Dec 21. 2023
Kopper Oranje
Here we will be tying a fly made by myself few years ago or like 5-6 years back. This is the fly Kopper Oranje which is a great option for both stream and lake fishing. This fly is similar looking to another pattern called Bronze Goddess. However the material used for it aren't the same, and there I'm speaking about the material for the body.
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4 months 2 weeks
Dec 21. 2023
Galdraflugan
Here we will be tying a fly pattern by myself, called Galdraflugan in Icelandic. That would be translated as the Magic Fly. I've fished the Magi Fly with good results both in streams and lakes. The fly catches both brown trout and arctic char, the best results I've had on it was in Hraunsfjörður for sea run Arctic char.
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4 months 2 weeks
Dec 21. 2023
Wax Worm
Here we will be tying a fly called Wax Worm! I saw this fly on a Facebook post in a group few months ago and decided to give it a try for fishing here in Iceland. I caught already few on this fly and hopefully more fish will bite it in the very future. The fly is imitating a small white worm and seem to work out very well. I've caught both brown trout and Arctic char on this fly.
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4 months 2 weeks
Dec 21. 2023
Mobuto
Here we will be tying the fly Mobuto but the pattern became legendary in Iceland late in last century. This fly the Mobuto is originally tied by mr. Skúli Kristinsson and he told me he used smoky coloured swannudaze for the body. Now a days most people just just black vinyl rib for the body.
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4 months 2 weeks
Dec 18. 2023
Leisenring’s Brown or Red Hackle Wet Fly
#1 out of 12 of Leisenring’s favorite patterns.
Hook: 12, 13, 14
Silk: crimson or claret
Hackle: red furnace (black list and black tips)
Rib: narrow gold tinsel
Body: bronze peacock herl. Zero green. Magenta dyed is ok according to Leisenring.
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4 months 3 weeks
Dec 18. 2023
Springtail
The Springtail has a soft and bendy body made from a boiled coil of colorful, elastic jewelry string
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4 months 3 weeks
Dec 13. 2023
Ginger Midge
Easy to tie. Not fancy. But it works! We love the ginger colored ultra wire. This color looks great for ribbing midge and Baetis patterns. This is essentially a mercury midge with ginger wire. Super easy to tie. Load up your box. Try an alternate version with olive thread. You will be glad you did! We primarily use size 18-20, but larger sizes work great too.
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4 months 3 weeks
Dec 13. 2023
Big Eelie
This multi-feather flatwing pattern is an absolute killer pattern bass and other saltwater preadatores feeding on larger sandeels. Although it's more impressionistic than a lot of other flies, it certainly works and mimics the sandeel well. As Ken himself says "scales are really prisms and transform as different kinds of light hits them.
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4 months 3 weeks
Dec 13. 2023
Orange Miller
Step by Step showing you how to tie the Carrie Stevens streamer the Orange Miller.
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4 months 3 weeks
Dec 12. 2023
Sea trout spawning
Sea trout spawning in a tiny Danish stream.
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4 months 3 weeks
Dec 12. 2023
Salmon
Two perfect days og salmon fishing
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4 months 3 weeks
Dec 12. 2023
Grey & White Easy Cast Pike Fly
There are opposing forces at play when fishing for pike with a fly rod. On one hand, it is fascinating and alluring that the pike likes to take a relatively large prey and thus also potentially a huge fly. On the other hand, the joy of fly fishing itself can be jeopardized if the fly tying gets out of control in size and volume. Jesper Lindquist Andersen knows this dilemma all too well.
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4 months 4 weeks
Dec 12. 2023
Midge-May Be
A midge to Baetis crossover pattern with trident tails like seen on Baetis mayflies but tied with a downwing like a midge. The Midge-May Be has a body profile that suggests both insects--that is--- a segmented yet thin abdomen leading up to a leggy thorax.
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4 months 4 weeks
Dec 11. 2023
I stopped counting
For basically all the almost 30 years of its existence, I have been following the traffic patterns on GFF. I stopped about a year ago, and here is why.
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4 months 4 weeks
Dec 10. 2023
Minimal Dace
Chris Stewart’s Blacknose Dace Streamer
This is a simplified dace pattern focused on the black lateral line being made by thread body and the white belly bucktail and the brown back also bucktail.
Hook: size 12 streamer hook
Thread: black uni 6/0
“Throat”: white bucktail sparse
“Wing”: brown bucktail just shy of double the white.
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4 months 4 weeks
Dec 10. 2023
Micro Collie Dog
Here we will be tying a micro version of the fly Collie Dog.
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5 months 5 hours
Dec 10. 2023
Black Pennell
In this video I'll tie the fly Black Pennell. In 1886, its author, released the first fly tying hooks with an eye facing downwards. That makes the design of these hooks about 140 years old! The man behind that idea and the fly was called Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell. He was a remarkable man because he was not only an angler, but also a poet and writer.
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5 months 5 hours
Dec 10. 2023
Micro Frances Plug
Here we will be tying a Micro version of one of the most famous salmon pattern of all times, Frances. Originally made and styled another fly called Black Eyed Prawn by Peter Dean in the UK. It almost became an instant classic in the mid 60's. It's named after Miss Frances Hydon, but she was Peters fly tying assistant.
