Det er ingen hemmelighed at jeg er vild med den Australske Opossum – ikke at forveksle med den Amerikanske opossum, hvis pels er helt anderledes.
Denne flue lavede jeg for første gang ca midt i 1990’erne. Når man rejste ud i verden og fiskede og så de rejefluer man brugte der, så var der en farve kombination som meget ofte var blandt de mest populære, og det var kombinationen Tan/Chartreuse. Det ville jeg også se om vore havørred syntes om…..
I denne udgave har jeg til og med brugt de Fluo. Grønne øjne. Jeg skal være ærlig og erkende at jeg normalt ikke er til de farvede øjne på mine rejefluer, jeg holder mig helst til de sorte eller tan toner. Men her har jeg brugt et par ”fest øjne” for at understrege kombinationen lys grøn(Chartreuse) / Tan.
Bemærk at skind strimlen limes til kroppen, når den tørnes. Dette er vigtigt, eller vil fluen falde fra hinanden meget hurtigt, da skindstrimlen ellers vil skride på kroppen, når den bliver våd og udvider sig….Så husk limen!!
En anden detalje er måden jeg skærer strimlen på. Før brugte jeg en kniv og skar fra skindsiden. I dag bruger jeg en kvalitets saks med Tungsten skær (Jeg bruger denne: Tungsten Razor Scissors ). Så lader jeg saksen glide gennem skindet, som man gør med indpaknings papir til Jul, dvs uden at klippe, men skærer med saksen. Det er langt hurtigere og lettere, og det er ligegyldigt om hårene vender op af eller nedad – de glider fint af på saksens skær så det næsten kun er skindet der skæres.
I starten skar jeg altid på tværs af skindet og lavede såkaldte ”cross cut” zonker strips, så hårene automatisk pegede bagud. I dag bruger jeg hellere straight cut – de det giver bedre transparens /liv, da hårene ikke klapper helt sammen om fluen.
OPOSSUM SHRIMP
Krog: Danish Seatrout # 6-10 eller lignende
Bindetråd: 6/0 Std. tråd eller Big Fly Thread i farven Fluo. Chartreuse
Belastning: Efter eget ønske.
Munddele: Lille bundt hår fra Australsk Opossum.
Antenner: 2 lange og 2 lidt kortere kunstfibre a’la Rizz fibre
Øjne: Rejeøjne i ønsket farve
Krop: Inderst bindetråden. Udenpå denne et ”hackle” bestående af en tynd strimmel (zonker strip) af Australsk Opossum.
BINDE STEPS
STEP 1.
Indbind et lille bundt hår fra Australsk Opossum
BINDE STEPS
STEP 2.
Lav en lille kugle af dubbing lavet af Australsk Opossum (denne skal fungere som base for øjene)
BINDE STEPS
STEP 3.
Indbind øjnene
BINDE STEPS
Indbind antennerne, så de ligger mellem de 2 øjne, fulgt af endnu et lille bundt hår fra Australsk Opossum – dette bundt lidt længere end det første.
BINDE STEPS
Klip eller skær en 8-10 cm lang og 2 mm bred strimmel Australsk Opossum og indbind som vist på billedet
BINDE STEPS
Dæk hele kroppen med bindetråden. Fordel en dråbe sekundlim over bindetråden. Helst af gel typen.
BINDE STEPS
Tørn skind strimlen i en åben spiral frem til øjet, hvor den fastgøres med bindetråden. Når man tørner strimlen, trækker den limen med rundt og derved limes skind strimlen fast til kroppen.
BINDE STEPS
Afslut med knuder og lak. Når limen er tør stryges hårene bagud med en velcro teaser eller fingrene – fluen er færdig
Pro Team Member
Kern Leo Lund is one of the most talented seatrout fly tiers in Denmark with a specialty in Shrimp patterns. His Leo’s Perfect Shrimp is one of his great flies that not only look good, but also works really well.
Kern lives close to some very nice seatrout hot spots, so he has great access to test his designs, and he does so several times a week.
