They say home is where your heart is. As a fly fisherman I guess my home waters are just that: places I love, where I feel rooted… and where trout live. I think anyone of you guys reading this, also have a special connection to a small creek, a stretch of river, a special lake … Continue reading “Home waters – the daily dose of joy”
At Ahrex Hooks we design and produce fly tying hooks that enable you guys to target a lot of different species around the world. Anything from panfish to sharks have been caught on our products. But the type of fishing that started the whole thing, was our local fly fishing for mainly sea trout (or … Continue reading “Born in the nordic salt”
Last week we opened the lid to Pandora’s fly box a quarter of an inch… and leaked the news on our Freshwater Series hooks. We had a fabulous response from you guys on every social media platform – so thanks a lot for your support, for the ideas for new products and for being just … Continue reading “Daniel D. Holm ties a Janus Tobis”
Today we direct the big curious magnifying glass at Swedish saltwater fly tier par excellence, Jonatan Ternald. Jonatan was one of the first tiers that started using our hooks, and he has been a fabulous inspiration for us ever since.
Saltwater fly tying is a rather versatile discipline. Myriads of food items get washed along the coastlines every day, and the sea trout seems to like most of them. So you can wrap up imitations of anything from small gammarus scuds to large sand eels or herring. But one food item is getting a lot … Continue reading “Shrimp Mania”
This is the very first blog from the Ahrex Team. I’m Michael, and I will be writing a lot of the content here, but the other guys on the team will chime in, when they are not busy developing and designing new funky hooks. And we will have some interesting guest bloggers as well.
We’re usually not slow to let you know abut new hooks, but it seems that other blog subject have been more important, because we actually snuck in a new hook in the Predator series. It’s getting cold and once in a while, especially as it gets even colder, you sometimes need to pick up the … Continue reading “New hook – PR376 90 Degree Aberdeen Jig”
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”
The variety in fly fishing is enormous, and almost all species of fish can be trigged in one way or another with a fly fished on a fly rod. The traditional trout and salmon fishing are familiar to everyone, but out there beneath the surface a lot of other exciting species await – and they … Continue reading “Nymphs for carp?”
A century ago it wasn’t uncommon, in fact it was the norm, to fish for salmon with huge hooks. Size 2/0 was a small one and when hauling from boats, size 6/0 up to 8/0 were used. Although the rods were long and made of green heart and the lines heavy, I doubt they could … Continue reading “Tubeflies – big and small”
