The Pötkylä caddis tying Instructions
From Finland, comes this fantastic fly by Janne Kuosmanen Body length is 35-40mm and the body is made from a foam cylinder - See how it is done.
Thoughts on iridescent material in fishing
A substantial percentage of the food Atlantic salmon and steelhead eat at high seas is fish, often small silverfish like capelin and sand-eel, as seen in the photo below. These and many other baitfish and various sea worms have some…
Newsletter July 2017 – What´s in the fly box
Dear Flyfisher! Welcome to yet another newsletter from us at Fishmadman. Summers salmon season is on the go and luckily reports are better now than they were same time last year - it has been a cold spring in the…
Riffling hitch tube fly – a bit like building miniature models
A modern riffling hitch tube is related to side planers, outboard riggers and the ottering of boats. Riffling hitch tube flies is a relatively new design in fly tying – English salmon guide and author Mr Crawford Little was one…
A riffling hitch fly is a miniature model
Engineers that build boats and airplanes rely on great computing power to make calculations on the many complexities that occur when an object is immersed in water or move through the air - maybe we could make a computer model…