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fluefiskeri / fiskeri og fisk

Hjemme efter Game Fair 2025 og mere..

Jeg har sammensat denne lille video…..

Velkommen til det mest tossede indslag i fiskeverdenen: Fiskeagilitybattlebanedysten! Her kaster hold sig ud i en hæsblæsende kapløb mod tiden, hvor de skal forcere stødhegn i vaders, slynge præcise fluekast og – naturligvis – bælle en Fernet Branca undervejs. Fordi… hvorfor ikke? Det hele overvåges strengt (og med et skævt smil) af Gordon P. Henriksen – dommer, vært og hjernen bag dette gale fiske-cirkus. De sidste to år har publikum klappet, grinet og måske endda grædt lidt af grin – og i år bliver det ikke mindre skørt! Hold som Bliv Naturligvis, Abu Garcia, Fiskerinderne og en broget flok andre modige tosser stiller op i jagten på æren, æren og… ja, æren. Glæd dig. Det bliver vådt, vildt og virkelig mærkeligt. 

Mit Ikigai…

Jeg blev i dag spurgt af nogle elever om hvorfor jeg kun underviser i #Linux (fag) på ZBC – Zealand Business College og Natur / fluefiskeri / fluebinding i min fritid.

For mig har det været en øjenåbner over de sidste par år – både som refleksion over mit tidligere/nuværende arbejdsliv og som kompas for fremtiden.
Det handler ikke kun om penge/løn, jobtitler eller karriere, men om det hele menneske: passion, værdi, retning og trivsel.

Svaret er det japanske begreb “Ikigai” (生き甲斐), som betyder “en grund til at være”, “det, der giver livet mening”, eller “det, der får dig op om morgenen.”
Men der findes nogle danske ord og udtryk, som fanger dele af betydningen:
Livsformål – et formål med livet; lidt abstrakt og filosofisk.
Meningen med livet – mere generelt og ofte brugt i eksistentielle sammenhænge.
Livsglæde – mere følelsesbetonet, men kan være en del af ens ikigai.
Kald – noget, man føler sig kaldet til at gøre, ofte i arbejdsmæssig eller livsmæssig forstand.
Passion – noget, man brænder for; dækker dog ikke hele “Ikigai”-konceptet.
Drivkraft – noget, der motiverer én, men det er mere snævert end ikigai.
Jeg er nysgerrig – hvad får dig op om morgenen?
#ikigai #meningmedlivet #arbejdsglæde #livsformål #personligudvikling #ledelse

Hjemme fra Danish Fly Festival 2025

Jeg har lavede en del videoer fra Danish Fly Festival 2025 og 2023.

De er online på min YouTube kanal.

Kære Alle

Tak for, at I har været med til at gøre endnu en Danish Fly Festival til noget helt særligt.
Det har været en fornøjelse at se så mange engagerede fluefiskere, fluebindere og miljøfolk samlet om vores fælles interesse og passion.

Tak til vores hovedsponsor VISION og alle udstillerne for jeres opbakning, støtte og samarbejde. Det er uvurderligt i vores arbejde for at fremme fluefiskeriet, og det giver FFFD muligheden for at støtte de frivillige, som bruger deres fritid til fordel for det danske vandmiljø.

En særlig tak til alle de frivillige, som har arbejdet utrætteligt for at sikre, at arrangementet forløb gnidningsfrit. Uden jeres hjælp havde det ikke været muligt at gennemføre en så vellykket festival.

Vi ser allerede frem til Danish Fly Festival 2027, og vi håber at se jer alle igen til endnu en fantastisk weekend med fluefiskeri og fællesskab.

Med venlig hilsen
Federation of Fly Fishers Denmark

Festivalplakat 2025

Robert Jensen fra Nordic Reflections er kunstneren bag akvarellen af gedden, som har forelsket sig i Johannes Kaalø Junges flue.
Du kan se de tidligere Danish Fly Festival Plakater her

The Water Vole (Pike fly)

This articulated fly tied by Danish Sune Andersen was inspired by the European water vole. 

