Since I am retired my number of workshops, classes and lectures have increased enormously. While having no kids myself it is a great feeling for me to share my skills, experiences, stories, secrets and knowledge with kids and the rest of the world.

Lectures
Lectures I mainly do for fly fishing clubs, schools, organisations or during fly fishing seminars, shows, fairs and festivals. Below a small choice of subjects that I have in my database as ready to use presentations. The lectures marked with XXX are full with amazing wildlife and stunning nature pictures.  Following lectures are very popular at this moment:

1)    Fishing the Newfoundland wilderness XXX

2)    Birthplace Klinkhåmer Special XX (presentation about how everything started)

3)    Norway 20 years later XXX

4)    Fly fishing in Mongolia

5)    Fly Fishing in Slovenia XX

6)    Fly Fishing in Spain for freshwater bonefish

7)    Dry fly fishing for Atlantic Salmon XX

8)    Fly fishing deep in the jungle of Malaysia XXX

9)    Fly fishing in Bosnia (north)

10) Fishing in Italia just 2 hours from Rome

11) In the footsteps of Lee Wulff XXX

12) Do women catch more salmon XXX (presentation .. for women only!)

13) Land of the midnight sun XXX (A presentation about fly fishing Yukon Territory)

14) Fishing the highlands of Iceland XXX (presentation on Arctic char fishing)

15) River Nera Italy

16) Finland: April Orange

Most popular lectures worldwide:

1)    Fly Fishing in Mongolia XXX

2)    Fly fishing in perfect harmony with the wild XXX (presentation about nearly 50 years of fly fishing) XXX

3)    In the footsteps of Lee Wulff

4) Finland: April Orange

New lectures in 2018

1)    Fly Fishing in Malaysia for Sailfish

2)    Bosnia and Herzegovina (South and softmouth trout)

3)    Fly Fishing for freshwater bonefish X (presentation about fly fishing 2 hours from Madrid)

4)    Fly fishing Southwest Newfoundland XXX

5)    Fishing for trophy Brook trout in Labrador XXX

New Lectures for 2019

1)    Fly fishing in Cuba XXX

2)    Fishing the Indian summer salmon in Nova Scotia XXX

3) Fly fishing in Belize

4) More Jungle fishing in Malaysia

5) The untold stories about the Klinkhamer

Different lectures about nature, culture and wildlife

1)    Fly fishing in India (hardly any fish caught) XXX

2)    Maldives combination fishing and snorkeling) XXX

3)    Whales and Icebergs XXX

4)    Yukon wilderness XXX

5)    Newfoundland wilderness XXX

6)    Nova Scotia XXX

7)    Dempster Highway Canada XXX (most beautiful road I ever driven so far)

8)    Kids at the vise (presentation about how I do my kids classes)

9)    Iceland wilderness XXX

Workshops
My fly tying workshops are most popular and quite professionally done as well. A lot of people don’t know the differences between a workshop, a class or a demonstration, so let me try to explain to you how I see the differences! During my workshops it are the participants who doing all the work while I just tell them what to do. Please note well that during a workshop I don’t tie myself! To make my tying steps most visible and understandable I use PowerPoint and Keynote support and numerous of very detailed and high quality macro pictures. I use beamer/projector, screen or large t.v screens and computer. During these PowerPoint presentations, I try to give the participants:

– as much personal attention as possible,

– a clear background and history about the developing of my patterns,

– a clear explanation about the materials and substitutes that I prefer,

– a good view on special tying techniques when required,

– a demonstration and explanation about special tying tools when I use them,

– a relation of my imitations to the real insects when my knowledge allow me ,

– an overview of my catches and explanations of special fishing techniques when required.

Most popular none fly tying workshops worldwide:

1) Building up backing, fly line, leader and tippet without hardly any KNOTS.