Kern catches a lot of fish every year and he has landed several above the magic 5 kg with an impressive fish above 7 kg from Bornholm as the biggest.
Kern loves saltwater and he has fished many countries on both the flats and off shore. His trips have brought him to countries like Cuba, Mexico, USA and others in search for Bonefish, Tarpon, Tuna, Sailfish, Dorado etc.
But it is the seatrout that is his biggest passion.
Spook Seatrout 9’ # 6 and Spook Seatrout 9’ # 7. This rod is extremely light, but still have a lot of power for long cast. It is perfect for my fishing. Great balance, action and finish. My favorite seatrout rod of all times!
NEWTON 6/8 – in blue, so it matches the Spook Seatrout rods. Superb 100 % sealed brake. Awesome design, where it is clear, that it is designed for use in saltwater. And the weight is also low, so it fits the very light Spook Seatrout rods. A perfect match.
Pro series shooting head kit. These lines give me an edge no matter where I fish, and in what weather. If I should choose one of them only, it would be the Delayed Turn Over (DTO) model. Once I got used to the DTO head (it takes longer time to get straightened in the back cast than other lines), it simply produced the best casting I have ever done with a shooting head. But all 4 heads has their advantage, and I wouldn’t be without any of them!
Leo’s Perfect Shrimp, See Thru Baitfish
Seatrout: 7,2 kg (From Denmark)
Bonefish: 14 lbs (From Cuba)
Pike: 12,5 kg – only a few 100 grams from the existing line class world record (From Denmark)
Pro Team Member
Henk Huising comes from the Netherlands, and has since 2019 been an A.Jensen PRO team member.
Henk started with fly fishing and tying for more 20 years ago. During these years he found that fly fishing with a dry fly in a small brook for Trout and Grayling in Germany, Luxemburg and France became his favourite type of fishing.
The last years he has often fished in Luxemburg, Germany and France for trout and found that the Delicacy lines are great for dry fly fishery.
About 10 years ago he also found his way to the Danish coastline in hunt for Seatrout. After a couple of trips to Funen and Als, he found a way to success, and is now “hooked” on this kind of fishing, where just beeing on the coastline with good friends is a big part of it.
Henk is a very skilful flytier and you might see that he has a slight preference for tying dry flies. But he does other types of flies too, and you see that he will share his tying instructions under the “Video” section here on our website
Holland has a lot of possibilities for fishing.
Henk fish in both fresh and salt water, and he has, during his “flyfishing life”, caught many different species of fish.
In fact he has caught almost all Dutch species which you can catch with a fly. But there are of course still some on his bucket list…..
I use this rod when fishing Rudd, Roach, Ide (orfe) and grayling
For Dry Fly Fishing I strongly recommend the Delicacy lines.
Seatrout: 59 cm (From Denmark)
Brown Trout: 62 cm (On a dryfly from Luxemburg)
Grayling: 44 cm (From Germany)
Rudd: 42 cm (on a dryfly from Netherlands)
Ide: (also called orfe) 49 cm (on a dry fly from Netherlands)
Perch: 43 cm (From Netherlands)
Pike: 112 cm (From Netherlands)
Pro Team Member
Thomas was introduced to flyfishing in 1998, by a dear friend of his, and it quickly became his big passion, where hours were spent sharpening his casting and fishing techniques along his home waters, which is the coast of the Northwest of Sealand.
Tying his own flies quickly became an integrated part of the hobby.
You can find Thomas out fishing whenever his calendar allows it – of course especially in his home waters. The many hours of fishing have given him a superb insight in Seatrout fishing year around, and in all kind of weather.
Thomas loves passing on his love for the sport to the younger generation, or in fact anyone who wants to explore the world of flyfishing. As Thomas says: “Everyone can fish with a fly, and everyone can learn something from others. Keep an open mind and you will see that fly fishing will become a superb experience for you”.
In recent years Thomas have become fascinated by fishing trout and grayling in the streams of Jylland in Denmark. Today he is a member of Grindsted Fiskeforening, which allows him to fish some great rivers (streams), where his dry flies presented to the inhabitants of the “dark pools”.
