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Dry Fly pioneers

Jesper Fohrmann — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 10:42:51 +0000

Dry Fly for Salmon Today: A Call for Revival

While some anglers currently pursue salmon with dry flies on rivers like the Dee, it remains a rare sight in Scotland, England, and across Europe. This is unfortunate because dry fly fishing offers unparalleled excitement and challenge.

Based on extensive experience fishing in rivers throughout Scotland and Scandinavia, I understand that dry fly fishing isn’t suitable for every river. However, it can be a viable option on many rivers, providing an alternative approach for anglers seeking new challenges.

Dry fly pioneers – Mr. George M. La Branche and Colonel Ambrose Monell was pioneers in the world of dry fly for salmon – Their fishing was done with bushy palmer-hackle flies, fished at dead drift over known salmon lies.

Discover the complete story of La Branche’s expedition to the Dee’s Carinton beat in 1925, as he ventured to test his bushy dry flies on the resident Carinton fish. Go to our page on the subject

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Bugs for Atlantic Salmon

Jesper Fohrmann — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 10:42:51 +0000

We wish to further the details on salmon bugs and give you some first-hand usage tips based on my experiences with them.

What are Salmon bugs?

Bugs are small miniature salmon flies, mostly made with a deer hair body, tied on # 8 – 12 single hooks. Either low-water salmon hooks with an up-eye or stronger down-eye trout fly hooks. It is a fly designed to be fished as a so-called dead-drifting fly on the surface. Just below the surface or across the river as a form of hitch/commotion fly, bugs may be fished below the surface as a traditional wet fly.

The Glitter Bug with a brown-orange hackle is the author’s favourite for green-tinted forest rivers.

Body like a segment of an insectThe deer-hair body on bug flies is often shaped like an insect thorax. (in entomology, the thorax is the middle section of an insect’s body, between the head and the abdomen, bearing the legs and wings.)

Deer hair and its enticing effect on salmon

It is the deer hair material in itself that makes flies like the Bomber and the Salmon Bugs so efficient. The buoyant deer hair gives the fly a particular posture or pose in the water, making the fly float or become more or less suspended when pulled under. The deer hair also has a general alluring effect on many fish.

What is within the deer hair that attracts fish has not yet been determined, but many fish species, among others, trout, do eat animals with fur. Read more about deer hair and its enticing effect on Atlantic salmon. Go to page

Orange Machine White Tail

A quality cock hackle.
Fluorescent tags.
Strong quality hooks. We use Kamazan B180, Partridge salmon hooks and VMC trout fly hooks.
Dimunitvie tails.
Deer hair body.

Less is more

A light body hackle could aid the fly in staying afloat or add to its overall pulsating and delicate looks when fished below or on the surface.

Many Bug patterns have distinct fluorescent tags, diminutive tails, and dito hackles related to other famous low-water wet flies like The Undertakers and the Black Bear flies.

On a broad scale, less fluorescent material used in fluorescent tags in green, yellow, or red is the way forward when tying flies for Atlantic salmon in low and clear water – and quite the opposite when building flies for high and dirty water.

Visit our shop at Fishmadman and see the many salmon Bugs we do

Bug and other tiny floating salmon flies

Mr Elmer Smith made the first bug salmon fly.

Using deer hair as body material in salmon and trout flies is a North American tradition deriving back to famed patterns like The Muddler Minnow and the Bombe series of flies. It is the venerable Reverent Elmer James Smith from New Brunswick in Canada, who, in the 1960s and 70s, initially tied the flies that we have come to know as salmon bugs. With the success of his famous salmon dry fly, the Bomber, the reverent designed a much smaller and sparsely dressed derivative of the Bomber pattern that came to be known as the Bucks Bug

Photo of the late Father Elmer James Smith, the exceptional salmon dry fly pattern designer. Image from Miramichi Salmon Museum – Doaktown, New Brunswick, Canada

See more on Bombers and their different style

The Carter Bug is another famous bug pattern from Canada designed autonomously by Mr Bill Carter from New Brunswick, Canada. The Carter Bug is typically tied with a brown hackle, but I have also had success with this fly tied with an orange hackle.

Was the Bucks Bug the first purposely tied salmon bug, or was it the Carter Bug?

The Carter Bug was designed at the same time as the Bucks Bug

In regards to the timeline of the design of the Bomber and the equally famous Bucks Bug, also attributed to Elmer Smith by, among others, Joseph Bates, it is known that other well-described and much earlier patterns like Rat Faced MacDougall and the great pattern the Irresistible (from the 50s) are deer hair body trout flies that most likely where used by anglers on both the East as the West coast of Canada to catch Atlantic salmon and steelhead on the surface long before intentionally made patterns like the Bucks Bug.

Likely, the Rev. Elmer Smith and Bill Carter (the designer of the Carter Bug) could have used such Irresistible or Rat-Faced MacDougall flies or, probably, a Muddler in their pursuit of salmon or trout, herby getting their inspiration to design their own deer-hair floating salmon flies.

If the Carter Bug or the Bucks Bug is the first salmon bug, it is still out for verdict. Based on what we know, both the Carter Bug and the Bucks Bug are of the very same period, so as we usually would write here on Fishmadman, we still try to get all the details of surface fly history in the correct chronological order. So, Fishmadman.com could also be described as an online fishing book with a historical chapter on flies that may change over time. Any knowledge that may help us on this task is, as always, welcome.

Here, the famed Glitter Bug originated by Canadian fly tier Danny Bird. The Glitter bug is a fine example of a fly formulated on another pattern. It is incorporated into a specific fishing purpose or river system.

It’s a genuinely excellent salmon bug for peaty water.

Glitter Bug in Scotland

A peat-colored Scottish river in October. Fish have seen 100s patterns over summer; in such conditions, a small natural brown Glitter Bug could work great when fished deep as a regular wet fly.

A bug for every river

Famous patterns for Atlantic Salmon are quite often found in many versions, and for a good reason: one fly may work great in one body of water, but another similar version may work better in the neighbouring river, something quite notable when you look at the good amount of bug variations found in fly boxes around the Northern Hemisphere.

The famous 1970s fly, the Green Machine, started as an offspring of the equally renowned Bucks Bug. They are tied with a body of bright green deer hair and a small green fluorescent tag. Some anglers may prefer a dark green body on their Green Machine, while others choose a pale olive body.

An equally popular version of the Green Machine is the Green Machine White Tail, with a more or less dense tail made from the hair from a white calf’s tail, often accompanied by a fluorescent red and green tag.

Bugs are a type of micro-Bombers

Bugs are, in a sense, micro-Bombers, and I also readily use them as such, greased up fishing them in pockets and seems where the salmon hold out on their way up the river. Some of these spots are often shallow pools where a fly like a regular # 8 – 4 Bomber won’t be in its element. Sometimes, even scaring fish. Here, the tiny bugs come in handy.

The Bomber may work significantly in fast runs and pools with 1 – 3 meters of water but less so in slow or shallow pools where a greased-up bug may be the perfect choice.

Shallow holding pool. Find Wally! I see at least eight salmon. See if you can spot them.

A bug fished just below the surface in a shallow pool

Salmon staying in shallow pools on their way upstream are easily intimated. It is like the fish are too aware of their exposed position, and a wrongly presented sub-surface fly may send them running. A salmon bug fished just below the surface may be the best solution. Fished drifting towards the fish is a great way to get a hook-up.

Hiding in slow pools

Salmon hiding out in a slow pool like those fish seen in the image above is not an uncommon site for anglers fishing for Atlantic salmon. They are typically uninterested fish, but if new salmon enter the pool or weather conditions change, some fish may wake up and grab your fly.

Retrieving the fly

A spot like this demands that you put some movement into your fly, and I think bugs are some of the best flies you can use in such a place. Tiny flies with deer hair bodies seem to have the right balance in the water column, allowing you to make a good stop-and-go presentation and letting the bug hang in the water column for a short while in between pulls.

Matching the hatch

You may also use small bug flies exclusively to hook up with salmon that have spend their summer in the river. Salmon that is starting to take colour. Who will jump when new fish enter its pool and occasionally rise to the trail of drifting insects. A salmon that needs you to be on your toes when presenting your fly.

You can often bring such fish to the surface to look at your bug, but sometimes, it needs more than a small floating fly to do the trick; from time to time, you must match the hatch and bring differently coloured bugs and small dry flies to the table. Most likely, it will be a small fly that resembles some of the aquatic life the fish may encounter through the long days of waiting.

Mini CDC Bomber White ‘n Grizzly Bug #14

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Mini CDC Bomber Brown n White Bug #14

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Mini CDC Bomber Brown Green Bug #14

see it in the shop

In the photo is a small stale salmon, one of my most memorable fish in 2023. After refusing my # 12 Green Glitter Bug several times (in the best trout manner possible), I suddenly saw what he had been looking for all afternoon when a bright sulphur mayfly left the surface and flew off for the sanctuary of the bushes. It never got that far as the salmon leapt free of the water and grabbed the insect mid-air.

It was a gratifying experience for a surface fishing nerd like yours truly. I quickly changed to a # 12 CDC Bomber in white and got an instant hook-up from a fish I had spent my afternoon trying to catch.

The Crimson But Bug. Yet another variation of the famous Bucks Bug. This pattern is a loved pattern for many anglers in Newfoundland.

A test project. In 2010, we did a short video on a bug project. We were tying a Green Machine bug on a tube.

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The climate is changing – so is fishing for salmon

Jesper Fohrmann — Fri, 05 May 2023 17:14:28 +0000

Fresh from the sea, caught on a hitched fly in shallow water in early July. Salmon fly fishermen must adapt to the new challenges and fishing methods to be effective throughout the season.

The climate is changing, and so is fishing for salmon. The last decade has been unusual with radical weather changes, and dry and hot summer weather has been dominant in large parts of the north – 2022 was no exception. Rivers in the north saw weeks without rain, and again, the season brought new challenges – or opportunities.

Fishing conditions in Northern Europa are becoming a bit like in Newfoundland

Weather conditions in the Nordic countries, Ireland and Scotland, are becoming similar to those we can experience in areas of North America, where east-facing rivers run in a landscape that in many ways resembles Norway, or rather Switzerland, which precisely shares a latitude with both Newfoundland and the rivers where Atlantic salmon run in Canada.

The summer rivers in Newfoundland and Canada can quickly run both warm and shallow, and it is in such conditions that salmon anglers do their fly fishing. It is not without reason that fly fishing with micro wet flies, riffling hitch, and dry flies is popular in North America. Such flies are just better to trick salmon with than trying to deceive them with a traditional wet-fly fished below the surface – when the river temperature fluctuates past 16 – 19 degrees Celsius.

Micro flies, riffling hitch and dry flies are popular among fly fishermen in North America. These types of flies are more uncomplicated to trick salmon with than trying to deceive them with a traditional wet-fly fished below the surface

Learn more about the riffling hitch technique and the tackle to use

Perhaps the larger salmon tube flies will be something anglers only need for a few days during the fishing season, and small flies and flies for surface fishing gets first position on your leader most of the season.

There is no doubt that the salmon like tiny flies, and throughout the season, many salmon are caught on small flies, and the proportion of Nordic salmon caught on small flies and flies made for surface fishing will likely increase as salmon anglers learn to fish with new equipment and with new techniques.

You have to lose fish on small hooks!

When you fish for bigger fish with smaller flies and small hooks, you move on the edge of the art of the possible. You must accept that you will lose more fish than you might have been used to. Losing salmon is a natural part of fishing with smaller hooks, and the sooner you as a fly fisherman realize this, the better you will be at fishing with the small flies/hooks.

See the small Frances tube fly in our shop.

Use soft leaders, tippet material, and super hooks.

