Summer has really hit Scandinavia this week, and whether you are into the imitation game in cool mountain streams, going for silver migrants in the rivers… or like chasing predators in the lowland rivers and lakes – the days are long and full of opportunities. Way up north around the Arctic Circle the sun is … Continue reading “A bastard offspring for summer pike”
You keep your eyes focused on the big chartreuse diver – while it’s popping, diving and sliding – and in a seemingly helpless way trying to swim past the cluster of lily pads. Every twitch makes it dive a few inches and pop back on the surface. You know there’s something lurking deep down there… … Continue reading “Popping, sliding and diving – for pike, musky and bass”
Pike season is on… even here in Denmark where the large predators are left undisturbed during the breeding period in April. Our top picture on this blog is from a fishing trip yesterday… so it is definitively fresh from the memory card in Morten Valeurs camera. The happy fly fisherman inthe picture is Omar Bo … Continue reading “Northern pike and the Green Back Tiger”
The question is not how to fish, but why you do it. The author and his fishing buddies do it out of necessity. It’s more important than life and death to them to escape the human world, step in to water and wave a stick. Left on the shore is their misery and worries. Standing … Continue reading “The monster in the moat”
We’re lucky in Scandinavia that most winters are mild enough that we can fish through them. It happens every now and then the it’s cold enough to put a lid on, even in the salt. The shallower areas, where there isn’t much current (yet often good fishing) can freeze over and the same of course … Continue reading “Winter on the coast”
For most in the Northern Hemisphere winter is either here or fast approaching. This doesn’t mean that fishing is over, but I believe that most of us fish a little less and some not at all, perhaps depending on how diverse you are in your fishing. Here in Scandinavia, lots of fly fishers fish for … Continue reading “Season is over”
Bob Popovics and Steve Silverio at the IFTS 2023. Last weekend, Morten and Steve Silverio were at the International Fly Tying Symposium in Somerset, NJ. We were in place on Hareline’s stand and we want to say thank you to everyone who came by and said hi.
Small is always a matter of context. A small pike fly is infinitely larger than a small trout fly, but no matter the context, small flies are often important to have, often even the deciding factor between and take and a refusal.
It’s high summer which isn’t ideal for many of the “traditional” species coveted by fly fishers. Salmon, trout, sea trout, grayling, even pike really don’t like sunny, hot weather. Fishing for perch can be really good – they like it hot and sunny. Another fish that like it hot and sunny – and one’s that’s … Continue reading “Mackerel in the summer”
Flexistripper is a different version of a traditional strippingbasket.
It is much smaller than a standard strippingbasket and does not disturb the view as a normal basket. The flex stripper is equipped with 28 flexible “spikes” that effectively keep track of your loose-flyline but still allow the line to run freely when throwing and shooting line. It is super lightweight and extremely easy to use, and perfect for travel as it does not fill much when unpacked – if the spikes are being bend over during travel they can be heated up and straighten back or can be peeled off when unpacked.
Ideal to be used for all types of fly fishing and keeps track of the fly line without getting in the way.
Comes with a strong 125 cm / 50 inch neoprene belt that ensures good comfort during fishing.
Color: tan with clear pegs
