It doesn’t get more classic than this but with a modern touch, a Green & Gold flash fly that imitates the pike’s favorite food, baby pike.
This was where it all started for me and my obsession for developing pike flies further than just some Flashabou on a hook without no real thought about why, except maybe the color.
Flashabou pike flies, tied the right way are so fishy, simple to cast and very durable, don’t overdress them that only makes your fly shop happy!
Overdressed flies are heavy to cast, and swims bad so as normal practice makes perfect. Enjoy!

Hook: Ahrex TP610 #4/0 and PR 382 #1
Tail: Dragon Tail XL – Gold, Bauer pike wire, Titanium, Articulation Beads 3mm - Chartreuse, fastach size 0

Glue: Zap a gap brush on, Gulff Thinman and Classic
Thread: Power tread 100D -150D – White
Eyes: Stick-On Eyes 7,1 mm – Fl. Yellow
Tail: Bucktail - Fl. Yellow, Flashabou Magnum – Gold, Pearl Dyed Chartreuse, Holo - Olive, Bauer´s Pike Flash - Lemon & Chartreuse

Wing: Bucktail - Fluo Chartreuse, Bauer´s Pike Flash - Lemon & Chartreuse, Flashabou Magnum – Pearl Dyed Chartreuse

Body: Palmer Chenille, Medium Fl. Chartreuse
Head: Flashabou Holo – Yellow, Olive, Chartreuse and Pearl Dyed Olive

The Bauer pike rig for Tails. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdElWXvrMrE&pp=ygUSdGhlIGJhdWVyIHBpa2Ugcmln

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A favorite pattern for perch fishing but it works just as well for trout, pike, you name it. I prefer Steve Farrar fiber the for longer baitfish patterns from about 10cm and larger. The fly become stiff with this fiber but it creates and very side to side movement in the water, just like a small wounded baitfish. I like to fish the fly aggressive with hard pulls. When I fish for perch with this pattern i mainly use sink 3 to sink 5 lines.

Tread: Textreme power tread 50D -White
Hook: Ahrex XO774 size 4-1
Weight: 2-6 turns lead/leadfree wire 0.20
Eyes: 5-8mm Epoxy eyes
Body: Steve Farrar´s Flash in the color: Bucktail white / Mackerel
Glue: Gulff Thinman uv resin clear

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This patten came up when i needed a simple and fast to tie, walk the dog action topwater fly. We were going to target perch that was really into this action. The problem was just that i should have tied them pike size like this one.
This patten is simple but so much fun to fish with and try it with a dragon tail in the end.

Hook: TP650 - 26 Degree Bent Streamer #4/0
Glue: Zap brush on, Gulff Thinman, 5 Min Epoxy
Thread: Textreme Power thread 50D – White
Head: Double Barrel Popper –Large in White
Eyes: Stick-On Eyes 5,5 mm – Fluo Red
Connection: Partridge Bauer Pike leader wire 40LB, Articulation Beads 6mm – Glow white
Tail: 15 and 20mm shanks, Lateral scale small – Mirage opal, Extra Select Craft fur white, Palmer Chenille, medium – Pearl
Front hook: Extra Select Craft fur white, Long haired holographic chenille- UV/Silver

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For this pattens it’s all about UV resin and a Wave tail, and the result is a killer pattern for Asp or other fast swimming minnow eating predators, but whatever you do fish this bad boy fast and hold on to you rod.

Hook: Ahrex NS 156 #6
Glue: Zap brush on, Gulff Flexman, Thinman, ambulance red
Thread: Textreme Power thread 50D - White
Tail: Wave Tail XL Holo. Silver
Eyes: Stick-On Eyes 5,5 mm - Fl. Red


Fly Dressing pro tip: How to make perfect UV heads every time - Niklaus Bauer https://youtu.be/MPjD2angvws

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This is my free interpretation of an old Finnish imitation of the Bibio or March fly which has proven it’s worth in my flyboxes over and over again.
Like other Bibio flies this one is also a great “search pattern” that seems to be able to lure out big fish from their lair wherever you are.

Hook: AFW541 #12
Thread: Textreme 6/0 Black
Ribbing: Thin Silver wire
Thorax: Awesome Possum dubbing Black
Hackle: Black Whiting dry fly hackle.
Wing: Aero Dry Wing Fine or regular White
Legs: Pheasent Rooster Middle Tail-Orange


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There are many nice and more realistic mice imitations out there, but few are even close to as effective and durable as the Morrish Mouse.
This genius little rodent, originally designed by Ken Morrish ticks all my boxes when it comes to a great mouse imitation. It’s high floating, super durable and makes a great “foot print” on the surface. Both dead drifted and stripped.
I dare you to try it this coming trout season. The takes are to die for!

