective. This underwater footage is filmen over a period of several years in different environments from fast flowing clearwater spring creeks, over slow flowing rivers to lakes of different clarity. Most of the flies in this film are also featured in tying sbs films on my YouTube channel. You can find them on these links: Bacon Snack: https://youtu.be/8RxddjmDNuk Nightwatchman: https://youtu.be/QEC8g8Q6S9k Gartside's Soft Hackle Streamer: https://youtu.be/8YQyOnXrBjQ Chartreuse Zonker: https://youtu.be/SQi79bK8T98 Egg Sucking Bunny Leech: https://youtu.be/M8yMcOxh9Ms Orange Rubber Legged Bunny: https://youtu.be/hheYxZLXrkA Chartreuse Sneaker: https://youtu.be/zRZidKw127s Lefty's Deceiver: https://youtu.be/hxv0WsO0kh8 Bacon Snack: https://youtu.be/8RxddjmDNuk Read much more on streamer flies on my blog: angling.michaeljensens.com and find a blog on Streamer flies under the surface – the real test on Ahrex Hooks blog right here... https://ahrexhooks.com/2018/05/04/streamer-flies-under-the-surface-the-real-test-nearly/

Green Emerger

Just a super simple softhackled emerger/flymph style wet fly, that has been a steady producer for me while trout and grayling fishing in Scandinavia. Equally at home in rivers and lakes. Originally I used olive dyed partridge hackle for this fly - now I most often use feathers from the super versatile Whiting Coq De Leon hen saddles. Dubbing is my own Woolly Sparkle Dub in Peacock Sparkle. You can find that in my webshop on this link: https://shop.michaeljensens.com/?product=woolly-sparkle-dub&lang=en

Black Zulu

Classic wet fly tying, The first fly I ever caught a trout on. I guess I was eight or nine years old, and I didn't even have a fly rod back then. Just a Black Zulu, 10 feet of mono line and my bare hands. By now this fly has followed me through nearly five decades. The combination of black, silver and red seems to work for all kind of trout... anywhere.

Black Widow Muddler

Way back when I started flyfishing for seatrout in saltwater on the Danish coast... few people did that. There weren't many fly patterns developed for this new fishing. I did what felt natural and used the flies I had tied for river fishing. One of the most successful was an all-black Muddler. On some spring evenings this one would outfish most other patterns. It has changed a slightly over the years - but it is still a deadly fly for trout in freshwater as well as the salt. I primarily use this fly early and late in the day, for night fishing and fishing on dark days. I feel that the blue sparkle in the dubbing adds a cool effect in the dim light.

Streamtease

The Optic fly was released by ABU in 1967 as "a streamer of tremendous killing power" - and that label wasn't all wrong. The Swedish tackle manufactor actually sold 80.000 Optic flies in the first year alone. The Streamtease is still a fabulous fly when trout feed on sticklebacks, minnows or young-of-year fry. This pattern has given me some beautiful lake-living wild brown trout.

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