Of course, you must choose quality hooks and good tippet material – but you should also develop your skills to fight the fish so that you do not strain your equipment unnecessarily. I prefer tippet material that is soft and can give way when the fish jumps and shakes its head. Soft nylon is also better when presenting hitch and small flies; stiff leaders and tippet material can kill even the best micro-salmon fly.

Adjust the brake

Choose a fly reel with a lightweight brake or a brake that can be adjusted down, so you can quickly control the amount of line the fish pulls from your reel. Remember, plenty of backing.

Read more about tackle and technique for salmon on small hooks.

Fishing for salmon in the warm low summer river with a conventional wet fly – is some of the most challenging fly fishing you will ever encounter, and even the best local angler has to work hard to get a positive result. To fish the same river with surface flies is oddly more straightforward; it is as if the fish is easier deceived at the surface.

Fish for salmon as you fish for trout

In the shallow warm river, the salmon will congregate in pools where it feels safe and where it finds oxygen and shade; seek out these places and fish them when they fall into the shade, early or late in the day.

As the summer goes on, the salmon will see the insect life found in, and along the river, and as the trout angler, you must learn to present tiny flies so that they drift towards the salmon, either close to or on the surface. Other times you may need to use a small heavy fly like a nymph that can rise from the bottom to imitate a caddis pupa heading for the surface.

See how you drift a heavy nymph-like fly towards salmon.

Image: the hot river (21 degrees Celsius = 69,8 Farenheight) in Northern Norway (2011) … 24 hours of light and a clear cold night will bring the river temperature down several degrees and make fishing excellent at night.
Many river owners wisely close rivers for fishing when temperatures exceed 18 degrees as fishing catch & release in too hot a river can be a wrong choice as salmon can have a hard time recovering from stress in warm water; undoubtedly, we will see more restrictions on fishing in summer-warm rivers.

Teach yourself to fish with riffling hitch flies.

Riffling hitch is an effective sport in cold and warm water, and the riffling hitch fly work excellently in shallow rivers where the water depth is 0.25 – 1.5 meters. Rivers in Finmark (region of Northern Norway), such as Repparfjords River, Staburs River and Vestre Jakobs River, are just a few fine examples of Nordic rivers where riffling hitches work exceptionally well. The best flies are often tiny, and it pays to experiment with colour and size if fish show interest but don’t bite – often, it is pretty simple variations that can be decisive.

Learn more about the riffling hitch technique and the tackle to use

The jewel in the crown – Salmon on the dry fly

Seeing a big fish rise from the depths towards your dry fly is the ultimate dream for many fly anglers – but often, this will only be a dream.

Fishing with a dry fly for salmon is a sport within a sport. Many people only become familiar with this form of fishing when the fishing situation by the river has become entirely impossible, and that’s a bit sad because dry fly fishing is at its best when the salmon is fresh and really on the bite – so if you want to try the ultimate fly-fishing challenge then tie a dry fly on your leader when the silver, willing-to-bite salmon is on their way up the river.

When the river runs low, salmon will still arrive daily. Often they will find rest in places unsuitable for conventional wet fly fishing – here and in the areas where you usually would target the salmon, you should fish with a dry fly instead of spending your fishing day trying to catch the same salmon on a wet fly.

The ultimate fly fishing dream – large salmon on a dry fly – Here, a June salmon has taken a Repparfjord-green Tube Bomber. The hook is an Owner ST # 14 treble hook – The tippet material is Maxima Chameleon 0.25mm.

Read more about how to dead-drift dry flies for Atlantic salmon.

Fishing in the low and warm summer river is a form of fishing that is all about details; often, it is pretty tiny details that can change your fishing day in a positive direction – once you have found these new forms of fishing and techniques, maybe like me you will be looking forward to the days with difficult conditions by the river

Norwegian rivers are great dry-fly rivers.

Norway has some of the best dry fly fishing for salmon on the planet; it might not be the first thing you think of when tying flies for summer fishing, but maybe you should start.

Clear-water rivers from the south to the far north offer great opportunities throughout the season – and we, as anglers, often set limitations in our fishing. I usually explain this by discussing specific salmon I have caught in impossible dry fly conditions.

I caught a salmon several years ago in Orkla. It was raining, the river was high, and only 5 degrees Celsius. I still caught a silver salmon on a smaller white Bomber. There was a snowstorm on another trip to the Repparfjord River in August. The surrounding lowland was white with snow; still, I had a salmon biting after my Repparfjord Green Bomber 4 time.

Don’t forget your dry flies when you leave for Norway.

it is often us as anglers who set limitations in our fishing, and I usually explain this by talking about specific salmon I have caught in the most impossible dry fly conditions.

Climate changes and salmon fishing – Keep up the spirit – think positively.

It is hard to keep up the spirit when river systems and areas where salmon and their relatives live are in dire straits. When giant river systems like the Tana River in Nothern Norway close down for commercial and recreational fishing because of a lack of fish, everyone gets worried, but when Local anglers who have lived for generations at the Tana River tell me about the great river, how in the past they also have seen years with very few fish, and how the locals suffered from starvation due to the lack of salmon runs I know that stocks of Atlantic salmon are fluctuating.

When some river systems are doing very well while the neighbouring river is doing poorly, climate changes make it hard to zoom in and find a solid explanation for such strange events.

One thing is true: the salmonoid species is quite good at adapting to the places where it lives and is widespread across our planet.

Thinking of how trout eggs brought down from European river systems decades ago to southern places like Argentina, Chile, and New Zealand have formed into healthy strains of fish populations in so many river systems (with different spawning cycles) is mind-boggling.

A positive attitude as anglers, fish, and river conservationists must be the best way forward as we try to navigate through new evidence and scientific data that form in the wake of the changing climate on Mother Earth.

Remember to bring your kids and grandkids fishing because it is only by sharing the dreamy and glorious moments at the river and ponds that new generations would want to conserve the fragile world of trout and salmon.

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Nyhedsbrev November 2022

Jesper Fohrmann — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 13:54:17 +0000

Read the letter in Scandinavian (This time Danish)

Kære overfladefiskere …Lakse- og ørredsæsonen er ved at være slut, og atter vil livets cyklus begynde i de elve og åer, vi elsker at besøge.

Jeg får altid den klump i halsen den allersidste dag, hvor jeg skal rejse hjem, så plejer jeg at minde mig selv om Pippi Langstrømpes ord:

Du skal tage afsted for at kunne vende tilbage

Med disse berømte ord byder vi dig velkommen til et nyhedsbrev om, hvad du kan se frem til i 2023

Fiske hilsen fra os på Fishmadman Las, Per & Jesper

Nyhedsbrev denne gang

En micro flue bag en riffling hitch flue
Fluorocarbon versus nylon tippet
Fantastiske hanenakker..værd at nævne – Og en tidlig jule gave
Nogle fotos fra sæson 2022

Micro stinger og hitch

i Skotland

Skotsk know-how

Når jeg tager til Skotland og fisker Kinnaber-beat ved elven North Esk i Aberdeenshire, er jeg heldig at kunne tilbringe tid med min fiskeven Ron Gray, som er ghillie på Kinnaber-beatet. Ron er riffling hitch specialist, og som ghillie er han ved elven 24/7 hele fiske sæsonen.

Lokal indsigt

Når du er ved elven hver dag i løbet af sæsonen, oplever du de forskellige små forandringer ved de stedlige laks og ørred bedre, end de fleste lystfiskere nogensinde ville kunne gøre, og råd fra den slags lokale lystfisker eller ghillier kan være uvurderlig information for den besøgende dagskort fisker.

Micro fluer …En essentiel nødvendighed.

Hvis elven er lav og varm, eller de fisk, du er kommet for at fiske, er blevet vanskelige, så vil du nok opleve, at de fluer, der skal til for at narre sådanne fisk til at bide, vil være nogle af de mindste fluer, du kan finde i din boks.

Langsomt vand kan diktere en sparsomt dresset flue, der kan lave den helt rigtige præsentation i den bagerste del af den langsomme pool, eller måske har de sidste dages klækning af insekter, såsom slørvinger (stenfluer), caddisfluer eller døgnfluer (majfluer), hjernevasket de stedlige fisk til kun at reagere på fluemønstre der efterligner noget, de ser fra dag til dag.

Et smugkig ind i Ron´s æske med mikrofluer – De små micro trekrogsfluer # 16 – 20 ses i den øverste del af æsken.

Se små outpoint trekroge til at binde mikrofluer på her

Hitch fluen som et fartøj

At fiske med riffling hitch teknik kan være et godt valg, når man fisker Kinnaber beat ved North Esk, hvor kanter af strømmen og hurtige lavvande stryg, i flere pools fungerer til fordel for en flue præsenteret på eller i overfladen, men en riffling hitch flue kan også virke som et fartøj for en anden flue såsom en mikroflue i # 16 – 20, og dette er en teknik, Ron Gray råder lystfiskere til at bruge, når de besøger Kinnaber beat i sommermånederne, hvor laks kan være meget meget kræsen.

How To

Når du binder krogen på rørfluen, skal du lade overskydende tippet fra knuden, blive tilbage i den mængde du ønsker til den efterhængende flue (typisk 70 – 100cm.)

Fluer bundet på micro outoint trekroge

Ron´s hitch rør flue og en lille flue bundet på en outpoint trekrog – Ron bruger også microfluer bundet på enkeltkrog til efterhængende flue.

Opsætningen

Figur A) Knude opsætning ved riffling hitch fluen. Brug f.eks en Uni-knude

Figur B) Til den efterhængende flue

Hold det simpelt

At bruge en efterhængende flue kan være en fantastisk teknik, men det er også en form for fluefiskeri, der kan ende i en hel masse linerod.

Ron bruger en lille hitch rørflue som hovedflue og fartøj til mikrofluen (# 16 – 20), der hænger omkring 70 – 100 cm bag den forreste flue.

For at holde den efterhængende flue under overfladen foretrækker Ron at bruge 0.25 mm. fluorcarbon som tippet materiale. * Fluorocarbon synker en smule hurtigere end nylon, og det er også en smule stivere end normalt nylon tippet materiale, noget der sansynligvis kan forhindre en del af det uundgåelige linefilter (på fotoet ovenfor har vi brugt et stykke almindelig Maxima Chameleon nylon – for bedre at kunne illustrere opsætningen)

Den efterhængende flue… hvorfor er den så effektiv?

Vi ved ikke, hvad det præcist er med den efterhængende flue, der gør den så speciel, endnu engang er det en af de ting i fluefiskeri efter ørred og laks, som ikke er særligt godt beskrevet i den store manual for laksefiskeri (:

Cocktailen: hitch flue + efterhængende mikroflue er blot endnu et værdifuldt værktøj i flueboksen for fluefiskeren, der prøver at fange de besværlige laks og ørreder, der gemmer sig i poolen sommeren igennem.

Personligt tror jeg, at laksen eller ørreden ser udstyret med flere fluer som en række af klækkende insekter… og den bliver så måske, animeret til at fange den sidste flue …den, der endnu ikke er klækket… bare et gæt.

Besværlige laks - se mere

Er du nysgerrig efter at lære mere om de forskellige cyklus for den atlantisk laks … se vores Fishmadman-side om dette emne her

Fluorocarbon versus nylon

Hvad er fluorcarbon?

Fluorcarboner er kemiske forbindelser med kulstof-fluorbindinger Fluorcarboner og deres derivater er kommercielle polymerer, kølemidler, lægemidler og anæstetika. (kilde Wikipedia)

Den første fluorcarbon-line blev produceret i 1972

Det er den japanske produktionsvirksomhed Kureha i byen Iwaki, der udviklede og lancerede Seaguar, verdens første fiskeline lavet af fluorcarbon (PVDF), i 1971.