2) Going through peoples fly tying boxes and explain the materials and explain what to keep and what to

Please note that my general workshops (no kids) are not for beginning fly tiers and for minimal four and maximal 12 people. The participants bring their own equipment, tools and basic fly tying materials. All required hooks are fully sponsored by Anglers Support Group from the USA. Materials as advised in the dressings are available for all people who were not able to get them. During the tying steps I follow the tying speed of the slowest participant, I personally guide every individual person during the presentation and checking on my participants continuously about the entire progress of the tying. Most important during my workshops is a perfect interaction between my participants and me. A general workshop takes minimal three and maximal four hours depending on the patterns and atmosphere. During a workshop (depending on the interaction and skill from the participants) we can make between minimal three up to maximal five patterns. My experience is that in the most successful workshops we always ended up after three or four patterns. My fly tying workshops can be chosen from many categories or specially put together by request by the organizer of the workshop.

I have over 50 fly tying workshops in my database but following categories are most popular and requested the most:

– Special grayling and trout flies for Scandinavia/Canadian/Russia waters (4 dry flies)

– Special grayling and trout nymphs for Scandinavia/Russia/Canadian waters (4 nymphs)

– The top 5 grayling and trout patterns for Scandinavia/Canada/Russia (2 nymphs, 3 dry flies)

– Special sea trout flies for Baltic Sea (a few wonderful patterns from the old Danish masters)

– Demon Flies (My 3 best predator flies that work in salt and fresh water)

– Big Nymph mania (4 big nymphs that catch lake trout/ brook trout and many more)

– Nymphs for Atlantic Salmon (4 nymphs that works for Atlantic salmon)

– Paradun’s and semi parachutes (4 flies for selective fish)

– The Klinkhåmer Special and it’s best similar patterns (4 flies)

– Bugs for the deeps (4 bottom bouncing nymphs)

– Hawthorns, ants and Ugly bugs (4  foam body flies for lakes and big rivers)

– CDC against all rules (4 dry flies tied with CDC in a different way)

– Hydropschiche and Rhyacophy imitations (4 nymphs)

– BWO imitations (2 dry and 2 wet)

Kids
Workshops for kids I supply all materials given to me by my sponsors. All my kid workshops are for free and at and easy and relaxing beginning level. In kid workshops I often use students to help me out during the kid’s classes and workshops. I usual teach the the students a few days before the event starting. See my kid’s galleries for more details:

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New workshops for 2018

– Bondal series of Atlantic salmon flies (choice from my 31 best salmon hairwing patterns)

– Secret dry flies for Atlantic salmon (poly bugs instead of deer hair bugs)

– Avalon Permit Flies (all the secrets behind this amazing permit fly)

– Bonefish flies for Caribbean waters (4 flies)

– Rag or sandworm tied totally different (amazing flies for all large predators)

– Pike flies Dutch style (my own way of tying pike flies -different then most people do)

– Miyuky beads and my Leadhead upgrade to version 3.0

Individual workshops

Beside general and kid workshops in fly tying, I also do individual workshops for beginners or for people who want to learn to tie certain flies for a particular fly fishing trip or particular fishing area. Individual workshops will have a few special benefits as well!

Mega workshops

Special workshops for kids only

Classes

When I have a class I tie some flies and explain my techniques while the participants are just watching and actually do nothing. So in a class I do all the work. Classes are most handy for a big audience and when video and screen presentation is possible. Please note: I do not have this equipment!

Fly tying demonstrations

For availability and prices please contact me through the contact button in the bottom menu of my page.

With kind regards and maybe will see you one day in my workshops, classes of lectures,

All kid classes are fully sponsored by

Fly Fishing Gazette (Netherlands)

Regina Przewieslik (Germany)

Uni Products (Canada),

Angler Sport Group (US),

Semperfli (UK)

Fly Rite (US)

Enrico Pluglisi (US)

Thomas & Thomas fly Rods (US)

RIO fly Lines (US)

Daiichi fly hooks (US)

Thanks a Billion!!!
Without your help I can’t do this!