In general Thomas is so fascinated by the world of flyfishing because it keeps him curious, due to the many many facets it has. Even though many people believe they know what is right and wrong, sometimes ”wrong” is the correct approach, it just shows “the fish hasn’t read the book” so as a fly fisher you can keep on learning year after year, even outing after outing.
Spook Seatrout 9’ # 7. I really have to acknowledge A.Jensen for the design of this rocket of a fly rod. I have been casting in all directions forward and backward, in a wide range of wind speeds. It has so much power, that it is easy to cast + 25 meter (app + 80 feet) every time, and that is without any problems at all!!!
Target Seatrout.
Seatrout: 5,2 kg (From Denmark)
Brown Trout: 55 cm
Grayling: 52 cm
Pro Team Member
Neville Broad from England is a passionate fly fisherman particularly specialising in saltwater fly fishing.
He is 54 years young and have a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences, and has been a passionate fly fisherman for the past 25 years.
Neville started fishing at the age of 7 years, and was a junior competitor on the South East UK saltwater bait fishing match scene. He says: “I always remember winning a Christmas open completion at 10 years of age beating adults anglers to a significant first place, which the judges in their wisdom gave me alcoholic prizes and not the more significant cash winnings.”
Where Neville lives in the South of England there are superb opportunities for bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) on the fly in saltwater, which is arguably his favourite species to fish for. He has had numerous bass on the fly, whether it’s using sinking lines from boats or topwater methods in shallow harbours.
He also love sight fishing for mullet – This can be quite a challenge but something he has conquered for both thin and thick lipped species in estuaries as well as the open coasts of England and Ireland.
Neville regard learning new techniques, innovative ways of thinking and meeting passionate anglers as very important.
He has been blessed to have fly fished many parts of the globe including Canada (largemouth and smallmouth bass), Ireland (European bass, mullet, pollock, wrasse), Mexico (Bonefish and Tarpon), Norway (Coalfish, Cod, Halibut and Pollock), and the USA (largemouth bass, bluefish, bonita, false albacore and striped bass). Neville is also a contributing writer for Sea Angler magazine.
Some of Nevilles proudest fly fishing achievements have been winning the UK Saltwater Fly Fishing Festivals of 2016 and 2017, as well as runner up in the 2021 Orvis UK Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival – as Neville says: “I guess I do have a competitive side!”
In September 2021 he caught a 164.5cm halibut in shallow Norwegian saltwater on a pink streamer pattern using a 12wt fly rod – as you can imagine it still feels like a dream (come true) for him….
The photo of that great catch is taken by Stina Didriksen. In the photo you see Neville together with his Guide; Jonny Stephenson from “Wild Pursuit Guiding”. (If you missed the fish you need glasses…..)
Neville personally believe the future significant advancement in fly fishing will be radical fly line development, where he envisage thinner lines with enormous casting distance potential but not spooking fish upon landing and minimising glare…….just like we design most of the flylines at A.Jensen.
Diablo in 9′ # 6
I
love the lightness of this rod, though it is fast, it does have subtlety to
enable delicate placement of flies such as shrimps so as not to disturb weary
mullet. it has a beautiful finish and benefits from oversized, quality
guides.
The NEWTON reel.
The perfect match to the Diablorod.
Apps Bloodworm, Spectra Shrimp, Maggot fly, Crazy Charlie, small Clouser minnow
Viper 8′ # 8 and 8′ # 9
These allow me to cast big and bulky flies as easy as possible, and to have a lot of power in the bottom of the rod to battle the big ones. At the same time the rod should be as light as possible, as tossing big flies all day can be hard work.
I mainly use the 9 wt unless the conditions are harsher (eg more wind).
I love the fact that A Jensen has included 2 sections of rubber cork in the handle at points where you put most pressure while casting. This is to support the grip and you hand the best possible way.
