First Cod On The Fly

Posted on 30 March, 2014 by Håvard Eide

The weekend started with great weather, so we jumped on the train and got just outside Oslo to go seatrout hunting in the sun. The seatrout didn’t show itself, but I got my first cod on fly, and the first one was actually the first fish I have ever caught on tube, so it was a good day!

The fish took on white baitfish patterns.

Hanging out by the sea and having this weather is everything you need:

My #6 reel that I use for both salt and freshwater

Got to test out some of the tubes I have created this winte

More blue sky and sun

Another flyfisher out hunting:

52 weeks: 13 – street art

Posted on 30 March, 2014 by Håvard Eide

Street Art: I thought colors, and I had just done a purple tube – the perfect start of a rainbow, so here is the gold in the end of the rainbow

Green Spent

Hook: TMC 100BL #12
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Green
Body: Hareline Krystal Dub Caddis Green,
Rib: UNI-Mylar #16
Wing: Hareline Para Post Wing Dark Gray
Wing casing: Foam 2mm

Spinner fall can be be the most fun you have, or the most frustrating you can come by…. I’m not quite sure where I picked up this pattern, but it is a good one where you can swap out the colors quite easy and keep in different sizes for that one day where it really matters.

The para post from Hareline is great for these patterns, I’ve used it for a caddis pattern with great success; it floats forever

Bottom view: the imprint this have from underneath is the most important. The colors are important, yes, but look at that imprint

With different wing colors:

Palmer Midge

Posted on 27 March, 20148 March, 2014 by Håvard Eide 94840 hackle midge mustad peacock sheer

Hook: Mustad 94840 #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Body: Peacock, Whiting Hackle

Midge season is coming shortly and one of the things you need in the box here in Norway is this palmer midge. A very simple pattern that is quick to tie up a row of in sizes from #14 down to #22

The cork where I have mounted the midges comes from the Sorachi Ace bottle from Brooklyn brewery – if you get a chance to taste this I would recommend sharing a bottle with a friend!

Midge Emerger Variant

Posted on 25 March, 20148 March, 2014 by Håvard Eide cdc emerger kamasan midge polishquills sheer slf

Thread: Sheer 14/0 White
Hook: Kamasan B100 #12
Body: Polishquills Stripped Peacock Eye Orange
Thorax: SLF Squirrel, Whiting Hackle
Wing: White CDC

Variant of the emerger from the other day, but this time with a additional hackle on the thorax

Year: 2014

First Cod On The Fly

52 weeks: 13 – street art

Green Spent

Palmer Midge

Midge Emerger Variant

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