Krobbe Fly

Krobbe Fly

The name "Krobbe" comes from my all time favorite Ice Hockey player Lars Gunnar Lundberg that played for Skellefteå AIK and the colours on there team jersey are black and yellow with tiger stripes on the shoulders. Patterns in these colours are very popular here in Scandinavia and also in Scotland and catch a lot of fish every year. The Krobbe Fly works both in clear and coloured water and I use them in all diffrent sizes from big bulky spring tubes to micro tubes for low water. When i tie this pattern i also uses diffrent bodies like the Teardrop Tubes from Eumer and also Fly Dressing Deep Water, Mörrum and Mini Pluppis tubes to get a heavier fly that slice trough the fastest currents. On the first 2/4 parts of body i first tie in the Yellow Floss Silk then I put a drop of super glue on the floss and wound the Mirage Salt Water Flash over the silk to get a very strong fly that will not be destroyed buy the first chromer teeths that will chew on the fly. The Stripes on top of the wing is made with a permanent marker.

Pattern Recipie:

Tube: Eumer Black Plastic Tubing.

Tread: Yellow

Body: 2/4 Mirage Salt Water Flash over Yellow Floss Silk, 1/4 Golden Yellow Dubbing, 1/4 Black Dubbing.

Wing: Holo Yellow Flashabou, Sunburst Fox Hair, Silver Flashabou, Yellow Wing N'Flash, Black Fox Hair, Yellow Mirage Flash, Sunburst Yellow Fox Hair, Gold Flashabou, Bleech and Dyed Sunburst Yellow Peacock Herl. Striped with a Black Permanet Marker Pen.

Hackle: First Hackle a Yellow Sunburst Yellow Whiting Chickabou. Secomd Hackle a Black Whiting Chickabou or Wolly Bugger Marabou.

Sides: Sunburst Yellow JC

Head: Yellow Eumer Cone Head.

Krobbe Tubes



First day for the season in River Ljungan

My Weapon: Vision Cult 13,4", XLA reel, S2/S4 line.

 Was invited to fish with a friend on Sunday but I did want to wait a couple of weeks before going down to Ljungan for the first time this year. I drive over the river every day and I think theres a bit early to start the fishing because of all the snow we have had in Sweden this winter. But when I wake up on Monday morning and the weather looked fine I desided to go and fish for an hour or two anyway. I went to one of the pools that I know would both hold fish and were you can get down in the water with out no bigger problem.

Grimman pool with loads of ice on the banks.

I started to fish the with a Copper/Gold and Sunburst "Fleece Flasher" tube and after 10 casts i got a strike when taking in the line slowly. The fish stayed on for maybe 10 seconds and then came off... It feelt like a quite big fish but you never knows. The I fished the pool down but no more fishes wanted to strike on my fly. 

Ice, Ice and Ice

Changed fly and drank a cup of coffe in the sun but even if the weather was fine a cold wind held the temprature down to just above 0C. Fished the pool two more times with out a strike and then I was thinking to try another pool but insted I went home for a hot shower so I won't get any cold before this weekends Fishing Fair in Jönköping here in Sweden.

The Neck of the pool in low water.

I most say that it was quite a good start for the season anyway just to feel a fish on the first day out and now I will wait to the middle of April before I go down to Ljungan again. Then hopefuly nearly all snow and ice will be gone and maybe some fresh Chromers has enter the river.

Very low and cold water.

Scotland 2011

the Ghillies Hut on Delfur

Monday 6/3

I can just say that it was no problem waking up on Monday morning when fishing on the Delfur beat in River Spey in Scotland was on the agenda. The night before i had checked all fishing tackle i brought with me from Sweden twice so i should be ready for the first cast of the year. Alex turned up at 7.30 and gave me a ride to the river. I was invited to the Ghillies Hut for a cup of coffe and to meet the Ghillies. At 9.00 my Vision Cult 14,7 with an XLA reel loaded with the inter/S2 line was ready and the Head Ghillie Mike took my up to Sourden pool. It was one of the nicest Salmon pools i ever seen and i started my fishing with a Black/Yellow fly. I fished the pool but had no strikes on the fly so we went down to the next pool, Holy Bush. Also a just lovely salmon pool and i fished it with out any fish contact to it were time for lunch. It was quite windy but we could sitt outside the hut and have our lunch in the sun. After lunch i was off the fish the collie pool and there i had a strike on the fly but not any thing else. At 17.00 we stoped fishing and went back to the hut for a wee dram. I can say it feelt good with a warm bath and a nice dinner that evening and need i say that i sleept like a baby that night?

