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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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Nyhedsbrev April 2020 – Soldier Palmer – trekrogsflue – knude til skydeline

Jesper Fohrmann — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 15:02:53 +0000

Kære fiskevenner … Foråret er allerede her, og ligesom vi – er mange af jer låst i Coronatid…

Jeg ser frem imod den kommende sæson, her ved mit fluebindestik, og jeg er sikker på, at vi alle snart kan komme fri af Corona krisen …og på fisketur.

Jeg har valgt at gøre vores nyhedsbrev til et mere muntert sådan – i disse Corona-tider har vi brug for det.

Stram line fra os på Fishmadman Jesper & Per

NYHEDSBREV DENNE GANG

Soldier Palmer en ægte lakseflue-klassiker
Burt Longcaster – En mand på en mission
Nyt – Udvalg af 3-krogs fluer
Nyt – Lakse Bug´s på en tungere krog
Nye Frances fluer
Lee Wulff Bombers
Vi har fået Hitchman-fluerne i butikken ?
Den perfekt knude til din skydeline

Soldier Palmer - en usædvanlig god laks & ørredflue

Her en havørred, som jeg fangede tidligere i foråret – fluen var Soldier Palmer – en flue, som jeg ofte bruger til besværlige havørred … Fisk var 79 centimeter og blev fanget i Nybro Åen i den sydlige del af Sverige

Izaak Walton skriver om Soldier Palmer i sin bog The Complet Angler allerede i år 1653 – Det menes, at fluen er skabt længe før

Soldier Palmer – en helt enkel føde imitation

Soldier palmer – en simpel Grub-flue

Soldier Palmer tilhører familien af grub og rejeflue ( i denne forbindelse er grub = føde…altså imitationer af den føde laks og ørred kender fra ferskvand eller hav).

Disse fluer er forbundet med fiskeri efter svære fisk der har været i elven i nogen tid, men disse fluer er meget mere end det. Vi har dem i 2 størrelser # 12 & 6

En svensk søster

Ullsok (uldsokken) er en af de mest, hvis ikke den mest berømte svenske lakseflue nogensinde. Dens succes skyldes helt sikkert dens effektivitet efter laks og ørred i Mörrum åen, hvor laks og ørred kan være yderst kræsne. Ullsok-fluen ligner grub-mønstre som Soldier Palmer og fluer som Glow Worm Fly og Ullsok mønstret findes i mange variationer. Her er vores cut …bundet på Patridge Esmond Drury 3-krog.

Burt Longcaster en mand på en mission

Det er med stor ære jeg introducerer en af mine tegneseriefigure: Burt Longcaster. Som navnet antyder, er Burt en lystfisker med enorme kaste evner. Denne særlige tegneserie blev udgivet i midten af 90’erne i det danske fiskemagasin Fisk & Fri … I en senere udgave kaster Burt en omstrejfende puddelhund rundt om i kloden til det kinesiske fastland … hvor den bliver spist … desværre nåede dette eventyr aldrig bladets tegneserie sektion … på grund af redaktørens mangel på humor.

Flere effektive 3-krogs fluer fra vores 2020 serie

Vi valgte at lave en serie 3-krogs fluer til sæson 2020 – alle bundet på den fabelagtige Partridge Esmond Drury 3-krog… alle bundet til perfektion… dresset ligesom vi vil have dem – Findes i to størrelser: # 12 og # 6 Se alle 3-krogsfluer her

Ponoi Black 3 krogs flue En fantastisk flue – Moderne materiale og perfekt styling til klare elve i det nordlige Norge og Rusland. Vi har bundet dem nøjagtigt, som vi synes den skal være – på Patridge Esmond Drury forgyldt 3-krog.

Hvis du fisker laks i Nord-Norge eller Rusland … så er dette et fluemønster du skal medbringe

Whitney Houston En af de mest anerkendte kvindelige kunstner – gennem tiderne … har en super god lakseflue opkaldt efter sig. Skandinavisk laksefisker, jeg kender, har denne flue i sin flueboks.