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5 months 6 hours
Dec 10. 2023
Walleye Special Leech
Here we will be tying the Walleye Special Leech. As a matter of fact, this fly is not relation the no people personally. But I found it funny what I saw on news here about those guy adding weight to their fish with sinkers. This is a great pattern for brown trout both in running water or still water on a dead drift since this leech doesn't move fast.
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5 months 6 hours
Dec 10. 2023
Butterfly Pedersen
Here we will be tying the Butterfly Pedersen by mr. Jón Sigurðsson. The fly is a great option for both stream and lake fishing and was designed in 2009 by mr. Sigurðsson. The Butterfly Pedersen was dedicated to a mutual friend of ours mr. Jón Pedersen. Jón sigurðsson told me personally.
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5 months 6 hours
Dec 8. 2023
Video Tour of my Fly Tying Desk
Whenever I visit the home of a fly tyer, I can't help but snoop around their desk to see how they have everything arranged, which tools they use, and their materials (and I think I'm not alone).
So I thought it would be fun to share my desk and show you some of the tools and materials I use.
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5 months 1 day
Dec 8. 2023
Grey Goose Olive Nymph
Materials Used;
Hook, Fulling Mill All-Purpose Medium size 12
Thread, Uni-8/0 Olive Dun
Tail,Body,Thorax Cover and Legs, Grey Goose Dye Golden Yellow
Thorax, Fulling Mill Euro Nymph UV Light Olive Dub
Rib, Fine Gold Wire
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5 months 1 day
Dec 8. 2023
Gingernesen
This Mörrum ginger colored tubefly is swedish flytyer and flyfisher Erik Hellquist’s favourite colour for the River Mörrum, and the fly that he actually caught one of his first salmon on many years ago. Erik lives and fish the famous swedish river on a daily basis, when not working in the local shop Fiskeshopen at the bank of the river.
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5 months 1 day
Dec 8. 2023
Elk Hair Caddis - EHC
Caddis are a very important food-item for trout and grayling, and there are in fact many more species of caddis than there are mayflies. So a good caddis imitation is important to have in your box. One of the best, and one of the easiest and fastest to tie, is Al Troths classic Elk Hair Caddis that was invented all the way back in the 1950's.
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5 months 1 day
Dec 5. 2023
Snowshoe Comparadun
How to control two materials without a need to be an octopus.
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5 months 4 days
Dec 5. 2023
Pink Beauty
Step by Step showing you how to tie the Carrie Stevens streamer the Pink Beauty.
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5 months 4 days
Dec 5. 2023
One of my Top Caddis Patterns
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5 months 4 days
Dec 4. 2023
Black Gnat (midge soft hackle)
This is Jim Leisenring’s Black Gnat. It is one of his top 12 patterns.
Recipe as listed in his book “The Art of the Wetfly” 1941 with Pete Hidy.
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5 months 5 days
Nov 29. 2023
Stickleback Fly
Another week and another tutorial. I’m on a roll atm and was having fun last night with my new saddle of hen CDL feathers. The fly looks to me like a small stickleback so I guess that’s what I’ve made. Check it out and plz leave a subscribe for more content.
Tight lines, Christian Krogh
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5 months 1 week
Nov 28. 2023
UV Watson's Fancy pupa
Here we will be tying the fly Watson's Fancy in a large pupa version. But originally Watson's Fancy is a classic wet fly pattern from Scotland by mr. Donald Watson. Tied up as a large pupa this version of the fly has given good results for fishing in Icelandic waters for the Arctic char.
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5 months 1 week
Nov 28. 2023
Stickleback's and brown trout parr in Veiðivötn
Just a little underwater footage from Litlisjór in the Veiðivötn region. Trying out my new GoPro cameras under water and got these shots from both sticklebacks and brown trout parr. I do hope you enjoy it.
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5 months 1 week
Nov 28. 2023
Simple Foam Midge
Here we will be tying a fly by myself that I made few years back. The idea with this fly is to let is fish right under the surface film of the water. Just like the idea with Emergers. This fly hasn't enough buoyancy to float completely but it will sink slowly. Therefor it can be fished on not too fast drag close to the surface. The fly is a good option for both stream and lake fishing.
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5 months 1 week
Nov 28. 2023
Dynamite Harry
"Dynamit Harry" is the name of a character in a classic Danish comedy – explosive, very entertaining and named Harry. The same name was used by the skilled Swedish fly tyer Jörgen Danielsson when he tied this small, simple and nice parachute pattern for the first time. And again, the fly turned out to match the name from the movie; entertaining for the fly fisherman and dangerous for the fish.
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5 months 1 week
Nov 27. 2023
Yorkshire Greenwell
Flytying a traditional trout fly and Yorkshire's version of the famous Greenwell Glory. Featuring a wing of paired vertical Woodcock secondary slips.
