The Swedish Sport Fishing Fair 2012

The Vision/Eumer/Fly Dressing Team had a great weekend at the fair in Kista. It was fun to meet and greet with fishing friends and other fly fisher! A big thanks also to the students from Älvdalen, Pastorn, Åre och Tobbe that did a very good work in the monter!

Spring fishing in River Spey 2012

Started up the season in the best possible way at Delfur beat in River Spey. It was nice to meet Mark, Grant and the other Ghillies over a cup of coffe in the hut. After a while Malcolm, Graham and the other fishers arrived and then Mark took Alex and me up to Two Stones pool and I made the first cast of the season. Fished down the pool and had one strike on the fly. We the changed pool two times before lunch but no fish for us. After lunch we went to Broom pool and there Alex hooked a 9lbs Sea trout and thats a realy big fish for the Spey. Just after that I caught two kelts in 20 minutes but no Springer! We tried the Collie pool with no result before we quit the fishing for the day.

Day 2:
The second day Alex and I was going to fish the Rothes beat were Alex took a springer a couple of weeks ago. Whe we arrived at the hut the ghillies Mike and Robbies was making us a cup of coffe. Alex and I started to fish below the hut and after 30 minutes fishing I'll had a strike on the fly. Now the wind started to realy pick up and it was difficult to get the line out in the storm. The fish did not like the cold storm any more than we fishermens did so nothing caught in the afternoon.

Day 3:
Again at Rothes I got the Long pool and Town road this morning. After a fishing awhile in Long pool I had fish on! After a nice fight with a strong fish it came off just before neting it! I hade the fish just outside me a couple of time and by the shape of it I could say it was a springer in the weight of 10-11lbs. Then I tryed the Town road pool and there I got a nice kelt after just some casts. We went down long pool again this time i hooked up a bracnh i tought but after some tricks to getthe fly free the "branch" started to swim thorwards me and Alex that have gone down strem to try to loosen my fly see a real big silver fish over 20lbs when it started to fight to get free. The fish started to swimm right up the river so I had no chance to keep the line tight so it come of and need I say that i was realy disipointed abouth that! Fished some more before it was time for lunch in the hut with no result. After lunch Alex had a pull but I did not feel anything.

Day 4:
Back to Delfur again were I meet up with to other Swedes, Hadi and Kent Håkansson from the River Em that was there for a days fishing. Willie dnd I got to start fish the neck of Sourden andd soon I caught another kelt in nice condition. We did see some what ee think was fresh fish but we did not hook up with any of them just had two nice pulls on the fly! After lunch we got bridge pool and broom but no it was a real storm blowing so it was difficu just to stand still and the fish did not like the wind either so we had no offers in the afternoon at all. It was nice to meet Kent and Hadi at Delfur and talk some Swedish for a change when you fish in Scotland.

Day 5:
At saturday Alex and I was back to fish Rothes again for my last day in Spey for this time. We started up in Town road pool but no offers in there so we went down to Long pool were Graham Ritche caught one kelt in the morning but I did not come in contact with any fish at all. After lunch we fished the pools below the hut and the wind did realy pick up again so at 16:00 we quit for the day with out any strikes on the fly.

I want to say a big thanks to Alex and Willie for putting up with me for the whole week! And thanks also to Mark and Grant at Delfur and Mike and Robbie at Rothes.

The Fire Flame... A hot fly for cold water!

The Fire Flame is just a great cold water pattern that I have had great sucsses with the last 5-6 years. It may look like something from a Drag show but it sure will catch fish. The combination of the colours comes together well in the water and it's there the flies will catch fish, not in the fly box.

Tread: Orange

Tube: Fl Orange Eumer

Ribb: Oval Gold Tinsel or Twisted Orange Mini Flat Braid.

Body: 1/2 Mirage Salt Water Flash 1/2 Hot Orange Dubbing.

Wing: A bunch of FL Fire Orange Bucktail tied in forward and the folded back, 2 strands of Holo Fuchsia Flashabou, 2strands of Holo Blu Flashabou. FL Red Fox Hair, 2 strands of Holo Red Flashabou, Blue Fox Hair, Purple Fox Hair, and 3 Peacook Hearls bleeched and dyed FL Red

Hackle: First, a Red Soft Hackle tied in after the red Fox hair. Second a Yellow Soft Hackle tied in after the wing as a collar.

Cheeks: JC dyed Hot Orange

Head: FL Orange Eumer Monster Cone or Cone Head.

I also make a zonker version of this pattern and just change the fox hair against a Fuchsia/Purple zonker stripe and the Peacook hearls against Holo Red Flashabou. I still use the FL Fire Bucktail as underwing.

The Fly Tying Tour in the North of Sweden!

We had a great time visiting three diffrent tackle shops in Sundsvall, Övik and Skellefteå. Bauer, Drugge and myself showed are diffrent tying techincs and fly patterns.

Fly Tying Tour

This week Mattias Drugge, Nicke Bauer and myself will go on a short fly tying tour here in Sweden. Are first stop is PO'S Fiske in Sundsvall on thuesday. On wednesday we will be at Naturkompaniet in Ö-vik and the last stop will be at Cykel och Fiske in Skellefteå on thursday. I looking forward to meet all Fly Fishing friends and also meet new people to talk fly tying and fly fishing with! We will show new stuff from Fly Dressing, Eumer and Vision.

Fly Fishing Fair in Sandviken

Had a great day at the one day fair in Sandviken on saturday. Vision, Fly Dressing, Catch & Relax, ABU and some other companies was there to show new rods, reels and lines. In the flytying corner Emma, Niklaus Bauer, Niklas Dahlin, Mattias Drugge, Johan Klingberg and my self was tying everything from Pike to small gnats. I tied some diffrent patterns but mostly Cascade style flies because many of the visitors is going over to Scotland to fish springer in march/april. It was nice to meet and talk fly tying and fishing with bouth old and new friends.

Håkan from the Ice Hotel and Putte "Tummen" Fäldt

My tying space.. Eumer Corner!

Mattias Drugge, Emma, Niklas Dalhin, Johan Klingberg

Emma tying one of her amazing flies

The Icelandic fly Snaelda

From the of Vulcanos and great Salmon rivers comes the Snaelda pattern. There are many versions in the Snaelda family but the most common ones must be the Orange/Yellow/Black version or the whole Black one. It's a very popular fly in Scotland, Russia and of course Iceland. I tie my Snaeldas with two diffrent bodies. I use yarn on one version and on the other I use Dubbing spun in a loop. The Dubbing version is my own favorite and it gives the fly some more attitude I think. You can tie this pattern in all diffrent sizes and use it through the whole season.

Pattern Recipe:

Tread: Black

Tube: Eumer Black

Tail: Yellow Bucktail, Orange Bucktail tyed in backward and the folded back. This will give the tail more volym with less material. 2 strands of Yellow Holo Flashabou and 2 Strands of Orange Holo Flashabou tied in over the Bucktail.

Ribb: Oval Silver Tinsel or Twisted Mimi Flat Braid.

Body: Black Dubbing in a loop and brushed out or Black Yarn. The body is cone shaped and should thickest at the back and thinest at the head. To shape the body and also add weight to the fly I use Eumer Craw Fish tubes or a reversed Tear Drop Tubes.

Hackle: First a short Yellow Cock Hackle and then a Orange Soft Hackle.

Head: Eumer Cone Head in Black or Fl Orange.


Even that the Snaelda looks like a simple fly it's not that easy to tie. It can be hard to get the cone shaped body in the right propotion but with some practise and with help from the cone shaped Eumer Tubes the flies will look good in no time.