Baetis as a nymph is a pattern that I love to have it in my box. The insect is very abundance in all rivers from Europe and represents a great source of food for trout and grayling. In certain moments this insect is predominant and that made the fish to feed in frenzy. In ...
Hot Spot Dubbing – a new synthetic dubbing from TroutLine
10-15 years ago TroutLine had a very good dubbing made of synthetic dubbing. The very bright colors were excellent for the thorax area. Now they updated the mix to actual needs when the fish are more careful with what they pick. The new mix contain different synthetic fibers in different colors and texture ( ...
Slovenia – The Magic land for fishermen
I really love this country, the people and the rivers and forests. The tranquility and beauty of the place is impressive. Slovenia is my magic land where I love to spend time fishing and relaxing. This year I traveled alone 1000km from my city to fish 4 days with my friends Jan and Rado. ...
Green Catgut Cased Caddis
I love fishing with nymphs in Spring. Caddis flies are my favorite imitations and one of my most used nymph is Peeping Caddis tied super simple. But sometimes I like to play at the tying vice and to make different variations. As you know, long winter time gives me all sort of ideas ...
Veevus Iris-a great thread for tying nymphs
Veevus, the Danish brand, is highly appreciated for quality and consistency. Their Iris thread became popular lately for how easy you can make sparkle perdigon flies. Our Pro member Rocco made a few new simple but effective flies for trout and grayling fishing in the same time. Perdigon are considered now classic flies but ...
Tying a CDC Spent Fly
Tying a CDC spent fly can be easy or very complicated. Some time ago I published one or two models but this time I share with my beginner friends an old technique which is super simple. I learned it around 15 -17 years ago from a friend of mine George from Sibiu. I found ...
Hanak Superb XP 299 #2 Fly Rod – test and feedback
In the late Spring of 2021 I decided to order a Hanak Superb Rod in size #2 to have it in our TroutLine shop. Me and my friends and team members we use size #3 rods and sometimes size #4 rods because we fish for strong and medium to big trout and ...
Adams rods – test field
I have the pleasure to test the rods fishing this year in early April. I spent 4 days with Jan Rozman the Adams Ambassador for Slovenia. A few words about this Adams Fly Rods brand : is new and is from Spain ! All rods are made based on years of testing on local rivers ...
Fly fishing in Sweden – Giman river – Jamtland 2021
After years of fishing in North, up in Lapland, I decided in the last moment to spend a few days of fishing in Jamtland. I started with 3 days on Giman river. For those who do not know so much about fishing in Sweden, Jamtland is a area in the middle of the ...
Easy Dub Micro Chenille – a great tying material for small flies
I found it long time ago in UK, Veniard is selling it in a large spectrum of colors. This chenille is really fantastic due to his structure and size. Here are photos of this material: The core is a kind of thread which is semi rigid, not like wire but not very soft. That is good because ...