Materialet blev hurtigt uhyre populært blandt biggame og kommercielle fiskere, hovedsageligt på grund af lysbrydningsindekset for fluorcarbon, der ligger tæt på vandets brydningsindeks, hvilket gør det mindre synligt under vand, noget ganske væsentligt, f.eks. ved fiskeri efter blåfinnet tun med 200 lb mono.

Fluorcarbon-linen har også andre bemærkelsesværdige egenskaber, bl.a. manglende vandabsorbering, slidstyrke og knudestyrke, sidst men ikke mindst, synkehastighed for fluorocarbon. Fluorocarbon synker gennem vandet hurtigere end nylon) * noget Ron Gray har gavn af i sit fiskeri med efterhængende mikrofluer.

Fluorcarbon bliver mere og mere populær blandt fluefiskere

Fluorocarbon er blevet tydeligt populært i løbet af de sidste par årtier, og mange lystfiskere, jeg kender, tænker ikke to gange, når de køber en spole af fluorocarbon tippet materiale 6 – 7 gange dyrere end en spole af kvalitets nylon tippet materiale.

Er fluorcarbon forfangsmateriale nødvendigt?

Hvis du spørger mig som havfisker, der fisker efter tun, makrel og grå multe, vil jeg sige ja! … fluorcarbon vil give dig flere fisk på krogen. Tunarterne og multerne er fisk, der ser og undgår ting som nylon og på denne måde kan de også afskrække fra at tage din agn, når du bruger nylon.

Fluorcarbon til ørred og atlantisk laks

Som en ivrig ørred og laksefisker vil jeg sige nej… spar dine penge og køb nylon til dit flueforfang – når jeg skriver dette, vil jeg nok få andre fluefiskere til at løfte på øjenbrynene – men min erfaring med fluorcarbon har vist mig, at materialet har få egenskaber det ville hjælpe mig med at få flere fisk på krogen, jeg anerkender, at fluorocarbon har så mange evner, som potientielt kan hjælpe lystfiskere på specifikke og specielle måder, som jeg ikke kender, hvilket gør mit råd en smule skævt.

Laks og ørred lader til at være ligeglade med lysets brydningsindeks!

Siden 1980’erne har jeg jævnligt brugt fluorcarbon i mit fiskeri efter havørred og laks. I begyndelsen var jeg sikker på, at det lave lysreflektionsindeks for fluorcarbon ville gøre mig i stand til at narre nogle af de forsigtige ørreder og laks, jeg så ofte mødte på kysten og i elven – jeg lærte efterhånden, at disse fisk var nøjagtig lige så uinteresserede og forsigtige, som de plejede at være med mine fluer fisket på nylon – og generelt tror jeg ikke, jeg har fanget en ørreder eller laks mere, på grund af brugen af fluorcarbonforfang eller ditto tippet-materiale.

Fluorcarbon er stivere end konventionel nylon

Generelt set er fluorcarbon tippet stivere end konventionelt tippet materiale og det er også et mindre elastisk materiale end nylon, hvilket ikke er egenskaber jeg ville have stor gavn af i mit fiskeri efter ørred og laks, tværtimod forsøger jeg at undgå stift tippet materiale da jeg mener, at stive forfang fjerner noget af det liv, som små og mellemstore fluemønstre har brug for.

Jeg foretrækker også en blød og elastisk nylon tippet frem for et stift og mindre elastisk tippet materiale – da jeg ofte fisker efter større fisk med små kroge og let grej i en sport, hvor elastisk tippet materiale er praktisk ….Læs mere om dette emne på vores Fishmadman blog (Du skal tabe laks og steelhead på små fluer) (dog på engelsk)

Bruger du skydehoved på kysten? Fluorcarbon kan være noget for dig

Per Fischer bruger længder af fluorcarbon (Berkley Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon) til at binde sine forfang, når han fisker med skyde-hoved efter havørreder og gedder fra den åbne kyst. Per binder, sit forfang op fra 0,60 millimeter fluorcarbon til 0,45 derefter 0,40 osv., der ender med 0,25 millimeter)

Ved brug af to fluer på forfanget bruger Per også fluorcarbonmateriale, da dette filtrer sig mindre ved kast.

Lad os diskutere emnet fluorcarbon

Jeg tror, at nogle af jer har haft gode erfaringer med fluorcarbon, og hvis det nu er tilfældet, vil jeg gerne modtage alle relevante input og tanker om emnet fluorcarbon til ørred og laks, jeg vil tilføje din tekst til denne side, som også vil blive vist på Fishmadman. com for lystfiskere at se.

Hvis du har lyst til at bidrage, så tag dig tid til at skrive til mig om dine tanker på jesper(A)fishmadman.com

Nogle fra 2022

Snaelda Willie Gunn Conehead Copper Tube ¾

Vores nye Snaelda Willie Gunn Conehead Copper Tube ¾ var på vores tippet fra begyndelsen til slutningen af sæsonen – Her fiskede vi dybt efter oktober havørred.

Se fluen i vores butik

Den store version af Snaelda Willie Gunn Conehead Copper Tube 1 1/4

Den store version af Snaelda Willie Gunn var fantastisk at bruge i begyndelsen af sæsonen … fiske på toppen af hurtigt hvidt vand – en spektakulær måde at fange laks på.

Se fluen i vores butik

HITCHMAN – Black and Gold # 10 – 14

August bragte nogle spektakulære bid på HITCHMAN – Black and Gold # 10 – 14 Jeg så ikke engang denne fisk, selvom den kun var en stanglængde væk, da den hægtede sig fast til fluen.

Se fluen i vores butik

HITCHMAN – Black and Gold # 10 – 14

Endnu en august laks på HITCHMAN – Black and Gold – denne fiskede med brækket hånd (bogstaveligt talt)… En ny oplevelse for mig og nok ikke hvad min læge ville anbefale.

Se fluen i vores butik

Silver HITCHMAN

Riffling Hitch aficionado hr. Alan Vang fangede denne smukke 88 centimeter juli-laks på en Silver HITCHMAN

Se fluen i vores butik

Alans video kanal på Youtube

Du finder Alans spændende videokanal på Youtube her

Fluebindings vinter

Tag plads ved stikket…

Du ser måske frem til julegåsen, venners skønsang og gløgg – jeg glæder mig til at binde fluer … Jeg har et par nye ideer og nogle fluer, jeg skal binde til min kystflueboks, her til vinterstid. Jeg har købt krogene, og jeg har også den perfekte hanenakke til jobbet.

Længe undervejs

En af de mest ventede sæsonbestemte ordrer i vores butik er vores ordre på Metz hanenakker og sadler … De ankom lige i tide, da vores dygtige Frances fluebinder snart skal i gang med et nyt parti fluer. Nakkerne tog sig tid til at dukke op her i Danmark… og jeg ved, at nogle af jer, der læser dette, vil sikre udvalgte nakker, mens vi har materialet på lager… desværre fik vi ikke så mange – så det er først til mølle princip – igen i år.

Hvorfor sælger i nakker i 2 og 3 kvalitetsklasse?

Vi tror, at disse # 2 og # 3 kapper flyver lige under radaren, ude i den store fluefiske verden. De er billige, og de er af super kvalitet og sidst men ikke mindst, så har de et større udvalg af fjer, der hælder mere til lidt større fluemønstre, så som laksefluer.

Super overkommelig amerikansk kvalitet ★★★★★

Metz #2 brun hane nakke

Perfekt til små og store krops-hackler på Frances fluer – Perfekt til at lave lange levende følehorn af. Super fine små taperede fjer til kyst-tanglopper – Fantastisk materiale.

Tag mig til butikken

Metz #3 Grizzly Hane nakke

Overlegne naturlige farver – Fantastisk kvalitet til en fantastisk pris. Perfekt til et utal af kystflue mønstre – Følehorn til de mest fantastiske rejefluer.

Se nakke i butikken

Metz #2 naturlig brun sadel

Metz #2 naturlig brun sadel

Materialet til store tørfluer – Bugs og orme, kystfluer samt store og små laksefluer (en del Coch–y–Bonddu fjer)

Se alle nakker i butikken

Metz #2 Ginger Sadel

Metz #2 Ginger Sadel

Lige materialet til store tørfluer – Bugs og orme samt store og små laksefluer i en smuk ginger farve.

Se flere Metz produkter

Lidt inspiration (:

Micro Frances Fly Treble # 14

Se denne flue i butikken

Frances Copper Tube – Red 1 1/4″

Se denne flue i butikken

Glitter Bug Green and Orange

Se denne flue i butikken

Få et nyt perspektiv på livet - hjælp nogen til at komme på fisketur

Tag nogen med på fisketur

Til alle nye og gamle kunder hos Fishmadman… tak for jeres støtte, spændende-mails og telefonopkald denne sommer – Vi forsøger at holde priserne på vores ting i butikken så lave som muligt og forhåbentlig vil vi være i stand til at opretholde vores fluebindingsforretning gennem en besværlig tid.

I håbet om, at nogen venligst ville tage hr. Putin med på fisketur, så han kan få et positivt syn på fremtiden og ideer til, hvordan han kunne tilbringe resten af sit liv i fred… og fiske… et sted dybt inde i Rusland.

Fiskehilsen fra Las, Per & Jesper

SE FORRIGE NYHEDSBREV

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Newsletter November 2023 – salmon bugs

Jesper Fohrmann — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:58:38 +0000

Discovering the fascinating world of salmon bugs

In 2020, we did a Fishmadman blog page on Salmon bugs Called The Missing Link Salmon Bugs, covering a few fine points on the bugs used for salmon fishing. In this newsletter, we wish to further the details on salmon bugs and give you some first-hand usage tips based on my experiences with

What are Salmon bugs?

The Glitter Bug with a brown-orange hackle is the author’s favourite for green-tinted forest rivers.

Body like a segment of an insect

The deer-hair body on bug flies is often shaped like an insect thorax. (in entomology, the thorax is the middle section of an insect’s body, between the head and the abdomen, bearing the legs and wings.)

READ THE LONGER VERSION ON SALMON BUGS WITH IDEAS AND TRICKS ON THIS PAGE 👈🏻

Going somewhere soon?

Bringing hooks on a flight could be a problem.

Most airlines do not allow you to bring your flies with hooks on board. Do instead as we do: use tube flies and get them on board in your hand luggage (alongside your favourite fly reels); this way, you won’t be without flies when you arrive at your fishing destination.

Southern sea trout

The sea trout’s elusive nature and the thrill of the catch of a monster-size trout make Argentina and the Rio Grande River in Tierra del Fuego a dream destination for sea trout enthusiasts.

Anglers often use a variety of streamer patterns and nymphs to mimic the prey that sea trout feed on in both freshwater and marine environments. Still, anglers visiting Argentina have also learned that sea trout are eager surface feeders who will go to great lengths to intercept wake, riffling hitch, and dry flies.

For many years, we have made such surface flies for people fishing for sea trout in Argentina, but for this season, we also sell some of the most favoured nymph and streamer patterns.

In the photo: TDF sea run brown trout (sea trout ) caught by experienced sea trout angler Mr Robert Holt from the US …Smoke and Flies Robert Holt.

Here is a compilation of some of the flies chosen for our shop by some of the Tierra del Fuego anglers we know –

Where is the Tierra del Fuego region

Take me to the shop page with the TDF flies

Did you miss the previous climate change and salmon fishing newsletter?

The climate is changing

The climate is changing, and so is fishing for salmon. The last decade has been unusual with radical weather changes, and dry and hot summer weather has been dominant in large parts of the north – 2022 was no exception and rivers in the north saw weeks without rain – and again, the season brought new challenges – or opportunities.

