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Welcome to Fishmadman and the world of fly fishing with wake, riffling hitch and dry flies

Fly fishing for salmon and steelhead on the surface is probably the most exciting sports humans can venture into – This form of fly fishing has become increasingly popular in the last 60 years – but anglers have most likely been fishing steelhead and salmon on the top since the birth of fly fishing

We collect information about our sport – and design some of the best flies for the job

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THINGS WE WORK WITH

On the Fishmadman site, we will highlight the essence of surface fly fishing. We hope to do so by showing you technique, know-how and some of the many fascinating flies made for our sport.

SURFACE FLY PATTERNS MADE ON TUBE ARE OUR SPECIALITY

Dry fly – Wake fly – Skaters – Riffling Hitch fly tied on the tube will give you a feather-light solution that stays on top and perform better than most of their counterparts tied on long shank hooks. We have multiple pages on Fishmadman showing you how to do such tube flies.

THE WORLD OF THE BOMBER FLY

During summer, we stay at salmon rivers in Norway – and when the conditions are right, we will tie on a dry fly like a salmon Bomber. You will find Bombers at the river bank cut into shape on our pages.

Just like we make flies tuned to the rivers we fish – other anglers will have honed trout and salmon Bombers just for their district, river and even unique pools – We try continuously to collect this information and publish it on our pages and blog. Read more

BOMBER DRY FLY ON TUBE

Our Bomber dry flies are tied on a tube. A design we developed in 1995 and still work to refine and perfect. On our pages, you will find detailed illustrations that could aid you in developing your surface flies tied on a tube. Read more

RIFFLING HITCH & WAKE FLY ON TUBE

Riffling Hitch is a technique that emerged during almost a century of fly fishing traditions. Allegedly the method was generated as a coincidence by Canadians – who in Victorian days would have recycled damaged gut-eye flies and tied them directly to the leaders using a series of hitches – Herby the fly could have trailed to the surface, creating the all-important Riffling Hitch wake. Read more

Like many other European anglers, we will tie Riffling Hitch flies on a tube and our pages, you will find special Riffling Hitch and wake flies done on our Riffling Hitch tube design – See the comprehensive pages on How to work with tube flies on the surface. Read more

THE TUBE FLY – ANOTHER ACE ON YOUR HAND

The tube fly has been part of the European fly box since the 1940s, and anglers have been developing fly patterns on a tube that would suit different rivers and seasons. A fly tied on a tube could look and work like any other fly tied on a single salmon hook – But it can also be something completely different – with abilities that go beyond any fly you have tried… tap into our vast knowledge base on tube fly know-how – and get another Ace on your hand.

SUPERIOR SALMON AND STEELHEAD FLIES

Passion & curiosity for flies and fishing is what determines our editorial line on Fishmadman – and we have collected some of the most interesting flies on our page: Flies like General Practitioner, Brooks Sunray Shadow, Collie Dog, The Frances Fly, and a Micro Conehead fly like the Kinnaber Killer.

Dry fly regards

The Fishmadman Team

Our 4 main pages on Fishmadman...

A SPECIAL WAY TO CATCH SALMON AND STEELHEAD IN THE SURFACE

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THE GREATEST WAY TO CATCH SALMON & STEELHEAD DEADDRIFT A DRY FLY
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THE FLY FOR SALMON AND TROUT BELOW THE TOP

 

SOME INTERESTING ASPECTS OF THE WORLD BELOW
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TOP WATER FLY WITH A ATTITUDE

 

STEELHEAD, CHAR & SEA TROUT – LOVE WAKE FLIES
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The Fishmadman shop

As an extension to the Fishmadman pages we also have an exclusive fly shop – In the Fishmadman Fly Shop you will find steelhead wake flies, salmon dry flies made for dead drift, riffling hitch tube flies, shrimp flies, and a large series of Sunray Shadow tube flies
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Some selected pages from our blog

Things to also see on Fishmadman

Much more information about riffling hitch, salmon dry fly, and steelhead wake fly.

Fishmadman.com is a pretty big site and we keep on adding information that we find interesting – We do our best to link the information together so you get the ideal experience when you visit our site – Here we have gathered a list of some of the pages salmon and steelhead anglers visit regularly when they come to fishmadman.com

Fishmadman videos... details in film

We don’t have film crews following us around on Fishmadman…but we do put some of the special things we do on film… we hope you will enjoy these highly specialised videos on our sport and the flies you could make

A steelhead wake fly tied on tube - using iridescent foam

The Grantham Sedge - Tied on riffling hitch tube

How to tie the Monster Tube Caddis salmon dry fly

How to add iridescent material to heads on flies

See top angler Mr Alan Vang deploye one of our Hitchman flies to hook up with a big salmon

A short video of a salmon rising to a dry fly

Fishmadman Newsletter - something special

Fishmadman Newsletter is a publication on surface fishing for Atlantic salmon steelhead and various trout, read by many 100 ́s anglers across the Northern Hemisphere, Tierra del Fuego, Novaya Zemlya – Australia and Japan… We try to make a letter worth your time – and our interest in topwater fishing is what determines the editorial tendency`s
Our newsletter will arrive in your mailbox 3 – 6 times during the season depending much on what interesting stuff we can find for you…


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Salmon dry fly - steelhead wake fly - riffling hitch

Newsletter libary

See some previous issues of the newsletter here… or go to the entire newsletter library here

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