Gone Fishing
First Time Fishing Suldalslågen
September 2022 – Mikael and buddy Håkan packed the car and went to south west of Norway. They met a big crystal-clear river with late running ...
Film Archive
Pattern of the Month
PM #44 – Sunray Samurai
Sunrays have taken more fish than maybe any other modern fly. Originating from Norwegian Laerdal river and Ray Brooks where Mikael used to gh...
Pattern of the Month
PM #43 – Waker Takers
In this film Mikael deals with is “fly tying material from hell” – deer hair! To fish on the surface is exciting and can be done with fat bomb...
Pattern of the Month
PM #42 – Classic The Bastard
This crossover between two of our most popular flies: Pahtakorva and Nasty Banana has proven to be just as good as expected. A superb pattern ...
Pattern of the Month
PM #41 – Icelandic Nano Tubes
The Nano Series was originally made for Iceland’s extremely small fly tradition. We all know that fly size really matters, and these nano size...
Gone Fishing
Gaula River 2022 – Finally Back Where It All Started
Follow Jakob, Mikael and some of our best old fishing buddies back to the Norwegian Gaula, back to where what's now called the “Scandinavian ...
Pattern of the Month
PM #40 – Foam Dry Fly Skaters
To fish on the surface for salmon and sea trout is maybe the most exciting way to challenge these majestic fish. It was Peter B. Christensen t...
Pattern of the Month
PM #39 – Grey & Green Samurai
The long slim winged flies effectiveness has now been proved in almost all rivers we fish. It was born on the Norwegian Laerdal river’s greeni...
Pattern of the Month
PM #38 – Classic Hamilton
Hamilton was born a night on the Alta, on the Barilla beat. Mikael had a couple nice big fish on this special fly, down in the tail at “Hamilt...
Pattern of the Month
PM #37 – Sillen Butterfly
Watch Mikael tie one of his favourite sunshine flies in the broad deadly swimming butterfly design. The technique has recently been improved...
Pattern of the Month
PM #36 – Classic Willie Gun
The British standard classic with its fantastic colour combination. This is a softer even deadlier version – a must in the box for rivers all ...
Frödin Designs
Introducing: The New SALAR Rods & Reels
A life on salmon rivers around the world, thousands of fishing days and an obsession to be more effective. Innovating the art of salmon fishin...