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Nyhedsbrev November 2023 – lakse bug fluer

Jesper Fohrmann — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:58:38 +0000

Opdag den fascinerende verden af lakse bugs

I 2020 lavede vi en Fishmadman blogside om Salmon bugs som hed “The missing link salmon bugs” Her beskrev vi nogle måder, hvor på man kunne benytte bugs i sit laksefiskeri. I dette nyhedsbrev ønsker vi at uddybe detaljerne om laksebugs og give dig nogle førstehånds brugertips baseret på mine erfaringer med disse fluer.

Hvad er laksebugs

Bugs er små miniature laksefluer, for det meste lavet med en hjortehårskrop. Bundet på #8 – 12 enkeltkroge. Enten low-water laksekroge med up eye eller stærkere down-eye ørredfluekroge. Det er en flue designet til at blive fisket som en såkaldt deaddrift flue på overfladen (uden bevægelse). Lige under overfladen eller på tværs af elven som en form for hitch/commotion-flue, bugs kan også fiskes under overfladen som en traditionel vådflue.

Glitter Bug

Glitter bug med et brun-orange hackle er forfatterens favorit til grøntonede elve i skovlandskaber.

Kroppen som et segment af et insekt

Hjortehårkroppen på bugs er ofte formet som en insekt-thorax. I entomologi er thorax den midterste del af et insekts krop, mellem hovedet og maven. Den del af insekters krop bærer ben og vinger.

LÆS DEN LANGE VERSION MED MANGE TIPS OG FOTOS PÅ DENNE BLOG SIDE KLIK HER 👈🏻

Skal du snart på tur?

Det kan være et problem at medbringe kroge på en flyvning.

De fleste flyselskaber tillader ikke, at du medbringer dine fluer med kroge om bord. Gør i stedet som vi gør: brug rørfluer og tag dem med ombord i din håndbagage (sammen med dine yndlingsfluehjul). På denne måde vil du ikke være uden fluer, når du ankommer til din fiskedestination.

LÆS MERE OM REGLER OG BESTEMMELSER HER👈🏻

Sydlige havørreder

Havørredens spændende adfærd og tanken om at fange en monste ørred gør Argentina og Rio Grande-elven i Tierra del Fuego til en drømmedestination for havørredentusiaster.

Fluefiskere i Argentina bruger ofte en række streamermønstre og nymfer til at efterligne byttet, som havørreden lever af både i ferskvand og havet. Fluefiskere, der besøger Argentina, har også erfaret, at havørreder er ivrige overfladejægere, som vil svømme langt for at, fange wake, hitch og tørfluer.

I mange år har vi lavet sådanne overfladefluer til folk, der fisker efter havørreder i Argentina, men fra sæson 2023 sælger vi også nogle af de mest foretrukne nymfe- og streamermønstre.

Se om der er nogle, der passer til dit hjemmelige vandsystem.

På billedet: TDF-havørred fanget af den erfarne havørredfisker, Mr. Robert Holt, fra USA… Røg og fluer Robert Holt.

Her er en samling af fluerne valgt til vores butik af fluefiskere fra Tierra del Fuego som vi kender

Hvor er Tierra del Fuego-regionen?

Tag mig til butikssiden med TDF-fluerne

Gik du glip af det tidligere nyhedsbrev om klimaændringer og laksefiskeri?

Klimaet ændre sig

Klimaet ændrer sig, og det samme gør fiskeriet efter laks. Det sidste årti har været usædvanligt med radikale vejrændringer, og tørt og varmt sommervejr har været dominerende i nogle dele af Norden – 2022 var ingen undtagelse, og elve i nord oplevede uger uden regn – og igen bragte sæsonen nye udfordringer – eller muligheder.

Se tidligere nyhedsbrev

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Newsletter winter 2021

Jesper Fohrmann — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:58:38 +0000

Read the letter in Scandinavian (This time Danish)

Hello fellow anglers and welcome to another newsletter from us at Fishmadman – the holiday season is close and we as many other anglers will spend time with family and friends and then go to our fly tying room and try our hands on some new flies for the upcoming season …This newsletter will be focusing on some of the things we have made for fly tying in 2021… hopefully, it will be of inspiration to you

This time in the newsletter

The Pink´s are coming
NEW tube fly tying needles from us
A NEW form of tube from us
Natural black squirrel tails in stock again
Introducing our new associate
Holliday discount 🥳

Jesper Fohrmann

Fly Designer

Pacific salmon in Scandinavia

Season 2021 was not a particularly good year for the Atlantic salmon in Scandinavia, but runs of pink salmon were completely off the charts and I for one did not miss out on the opportunity to fish for this aggressive and hard fighting fish both in rivers and in the salt – Here is a male pink salmon in spawning colures caught on sea trout costal gear – Compared to its size, pink salmon can be one of the hardest fighting fish you may encounter at the end of your fly rod.

The pinks are coming!

The Pacific salmonid (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) or pink salmon as it also is known as in North America was introduced to the Russian Barents region by mad scientists in the late 1950´s – ever since then, these species have appeared in salmon rivers all over Scandinavia and in the UK. Some years runs have been weak but other years like the recent, runs of this irregular critter have gained momentum and 100000´s pink salmon have entered our river systems… especially in the very north of Norway.

Fish non grata

The ecological impact of pink salmon entering our Atlantic salmon river systems has as of yet not been fully determined and the Norwegian government have finally instigated extensive research into the matter. To read more about the timeline of this major example of how humans may ruin native biodiversity – Go to this link

Arriving at the river pink salmon are silver and the meat is red and tasty a bit like our native trout, after some weeks in freshwater the meat loses some of its taste and firmness and pink salmon become less interesting as food.

A brace of fresh pink salmon caught on a Ban´s Special. The top fish is a female, the bottom fish is a male.

I did my bit my fair bit to diminish the runs of pink´s this summer and I highly recommend these fish for your sushi and sashimi.

Pinks on a Bomber

Using our Orange tube Bomber fitted with a small Owner ST BCX # 14 trebles I managed to hook and land several pink salmon. The orange and the brown coloured Bombers was definitely the best choice for pink salmon. See the Orange Tube Bomber in size medium.

When pink salmon have been in fresh water for some time they can become quite difficult to catch and very easy to spook – but the sheer amount of them makes things interesting and this summer I spend countless hours trying to catch them on a dry fly.

Some notes and observations on pink salmon in Scandinavian waters.

None of the + 80 Pacific salmon I caught this summer had sea lice on them… an interesting fact considering the number of sea lice native salmon has to cope with

When observing the 4 species together in the rivers I visited (arctic char, Atlantic salmon, sea-run brown trout and pink salmon) I did not once observe any fight among the native fish and the Pacific salmon this does not mean that Pacific salmon would avoid and take up space that the other fish normally would occupy … It looked like all fish did there own thing without bothering each other.

Tube fly tying needles from Fishmadman

Smart design!

Over the years we have happily used normal sowing needles for our tube fly tying – we have also promoted this inexpensive solution through our shop but we have had problems getting the right sowing needles for the tubing we sell so we decided to produce our design of tube fly tying needles – and are proud to present you with some of the smartest needles on the market.

4 different needles to choose from. We make needles that will fit the tubing we sell – from the thinnest 1.4 – millimetre tubings to the biggest 3.2 mm. tubing we use for big Sunray Shadow flies – A small plate at the rear end of the needle serves as a clamping point to put in your fly tying vise.

See it in the shop

The long needle – Sunray Shadow needle

A specially made needle for long tube flies like Sunray Shadow flies.
Fits our 3.0 and 3.2 mm Hitch tube that has an inside diameter (Ø) of 1.8 & 2.0 mm. The total length is 115 mm.

See it in the shop

The Hitch fly Needle

A short needle we use for our skaters, riffling hitch flies and normal tube flies up to 2 # … Super quality forged steel. Fits perfectly with our 3.2 mm hitch tubing that has an inside diameter (Ø) of 1.8 & 2.0 mm. The total length of the needle is 62 mm.

See it in the shop

The Medium needle

For small/medium diameter tube flies or metal tubes with inner-lining tubing – Bottle tubes.
Made for our 1.8 mm tube that has an inside diameter (Ø) of 1.1 mm. The total length is 97 mm. A needle that will enable you to tie big tube dry flies a.o.

See it in the shop

The Thin needle

For tiny tube flies or metal tubes with inner-lining tubing – Micro Bottle tubes.Made for our thinnest 1.4 mm tube that has an inside diameter (Ø) of 0.7 mm. The total length is 62 mm.

A new type of tubing for your cone head flies

Cone-Head-Tube ™ from Fishmadman

A simple solution to a major headache

If you design tiny flies on tube you will often come across the problem where your tubing doesn’t fit the tiny coneheads you want to use in your fishing, and you probably already have a whole draw full of coneheads that won’t fit the tubes you can buy (except for those extra expensive tubes manufactures make to fit their special coneheads) – Well… we have the solution for you…and we know you’re going to like it.

Heat and pull the Cone-Head-Tube ™ and change the diameter of the tubing

Here is a revolutionizing concept in the world of tube flies that we have been working on for some years. Simply heat the tubing slightly – pull – and let the tube cool down, now you have a new tube dimension that could fit your desired conehead. A really smart tube to have if you design tube flies with coneheads

The best tube material on the market

Absolutely “low-memory” properties within the plastic compound ensure that the tube will fall back into place after the hook has been removed The non-toxic special plastic formula used for the tubes also prevent the tube from cracking up in challenging temperatures.

Use the Cone-Head-Tube ™ as an inner tube on your metal tubes – then add a conehead

The Cone-Head-tube ™ 1.6/ 0.8mm. fits perfectly into most met™al tubes found in shops.

Heat and pull the Cone-head-tube ™ and you can shape it to accommodate a small tungsten conehead making it possible for you to design tiny heavy flies.

We have made a video showing you how it all works

NB! Fits our Fine tube tying needle

Our thinnest Cone-Head-Tube ™

Size and Product specification

Outer diameter: 1.6 millimeters. Inner diameter: 0.8 millimeters – This is the smallest version of our Cone-Head-Tube™… suited for tiny riffling hitch flies – tiny sub-patterns

1 – meter of material 3.45 $

See it in the shop

NB! Fits our Fine tube tying needle

Our thicker Cone-Head-Tube ™

Size and Product specification

Outer diameter: 2.0 millimeters. Inner diameter: 1.0 millimeters – This is the biggest version of our Cone-Head-Tube™ … suited for tiny riffling hitch flies – tiny sub-patterns

1 – meter of material 3.45 $

See it in the shop

Natural black squirrel tails from Russia

New stock

We initially had 100 of these tails …but they were sold out in a matter of weeks…so we decided to see if we could order more… now a few days before publishing this letter we were promised additional tails so now we should be able to supply you.

Natural black squirrel (Scientific Name: Sciurus vulgaris) hair has that super alluring effect on trout and salmon and 1000´s salmon fly patterns are based on the properties of squirrel hair – Not all squirrel tails are alike and some squirrel hair will work best if used on small flies and other hairs work better on bigger flies – if you are curious to learn more about squirrel hair in fly tying – take a look at our page on the subject squirrel tails. We will be listing the tails in shades of black and brown as long as stock lasts.

The prize is 6.95 $

Buy natural Black Squirrel

New Fischer on the block

Las Fischer is the new guy on the block at Fishmadman

In fact, Las isn’t that new as he has been part of Fishmadman for some years. Las is a cornerstone in our small enterprise where angling doesn’t have to be part of your CV…but it helps (:

Here Las is pictured on one of those classic looking vintage photos showing off his first-ever sea trout back in 1993

Merry Christmas and a happy new fishing season

Thank you for supporting our highly specialized fly shop – We hope that our flies will bring fish to your leader and a smile on your lips in 2022

To make things a bit merrier we would like to give you our newsletter readers a 11 % discount on all goods in our shop.