The Bridge at Delfur

Thuesday 7/3

The first thing i heard when i woke up on thuesday was the wind howling and then i know that is was going to be a hard day on the Spey. Willie picked me up with his car and we sat of to Rothes beat also on the River Spey. When we arrived it was cold and very windy so it was nice to change to my vaders inside Mikes and Robbies hut by the fire. My ghillie for today was Robbie and i strated my fishing on the upper pools of the beat. I can say it was problem just to stand up as the wind sweept trough the spey valley and it was even harder to get the line out in the water. But after awhile i got the line out quite good with snak rolls and Robbie was just on his way down to have a look at the other fishermans my line stoped out in the river and then started to move and not by the wind. I never feel the take in the rod because of the strong wind but when i raised my rod the fish was hooked. Nice start after 15 minutes of fishing i had fish on and i called out fish on to Robbie that came running with his net ready but then the fish shaked him self lose and my rod went straight......... no, a lost it! But i started to fish the pool again and if theres one fish in the pool it could be some more just standing and waiting for the fly. Had a pull further down and a couple of fishs showed them self. I went down stream to see how Willie was doing but he had gone back to the hut so i fished the pool quite fast before i also took shelter in the warm fishing hut. When we were having are lunch the sky opened up and a wall of sleet was going trough the spey valley and it looked like we was going to make a early stop for todays fishing but at 14.00 the slett was gone and the wind was almost gone so we took are rods again and headed for the lower pools. Started to fish pool but now Salmon was home so i walked up to the junction pool to Willie and he had not seen or feelt anything either. I fished the junction and had two pulls in the full but the fish did not want to get caught. at 16.15 we decided to end the day and went home.

Jamison's cast

Wednesday 8/3

Woke up with a sore throt and had a head ache comming on. But after a cup of coffe i felt better and was ready for day two at Rothes. It was quite windy today and after changing into my fishing clothes i started to feel dissy and was totaly soaked in sweat and my throt started to hurt again... If i don't catch anything else i sure catch the flu. But i took a paracetamol and went down to the junction with Alex and started to fish from the burn. Halfway down to the boat i had a pull on the fly. I backed up 2m and went over the spot again but did not feel anything else so i continued fishing down to the boat. After a while i started to feel real bad again and got dissy and my legs was as jelly so then i decided to quite the day after no more than an hours fishing and went back to hut and called my wife Kicki to come and pick me up. Went to the parmacy and got some flu medicine and took a very hot bath and a couple of big whiskys and went to bed. Woke up later that evening and felt better and maybe i could do some fishing tomorrow.

Sourden pool at Delfur

Thursday 9/3

Woke up early and was feeling much better than the day before but i got myself a cup of flu medicine and a whisky before it was time to jump in Willies car and go to Delfur for the last day in Spey. It was very cold morning and the weather forecast did not looked good. At Delfur we was having a cup of coffe in the ghillies hut and suddenly the wind picked up and tryed to take the roof off the hut. Not looking good at all for fly fishing. Mark and I went up to Sourden, the nicest pools i ever seen and fished. The wind was terrible and it the sky opend up and it was rain and snowing so you could not see the other side of the river and it was also so windy that it was hard to just stand still. I fished sourden then we went back to the hut and after an hour we dicided to end are day at Delfur before lunch time. When we had changed from are waders the weather got a wee bit better but both Willie and I was already chillied to the bone so we went home to Portsoy. It was my last day on the magnificent River Spey for this time but i sure will be back next year and hope that not the weather and the flu wont spoil my chances for a springer then.

The Boys at Delfur

Friday 10/3

Today Willie and I went for a trip down to River Dee and the Lower Crathes Beat. The water height looked perfect when we arrived after an hours drive and we were both quite sure to get some fish today. I started the fishing at Upper Bridge pooland after standing in the water for a couple of minutes i noticed that the water was much colder than yesterday because the snow that had fallen in the mountians had started to melt so the temperature had dropped quickly. A couple of fishe showed them self down by the bridge and i had one chasing the my fly but no strike. We changed pools two times before lunch and we watched a couple of springers that was showing them self in the pools but not any one would have a go on our flies. After lunch we were going to the lower parts of the beat and we fished pool after pool but did not feel anything even that we see fish in all of them. So by 5.00 in the afternoon we went back to the hut and we ones again was defeted by the salmons. But we had a great day on the River Dee and the Lower Crathes beat and if i ever get the chance to fish there again i don't have to think twice to go there.

Delfur in sunset

 That was my early week in march in Scotland and even that i had no fish on the bank i'm very pleased just to have had the chance to start the season here with my friends Willie and Alex. Thank you guy's for inviting me to fish those great beats. And i also would like to thank Mark and the Delfur ghillies and Mike and Robbie at Rothes and Robert at Lower Crathes for exellent service and also Malcolm and Graham for letting me fish there rods. Now it's not long before the season starts here in Sweden but my hearts is always in Scotland. I can just say one thing... I'll be back! 