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5 months 1 week
Nov 27. 2023
Dark Spanish Needle
Fly tying the Dark Spanish Needle north country spider pattern. With a brief explanation of the fly pattern's history involving many historic private north country fishing manuscripts.
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5 months 1 week
Nov 27. 2023
Stone Midge
Fltying the traditional north country spider pattern the Stone Midge.
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5 months 1 week
Nov 27. 2023
Welshman's Button
Materials Used;
Hook, Fulling Mill All-Purpose Medium size 12
Thread, Uni-8/0 Black
Rib, Small Copper Wire
Body, 3 Strands of Bronze Coloured Peacock Herl
Hackle, Black Hen
Wing, Grouse or Partridge Tail Feathers
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5 months 1 week
Nov 27. 2023
Waterhen Dun
Materials Used;
Hook, Fulling Mill All-Purpose Medium size 12s and 14s
Thread, Yli 214 Yellow Silk
Body, Rodent/Moose or Natural Grey Dubbing
Wing, Waterhen or something Similar
Hackle, Waterhen Feather from the back of the wing..
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5 months 1 week
Nov 27. 2023
Mercury Black Beauty
Here we will be tying the fly Mercury Black Beauty by Pat Dorsey. The fly is a great option for both stream and lake fishing when tied in small hook sizes like #16-24. The fly is originally from Arizona in the US, but similar patterns in similar sizes you can probably find worldwide just with different names.
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5 months 1 week
Nov 27. 2023
Loon on a nest
“The greatest gift you can give to another fisherman is to put a good fish back.”
-- Lee Wulff
All the very best and thanks for watching. Please like, share and subscribe to the channel to help us to build the community.
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5 months 1 week
Nov 27. 2023
Blóðormur Slim
Here we will be tying the fly Blóðormur Slim (Slim Bloodworm). The fly is a great option for both stream and lake fishing and catches both brown trout and arctic char. The Blóðormur has been around for a long long time in many forms. When the fish becomes picky it's often important to grade down the size of the flies used. The Blóðormur pupa is imitating the pupa stage of the Chironomidae fly.
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5 months 1 week
Nov 24. 2023
Peacock Original
Here we will be tying the original version of the Peacock by mr. Kolbeinn Grímsson. This video is made after a request from someone who wanted to see the Peacock tied exactly like the author did. Peacock is I think the most used nymph when it comes to fishing in Iceland. It was made by mr. Kolbeinn Grímsson late last century and has been successful ever since.
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5 months 2 weeks
Nov 24. 2023
Peccary Emerger
Here we will be tying a Peccary Emerger by myself. The fly is a great option for both stream and lake fishing specially when the fish is eating emerging nymphs right under the surface. The Peccary Emerger catches both brown trout and arctic char when they are rising. The fly is simple and quickly tied pattern and 150% worth keeping a few in your box when you go fishing.
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5 months 2 weeks
Nov 24. 2023
Thunder Creek Minnow
The Thunder Creek Minnow, also known as the Thunder Creek Silver Shiner, is pattern by a commercial fly tyer mr. Keith Fulsher. The fly is fairly known in the world of fly fishing and fly tying. However it hasn't maybe earned its respect after all them years compared how successful it can be while fished, there's even a book on Thunder Creek Minnows!
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5 months 2 weeks
Nov 24. 2023
Green Weenie
Green Weenie is a classic attractor pattern that's just plain old and catches fish. Some like to call it an inch worm, large uncased caddis, extended body caddis or just whatever you like. It works and it's so very simple to tie it. It appeared in the USA around the 1950's originally and was given life again in the Pennsylvania hatch magazine back in 1989.
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5 months 2 weeks
Nov 23. 2023
Taco Emerger
The Taco Emerger was inspired by the split case patterns which are popular in the US
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5 months 2 weeks
Nov 19. 2023
#32 Wonderbody Parachute
Notes for a #32 Wonderbody Parachute tied by Dutch fly tier Henk Verhaar
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5 months 2 weeks
Nov 17. 2023
72 Variant
Hi there
Another sea trout fly ready as a tutorial. This time the 72, a fly and pattern invented by my friend Oliver Oelze from Germany. I’ve been wanting to try that pattern for a while, but aice I don’t have the correct materials it ended up in this gray variant. I think it looks very promising tbh. Check out the tutorial and subscribe for more content.
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5 months 3 weeks
Nov 15. 2023
Easy Cast Pike Fly
There are opposing forces at play when fishing for pike with a fly rod. On one hand, it is fascinating and alluring that the pike likes to take a relatively large prey and thus also potentially a huge fly. On the other hand, the joy of fly fishing itself can be jeopardized if the fly tying gets out of control in size and volume. Jesper Lindquist Andersen knows this dilemma all too well.
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5 months 3 weeks
Nov 13. 2023
Bloody Butcher
Here we will be tying the fly Bloody Butcher by mr. Moon. The fly is a great option for both stream and lake fishing. The fly catches both brown trout, arctic char and sea run trout. The Bloody Butcher is a classic winged pattern over 150 years old , one of the Butcher series, said to have been invented by Moon and Jewhurst and originally called Moon's fly until about 1838.
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5 months 3 weeks