To take advantage of the discount please use the promotion code FISHALOT at checkout and the discount will automatically be deducted from any purchase you make in our shop.

The offer will be valid for the rest of 2021

Thank you from us

Thank you for supporting our highly specialized fly shop – We hope that our flies will bring fish to your leader and a smile on your lips in 2021… I think we all could need that (:

Remember to bring your kids and grandkids fishing it is only by sharing the dreamy and glorious moments at the river and ponds that new generations of people would want to conserve the fragile world of the salmon and trout that run our waters.

Yours Per & Jesper

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Nyhedsbrev vinter 2021

Jesper Fohrmann — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:58:38 +0000

Read the letter in English

Hej fluefisker og velkommen til endnu et nyhedsbrev fra os på Fishmadman – juleferien er rundt om hjørnet, og vi vil som mange andre fluefiskere vil bruge tid sammen med familie og venner og derefter gå til vores fluebindingsrum og prøve at binde nogle nye fluer til den kommende sæson… Dette nyhedsbrev vil fokusere på nogle af de ting, vi har lavet til fluebinding i 2021…forhåbentlig vil det være til inspiration for dig

Denne gang i nyhedsbrever

Puklerne kommer
NYE rørfluebindenåle fra os
EN NY form for rør fra os
Naturlige sorte egernhaler på lager igen
 Må vi præsenterer vores nye medarbejder
Julerabat til nyhedsbrev læsere 🥳 Brug Promotion code, du finder den længere nede i vores nyhedsbrev ★

Jesper Fohrmann

Fly Designer

Stillehavslaks i Skandinavien

2021 var ikke et særligt godt år for atlanterhavslaks i Skandinavien, men opgangen af pukkellaks var helt utrolig og undertegnede gik selvfølgelig ikke glip af muligheden for at fiske efter denne aggressive og hårdt kæmpende fisk, både ved elve og på kysten – Her en han pukkellaks i gydefarver fanget på havørredegrej.

I forhold til pukkellaksens beskedende størrelse kan den være en af de hårdeste kæmpende fisk du kan møde for enden af din fluestang.

Pukklerne kommer

Pukkellaks (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) eller pink salmon, som den også er kendt som i det nordvestlige USA, blev introduceret til den russiske Barents-region af gale videnskabsmænd i slutningen af 1950’erne – siden er denne art dukket op i lakseelve over hele Skandinavien samt i Storbritannien. Nogle år har bestanden været lille, men andre år som det seneste, har opgangen af disse irregulære væsen taget fart og + 100000 pukkellaks er vandret ind i vores elvsystemer… især i det nordlige Norge.

Fisk non grata

Den økologiske indvirkning fra pukkellaks, der kommer ind i atlanterhavslaksens elve, er endnu ikke fuldt ud klarlagt, og den norske regering har endelig sat gang i omfattende forskning i sagen. For at læse mere om tidslinjen for dette perfekte eksempel på, hvorledes mennesker kan ødelægge lokal biodiversitet – Gå til dette link

Ved ankomst til elven er pukkellaksen sølvfarvet og kødet er rødt og velsmagende, lidt som vores hjemmehørende ørred. Efter nogle uger i ferskvand mister kødet noget af sin fine smag og fasthed og snart bliver pukkellaksen meget mindre interesant som menneske føde.

Et par nystegne pukkellaks, fanget på en Ban´s Special. Den øverste fisk er en hun, den nederste fisk en han.

Jeg gjorde mit bedste for at mindske mængden af pukkellaks denne sommer, og jeg anbefaler bestemt disse fisk til din sushi og sashimi.

Pukkellaks på Bomber

Ved at bruge vores Orange tube Bomber udstyret med en lille Owner ST BCX # 14 trekrog lykkedes det mig at kroge og lande adskillige pukkellaks. De orange og de brunfarvede bomber´s var absolut det bedste valg. Se Orange Tube Bomber i størrelse medium.

Når pukkellaksen har været i ferskvand i nogen tid, kan den blive ret svær at fange og meget nem at skræmme – men de store mængde af dem gør tingene interessante, og denne sommer brugte jeg utallige timer på at prøve at fange dem på tørflue.

Rørfluenåle fra Fishmadman

Smart design!

I årenes løb har vi med glæde brugt normale sy og stoppenåle til vores rørfluebinding – vi har også promoveret denne billige løsning gennem vores butik, men vi har haft problemer med at få fat i de rigtige nåle til de rør vi sælger, så vi besluttede at få vores eget design af nåle produceret, og vi er nu stolte af at, kunne præsentere dig for nogle af de smarteste fluebindingsnåle på markedet.

4 forskellige nåle at vælge imellem. Vi laver nåle der passer til de rør vi sælger – fra de tyndeste 1,4 millimeter rør til de største 3,2 mm. rør, som vi bruger til store Sunray Shadow fluer – Den lille metalplade for enden af nålen fungere til fastholdelse af nålen, du skal blot klemme om den med dit almindelige fluestik, så er du klar til at binde dine rørfluer.

Se den i butikken

Den lange nål – Sunray Shadow nål

En specialfremstillet nål til lange rørfluer som Sunray Shadow-fluer Lavet til vores 3,0 og 3,2 mm Hitch Tube rør med en indvendig diameter (Ø) på 1,8 & 2,0 mm. Den samlede længde er 115 mm Pris $ 17.95

Se den i butikken

Hitch flue nål

En kort nål vi bruger til vores skater, riffling hitch og normale rørfluer op til 2 # … Super kvalitets smedet stål. Passer perfekt til vores 3,2 mm. Hitch Tube rør, der har en indvendig diameter (Ø) på 1,8 & 2,0 mm Nålens samlede længde er 62 mm. Pris $ 17.95

Se den i butikken

Medium nålen

Til rørfluer med lille/mellem diameter eller metalrør med indvendig foringsrør – Bottle-tubes. Lavet til vores 1,8 mm. rør der har en indvendig diameter (Ø) på 1,1 mm Den samlede længde er 97 mm. En nål, der gør dig i stand til at binde store rør-tørfluer. Pris $ 17.95

Se den i butikken

Den tynde nål

Til små rørfluer eller metalrør med indvendig foringsrør – Micro Bottle-tubes. Lavet til vores tyndeste 1,4 mm. rør der har en indvendig diameter (Ø) på 0,7 mm Den samlede længde er 62 mm Pris $ 17.95

En ny type rør til dine conehead fluer

Cone-Head-Tube™ fra Fishmadman

En simpel løsning på en større hovedpine…

Hvis du som vi, designer små fluer på rør, vil du ofte støde på problemet, hvor dit rør ikke passer til de små coneheads du vil bruge i dit fiskeri, og du har sandsynligvis allerede en hel skuffe fuld af coneheads, som ikke passer til de rør du kan købe (bortset fra de ekstra dyre rør, som producenterne laver, så de passer til, nettop deres specielle coneheads) – Nå… vi har løsningen til dig… og vi ved, at du vil kunne lide den.

Varm og stræk Cone-Head-Tube™ for at forandre rørets diameter.

Her er et revolutionerende koncept i rørflueverdenen, som vi har arbejdet på i nogle år. Du skal blot varme røret lidt op – træk – og lad røret køle af, nu har du en ny rørdimension, der kan passe til dit ønskede conehead. Et rigtig smart rør at have, hvis du designer rørfluer med conehead.

Det bedste rør-materiale på markedet

Absolut, såkaldt “lav hukommelses egenskaber” i disse giftfri plastrør, sikrer at røret falder på plads igen, efter at krogen er blevet fjernet. Den specielle plastikformel, der bruges til rørene, forhindrer også røret i at revne i udfordrende temperaturer.

Brug Cone-Head-Tube™ som et inderrør på dine metalrør – tilføj derefter et conehead.

Cone-Head-tube™ 1.6/ 0.8 mm passer perfekt ind i de fleste metalrør, du finder i grejbutikkerne. Opvarm og træk Cone-Head-Tube™ røret, og du kan forme det, så det kan passe et lille Tungsten conehead eller tungstenskugle, hvilket gør det muligt for dig at designe små tunge fluer.

Vi har lavet en video der viser hvordan det hele fungere

NB! Passer med vores tynde fluebindingsnål

Vores tyndeste rør

Størrelse og produktspecifikation

Udvendig diameter: 1,6 millimeter. Indvendig diameter: 0,8 millimeter – Dette er den mindste udgave af vores Cone-Head-Tube™… egnet til små riffling hitch fluer – bittesmå vådfluer

1 meter materiale. i posen 3.45 $

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NB! Passer med vores tynde fluebindingsnål

Vores tykkere rør

Størrelse og produktspecifikation

Udvendig diameter: 2,0 millimeter. Indvendig diameter: 1,0 millimeter – Dette er den største version af vores Cone-Head-Tube™… egnet til små riffling hitch fluer – bittesmå vådfluer

1 meter materiale. i posen 3.45 $

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Natursort egernhale fra Russland

Ny sending

Vi havde oprindeligt 100 af disse haler … men de blev udsolgt i løbet af få uger … så vi besluttede at se, om vi kunne bestille flere … nu her et par dage før offentliggørelsen af dette brev blev vi lovet yderligere haler, så nu skulle vi være i stand til at forsyne dig.

Naturligt sort egern (videnskabeligt navn: Sciurus vulgaris) hår, har en super lokkende effekt på ørred og laks, og 1000-tals laksefluemønstre er baseret på egenskaberne fra egernhår – Ikke alle egernhaler er ens, og nogle egernhår vil fungere bedst, hvis brugt på små fluer og andre hår fungerer bedre på større fluer – hvis du er nysgerrig efter at lære mere om egernhår i fluebinding – så tag et kig på vores side om emnet egernhaler. Vi har halerne i nuancer af sort og brun, så længe lager haves.

Pris er 6,95 $

Køb natur sort egern

Ny Fischer på blokken

Las Fischer er den nye fyr på blokken hos Fishmadman

Faktisk er Las ikke så ny, da han har været en del af Fishmadman i nogle år. Las er en hjørnesten i vores lille virksomhed, hvor lystfiskeri ikke behøver at være en del af dit CV…men det hjælper (:

Her er Las afbilledet på et af disse klassiske vintage papirbilleder, visende sin første havørred tilbage i 1993

Glædelig jul og et godt nyt fiskeår

Tag mig straks til butikken!

Tak fordi du støtter vores specialiserede fluebutik – Vi håber, at vores fluer vil bringe fisk til din stang og et smil på dine læben i 2022

For at gøre tingene lidt sjovere vil vi gerne give dig som læser vores nyhedsbrev 11 % rabat på alle varer i vores butik. For at bruge rabatten skal du bruge ★ kampagnekoden FISHALOT ved kassen, og rabatten vil automatisk blive trukket fra ethvert køb, du foretager i vores butik. Tilbuddet gælder resten af 2021

Tak fra os

Husk at invitere dine børn og børnebørn på fisketur, det er kun ved at dele de herlige og spændende øjeblikke ved elv og sø, at nye generationer af mennesker vil ønsker at bevare den skrøbelige verden laks og ørred svømmer i.

Med venlig hilsen Las, Per & Jesper

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Newsletter summer 2022

Jesper Fohrmann — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:58:38 +0000

Read the letter in Scandinavian (This time Danish)

Hello, fellow anglers and welcome to another newsletter from us at Fishmadman.