Capricorns Mini Mässa 26/2

My Table

On saturday Capricorn Fly Fishing in Borlänge Sweden had a "Mini Fair" at Kvarnsvedens Folketshus with some of the best Swedish fly tyers and leading tackle companies in the house. Many fly fishers visited the fair and took the chance to talk abouth fishing , fly tying, tackle and also look at some fishing movies. 

Pike Fly Maestro Niklaus Bauer from Vision/Fly Dressing.

 Mattias Drugge from Vision

Vision Rods

Some of my flies

Niklas Dahlin

Johan Klingberg

Claes Johansson, Ronny Eriksson och Johan Klingberg

Micke Lindström

Burnt Orange GP Zonk

Burnt Orange GP Zonker

When I started tying this pattern a couple of years ago I wanted to create a darker version of my other GP zonker that I publiced in november 2010. This version was made as a all round pattern for use in the humus coloured rivers here in Sweden. The burnt orange is a good colour for many rivers here in Sweden and in coloured waters in other parts of the world. On this pattern I have started to use a Magic Head from Marc Petitjean and I cut off a bit so I can slide it on the tube before the first hackle just to get some extra volym. The Magic Head also makes the fly move in a very special way that i think will attract the fish. To get some weight so the fly gets down to fish fast I use a Deep Water Tube from Fly Dressing as body on the fly.

Patter Recipe:

Tube: Fl Orange Eumer Large/Clear Eumer Small

Butt: Magic Head R13

First Hackle: Hot Orange American Hen Hackle. Burnt Orange Spey Chickabou Hackle. a bunch of Hot Orange Fox or Polar Bear that should be a bit longer than the hackles. 2 strands of Orange Mirage Flash.

Eyes: JC or Shrimp Eyes

Body: Fly Dressing Copper Deep Water Tube or Copper Tear Drop Tube from Eumer

Front Hackle: Hot Orange American Hen Hackle. Burnt Orange Spey Chickabou Hackle. A couple of Orange Ring Neck Pheasant Hackle.

Wing:  Barred Burnt Orange Zonker. 2 strands of Orange Mirage Flashabou.

Head: Copper Cone Head from Eumer or Fly Dressing.

If you like you can change the body to Burnt Orange SLF Prism mixed with pieces of Copper Flashabou.

The Fly From Behind

Scandinavian Intruders Part 2

Intruders in UV light.

Here's the second part of the Scandinavian Intruders. I have done som of my favorite flies as intruders and hope i can inspire some other tyers in Scandinavia to try this kind of flies in your favorite water this season. Some things i think of when tying these style of flies is to just a cock hackle to help the longer softer hackles to gte some volym even in faster water. Another thing is not to over dress the flies and use to much stiffer materials as the amherst pheasant because then you lose much movment in the fly. 

Akroyd Intruder

Pattern Recipe:

Butt: Eumer Fl Orange Large. A Sunburst Pearl or a ball made of Yellow/Orange Dubbing,

Tail Hackle: Sunburst Yellow Cock Hackle. Ostrich Hackle Sunburnt. 4 strands of Orange Mirage Flash 6-8 Peacock Herls Bleech and Dyed Sunburst Yellow.

Ribb: Opal Mirage Saltwater Flash (stretched) Silver Oval Tinsel on the First half of the body.

Body Hackle: Sunburst Cock Hackle over the Yellow/Orange Dubbing.  Black Ring Neck Pheasant Hackle between the body halfs.

Body: ½ Yellow/Orange Dubbing. ½ Black Wing n’Flash.

Front Hackle/Wing:  A Black Cone Head. Black Soft Hackle. Black Ostrich Hackle.  4 Strands of Gold Mylar Flashabou. 6-8 Black Ostrich Herls. Fibers from Amherst Pheasant dyed Yellow.

Cheeks: JC

Head: Eumer Black Cone Head  

Akroyd is a great allround pattern that works in many rivers all over the world.

Banana Intruder

Pattern Recipe:

Butt: Fl Orange Eumer Large Plastic Tubing. Copper Cone Head or Bead

Tail: Sunburst Yellow Cock Hackle. Sunburst Yellow Marabou. Golden Olive Marabou. 6-8 Sunburst Yellow Peacock Herls (bleeched and dyed) 3-4 Strands of Gold Mylar Flash

Body: Holo Copper Dubbing. Copper Cone Head in front of the dubbing.

Front/Wing: Sunburst Yellow Cock Hackle. Sunburst Marabou or Ostrich Spey Plume. Golden Olive Marabou. 6-8 strands of Sunburst Yellow Peacock Herls. 2 strands of Gliss N’Glow Copper. Yellow Amherst Pheasant Tail Feather Fibers.

