XL size caddisflies whet the appetite and curiosity of many trout. Even when insects are sparse on the surface, a stripped Grandis can be a winner on the river or trout lake. Here, renowned Swedish fly tyer Håkan Karsnäser explains how to tie his popular dry fly treat.
By Peter Lyngby
(this artickle has been published in the danish magazine “Sportsfiskeren” and the online magazine “In The Loop Magazine
Continue reading “A floating treat”
The hatch of the large mayfly, Ephemera Danica, is a high point in most trout fishers’ season. Read along to get a few tips from seasoned dry fly fisherman, John Petermann, as he shares his favourite flies – and a joker.
By Peter Lyngby
(this artickle has been published in the danish magazine “Sportsfiskeren” and the online magazine “In The Loop Magazine”)
Continue reading “Mayfly fishing – try a Modified French Partridge”
Frequent users of Instagram and YouTube know that Morten Hansen, also known as Coastfly, likes realistic imitations of shrimp. None the less his favourite shrimp fly is simple and features no feelers, shell or eyes. Follow along as Coastfly explains how he ties his Baboon Shrimp.
Continue reading “Baboon – the red butt shrimp fly”
I believe it was in the fall of 2019 that I accepted the offer to write the weekly Ahrex blog. That means that I’ve probably written over 250 blogs on so many different subjects. I’ve covered so many subjects, flies, different fisheries, styles of fishing, species and much more.
Continue reading “Signing off”
Photo: Matt Guymon / Freestone Rivers Photography.
It’ds been a while, October 3rd, that renowned author and fly fisher, John Geirach passed way. John Gierach’s authorship wasn’t like fly fishing authorships are most. Yet he had quite an impact on the fly fishing community. Perhaps not the best known of authors, but a unique one.
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The news have spread widely already, but if you don’t know yet, we are sad to let you know that saltwater legend and fly tying pioneer, Bob Popovics, has passed away. Bob was hit by a car and tragically never recovered.
Continue reading “Bob Popovics – in memoriam”
We have decided that we’ll start running a series of blogs with the same theme – Three Flies. These won’t be the usual “if you could only have three flies…”, but more as an inspiration to those starting fly fishing or venturing in to new species and locations. We’ll try and mobilise some of our Ahrex ambassadors and ask them about three essential flies for their fishing and local conditions. Since we’ll depend on the good will of our ambassadors and others as well, they won’t be regular entries, but ones that we’ll run every now and then. They’ll be seasonally relevant as well.
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Photo: Undefined Flyfishing Project.
It was only a few weeks into the salmon season that everyone realised that something was wrong – something was off. The salmon weren’t there. It has happened before that the initial early season run s delayed and that was what everyone hoped for. As the season progressed hope began to fade as most rivers still produced very few salmon.
I don’t think it’s a surprise to many of our readers here that the sea trout fishing on Fyn is exceptional. That is a result of many factors coinciding in many ways and that has brought thousands of thousands of sea trout fishers to Fyn over the last three decades.
Fishing sea bass along the west coast of Denmark is becoming increasingly popular. It’s not new – it was in the mid to late 1990s that I first heard of a couple of pioneers targeting this unusual species. They can be found along the entire west coast, but the fishing seems to be best along the northern shores.
