Introduction
Cul de Canard (CDC) feathers have risen to worldwide popularity over the last 2 decades. To avoid confusion about their origin I can tell you that the idea using those feathers for fly tying actually came from Central Europe. … Read more
Staffordshire County Showground, 10-11 February 2018. Beside meeting dozens of old friends and made many new ones, I was completely impressed by the great number of enthusiastic people that visit Chevron’s Hackle Fly Tying Clinic. It was a pleasure for … Read more
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The Fly
The Damsel Fly Nymph can be an important pattern for spring fishing. A couple of times during our traditional trout fishing trip around Whitsun the fish have been very selective and have keyed in on these nymphs. Any … Read more
Essential materials for tying the Danica Extended: Silicone (Dow Corning 732 works great). Fine Dubbing (I use Master Dub light yellow for the female and olive for the male). A rather thick needle (I have glued one to a small … Read more
The Largest Fly Fishing Show in Europe. The eighth edition of the “International Experience the World of Fly Fishing”. (EWF) was again held at the Monastery Fürstenfeld, in Fürstenfeldbruck near Munich, on the weekend of April 13th and 14th. For … Read more
Most of the fishermen I know have a creek like this somewhere in their lives. It’s not big, it’s not great, it’s not famous, and therein lies its charm. It’s an ordinary trout and grayling stream, where fly fishing can … Read more
For Northern Europe you can find below my absolute top 10 flies that I used between 1981 and 1996. Most of the flies I still using today during my travels all over the world. Some of them have been improved … Read more
Hans ; “The wilderness is what I really love, and it’s within these remote areas that I really believe the grayling are the most comfortable”.