First Time Fishing Suldalslågen
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 ...

PM #44 – Sunray Samurai
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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...

PM #43 – Waker Takers
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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...

PM #42 – Classic The Bastard
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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 ...

PM #41 – Icelandic Nano Tubes
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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The Nano Series was originally made for Iceland’s extremely small fly tradition.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...

PM #40 – Foam Dry Fly Skaters
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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...

PM #39 – Grey & Green Samurai
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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...

PM #38 – Classic Hamilton
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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...

PM #37 – Sillen Butterfly
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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...

PM #36 – Classic Willie Gun
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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 ...

Introducing: The New SALAR Rods & Reels
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...