So to keep things in balance and get ready for the summer fly fishing season I will be doing a short newsletter with a few highlights

Hitching for sea trout
NEW flies from us
A NEW Owner hook
Shop on holiday
★ Holiday discount (Promotion code further down in this newsletter

Hitching for sea trout

I had the fortunate opportunity to go to Scotland and fish the North Esk river in June this summer and conditions was shallow water as we have seen over the last decade…only very few fish entered the river and other than an 11 lb fresh salmon we were left with the occasional sea trout that had settled in the pools. I have fished this beat in similar conditions and aimed for sea trout.

Daytime sea trout is a tall order

Sea trout or sea-run brown trout are notoriously tricky to catch during the day, mainly because they are so easy to scare. Most sea trout river guides recommend that anglers stay well away from the river until late evening when sea trout change attitude and become bold and aggressive.

Daytime sea trout caught on a Green Hitchman I use a relatively thin leader (0.20 mm Maxima) to get more movement out of the tiny flies. Ripping small hitch flies or bigger Sunray Shadow flies across the river on a square angler can also be a great technique during summertime low water conditions

Per Fischer and friend Christian Balle who are in Southern Norway on low water conditions (as I write) also used hitch flies and Speed Sunrays to catch day time sea trout

Stealth fishing and riffling hitch flies is the technique

When fishing for salmon, most anglers will be fishing daytime, and very few will ever experience the local sea trout until late at night except if you fish with tiny hitch flies and have a stealthy approach to the tail end of the pools or shadow runs where sea trout may hide out during day time. Try this form of fly fishing next time you visit your salmon river in low water conditions

Snaeldas n the shop

Islandic salmon candy

The Snaelda, or Snælda as it is called in Old Norse, is also the name of a hand spindle made from wood used for spinning and twisting fibres, such as wool, into yarn. The Snaelda fly is Made in so many versions in various colours – you usually find the Snaelda flies with a black wool body made to be fished deep.

We have two versions in 3 sizes for 2022

If you are pursuing salmon in Norway, Scotland or Russia (not so much the latter for political reasons) …these are flies to bring.

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Snaelda Willie Gunn Conehead Copper Tube ½ a version of the Willie Gunn Snaelda. The Willie Gunn pattern is a hair wing pattern after the head keeper on the Sutherland Estates (river Brora) Scotland

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German Snaelda Conehead Copper Tube # 1

We made a small selection of this great fly pattern (a version of the German Snaelda) originally designed by Icelandic angler Mr Grímur Jónsson.

Shop holiday in week 28

Shop holiday

The calendar week 28 in the year 2022 from Monday, 11.07.2022 to Sunday, 17.07.2022

This is the week when we can’t ship your orders …so we hope that you will order flies and fly-tying material before this period or after – or wish you are patient and can wait for us to ship to you.

Thank you from us

Thank you for supporting our highly specialized fly shop – We hope that our flies will bring fish to your leader and a smile on your lips in 2022… I think we all could need that (:

Remember to bring your kids and grandkids fishing it is only by sharing the dreamy and glorious moments at the river and ponds that new generations of people would want to conserve the fragile world of the salmon and trout that run our waters.

Yours Per & Jesper

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Newsletter November 2022

Jesper Fohrmann — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:58:38 +0000

Read the letter in Scandinavian (This time Danish)

Dear topwater anglers…Salmon & trout season is ending, and yet again, the cycle of life will begin in the rivers we love to fish.

I always get that lump in my throat on that very last day when I have to travel home, so I tend to remind myself of the words of Pippi Longstocking:

You have to leave to be able to return

With those famous words, we welcome you to a short newsletter on what to look forward to in 2023

Tight lines from us at Fishmadman Las, Per & jesper

Newsletter this time

- A micro fly behind the hitch fly
- Fluorocarbon versus nylon
- Some great capes worth mentioning – and an early Christmas discount
- A few images from this year

Micro stinger and hitch

In Scotland

Scottish know-how

When I go to Scotland and fish the Kinnaber beat on the river North Esk in Aberdeenshire I am fortunate to spend time with my fishing friend Ron Gray who is the head ghillie on the Kinnaber beat. Ron is a riffling hitch specialist, and as a ghillie, he is lucky to be at the river every day during the season.

Ron with a big local critter caught on a micro # 16

Local insight

When being at a river every day during the season, you learn the different moods and small changes of Atlantic salmon and trout better than most anglers ever will do. Advice from the local angler or ghillie may be invaluable information to the visiting day ticket angler.

Micro flies … the essential requirement

If the river is low and warm or the fish you have come to fish have gone stale, you will ever so often find that the flies needed to trick such fish into bitting will be some of the smallest flies you may find in your box. Slow water could dictate a sparsely dressed fly to enable you to make the right presentation at the back part of a pool, or the daily rise of local insects such as stoneflies, caddisflies or mayflies may have brainwashed the stale inhabitants only to react to fly patterns that mimic something they see from day to day.

A sneak peek into Ron´s box of micro flies – The tiny Micro treble hook flies # 16 – 20 are seen in the top part of the box.

See small outpoint silver trebles # 16 for your micro fly tying here

The Hitch flies as a vessel

Fishing riffling hitch flies can be a great choice when fishing the Kinnaber beat on the North Esk where pockets and runs in several pools work in favour of a fly presented on or in the surface, but a riffling hitch fly can also be a vessel for other flies such as micro flies in # 16 – 20 and this is a technique Ron Gray advise anglers to use when they visit the Kinnaber beat during summer months where salmon can be very very picky.

How To

When you tie on the tube-hitch fly hook, leave the amount of tippet from the knot that you want for the trailing fly

Micro outpoint treble hook flies

Ron´s hitch tube fly and on a small fly tied on a outpoint treble – Ron also use micro flies tied on single hooks.

The set-up

Figure A) The tie down at the hitch fly. Use a f.o a Uni-knot

Figure B) To the trailing fly

Keep it simple

Using a trailing fly can be a great technique, but it is also a form of fly fishing that could end up in a lot of line tangle.

Ron uses a small tube hitch fly as the main fly and carrier for the micro fly (# 16 – 20), trailing some 70 – 100 cm behind the front-end fly.

To keep the trailing fly below the surface, Ron prefers to use 8 Lb. fluorocarbon as a tippet material. * Fluorocarbon sinks a bit better than nylon, and it is also a bit stiffer than standard nylon tippet material, something that may prevent some of the tangles (for illustration, we have used a piece of regular Maxima Chameleon nylon in the photo above )

Trailing flies – what is it all about?

We don’t know what it exactly is with the trailing fly that makes it so unique, yet again it is one of those things in fly fishing for trout and salmon that isn’t well described in the grand manual of salmon fishing (:

The cocktail: of hitch fly + trailing micro fly is another valuable tool in the fly box for the angler seeking to catch those elusive Atlantic salmon and trouts hiding out in river pools during summertime.

I think that the salmon or trout sees the setup as a line of hitching insects… and it is then animated to seise the last one ..the one that hasn’t hatched yet…just a guess.

Stale salmon - learn more

Curious to learn more about the cycles of Atlantic salmon …see our Fishmadman page on this subject here

Fluorocarbon versus nylon

What is Fluorocarbon? Fluorocarbons are chemical compounds with carbon-fluorine bonds Fluorocarbons, and their derivatives are commercial polymers, refrigerants, drugs, and anaesthetics. (source Wikipedia)

The first fluorocarbon line was produced in 1972

It is the Japanese manufacturing company Kureha in Iwaki city that developed and launched Seaguar, the world’s first fishing line made from fluorocarbon (PVDF), in 1971.

The material quickly became immensely popular among big-game and commercial fishermen largely because of the light refractive index of fluorocarbon line so close to that of water, making it less visible underwater, something quite significant, e.g. fishing for giant bluefin tuna with 200 lb mono – Fluorocarbon line also has other noteworthy features a.o lack of water absorbency, abrasion resistance and knot strength last but not least the speed fluorocarbon sinks through the water (it sinks faster than nylon) * something Ron Gray benefits from in his fishing with trailing micro flies.

Fluorocarbon is becoming more and more popular among fly fishermen.

Fluorocarbon has become distinctly popular over the last couple of decades, and many anglers I know do not think twice when buying a spool of fluorocarbon tippet material 6 – 7 times more expensive than a spool of quality nylon tippet material.

Is fluorocarbon line material necessary?

If you ask me as a sea angler fishing for tuna, mackerel and grey mullet I would say yes! … fluorocarbon will get you more fish on the bank.

The tuna species and mullets are fish that see and avoid things like nylon, and in this way, they may also deter from taking your bait when you use nylon.

Fluorocarbon for trout and Atlantic salmon

As an avid trout and salmon angler, I would say no… save your money and buy nylon for your fly attachment – doing so, I will probably have fellow anglers raising their eyebrows – but my experience with fluorocarbon has shown me that the material has few properties that would help me get more bites, saying so I acknowledge that fluorocarbon has so many abilities that could aid anglers in specific and unique ways not known to me, making my advise a bit bias.

Salmon and trout don't seem to care about the light refractive index!

Since the 1980´s I have regularly used fluorocarbon in my fishing for sea trout (sea run brown trout) and Atlantic salmon. In the early days, I was sure that the low light reflective index of fluorocarbon would enable me to trick some of the wary trout and salmon I so often would encounter at the coast and in rivers – I gradually learned that these fish was just as uninterested and cautious as they used to be with my flies fished on nylon – and overall I don’t think I have caught any more trout and salmon because of the use of fluorocarbon leaders or tippet material.

Illustration Jesper Fohrmann

Fluorocarbon is stiffer than conventional nylon.

Generally speaking, fluorocarbon is stiffer than conventional tippet material, and it is also a lesser elastic material than nylon, which is not something I would benefit greatly from in my fishing for trout and salmon; on the contrary, I try to avoid stiff tippet material as I find that inflexible leaders take away some of the life that small and medium fly patterns need to perform well.

I do also prefer a cushy and elastic nylon tippet to a stiff and less so flexible tippet material. Since I often fish for bigger fish with small hooks and light tackle in a sport where elastic tippet material comes in handy ….Read more on this hard fighting topic on our blog at Fishmadman (You have to lose salmon and steelhead on small flies)

Using Shooting head on the coast? Fluorocarbon might be something for you

Per Fischer uses measures of fluorocarbon (Berkley Trilene 100% Fluorocarbon) to tie up his leaders when fishing with shooting head fly lines for sea trout and pike from the open coast. Per ties, his leader from 0.60-millimetre Fluorocarbon to 0.45, then 0.40 etc. ending in 6 or 8 lb (0.25 millimetre)

When using two flies on the leader Per also uses fluorocarbon material as this tangles less when casting.

Let's debate the subject of fluorocarbon

I believe that some of you may have had great experiences with fluorocarbon and if so I would welcome any relevant input and thoughts on the subject of fluorocarbon for trout and salmon, I will add your text to this page – write me about your thoughts at jesper(the A)fishmadman.com

Some from 2022

Snaelda Willie Gunn Conehead Copper Tube ¾

Our new Snaelda Willie Gunn Conehead Copper Tube ¾ was on our tippet from beginning to the end of the season – Here fished deep for October sea trout.

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Big Snaelda Willie Gunn Conehead Copper Tube 1 1/4

The big version was great to use in the beginning of the season…right on the top of fast white water – a spectacular way to catch salmon.

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HITCHMAN – Black and Gold # 10 – 14

August brought some spectacular takes to the HITCHMAN – Black and Gold # 10 – 14 I didn’t even see this fish even though it was only a rod length away when it sipped up the fly.

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HITCHMAN – Black and Gold # 10 – 14

Another August salmon to the HITCHMAN – Black and Gold – this one fished on a broken hand… A new experience for me and probably not what my doctor would recommend.