Nogle lystfiskere omtaler også denne flue som: White Ponoi. Vi har bundet den nøjagtigt, som vi synes, den skal laves, på en forgyldt Patridge Esmond Drury 3-krog.

Cascade 3-krogs version

En fantastisk flue – designet af Alastair (Ally) Gowans fra Pitlochry i Skotland – En moderne klassiker, der er et must ved mange elve i Nordeuropa – her bundet på Partridge-version af den berømte Esmond Drury-krog

Hvis du planlægger en tur til Nord-Norge eller Rusland … så er Cascade en af fluerne du bør medbringe

Bann Special på 3-krog

Bann Special lakseflue er en af de mest kendte rejerfluer fra De Britiske Øer – dens oprindelse er som navnet antyder fra den irske elv Bann, med 129 kilometer Bann den længste elv i Nordirland. Det er en flue, der fungerer godt i både hurtigt og langsomt vand, og Bane Special er ligeledes et kendt og værdsat mønster havørred direkte fra kysten. Dette er vores cut på det berømte mønster..med en krop af uld, kunstige og (flotte) junglecock-efterlignig, lavet af fjer fra perlehøne – Alle fluer er bundet på en stærk Partridge Esmond Drury krog

Nogle af de fluer i spurgte efter i 2019

DE EKSTRA STÆRKE LAKSE BUG´S

I bad om dem, og vi lavede dem til jer … Disse Bugs er skabt til at blive fisket både vådt og tørt. En lidt stærkere laksekrog gør det muligt at fiske disse flue lige under overfladen, på hurtige fosnakker eller blot hurtigt vand – Disse Bug´s er det manglende led i vores store famile af små laksetørfluer.

Green Machine White Tail Bug

Glitter Bug Brown Green and Red

Glitter Bug Green and Orange

SMÅ KOMPAKTE FRANCES FLUER

Både du og jeg elsker at fiske med disse små kompakte fluer – Her har vi tilføjet 2 nye til vores serie af Frances fluer

Frances Tungsten Coneheads rørflue – Rød 10 millimetres – Endnu en fænomenal version af Frances-fluen – bundet på et tyndt plasticrør – udstyret med et micro conehead hoved. En Frances flue til svære fisk der har stået nogen tid i elven. Se den her

Frances Micro conehead Rørflue – Olive 1/2″ – Vi har til 2020 lavet denne nye version af den berømte Frances rejerflue. Bundet på et let 1/2 aluminiumrør, krop af mørk olivenfarvet uld og et olivenfarvet hackle, samt et diminutivt micro conehead hoved – Fluen er også udstyret med vores fantastiske krogstyr Se den her

LEE WULFF BOMBERS

Lee Wulff er den moderne forfader til tørfluefiske efter laks og hans indflydelse på laksetørflue fiske og fluerne vi bruger, er synlig ved de fleste lakseelve i verden. Vi har valgt at skabe en række Lee Wulff bomber´s. Fluer der i stil og udtryk ligner de, relativt korte og kompakte fluer Lee Wulff selv brugte i sit fiske … alle bundet på stærke kemisk skærpede kroge.

The White Wulff Bomber # 8

The LaBatt Blue Wulff Bomber # 8

The Dark Olive Wulff Bomber # 8

The Dark Green Wulff Bomber # 8

Vi har nu - endelig - den nye Hitchman series i vores butik

Endelig har vi dem…

En super måde at lave et loop på din skydeline

Hvis du bruger skydeliner som; SlickShooter fra Rio eller Ken Sawadas Flat Beam … så vil du helt sikkert kunne li´ denne knude, som jeg har brugt siden 2000, da min ven Eric le Guyader lærte mig, hvordan man binder den.