Hook: Ahrex NS122 #2
Thread: Power Thread 150 den -White
Body: Nature’s Spirit Spinning Deer- NaturalMule deer.
Tail: 3mm Zonker strip-Natural Chinchilla
Back: Wapsi 6 mm foam -Gray.

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This goby patten is one of my favorite flies when I’m targeting big perch, the chartreuse color seems to have a magic effect to them together with the gold Dragon tail, of course you can tie this pattern I many different colors and in more natural colors with a copper dragon tail it’s a great brown trout fly.
I normally fish these flies with a sink 3-5 short headed line like the Vibe 85 from Vision and a 7 weight rod is perfect. This is also a great Zander fly if you whant to give them a try.

Hook: Ahrex TP650 26 Degree Bent Streamer #1-2/0
Glue: Zap brush on, Gulff Ambulance red, Epoxy
Thread: Textreme Power thread 50D - White
Eyes: Gulff Ambulance red
Tail: Dragon tail Medium – Gold, 2 mm bead, fastach size 0, 0,4-0,50 mm Fl. Carbon
Legs: Round Rubber legs medium - Fl. Yellow
Wing: Extra Select Craft fur #142 Fl. Yellow, #34 Bright Green and Ripple ice fiber #212 Lt. Olive
Body: Palmer Chenille, Medium Fl. Chartreuse
Head: Sculpin Helmet Small - Olive

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A superfun and exciting version of the Finnish classic. The whole idea behind the design of the surfing baitfish is to either imitate a small fleeing fish or if fished dead drift a paralyzed one.
This can happen both in heavy current, or if a trout attacks as school of bait fish which can actually stun them, leaving them free drifting downstream. Either way it’s super exciting to fish this pattern in pockets of heavy streams with big trout.

Hook: Ahrex NS122-4
Thread: Power tread 50 eller 100 den White
Back: Foam 3mm White
Body: Ripple Ice Fibre Minnow Mix & Peacock.
Head: Titan Dub Black Peacock
Stick-on-eyes 4,8mm Fluo. Red Covered with Gulff Flexman or Thinman


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Wood carving is on the menu for this one. Well not really, but it is highly inspired of a famous glide bait from us called – Manta
The cool and deadly action of glide baits are the movements, how they glide from side to side and the balance of them whey you stop, it just stays there, just waiting for your next pull. Deadly.
Converted into a fly took it lot of try and failure but after a bunch I manage to get it how I wanted, the perfect gliding pike fly.

The Surfer-Baby Pike
Hook: Ahrex TP610 #4/0
Glue: Zap a gap brush on, Zap Gel, Gulff Thinman and Flexman
Thread: Power tread 100D, 50D – White
Eyes: Predator eyes 8 mm – Fl. Yellow
Tail: Double tail Medium – Fl. Yellow, 0,70 mm Fl. Carbon, FD Tube 1,8 mm - Clear
Wing: Extra Select Craft fur #142 Fl. Yellow, #159 Golden Olive and Ripple ice fiber #159 Golden Olive
Body: Double Barrel popper, Medium - White


Fly Dressing pro tip: How to make perfect UV heads every time - Niklaus Bauer https://youtu.be/MPjD2angvws

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A small sculpin pattern designed for rainbow trout, mainly in rivers, but works well in stillwater too. Light enough to euro nymph with, easy to cast and retrieve fast like a streamer. I use syntethic tails when I fish fast and skin tails when I want it to jig slowly on the bottom. Works great with Wave Tails as well! A good pattern for rainbows, trout and small perch!

Hook: Ahrex - FW550 - Mini Jig - #4
Glue: Zap-a-Gap Brush & Gel
Thread: Textreme - Power Thread 50 den - Black
Tail: Pacchiarini Double Tail size small - Fl. Orange
Body: Palmer Chenille Small - Fl. Fire Orange
Hackles: 2pcs Whiting - Brahma Hen Feathers - Natural Brown
Head: Fish Skull - Mini Sculpin Helmet - Brown
Eyes: Gulff Ambulance - Orange & Black Magic
UV-Resin: Gulff Thinman


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This is mouse pattern made for fishing in streams and rivers. The whole base of the fly is made out of foam to keep it afloat even in the strongest currents. The foam lip upfront and the articulated body creates a lifelike and irresistable swimming action. A real killer for trout but works great for pike, perch and bass in stillwater as well!

Front hook: Ahrex TP615-1
Shank: 15 mm
Trailer hook: Ahrex XO774-6
Connection: Ahrex Predator Wire 40lbs
Glue: Zap A Gap brush on
Thread: Textreme Power Thread 150D - Black
Tail: 3 mm Zonkerstrip - Rusty Brown
Body: 6 mm Fly Foam - Black, 3 mm Zonkerstrip - Natural Grizzly
Head: 6 mm Fly Foam - Black
Whiskers: Round Rubber Legs Medium - Black
UV-Resin: Gulf Flexman


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Just as the name suggests this is a simple shrimp and it’s a kind of fly that you can basically take what’s on you tying table if you’re a seatrout angler and ties seatrout flies.
The leftover Spey hackle combined with the fluorescent trigger point and a very good balance / buoyancy it the key to this patterns success in my opinion. Tie a bunch up, they are simple and great.