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Silver HITCHMAN

Riffling Hitch aficionado Mr Alan Vang caught this beautiful 88 centimeters 35 inch July salmon on a Silver HITCHMAN

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Alans video channel on Youtube

You will find Alans video channel on Youtube here

Fly tying winther

Get in there…

You might look forward to Christmas turkey, friends, and eggnog – I am looking forward to fly-tying … I got a few new ideas and some flies I need to tie up for my coastal fly box. I have bought the hooks, and I also have the perfect cock cape for the job.

A long time coming

One of the most awaited seasonal orders in our shop is our order for Metz cock and saddle capes… They arrived just in time, as our skilled Frances fly tier is about to start the new batch of flies. The capes took their time to turn up here in Denmark… and I know that a few of you reading this now will be securing necks while we have the material in stock… unfortunately, we weren’t granted that many.

Why do you sell # 2 and # 3 capes?

These # 2 and # 3 capes fly right under the radar. They are inexpensive, and they are super quality; last but not least, they have a wider variety of feathers leaning more toward the bigger fly patterns.

Super affordable US quality ★★★★★

Metz # 2 Brown Neck

Perfect for small and big body hackles on Frances flies – Perfect to make long, vibrant feels from – Great.

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Metz # 3 Grizzly Neck

Superior natural colures – Awesome quality at a great price.

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Metz # 2 Natural Brown Saddle

Metz # 2 Natural Brown Saddle

Just the material for big dry flies – Bugs and worms.

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Metz # 2 Ginger Saddle

Metz # 2 Ginger Saddle

Just the material for big dry flies – Bugs and worms in a beautiful ginger colure.

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A bit of inspiration (:

Micro Frances Fly Treble # 14

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Frances Copper Tube – Red 1 1/4″

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Glitter Bug Green and Orange

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Give someone a new perspective on life - take them fishing

Please...Take someone fishing

To all new and old costumes at Fishmadman… thank you for your support and great letters and phone calls this summer – We try to keep prices on our things as low as possible and hopefully we will be able to maintain our fly-tying business through a troublesome time.

In the hope that someone would please take Mr Putin fishing so that he may gain a positive outlook on the future and idea’s on how he could spend the rest of his life in peace… fishing… somewhere back in Russia.

Tight lines from Per & Jesper

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Newsletter May 2023

Jesper Fohrmann — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:58:38 +0000

Dear topwater anglers…the Salmon season is close by, and that is truly something to get excited about

This time our newsletter will be about climate changes, how they may affect your fishing … and how you could use them progressively.

Tight lines from us at Fishmadman:

Las, Per & jesper

Newsletter this time

The climate is changing – so is fishing for salmon
A new range of tiny Island favourite flies
A couple of old hooks
New tippet material for your summer
New plans for 2023

Fresh from the sea… caught on a hitch fly in shallow water in early July. Salmon fly fishermen must adapt to the new challenges and fishing methods if they want to be effective throughout the season.

The climate is changing, and so is fishing for salmon. The last decade has been unusual with radical weather changes, and dry and hot summer weather has been dominant in large parts of the north – 2022 was no exception and rivers in the north saw weeks without rain – and again the season brought new challenges – or opportunities.

Fishing conditions in Northern Europa are becoming a bit like in Newfoundland

micro flies, riffling hitch and dry flies is popular among fly fishermen in North America, these types of flies are simply easier to trick salmon with than trying to deceive them with a traditional wet-fly fished below the surface

Learn more about riffling hitch technique and the tackle to use

READ THE WHOLE STORY ON SALMON AND CLIMATE CHANGES 👈🏻

A new range of tiny patterns from Island

Rivers with clear water

Fly fishing in Iceland is quite extraordinary. In many cases, the rivers in Iceland work like rivers in the far north of Norway: clear, shallow rivers with relatively cold water.

Europeans and Americans travel to Iceland to experience the fantastic fishing opportunities for salmon, char and trout. Many of the fly patterns that are favourite patterns in Iceland are also favourite flies for the rivers in Finnmark and Troms.

The Undertaker – A famous salmon pattern from the 1970s

The Undertaker as a pattern comes from an unknown angler fishing the Nashwaak River, later the fly pattern was popularized by master fly tier Mr Warren Duncan in Sct John (New Brunswick)

Once you get to know the Undertaker, you know you can’t be without this fly in your box – We do this fly in two sizes: 8 -10 single low-water Partridge hooks.

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The Laxá Blá – A famous salmon pattern from Iceland

The Laxa Bla is a salmon fly pattern that is attributed to a Mr by Þórður Péturson.

A lightly dressed hair wing fly that makes an excellent presentation in fast glides and shallow clear water. We do it in sizes 10 – 12 on double Partridge low-water hooks.

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Black Bear Green Butt is a famous salmon pattern from the 1920s

The Black Bear Green butt is a variation of the famous 1920s Black Bear salmon fly pattern devised by Harry Smith of Cherryfield, Maine. Originally the Black Bear was tied with hair from a black bear, and we do it with hair from a natural black squirrel.

The Black Bear Green Butt is also known as the Conrad on the Miramichi River and is also a salmon fly pattern that relates to other fly patterns like the Preacher and Undertaker. We do it in sizes 10 – 12 on double Partridge low-water hooks.

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A famous salmon fly pattern from the 1880s

The Night Hawk is an 1880s salmon fly pattern that originates from Canada. This salmon fly pattern is credited to Mr Stanford White. Originally the Night Hawk was tied with black feathers from Turkey. We make this pattern in sizes: 8 -10, single low water Partridge hooks.

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Bright butts on salmon and steelhead fly – why?

Maybe the bright colours in crustation, like the Hymenodora and the krill, make some of these fly patterns with clear bright butts so efficient.

See our page on what salmon eat at sea.

A couple of old hooks

What must be the most oversized salmon fly hooks I have yet seen?

Photo kindly supplied to us by fishing friend Mr Aaron Day.

The hook is right out of the salmon hook scale and is probably size 11/0 – The hook below it is a 9/0 salmon fly hook.

And a really old one

6000 – 7000-year-old fishing hook found a few kilometres from where I live near the town Paarup, by a lucky archaeologist from Museum Nordsjælland

You know this could also be a fly fishing hook (:

New tippet material for your summer fishing...

Umpqua Perform X HD Umpqua tippet

Umpqua has a tippet material for every application … we tried them all and found the Perform X HD Umpqua tippet to be the best form of tippet material for salmon and trout fishing.

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What are we working on?

TDF BUGS

We are working to make a series of the most wanted sunken bugs for sea trout fishing in Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego region. Strong hooks, girdle legs, bright and dull colours – Here are some we already do for anglers targeting sea trout (sea run brown trout) in the Gaula and Stjørdal Rivers in Mid Norway.

On that note… we would like to share this magnificent image of one of them, TDF sea run brown trout (sea trout ) caught by experienced sea trout angler Mr Robert Holt from the US …Smoke and Flies Robert Holt.

Foam bugs

Per Fischer, these days, spending his nights fishing for coastal sea trout, working on some foam flies (surface flies), which we hope to have made ready for next season.

Did you miss out on the last newsletter on a.o fluorocarbon versus nylon?

Is fluorocarbon line material necessary?

If you ask me as a sea angler fishing for tuna, mackerel and grey mullet, I would say yes! Fluorocarbon will get you more fish on the bank.

The tuna species and mullets are fish that see and avoid things like nylon, and in this way, they may also deter from taking your bait when you use nylon.

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Keep up the spirit - think positively.

It is hard keeping up the spirit when river systems and areas where salmon and their relatives live are in dire straits. When giant river systems like the Tana River in Nothern Norway close down for commercial and recreational fishing because of a lack of fish, everyone gets worried, but when Local anglers that have lived for generations at the Tana River tell me about the great river, how in the past they also have seen years with very few fish, and how the locals suffered from starvation due to the lack of salmon runs I know that stocks of Atlantic salmon are fluctuating.

When some river systems are doing very well while the neighbouring river is doing poorly, climate changes make it hard to zoom in and find a solid explanation for such strange events.

One thing is true the salmonoid species is quite good at adapting to the places where it lives and is widespread across our planet.

The thought of how trout eggs brought down from European river systems decades ago to southern places like Argentina, Chile, and New Zealand have formed into healthy strains of fish populations in so many river systems (with different spawning cycles) is mind-boggling stuff.

A positive attitude as anglers, fish, and river conservationists must be the best way forward as we try to navigate through new evidence and scientific data that forms in the wake of the changing climate on mother earth.

Remember to bring your kids and grandkids fishing because it is only by sharing the dreamy and glorious moments at the river and ponds that new generations would want to conserve the fragile world of trout and salmon.

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Nyhedsbrev maj 2023

Jesper Fohrmann — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:58:38 +0000

Kære overflade fisker Laksesæsonen er tæt på, og det er virkelig noget at blive begejstret over.

Denne gang vil vores nyhedsbrev handle om klimaændringer, hvordan det kan påvirke dit fiskeri, og hvordan du måske kan bruge ændringerne progressivt.

Skittfiske fra os på Fishmadman:

Las, Per & Jesper

Nyhedsbrev denne gang

Klimaet ændrer sig – det samme gør fiskeriet efter laks
En ny serie af små islandske favoritfluer
Et par gamle kroge
Nyt tippet materiale til din sommer
Nye Fishmadman-planer for 2023

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Frisk fra havet… fanget på en hitch flue på lavt vand i begyndelsen af juli. Laksefluefiskerne skal tilpasse sig de nye udfordringer og fangstmetoder for at være effektive gennem hele sæsonen.

Klimaet ændrer sig, og det samme gør fiskeriet efter laks. Det sidste årti har været usædvanligt med radikale vejrændringer, og tørt og varmt sommervejr har været dominerende i store dele af norden – 2022 var ingen undtagelse og elve i nord oplevede uger uden regn – og igen bragte sæsonen nye udfordringer – eller muligheder.

Fiskeforholdene i Nordeuropa begynder at ligne dem du kan opleve i Newfoundland.

Vejrforholdene i de nordiske lande, Irland og Skotland, er ved at være lig dem, vi kan opleve i områder af Nordamerika, hvor østvendte elve løber i et landskab, der på mange måder minder om Norge, eller rettere sagt Schweiz, der netop deler en breddegrad, med både Newfoundland og elvene, hvor Atlanterhavslaks svømmer i Canada.

Sommer-elven i Newfoundland og Canada kan hurtigt løbe både varme og lave, og det er under sådanne forhold, at laksefiskere dyrker deres fluefiskeri. Det er ikke uden grund, at fluefiskeri med; mikro-vådefluer, riffling hitch og tørfluer er populært i Nordamerika. Sådanne fluer er bare nemmere at narre laks med, end at forsøge at fange dem på en traditionel vådflue fisket under overfladen – når elven temperatur svinger sig op over 16 – 19 grader celsius.

Mikrofluer, riffling hitch og tørfluer er populære blandt fluefiskere i Nordamerika. Sådanne fluer er bare nemmere at narre laks med end at forsøge at fange dem på en traditionel vådflue fisket under overfladen.

Lær mere om riffling hitch-teknikken og det udstyr, der skal bruges

Måske vil de større lakserørfluer være noget lystfiskere kun har brug for i få dage i fiskesæsonen, og små fluer og fluer til overfladefiskeri får førstepladsen på dit forfang det meste af sæsonen.

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En ny serie af små laksemønstre fra Island

Elve med klart vand

Fluefiskeri i Island er fantastisk. I mange tilfælde minder elvene i Island om elvene i det nordlige Norge: klare, lavvandede elve med relativt koldt vand.

Europæere og amerikanere rejser til Island for at opleve de fantastiske fiskemuligheder efter laks, ørred og rødding. Mange af de fluemønstre, der er yndlingsmønstre på Island, er også favoritfluer til elvene i Finnmark og Troms.