Knuden kaldes: le noeud du vieux pêcheur på fransk eller: Den gamle fiskers knude. Eric kender ikke til dens oprindelse, men havde brugt den i sit eget fiskeri med stor succes. (forøvrigt den perfekte erstatning for Rappala knuden)

Det er enkelt og nemt at lære knuden, og det giver dig en løsning, som både er uniform og let at få igennem dine stangøjer, samtidig er løkkens centrum midt mod skydelinen, hvilket giver harmoni og balance – noget der kan være svært at skabe med alm. løkkeknuder … Prøv den, og tilføj en fantastisk ny knude til dit skydehovedsystem.

Hvis du har spørgsmål til denne knude eller skydehoveder generelt … er jeg klar til at besvare eventuelle spørgsmål om dette på jesper@fishmadman.com

Til alle nye og gamle Fishmadman kunder… tak for jeres støtte og breve gennem denne vinter – Vi har nu lagret fyldt med friske fluer og materiale – og kan fortælle dig, at vi sende fluer fra Fishmadman de fleste hverdage

Stramme line fra Per & Jesper

BESØG VORES BUTIK

SE FORRIGE NEYHEDSBREV

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Newsletter April 2020 – treble hook flies – Soldier Palmer – a knot for shooting head line

Jesper Fohrmann — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:58:38 +0000

Dear topwater anglers…Spring is already here and I and many of you are locked down…iiikkkes

I personally look forward to the upcoming season and I am sure we will all be able to get out and enjoy fishing sometime very soon.

I have chosen to spice our newsletter up with a fishing-cartoon… just to get some smiles going in these Corona times.

Tight lines from us at Fishmadman – Jesper & Per

Newsletter this time

Soldier Palmer a true salmon fly classic
Burt Longcaster – A man on a mission
Selection of treble-hook flies
Bug´s on a heavy hook
New Frances flies
Lee Wulff Bombers
we got the Hitchman flies in the shop ?
A great knot for your shooting head shooting-line

The Soldier Palmer - an extraordinary trout & salmon fly

A sea trout I caught earlier this spring – fly was the Soldier Palmer – a fly I often use for stale sea trout… Fish was 79 centimers long (31 inches) and was caught in the Nybro River in the southern part of Sweden

Izaak Walton write about the Soldier Palmer in his book The Complet Angler from 1653 – It is thought that the fly derive back much earlier

The Soldier Palmer – a simple Grub fly

The Soldier palmer belong to the range of grub and shrimp flies. These flies are often associated with stale water fishing but these flies are much more than that

A Swedish Sister

The Ullsok (the woollen sock) is one of the most if not the most famous Swedish salmon fly ever probably because this fly is so efficient for trout and salmon in the equally famous Mörrum River. The Ullsok fly is similar to grub patterns like the Soldier Palmer and flies like the Glow Worm Fly and is found in many variations.

A nice May salmon from the Swedish river Morrum, also caught on the Soldier Palmer – Most anglers at the Morrum river fancy grub flies for their salmon and sea trout fishing. Smallish flies that stand in contrast to the Spratt, herring, and sandell the baltic salmon feed on in the sea.

Read more about what the salmon eat at sea…Look here

Burt Longcaster a man on a mission

It’s with great honour I introduce one of my favorit cartoon characters: Burt Longcaster. As the name describes an angler with immense casting abilities. This particular cartoon was published in the mid-’90s in the Danish fishing magazine Fisk & Fri…In a later edition, Burt Longcaster throws a stray puddle-dog around the globe to mainland China… where it is eaten…sadly that adventure never made it to the funny pages…due to editorial ding-dong

More efficient treble hook flies from our 2020 series

We chose to make some treble hook flies for season 2020 – all tied on the fabulous Partridge Esmond Drury treble hook …all tied to perfection …dressed just like we want them – Found in two sizes: # 12 and # 6 See all flies from the series here

Ponoi Black Treble Hook fly

A fantastic fly – Modern material and perfect styling for those clear water salmon rivers in the North of Norway and Russia. We have tied it exactly how we think it should be made. Superior Partridge Esmond Drury gold plated treble hook.

