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Monster-Tube-Caddies...tied on tube
12:55 PM PST, 1/23/2009
In 1929 Legendary salmon fisher Lee Wulff and friend; Dan Baile created a series of big may fly imitations. They became known as the Wulff series with all historic fly names as: White, Grey and Royal Wulff.. Flies where intended for trout - but it soon became evident to Lee Wulff that the flies where well suited for Atlantic salmon.
Today flies from the Wulff series are cornerstones in the world of dry fly for salmon. Through the last 13 years I have been tying my salmon dry flies on tubes..The result has been an all together positive experience ...Tying with tube I can design huge dry flies - with the same fluttering abilities of tiny dry flies.
This huge fly has a caddis look...maybe not your standard type of caddis but rather a cartoon version of such. The feather light construction build on the tiny tube - combined with the The flat cut belly - The long tentacles and the 180 degree hackle - Gives this fly....a erratic and very lifelike appearance on the river...second to non...and fish will hit it !
Through the years this pattern has proven it self as a top killer - and very invaluable during periods of hatching caddies.
During the summer a variety of different hatching insects will make their way up from the river bed some more distinctive than others but all of significant interest to the salmon parr and its trout cousin. These freshwater insects with their many appearances serve as their main diet and the impact that they have on the growing salmon is definitely of fundamental value in our fly fishing. On a few occasions I have witnessed adult salmon take part in the feast of hatching insects - alongside with fellow trout.
Hatching insects is not a necessity to enjoy good dry fly fishing for salmon but their is no doubt that a big hatch of specific insects calls upon particular flies. If you are curious on dry fly fishing for Atlantic salmon: try to visit our web site on www.fishmadman.com....
See you out their
Fish regards Jesper Fohrmann, Per Fischer -
The White Tube-Bomber...A new standard in fly tying..
12:04 PM PST, 1/7/2009
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The Tube-Bomber
All time legendary fly fisher Lee Wulff wrote in his book: Lee Wulff on flies 1979, about his early experiments with dry flies and skaters tied on plastic tube. Through the last 13 years I have worked with big dry fly Bomber tied on plastic tube.
I fish rivers in Nothern Norway and use big white Bombers to locate the salmon in broad shallow rivers.
Prior to my design of the Tube-bombers I would use flies tied on: big single Wilson hooks or similar streamer hooks. The flies tied on such relatively heavy iron wouldn't stay long on top. Weight and the sheer impact that they would have hitting the water would soon make the dry-flies - wet-flies. The big high riding tube-dries that I had designed soon proved to be very effective fish-catchers....The feather-light fly with the lifelike silhouette...would have a skittering motion on the surface that was hens any action one could expect from the old-type Bomber.....And a new standard was born. Visit our website for more information or photos of flies www.fishmadman.com
See you out their
Fish regards
Jesper Fohrmann, Per Fisher