Undertaker – Et berømt fluemønstre fra 1970´r

Undertaker Et berømt laksemønster fra 1970’erne

Undertaker er et fluemønster skabt af en ukendt lystfisker, der fiskede i Nashwaak-elven, senere blev fluemønsteret populariseret af mesterfluebinderen Warren Duncan fra Sct John (New Brunswick)

Når du først har lært Undertakeren at kende, ved du, at du ikke kan undvære denne flue i din æske – Vi laver dette mønster i to størrelser: 8 -10 enkelt LOW-WATER Partridge krog.

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Laxá Blá – Et berømt fluemønstre fra Island

Laxa Bla – Et berømt laksemønster fra Island

Laxa Blá er et laksefluemønster, der tilskrives Þórður Péturson.

En let klædt hårvingeflue, der fisker super i hurtige stryg og lavt klart vand. Vi laver denne flue i størrelserne 10 – 12 på dobbelte Partridge LOW-WATER kroge.

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Black Bear Green Butt er et berømt laksemønster fra 1920'erne

Black Bear Green butt er en variation af det berømte 1920’er Black Bear laksefluemønster skabt af Harry Smith fra Cherryfield, Maine. Oprindeligt blev Black Bear bundet med hår fra en sort bjørn, og vi binder vingen med hår fra et naturligt sort egern.

Black Bear Green Butt er også kendt som Conrad på Miramichi-elven og er også et laksefluemønster, der relaterer til andre fluemønstre som; Preacher og Undertaker. Vi binder dem i størrelserne 10 – 12 på dobbelte Partridge LOW WATER kroge

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Night Hawk et berømt laksefluemønster fra 1880'erne

Night Hawk et berømt laksefluemønster fra 1880’erne, der stammer fra Canada.

Dette laksefluemønster er krediteret til Mr. Stanford White. Oprindeligt blev Night Hawk bundet med sorte fjer fra kalkun. Vi binder dette mønster i størrelserne: 8 – 10, på enkelt LOW-WATER Partridge kroge.

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Skarpt farvede butt´s på laks og steelheadflue – hvorfor?

Måske er det de skarpt konstaterende farver i krebsdyr, som Hymenodora og krillen, der gør fluemønstre med klare lysende butt´s så effektive.

Se vores side om, hvad laks spiser i havet. what salmon eat at sea.

Hymenodora glacialis Strålende blodrøde rejer, der vokser; til 19 – 20 millimeter. Foto Russ Hopcroft, World Register Of Marine Species

Et par ældre kroge

Hvad må være de største laksefluekroge, jeg endnu har set? – Dateres til 1910 – 1925

Foto venligt leveret til os af fiskeven Mr Aaron Day.

Krogen falder ud af laksekrogsskalaen og er formentlig størrelse 11/0 – Krogen under er en 9/0 laksekrog.

Og en virkeligt gamle krog

6000 – 7000 år gammel fiskekrog fundet få kilometer fra hvor jeg bor ved byen Pårup, af en heldig arkæolog fra Museum Nordsjælland

Du ved, dette kunne faktisk også være en fluefiskekrog (:

Nyt tippet materiale til dit sommerfiskeri

Umpqua Perform X HD Umpqua tippet

Umpqua har et tippet-materiale til enhver applikation, vi prøvede dem alle og fandt, at Perform X HD Umpqua tippet er den type tippet-materiale til vores former for lakse og ørredfiskeri.

Vi har det fra 0.56 mm til 0.25 mm (30 til 8 lb)

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Hvad arbejder vi på?

TDF Bug´s

Lige nu arbejder på at lave en serie af de mest brugte bugs’ til havørredfiskeri i Argentinas Tierra del Fuego-region. Stærke kroge, gummiben, fluer med skarpe og kedelige farver. Her er nogle, vi allerede laver for fluefiskere, der fisker havørreder i Gaula og Stjørdal elvene i midt Norge.

Med den beretning… vil vi gerne dele dette storslåede billede af en af de, TDF havørred fanget af den skrappe havørredfisker Robert Holt fra USA. Smoke & Flies Robert Holt.

Skum bug´s

Per Fischer bruger i disse dage sine nætter på at fiske efter kysthavørreder og arbejder på nogle skumfluer (overfladefluer), som vi håber at have gjort klar til næste sæson.

Gik du glip af det sidste nyhedsbrev om bl.a. fluorcarbon versus nylon?

Er fluorcarbon forfangsmateriale nødvendigt?

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Hold humøret oppe - tænk positivt.

Klimaforandringer og laksefiskeri – Hold humøret oppe – tænk positivt.

Det er svært at holde humøret oppe, når elvsystemer og områder, hvor laks og deres slægtninge lever, er i hårde vanskeligheder. Når gigantiske elvsystemer som Tana elven i Nordnorge lukker ned for kommercielt og rekreativt fiskeri på grund af mangel på fisk, bliver alle bekymrede, men når lokale lystfiskere, der har boet i generationer ved Tana-elven, fortæller mig om den store elv, hvordan der tidligere også har været år med meget få fisk, og hvordan de lokale sultede på grund af manglen på laks, så ved jeg at bestandene af atlantisk laks er svingende.

Når nogle elvsystemer klarer sig meget godt, mens naboelven klarer sig dårligt, gør klimaændringer det svært at zoome ind og finde en solid forklaring på sådanne mærkelige begivenheder.

Én ting er sandt, at laksearten er ret god til at tilpasse sig de steder, hvor den lever og er udbredt over hele vores planet.

Tanken om, hvordan ørredæg bragt ned fra europæiske elve og åer, for årtier siden til sydlige steder som Argentina, Chile og New Zealand, er blevet til sunde stammer af ørred i så mange elvsystemer (med forskellige gydecyklusser) er forbløffende tankegods.

En positiv holdning som lystfiskere og naturfredningsmeneske må være den bedste vej frem, når vi forsøger at navigere gennem nye beviser og videnskabelige data, der dannes i kølvandet på det skiftende klima på vores jord.

Husk at tage dine børn og børnebørn med på fiskeri, for det er kun ved at dele de drømmende og herlige øjeblikke ved felten, åer og søer, at nye generationer ønsker at bevare den skrøbelige verden laks og ørred svømmer i.

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The Turl Knot – the perfect steering knot for your salmon fly

Jesper Fohrmann — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 14:28:00 +0000

Those of you who fish a salmon fly with an upturned eye probably know some form of steering knot to enable you to fish your fly in a straight line behind your leader – if not…then you are welcome to learn our favourite steering knot, the Turl knot – In a line of photos in our June 2020 Newsletter we show you how to get about learning one of the most simple and most robust knots known in the salmon fly fishing history.

Check out the description in the link to the newsletter below.

Newsletter June 2020 – Knot for up-eye hook flies

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The missing link salmon Bugs made for dry and wet

Jesper Fohrmann — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 14:28:00 +0000

When the salmon river gets hot – think trout…

The missing link – Bugs made for dry and wet

No, advice on riffling hitch technique goes without mentioning the salmon Bugs so popular with North American anglers. Salmon Bug patterns have their practices and special details worth spending time and effort into learning and putting the bug´s family of flies into a short frame on riffling hitch fishing know-how is, in fact, a bit sketchy… but bugs are, to some extent, the fly patterns that I find to be very well connected with the riffling hitch technique.

My observations over the years have led me to conclude that there is a fishable layer… just below the surface, where a well-presented deer hair bug can do wonders just before the riffling hitch season picks up.

there is a fishable layer… just below the surface, where a well-presented deer hair bug can do wonders just before the riffling hitch season picks up

I fish the bugs wet and close to the surface as possible. I like to add a tiny amount of flotant to the flies. As you can see from the images, these salmon were hooked close to the snout, a familiar spot to hook Atlantic salmon on small bugs – Why is it so? I don’t know…but make sure to tie your bugs on solid hooks, as hooking salmon in this spot often leads to hard-fighting fish.

At Fishmadman, you will find the perfect collection of small bugs to catch finicky salmon and trout in warm water, some designed by us – Others classic bug´s from around the world – Don´t leave without them… the angler that thinks trout…when he goes salmon fishing… is often the most successful.

We have chosen a small selection of heavy-duty bugs tied on heavier hooks than we do our normal bugs.

Glitter Bug Green and Orange # 10 A Bug explicitly made to be fished both wet and dry. A slightly stronger salmon hook enables this fly to be fished just below the surface in fast glides – A missing link pattern in our fabulous collection of small dry flies for steelhead and Atlantic salmon, generally termed bugs.

Learn to fight them

Fighting big fish on small hooks doesn’t have to be so dramatic – it can be – but if you are careful and take it easy, the fish will often be compliant and finally come to you. You will need to prepare a bit for this kind of fishing, and here are some things you can do to make things work.

Use a fly reel that has a light ratchet or an adjustable brake that will allow you to control a decisive run where you have to admit line out quickly.

Use (as we do) a soft tippet material on your leader…We prefer soft nylon-like: Maxima Chameleon or Original Streen. These nylon brands will stretch when under strain…something quite valuable when the fish jumps or shakes its head.

To read much more about bugs…go to this blog page.

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Micro stinger and hitch In Scotland

Jesper Fohrmann — Sat, 06 Jun 2020 14:28:00 +0000

Scottish know-how

Whenever I have the privilege of fishing the Kinnaber beat on the River North Esk in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, I am fortunate to be in the company of my dear friend Ron Gray, who serves as the head ghillie there. Ron, a true aficionado of the riffling hitch technique, is blessed with the opportunity to be by the river’s side every single day throughout the fishing season.

Attached is a photo of Ron proudly displaying a notable local catch, captured on a micro #16 fly.

Local insight

Spending each day by the river throughout the fishing season grants a depth of understanding regarding the varied moods and subtle shifts in behavior of Atlantic salmon and trout that few anglers ever attain. Advice from a seasoned local angler or ghillie can often provide invaluable insights to visiting day ticket anglers.

Micro flies … the essential requirement

During periods of low water and warm temperatures, or when the fish seem unresponsive, you’ll frequently discover that the flies required to entice such wary fish are among the smallest in your fly box. In slow-moving water, a sparsely dressed fly might be necessary to ensure precise presentation at the rear of a pool. Alternatively, the daily emergence of local insects like stoneflies, caddisflies, or mayflies may have conditioned the fish to respond only to patterns that closely resemble these familiar sights.

A sneak peek into Ron´s box of micro flies – The tiny Micro treble hook flies # 16 – 20 are seen in the top part of the box.

See small outpoint silver trebles # 16 for your micro fly tying here

How to

When you tie on the tube-hitch fly hook, leave the amount of tippet from the knot that you want for the trailing fly

Micro outpoint treble hook flies

Ron´s hitch tube fly and on a small fly tied on a outpoint treble hook – Ron also use micro flies tied on single hooks.

The set-up

Figure A) The tie down at the hitch fly. Use a f.o a Uni-knot

Figure B) To the trailing fly

Keep it simple

Using a trailing fly can be effective, but it can also lead to tangles. Ron’s technique involves using a small tube hitch fly as the main fly, with a micro fly (#16-20) trailing about 70-100 cm behind it.

To keep the trailing fly submerged, Ron opts for 8 lb. fluorocarbon tippet material. Fluorocarbon sinks better than nylon and is stiffer, which helps reduce tangles. (for illustration, we have used a piece of regular Maxima Chameleon nylon in the photo above )

Trailing flies – what is it all about?

The concept of trailing flies isn’t fully understood, it is one of those things in fly fishing for trout and salmon that isn’t well described, but it’s a valuable tactic for catching elusive Atlantic salmon and trout in river pools during summer. The combination of a hitch fly and a trailing micro fly resembles a line of insects, possibly enticing fish to strike at the last one, mimicking an unhatched insect.…just a guess.

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