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Single or double for Ammarnäs trout?

Single or double for Ammarnäs trout?

The trout population in Ammarnäs is something well known in the fly fishing genres. I have been a keen angler for this fish since the last three seasons. They grow big and are stunningly beautiful to watch. Like with every other fish, the big ones are always hard to catch and here there are only big fish being caught. The average size of the fish is about 70 cm. I have some equipment that I prefer to use and over these years I have used both single handed rods as well as doub

Magic Head on the coast - How and When?

Magic Head on the coast - How and When?

The innovating movement of this fly is astonishing. The Magic Head will change the way you fish and the way fish react to your flies. Flipped forwards, the magic head will give your patterns more of a side-to-side action than any other fly. I have got several questions regarding magic head on the coast and there have even been rumors that they don't work on Gotland. Here I will cover the basics of what it is and talk about when is the most beneficial to try to tie one on. It

Laivajukke Dry-Fly Land

Laivajukke Dry-Fly Land

I'm looking at our pilot. He smiles and I can see how his eyes finding a focus on the horizon further to the left of my position while at the same time making a strong turn. We are now facing straight towards the cliff we have been flying next to for a couple of hundred meters. I can here the passengers behind me screaming just like they did when we took off. They had never been in a helicopter before and their eyes told me they had enjoyed the ride. Until now! It wasn't lon

The terrible day that turned into 75 cm Sea Trout on fly

The terrible day that turned into 75 cm Sea Trout on fly

This is the largest sea trout I have caught this season and I feel very pleased to finally been able to hold a fish like this because I have been so unlucky when getting hooked up with a big fish the last 1,5 years. When landing a fish this size you get many questions in subjects like: Where did you catch it? How far out did it take? What fly did you use? and so on. So I thought I'll write about all the facts about the fish down below combined with some pictures I yet haven't

Mulkkis - The pink shrimp

Mulkkis - The pink shrimp

One of those unique flies for Seatrout fishing, this pink carrot looking fly can be really effective sometimes. The shape is something you can cut down yourself. It is a Finnish style fly that is very popular in our neighbor country and something they use to bring with a lot of confident when they travel to us at FishYourDream- Gotland. Here is @tapanihen with a seatrout caught on Mulkkis last week. He counted down the depth with the Vision Kust line for 15 seconds before sta

Magic Head-Fly for Night Fishing

Magic Head-Fly for Night Fishing

Here is a useful pattern when night fishing for big trout in Ammarnäs or Tjuonajokk. I think it is a bit odd compared to what most people fish with in rivers. My favorite way to fish this fly is in a deep and slow pool. Preferably with a floating or slow intermediate line in late August, when the nights turn really dark. The aggressive movement of the fly will be a very visible silhouette towards the sky. This fish above is caught in Ammarnäs the summer 2015. I am so happy wh

The schlappetizer fly

The schlappetizer fly

It’s so fun to go back to what you use to do in the past. Tying zonker’s and streamers with rubberlegs is something I love to do and something I use to do since many years. To apply it to what to what now is possible when so much has happened to the flytying materials and flyting styles can make some cool patterns! I had such a nice response on a similar fly but with a deer hair head yesterday here so I thought I took the ide one step further with this articulated fly. The id

Coq de leon Wolly Bugger

Coq de leon Wolly Bugger

There is a lot of things you can tie with Coq de Leon, it is very versatile! If you get the opportunity to look at a Whiting Coq de Leon neck you should take the chance! You can tie dry flies or nymph’s using it as a tail fibers, all sorts of streamers, as hackle on large dry flies, to tie shrimp versions or in salmon flies on ether hook or tube. They have resilient, shiny and thin hackle-fibers witch works great for most things. Here is a simple wolly bugger, a pattern I am

The Cold Winter Fly Fishing (1/3) Clothes

The Cold Winter Fly Fishing (1/3) Clothes

This is a new mini series on my blog, it's about how to fly fish during the cold months. During January, three Sundays in a row you can read about my tips and tricks on how to be efficient and catch fish during winter. This is the first chapter which is going to be about how to get dressed to keep the cold out from limiting your time fishing. This series is especially thought to help you get better results when fishing on the coast but you may find most of the things in the s

Alive fish on the wall? C&R replica

Alive fish on the wall? C&R replica

I just found out how easy this is so I had to share it with you! I got this question from a guest that is planing to come in the future. Is it possible to do a catch and release replica of a fish? I had to look further into that... There is nothing in my work that bets making a fishing dream come true! I have the pleasure to be guiding on places with some of the largest growing fish of its species. The Ammarnäs trout is one of them, big and spooky brown trout in small rivers,

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