 Source : https://globalflyfisher.com/patterns/the-water-vole

The history

So much of fly fishing for (sea) trout in my area focuses on using tiny flies that resemble all kinds of insects or bait fish (like Frede and Magnus for sea trout).
However, sometimes it pays to go big when fly fishing for trout and pike, especially when you want to catch big fish.
There’s just something special about watching pike hunt in the surface, going after frogs and mice. One day I observed a spin fisher using a rat made of plastic (Savage Gear 3D Rad Rat) on the stream. 

After we had small-talked for some hours he got a bite from a 5 kilo pike. On my way home I asked myself: how to can I fish something the same size on a fly rod? After some research I found a model in a European water vole (Arvicola amphibius)

Funny side note

Under the cover of nighttime darkness one of my fishing buddies almost got an owl on his Morrish Mouse fly many years ago on a small stream in New Zealand.
Our fishing guide told us it was a Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae).

This is all you need :

The Water Vole
Pattern type: 
Pike fly
Originator: 
Sune Andersen

A large, articulated fly for pike and other predators.

Species: pike
Materials: 
Popper heads (2 pcs)
Hard foam popper heads like FlyCo model 2873-08. Wine corks or balsa wood can be a more environmentally friendly choice.
Thread
Veevus GSP Black/Brown or UTC GSP Black/Brown
Hook
Tiemco TMC 8089 size 2
Shank
Fish Skull Articulated Shank
Weight
Lead free wire 0.2
Glue
Super glue like “Loctite Precision”
Fur
Black or brown rabbit zonker strips
Eyes
Easy Shrimp Eyes – red looks real cool!
Skill difficulty:  Medium

The foam popper heads sometimes come as one piece. If so, start by cutting it in half. Please note: Wine corks can be a more environmentally friendly – and cheaper – choice. Make a cut in what will become the bottom of the fly for fitting the hook and the non lead wire.

The foam has to fit the hook and you need room for a small lead free wire keel, which goes in after your have fitted the hook with super glue. The keel will function as the keel on a boat and make your fly swim upright.
Covering the hook shank with thread will make for a better connection between the hook and the popper head.

Tie the zonker strip tightly to the rear part of the hook shank protruding behind the popper head. Leave some extra strip behind the hook to form a tail. Time to put some superglue on the outside of the popper head or cork and wrap the zonker strips. Wrap the Zonker strip and on top of that wrap your thread to keep it all in place. I cut my own zonker strips from a tanned rabbit skin – but you can use zonker strips from a fly shop you are not into cutting your own.

Please note the long tail in the clip on my vise. That will make the fly more alive then it’s in the water.

Mount the shank on the hook and turn it and firmly secure it by the front eye in the vise, leaving space for the popper head to slip on.
Cover it with open turns of thread like the hook shank.
Glue the slotted head and the lead free wire onto the shank in the same manner as the rear hook section.
Again glue and wrap the zonker strip, this time without a tail.

You can see here that I have wrapped the thread on the shank before I glued on the popper head.

After it has dried for 5-10 minutes it’s time to form a head. Feel free to make ears and legs! For this I use nail polish, but any water resistant varnish can do it. I also sometimes use glow-in-the-dark UV resin.

Glue the Easy Shrimp Eyes on – glow-in-the-dark or red is really cool!

Your fly is now done and almost ready to fish. Let it fully dry for a day or two. 

The fishing

Do NOT use this fly on a light fly rod. 

It gets very heavy when it’s wet!
I use this on my two hand Loop class 8 or on a 7’ ultra light spinning rod.
Think about the way a rodent like a mouse or a rat swims in the water. It is steadily kicking it’s legs across the surface (like a dog swimming). That is the same motion you want to achieve with your fly.
Cast the fly upstream and near the lake or stream bank. Rodents do not cross deep water if they can avoid it.
The best way to do this is to move the rod tip back and forth in a wiggling motion as you slowly retrieve the line. Also you want to avoid is make unnatural movements. Keep in mind the right retrieve creates vibrations in the water. A pike will identify your fly as a prey animal and ambush.

Extra

I have the same version of the fly in a shadowbox on my wall.

References

Water voles:
In Danish streams: www.kongeaastien.dk/en/content/european-water-vole
Pike:
www.gwct.org.uk/wildlife/species-of-the-month/2019/pike/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_pike