Hook: Ahrex NS 122 #2-6
Glue: Zap brush on, Gulff Thinman, Black Magic
Thread: Textreme Power thread 25D - White
Eyes: Easy shrimp Eyes M. Fl Orange
Tail: Spey hackle - Grizzly, Hedron Polarflash - Gold, Crystal flash small – Fl. Orange
Mouth: Teal Barred Flank - Fl. Orange
Hackle: Hen hackle, in this case Whiting American Hen – Grizzly and White dyed Shrimp Orange
Back Body: A mix of following material, mixed in a coffee grinder. Ice Dub in - gold, Fl. Shell pink and Baitfish Supreme – Salmon, Senyo’s Fusion Dub #2 Eat a Peach
Front Body: Ice Dub in - gold, Uv Callibaetis and natural fur Light Hares Mask

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Sometimes you really have to go down deep! Or is it not always important to present the fly where the fish resides?

The last few years fishing with heavy weighted flies has opened my mind a lot, I think we often fish our flies to shallow in deeper water, especially when the fish are not active.

If you want to try the slightly different fly fishing of using live sonars and casting to fish you will see on the sonar screen the importance of getting that fly down deep quickly is critical to success. Whatever your target or technique, don't be afraid of heavily weighted flies, they cast amazingly well.
and catch even better.

Hook: Ahrex TP650 26 Degree Bent Streamer #2/0-4/0
Glue: Zap a gap brush on, Gulff Thinman and Classic
Thread: Power tread 100D – White
Eyes: Stick-On Eyes 7,1 mm – Pearl
Tail: Paolo Pacchiarini’s Dragon Tail in XL – Silver, Fluorocarbon 0,5-0,6mm, 2 mm bead - Orange, fastach size 0
Weight: 2–5-gram split shot.
Tail & Wing: Bucktail – White, Bauer’s Premium Nayat - White and Burnt Smurf blue, Flashabou Magnum – Mirage opal. Polarflash – Mirage opal, Lateral scale small Mirage opal
Head: Titan dubbing – Baitfish Blend

Fly Dressing pro tip: How to make perfect UV heads every time - Niklaus Bauer https://youtu.be/MPjD2angvws

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A Game Changer style sculpin for those who want a fun fly to tie, but an even funnier fly to fish. The erratic movement of micro sized Game Changer's can turn any salmonoid into an aggressive predator and strike as hard as a pike, so a slightly thicker tippet than usual is recommended when fishing with these. I mainly use them for fishing rivers after rainbows and trout, but they have proven to be effective on the coast as well. Give these a try, you won't be disappointed!


Hook: Ahrex - FW550 - Mini Jig - #4
Glue: Zap-a-Gap Brush & Gel
Thread: Textreme - Power Thread 50 den - Black
Shanks: Fish Skull - Micro Spine - 1x Tail shank, 3x 6 mm shanks & 2x 8 mm shanks
Connection: Pike Wire 20 lbs
Tail: Chickabou from Brahma Hen patch or Marabou - Brown
Back Body: Palmer Chenille Small - Root Beer
Front Body: Palmer Chenille Medium - Root Beer
Hackles: 2pcs Whiting - Brahma Hen Feathers - Natural Brown
Head: Fish Skull - Mini Sculpin Helmet - Brown
Eyes: Gulff Ambulance - Orange & Black Magic
UV-Resin: Gulff Thinman


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A rather simple and effective crayfish pattern for perch. Slim profile to make it sink fast and with claws made of zonked squirrel to add buoyancy to make the fly stand on the bottom. The Shrimp & Cray Tail weight makes it sink straight downwards, which helps to emulate a fleeing crayfish each time you strip it home. Works really well on trout and rainbow trout as well.


Hook: Ahrex - NS118 – CLASSIC STREAMER D/E - #4
Glue: Zap-a-Gap
Thread: UTC 140 - Fl. Chartreuse
Head: Nature's Spirit - Deer Belly Hair - Fl. Chartreuse
Eyes: Easy Shrimp Eyes - Fl. Orange
Claws: Pine Squirrel Zonker - Chartreuse
Antennas: Sili Legs - Perfectly Barred - Fl. Chartreuse
Body: SLF Prism - Fl. Chartreuse
Back: Sybai - Body Stretch 4 mm - Golden Olive
Ribbing: Mono Tippet - Approx. 0.28 mm
Resin: Gulff Thinman
Weight: Fish Skull - Shrimp & Cray Tail Medium - Gold

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