KIS-Fly fishing

Red and green butts on tube This is a fly pattern that I think is one of the most universal patterns around for most fish that swim in a river. Black with some color in it for contrast - what could be more simpler then that? Of all the different patterns in my tube box, this is the one that I have the maximum confidence in. I could basicly fish them for an entire season just in different sizes, but that wouldn't be any fun, wouldn't it? I do make these on singles and doubles too, but just feel that the tube models are the ones that fill me with that special feeling of "somethings going to happen"... Some models just look better on a tube and some don't.  Couple of butts ready to catch some fish. You can start off with watching this tying video of me tying a red butt tube: Tying a red butt tube   The materials you need to tie this fly are: - Plastic tube or if you really want to, some copper or aluminium tube. I don't personally...

Flatwing(ish) I'm not sure if I can call this fly a true flatwing or not, but what I do know is that a fly like this has been kind to me. It's easy to make and very versitale in catching many different species of fish. They can be fished in rivers, lakes and oceans and seem to work for everything that eats minnows/baitfish. There's a shit load of movement in this type of fly. The compination of the bucktail and rooster hackle is unbeatable. No wonder that the fish are so turned on about this pattern. A trio of flatwings with epoxy eyes. You can start off this article with this video:  in Youtube   in Vimeo It's my very first try at making a tying video.  And here's the Step-By-Step pictures: Tie some white bucktail as our tail. Tie it big! Add some flashabou. Tie a long and wide rooster hackle on top of the tail. Silver doctor blue this time. Blue bucktail on top of the hackle. Dub the body with pearl wings and flash. A...

Keeping it in the review mode and next up is the Echo King twohander... The Echo King series of fly rods consists of two 13footers - a 9weight and a 10weight. My experiences are from the 9weight. It has a black finish and deep red wraps on it, which makes it look ageless. I personally appreciate looks like these on a rod. Nice and simple. Snake The reel seat is a standard, black Echo aluminium reel seat and the grips are made from the new and sweet "HD"-cork. The "HD"-cork is very nice to hold on to when your fishing and it takes a beating without falling apart. I think the cork is a major step forward for Echo as I have had some not that good grips on my previous Echo's. Echo man shooting to the moon... The action, well it's... Just what you've expect from Echo = smooth and responsive. A very strong butt section that eases off when you get to the middle. Mix in a authorative, but responsive tip and you got the King rod!! It is a deli...

Sorry for my long brake... I'll explain later... I have been using the new Vision Ace skagit heads a lot this season and thought I'd write some sort of review about them. The heads are white in color with heavy duty loops at both ends. There's also a print at the front loop that tells you the grain weight of the head. Vision sells them with a ready looped T-14 tip that's matched to the head. The heads were designed by a group of two handed fly fisherman that I respect a lot: Antti Guttorm, Mattias Drugge and Tuomas Rytkönen. I really dig your style and casting gents! Tapering on these heads is pretty standard modern skagit head stuff, but I really like the way they engineered the front tapering. It gives you a smooth, but powerful turnover. Just the way I like it!! Actually the front tapering is so nice that this line has become my favorite head for intermediate and sink 2/3 tips and smaller tubes/doubles. The straight, no kinks turnover makes it nicer to use ...