Cheeks: JC

Head: Eumer Copper Cone Head size Medium

Banana Intruder is perfect for Humus coloured rivers but i think it will do the job in sunshine in clear water to.

Dark Higlander Intruder

Pattern Recipe:

Butt: Fl Green Eumer Large Plastic Tubing. Gold Cone Head or Bead

Tail: Orange Cock Hackle. Orange Marabou. 4 strands of Olive Mirror Flash. 6-8 Orange Peacock Herls.

Ribb: Gold Mini Flat Braid (Twisted)

Body Hackle: Grizzly Cock Hackle dyed Orange

Body: Burnt Orange Dubbing

Front Hackle/Wing: Grizzly Cock Hackle Orange. Golden Olive Marabou. 6-8 Golden Olive Peacock Herls. 4 strands of Golden Mylar Flash. Green Olive Marabou. Golden Olive Amherst Pheasant Tail Feather.

Cheeks: JC

Head: Gold Eumer Cone Head size Medium.

Dark Highlander have in the last years becomme a new favorite pattern for me and i use it in diffrent size and styles nearly every were i fish.

Soon it's spring in Scandinavia and the rivers will open and i'm sure that soon fish will be caugth on Intruders.

Scandinavian Intruders Part 1

Scandinavian Intruders

For abouth five years ago I made my first Intruders and tryed then on the Baltic Sea trouts and I got some fish on them but for some reason I just continued tying and fishing one of the patterns that I have made with the same colours like one of my favorites flies The Akroyd. Last year I started to tie some patterns in a style I called "Tarantulas" because they was big and hairy with all there hackles. This Taratulas you can say is a half intruder with just hackle infront of the fly and this patterns also have a body like an ordinary tube flies. After fishing them for awhile with very good results I was keen to try making some Intruders again for the Spring fishing for Sea trout and Salmon here in Sweden. So I started tie Intruder style patterns of my favorite flies and used colours that I know work her in Scandinavia but i have not used the eyes that many of the tyers from USA and Canada use because I wanted a more balanced fly that swimm more side to side the up an down there for i have used one Brass or Tungsten Cone Head or a Bead in the back of the tube and then a second Cone head or Bead as front part of the body. As a head I use the thin brass Cone Heads or Monster Cones from Eumer. I think that more people will try to fish with Intruders here in Scandinavia in the future because they realy fishes and swimms great and are also very fun to tie and quite easy to convert to your favorite pattern.



YOP Intruder

Pattern Recipe: YOP Intruder (Yellow Orange Pink)

Tube: Clear Eumer Small Plastic Tubing

Butt: FL Yellow Eumer Large Plastic Tubing. Silver Cone Head or Bead

Tail Hackle: First a Short Yellow Cock Hackle. Second: A Yellow Marabou Hackle. 6-8 Yellow Peacock Hearls (bleeched and dyed) 2 strands of Yellow Mirror Flash.

Body: Fl Pink Dubbing. After the body ready take a drop of super glue and  then the second Silver Cone Head or Bead and push it tight to the dubbing and cut the tread.

Front Hackle: First a short Orange Cock Hackle. Second a Orange Marabou or Ostrich Hackle. Third a Hot Pink Marabou Hackle. 2 strands of Pink Mirror Flash. 6-8 FL Red Peacock Herls (bleeched and dyed). A buch of FL Fuchsia Amherst Pheasant Tail Fibers spread around the tube

Cheeks: JC

Head: Black Medium Eumer Cone Head or Monster Cone.

How I set up the Tube with Cone Heads or Beads.

 Just change the colours on the cones and beads for diffrent patterns.

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Silver Wilkinson Intruder

Pattern Recipe: Silver Wilkinson

Tube: Clear Eumer Small Plastic Tubing

Butt: Fl Pink Eumer Large Plastic Tubing. Silver Cone Head or Bead

Tail Hackle: Magenta Cock Hackle. FL Fuchsia Ostrich Spey Plume. 2 strands of Magenta Mylar Flashabou. 6-8 Fuchsia Peacock Herls (bleeched and dyed)

Ribb: Oval Silver

Body Hackle: Magenta Cock Hackle

Body: Holo Silver Dubbing.  After the body ready take a drop of super glue and  then the second Silver Cone Head or Bead and push it tight to the dubbing and cut the tread.

Front Hackle: Blue Cock Hackle. FL Blue Ostrich Spey Plume. 2 Strands of Pearl Mirror Flash. 6-8 Peacock Herls. A Grizzly Black/White Marabou Hackle

Cheeks: JC

Head: Black Eumer Cone Head or Monster Cone.

YOP in UV light.



End of part one. Stay tuned for part two.