If you need an effective fly in your box for trout and grayling, this nymph is a great choice. Trout consume a very large part of their food at the bottom and to be able to fish effectively, a heavy fly is required, and that is exactly what the Copper John is. Originally, […]
Unlike mayflies, caddis flies are more abundantly represented. They are eagerly taken to the fish at all stages of development; From house-building larvae at the bottom, to the hatching pupa and the fully developed adult caddis, and must not be missing from any trout or grayling fisherman’s fly box. What they have in […]
Ahrex Hooks: Baitfish like sculpins can be extremely effective for catching salmon, steelhead and big trout everywhere in running water. In this video Alex Belonga will demonstrate his take on an effective “Munker Style” weighted tube fly – The Sculpin Munker. Alex demonstrates a smart way to tie in a zonker wing and […]
Ahrex Hooks: Salmon and seatrout feed on shrimps while their stay in the big oceans, before returning to the rivers for spawning and perhaps for a meeting with a fly fisher. That is the reason for shrimp flies to be so effective and the number of different shrimp patterns can be long and overwhelming. If […]
Ahrex Hooks: The Booby Fly is actually not a pattern, it is a tying style. You can tie most fly patterns in the booby style and they are excellent for trout and other predator species. Leeches, crayfish, baitfish, nymphs and pupae imitations are easily converted to Booby Flies as well as baitfish imitations. And big […]
Fly tying tutorial – by Alex Belonga Baitfish like sculpins can be extremely effective for catching salmon, steelhead and big trout everywhere in running water. In this video Alex Belonga will demonstrate his take on an effective “Munker Style” weighted tube fly – The Sculpin Munker. Alex demonstrates a smart way to tie […]
In this fly tying tutorial, Danish fly tyer and fly fisher Mads Birkholt will guide you through the tying of the tube fly POP Zonker (Pink Orange Purple Zonker). This tube fly is designed for Arctic Char on a recent trip to Greenland, but has proven very effective for fishing for steelheads, salmon and sea […]
Baitfish patterns are the key for getting in touch with the big predators lurking in the water, but when tying big streamers you often end up with a heavy and compact fly. In this video Morten Valeur from Ahrex Hooks will demonstrate some techniques to avoid that, and show one of his favourite flies for […]
The Blue Dun Hackle is a classic, subtle pattern for trout and grayling, mimicking emerging mayflies, especially Blue-Winged Olives (BWOs) or Iron Blue Duns, using bluish-grey or dun-coloured soft hen hackle and a muted body (like mole fur or dun wool) to imitate the insect struggling just below the surface. In this video we once […]
In this video, Ronny Lagoni Thomsen ties a salmon fly he has great confidence in. The fly is inspired by the classic Sunray Shadow pattern, but with an added twist: it’s weighted with a Pro Conehead, giving it a touch of weight and — more importantly — creating subtle turbulence around the long wing. […]
