Avalon Permit Fly (1)
To design a totally new fishing fly that catches lots of fish all over the world is not easy. To develop a pattern that has not been tied before anywhere else on the globe is almost impossible. It is so … Read more
Hairwings for Atlantic Canada
Below a selection of hairwing patterns that my participants tied and love to tie during my fly tying classes in Atlantic Canada since 1999. Most people love to tie with salmon hooks that have an up eye but privately and … Read more
Fly fishing for freshwater bonefish (part 2)
During day three we went back to the lake again where Luis taught me how to catch surface feeding barbel in deeper water about 25-30 meters from the shoreline. To be successful I had to cast a five meter leader … Read more
Fly fishing for freshwater bonefish (part 1)
by Hans van Klinken
In May 2010 I had a deep discussion with two Australian and four Asian fly fishermen about catching “coarse fish” with dry flies. We also were talking about whether it was worth traveling to foreign countries … Read more
Fly fishing in the land of monks and butterflies
Text: Hans van Klinken
Photographs: Rogue Anglers, Dick Laarman and Hans van Klinken
At the Dutch fly fair in May 2012, I overheard a few fly fishermen complaining loudly about one of their recent fishing trips. Not only did this … Read more
Spell of the Yukon
Yukon was on my bucket list for a very long time. To be exactly 24 years. Since high school actually. I had many dreams and one of them was to dig for gold in the Yukon. I did it and … Read more
Fishing in the Yukon
Fishing locations and species found in the Yukon. During my reseach and preparations for fly fishing in the Yukon I found this marvelous overview regarding fish species and fishing locations in the Yukon Territory. In all the years I have … Read more
The world’s last great goldrush
Before 1896, only First Nations peoples and the hardiest of fur traders, prospectors, missionaries and North West Mounted Police officers ventured into the Yukon Territory. But in two short years, the people, the history and even the landforms of Yukon … Read more
Land of magic and mystery
The Yukon Territories: by Hans van Klinken
There’s a land where the mountains are nameless,
And rivers all run God knows where;
There are lives that are erring and aimless,
And deaths that just hang by a hair.
There are … Read more
The mysterious trout
From 24th-30th of August 2014, the Continental Trout Conservation Fund (CTCF) organized the first International Trout Masterclass in Tolmin, Slovenia. Gašper Jesenšek, owner of Soča fly fly-fishing shop and member of Continental Trout Slovenia, was responsible for the outstanding organisation … Read more