KIS-Fly fishing

Hi all, I'm in the process of sorting out my gear for the up and coming fishing season and thought I'd write something about the subject. When I'm going somewhere to fish for species X, these are the things that influence my fly gear selection the most: - How big of a fly I'm going to use ? - How windy is it? - Is it tight quarters or a wide open flat with tons of room? - Am I wading deep, fishing from a boat or something in between? - How big are the fish? From all of those things I try to do a compromise that won't let me down even if condition get worse, but is still enjoyable and fun to use. I personally like to sacrifice some rod power to make fighting fish fun and lose a bit on effiency, but there are some fishery's where this is not an option and you have to be as efficiant as possible to get the fish. Also the thing that I like in my lines is that they have enough power. For most fishing I don't like finesse tapered lines - they a...

Hi all, Sorry I haven't been writing anything lately. The last month has been terrible. Complete chaos at work and the weather has been extremely cold. The result of all this has been a slight case of depression and a big case of fly tying and alcohol drinking:). I've tied all kinds of flies, but mostly saltwater patterns and salmon tubes. Now it's about time to get my shit together and start working on a few articles and also focus a bit more on this blog of mine. Here's a few pics of the flies that have come out of the bench lately.