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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.

Fuzzy Bugger

Part Woolly Bugger and part Fuzzy Wuzzy. Started out as a Woolly Bugger tied with the cool speckled Whiting Coq De Leon hen feathers. But since the best part of these feathers were to short for the palmer hackle on larger hook sizes - I started using the Fuzzy Wuzzy style with 2 seperate hackles. Worked so great - that i had to give the fly a name. Since I just combined two great patterns - the name had to be Fuzzy Bugger :0) I tie this fly in a variety of colours - so it's more a tying style, that a precise pattern. Works great with partridge hackles as well. You can choose colours to match your local leeches and rag worms.

Deerhair Dun

My favourite kind of no-hackle dry fly. I use natural wool, that absorbs any kind of fly floatant easily. With the air filled body hair from deer this floats right in the surface - imitating a hatching mayfly dun. This has been one of my go-to dry flies for more years that i care to think about :0) I even use it for sea trout dry fly fishing in rivers and saltwater. You can tie it in colours to mach any hatch - and wrap up a a dozen or two in an hour.

ABU Optic Chillimps

In 1969 the Abu Optic Chillimps was introduced. The simple palmer hackled shrimp fly was already a legend in River Mörrum before the Optic eyes were added. The Chillimps was born one late night in a bar near River Mörrum - when three Swedish gentlemen turned a wild idea into a catchy fly. The men responsible for the Chillimps were famous Swedish anglers, Rolf Vilhelmson, Olle Tornblom and Sven Hallman. According to the legend, they used some scraps from a carpet and from the skirt of a waitress to create the fly. True... or just a good story? A lot of thrustworthy people say it’s all true – and it doesn’t really matter. Fishermen love the story and the simple orange Chillimps - and fish feel the same way about it. The addition of the Optic Eyes did not make the beautiful orange fly less popular, and it soon proved to be a killer when fishing for sea run brown trout and Atlantic salmon – and not only in River Mörrum. The text above, and the fly pattern is taken from my book on the Optic Flies. You can get more info... or buy the book, Tying and fishing the ABU Optic Flies here: https://shop.michaeljensens.com/?product=tying-and-fishing-the-abu-optic-flies&lang=en

Blue Zulu Spey

A spey style version of the classic UK trout fly, made for seatrout, salmon and steelhead fishing. Note that I tie the Whiting Spey hackles in at the butt end of the feather... not the tip, as you normally would do with a spey hackle. That gives more volume to the front hackle of the fly - which I find suits this pattern well. My reason for double dubbing the body is, that I find it an good way to make a solid, full tapered body, that is easy to tease out with a velcro strip. Buy Woolly Sparkle Dub here: https://shop.michaeljensens.com/?product=woolly-sparkle-dub&currency=EUR&lang=en

Lefty's Deceiver

The Deceiver is probably one of the worlds most famous saltwater flies, developed by the master fly caster, fly tier and writer, Lefty Kreh who died just a week ago. Lefty was a great inspiration for me and thousands of other fly fishermen. The Lefty's Deceiver works equally well for freshwater predators of any species.

Hugh

Hair winged tube fly, inspired by the late Hugh Falkus' fantastic Sunk Lure. It is a sparsely dressed fly, with no bells and whistles. Just a totally basic tube fly, but the disc adds a lot of turbulence and give life and motion to the soft fox hair. True to the spirit of Mr Falkus, this fly is an easy tie and a solid workhorse on the river.

The river, the inspiration and the streamer fly

A film essay on passion

Strip Tiger

It's a jungle out there. Predators with sharp teeth are on the loose in the fading light ;0) Ok... I know that even the most badass monster trout don't eat tigers... but wtf :0) This fly was inspired by an image i had in my head... of a pretty fierce man-eating tiger. And there's just something about this combination of yellow & orange versus black & white that makes this fly highly visible under most conditions. At the same time looks kind of sneaky and deadly. And the music? Well streamer fishing is pretty rock'n'roll and... so are tigers. Anyway trout really like the Strip Tiger - and I'm pretty sure most other predators will as well: Bass, pike, musky comes to mind. Tie some tigers... and let me know :0)

Black Bear Red Butt

A classic American hairwing salmon fly. This version is tied on a small double hook, using squirrel tail for wing. On large version i use bear, bucktail or fox hair. The combination of black, red and silver is highly visible even in small hook sizes. This fly holds it's own against all the new and more funky flies that emerges every year. Works just as good on a single hook or a tube. Give it a try :0)

Boss

Small version of the classic Boss. Originally the body material was floss or wool, but chenille is a great alternative if you want a fat profile. I use squirrel hair on small hook and bucktail on large. The hackle can be orange or red... or anything in between (reddish orange).

Pattegrisen (the Pink Pig)

This is my my take on Pattegrisen, probably the most popular and famous Danish saltwater fly ever. It was developed by Claus Eriksen back in 2006 - with some inspiration from Morten Oland's Spey Shrimp. It's a killer for sea trout. The fly is tied on an Ahrex NS150 hook. Claus was actually part of the team, that designed that hook model.

Nightwatchman

The Nightwatchman is my own pattern, and a personal favourite for fishing in low light conditions: Dusk, dawn, nighttime and days with dark skies, rain and thunder. This version is tied mostly for pike and other large predators, but it is great streamer for trout as well. When the Nightwatchman is doing its rounds... things can get nasty :0)

Chartreuse Sneaker

When you want to knock rocks, hug structure, fish weedy areas or crawl lily pads - this fly can be your sneaky ticket. This is an easy tie, but has lots of movement in the water. I tie this type in a variety of colors and sizes. Tied on an Ahrex Texas Predator hook for weedless performance.

Sunburst Pike Slider

Made for pike, musky, bass and other predators The large woolhead push a lot of water, and calls for attention - while sliding just under the surface.

QuickGuide - Pro Flexitube System

A short introduction to a super versatile tube fly system.

Yellow Monster Bugger

Lean, mean and with a color that make big trout go bananas :0) Slimline articulated streamer fly, that makes a good alternative to the more compact sculpin style articulated streamers. It's an easy tie, the materials are cheap and it's a killer (even though we probably release most of the fish anyway ;0)

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