If your persuing salmon in Northern Norway or Russia …this is one of the flies to bring

Whitney Houston is the most awarded female artist of all time.. The late Mrs Houston has a very good salmon fly named after her. Every Scandinavian salmon angler I know has this fly in her or his fly box, some anglers also refer to this fly as The White Ponoi. We have tied it exactly how we think it should be made. Superior Partridge Esmond Drury gold plated treble hooks is the fundament for this fly.

If your persuing salmon in Northern Norway or Russia …this is one of the flies to bring

Cascade Treble Hook fly

A fantastic fly – devised by Mr Alastair (Ally) Gowans from Pitlochry in Scotland – A modern classic that is a must on many rivers in Nothern Europa- Here tied on Partridge version of the famous Esmond Drury hook

If your persuing salmon in Northern Norway or Russia …this is one of the flies to bring

Bann Special Treble Hook Fly

The Bann Special Shrimp salmon fly is one of the best-known shrimp flies from the British Isles – Its origin is as the name indicates from the Irish river Bann, with 129 kilometres the longest river in Northern Ireland. It’s a fly that workes well in both fast and slow water and it is also known as a great pattern for coastal sea trout. This is our cut on this famed pattern..with a body of wool, checks of well-made jungle cock imitations made by guinea Fowle feathers all tied on a good Partridge Esmond Drury treble hook

A few you asked us for in 2019

THE EKSTRA STRONG BUG´S

You asked for them and we made them for you… Bug´s made specifically 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 great collection of small dry flies for steelhead and Atlantic salmon generally termed: bugs. See all the bugs here

Green Machine White Tail Bug

Glitter Bug Brown Green and Red

Glitter Bug Green and Orange

THE SMALL DENS FRANCES FLIES…You got to try them…

Both we and you love to fish these great tiny dens flies …so we chose to make a few more to the collection

Frances Tungsten Coneheads Tube fly – Red 10 millimetres – Another phenomenal version of the Frances fly – Tied on a diminutive plastic tube – Fitted with a micro brass conehead. A micro conehead Frances fly for difficult fish under difficult circumstances See it here

Frances Micro conehead Tube Fly – Olive 1/2″ – We have made this new and great version of the famed Frances shrimp fly. Tied on a light 1/2 aluminium tube, dark olive wool body and an olive hackle all finished off with a micro brass conehead – The fly also features our great hook guard See it here

LEE WULFF BOMBERS

Lee Wulff was the modern forefather of dry fly fishing for salmon and his influence on salmon dry fly fishing and the flies we use is visible on most rivers where salmon run. We have chosen to have a range of Lee Wulff style Bombers made in a way that resembles the style of flies Lee Wulff would use in his fishing…relatively short and bulky with a dens hackle…tied on strong chemically sharpened hooks

The White Wulff Bomber # 8

The LaBatt Blue Wulff Bomber # 8

The Dark Olive Wulff Bomber # 8

The Dark Green Wulff Bomber # 8

We now have the Hitchman series of hitch flie in our shop

We finaly have them

A truly great way to make loops on your shooting line

If you use shooting lines like SlickShooter from Rio or Ken Sawada Flat Beam… then you’re surely going to like this knot that I have used sins 2000 when my friend and topwater specialist; Mr Eric le Guyader learned me how to tie it.

The knot is called something like: le noeud du vieux pêcheur in French or: The Old fisherman’s knot. Eric did not know its origin but had used it in his own fishing with great success.

It’s simple and easy to learn knot and it gives you a solution that both is slick and easy to pass through your guides and at the same time makes a loop that is dead-center on the shooting line …something that will balance your outfit better than other common loop knots…Try it and add a great new knot to your shooting head system.

If you have any questions in regards to this knot or shooting heads in general …I will be ready to answer any questions on jesper@fishmadman.com

To all new and old costumes at Fishmadman… thank you for your support and great letters throughout the winter – We have now stocked most of our shelves with fresh flies and material and would like to tell you that we will ship flies from Fishmadman during most weekdays – The Corona lockdown may delay goods…but we know from those of you who have bought with us lately…that things do get through to your mailbox

Tight lines from Per & Jesper

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