This weekend it will be the weekend of the Dutch Fly Fair. The Fly Fair location will be same as two years ago: Visvijvers de Berenkuil, Berencamperweg 11, 3882SP in Putten. I will tie some flies and tell some tales. … Read more
When I talk about the largest fly fishing, fly tying and conservation project with kids not many people will believe this happened in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After very successful workshops and classes with kids in 2015 my friend Ado Adnan … Read more
Leadhead version 3.0 (upgraded with this excellent Off-Bead were I was waiting for almost 30 years!)
Hook: Daiichi 1560 size 6, Daiichi 2110 size 10, Daiichi 1260 or 1710 size 6 and 8
Thread: UNI-Thread 6/0 or Semperfli nano size … Read more
Many people still don’t know but in spite the fact that the Klinkhåmer Special is my most famous fly it isn’t my most successful one. If I gone look to the number of catches and the variety of species than … Read more
To fish with the Miyuki nymphs and catch quite a high number of fish was exciting. To experiment with more beads and find the best of the best colours was another expereince. To created several other successful creation was an … Read more
The Miyuki Mini-gouttes glass beads are available in about 100 different colours and I use them for un-weighted and weighted nymphs. I tied some good nymphs with Mini-gouttes, which most popular one I will show in this article. I will … Read more
A very special fly tying friend of mine is Branko Gasparin and my recent visit to him in October 2016 is the reason for this story. How close we really are will be told in the pictures shared in this … Read more
I don’t make a secret about it but I tie most of my flies during bad weather and there is a kind of compelling link between fly tying and the long periods of heavy rain for me. We also have … 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
In this second part I will explain you how the Avalon Permit Fly is made and will give you the exact measurement to be sure that the effects and actions of the fly will be exactly as Mauro want it … Read more