Phantom 8′ # 9
This will for sure be my new “Go to” rod. Incredible light and powerful at the same time. Design and fittings are tailormade for this kind of fishing.
daVinci Reel
Deceivers, Clouser Minnows, Bend Backs, Gurglers
Bonita 4 Kg (From USA)
Bonefish: 2.3 Kg (From Turks and Caicos)
Cod: 9 Kg (From Norway)
European Bass 3.4 Kg (from UK)
False Albacore: 5.44 Kg (From USA)
Halibut: 164.5cm (From Norway)
Thick Lipped Mullet 3.4 Kg (From UK)
Thin Lipped Mullet 1.81 kg (From UK)
Pollock 4.3 Kg (from Ireland)
Tarpon: 18.3 Kg (From Ascension Bay, Mexico)
Brown Trout: 4.54 Kg (From UK)
Chub: 1.8 Kg (From UK)
Grayling: 1.35 Kg (From Sweden)
Largemouth Bass: 4.53 Kg (From USA)
Rainbow Trout: 5.44 Kg (From UK)
Smallmouth Bass: 2.72 Kg (From Canada)
Pro Team Member
Caspar Andersen is a danish fly fisher in his mid 30’s, with a strong passion for especially seatrout fishing and tying flies for the Seatrout.
Caspar has been fishing since the age of 10. in the beginning it was pike, perch and other freshwater fish that had my focus.
In 2009 Caspar was introduced to seatrout fishing along the coast by his father, which changed everything for his fishing. It turned from a hobby to a real passion. Since then 90% of his fishing has been devoted to Seatrouts. He do though also enjoy some proper streetfishing casting a fly for perch in lakes near his home.
In 2010 he picked up fly fishing and the passion developed further to becoming more like a religion – as he says: “well I dont mind spinfishing, i just rather fish with a fly…Nothing in fishing can be compered to the first feeling you get when the line suddenly gets tightent 🙂 “
Caspar also loves tying flies and making videos about his tying and fishing, which can be enjoyed by everyone in his Youtube Channel and Facebook page under the name FatFlyFishing – so don’t forget to subscribe. It is not only the place for learning about fishing technique, tying and fishing spots, it is also super cosy – or what we danish call “Hyggeligt”
Caspar enjoys fishing competitions and participate in several every year.
Caspars lives in mid Jylland and his homewaters is the eastern part of Jylland, but the coast of Fyn is also visited quite often.
Phantom in 9′ # 6
It is so light and fun to fish. It is super elegant yet powerful when you need to tattle the wind
The NEWTON reel.
The perfect match to the Phantom rod.
The Pro Series Shooting heads.
Especially the “Specialist” – This short head is my favorite to use!
When fishing at night or when I’m just enjoying to fish, I use the Vector WF line – simply because it is such a joy to cast!
Spook Seatrout 9′ #6
NEWTON Reel
The Pro Series Shooting head model called “Specialist”.
Some times I do some street fishing close to my homes for perch. For this fishing the super short “Specialist” head is perfect as I don’t like to “catch” people on the other side of the sidewalk.
Seatrout: 74cm
Perch: 37 cm
Pro Team Member
Troels Frøhlke Nielsen is a danish fly fisher that loves hunting for trout, mainly seatrout, but rainbow and brown trout is also on the menu every year.
Troels has been a member of the A.Jensen family since early 2020, but has known Henrik and the Danish team members since 2015.
Troels has a unique and super sympatric approach to flyfishing. Few I so interested in listening to other flyfishers as Troels, and being able to extract the knowledge he can use for his fishing. Do not be mistaken, Troels is a very talented flyfisher, but he is one of the rare humble guys that that really enjoy fishing and all the aspects of it – including flytying. In his own words – we can all learn, even the guys that think they know it all…..!!!
Troels has been fishing as far back as he can remember, probably since the age of 5 or so, but started fly fishing when he was 13.
Troels is primarily targetting seatrout and trout in streams and lakes, but sometimes he head out for pike fishing as well.
Low weight, superb fast action and casting power, and a joy to play a fish on..
The NEWTON reel.
The perfect match to the Spook Seatrout rod.
The Pro Series Shooting heads.
Especially the “Horizon” and the “Delayed Turnover” – These heads are my favorites, and they have really added to my fishing/casting!
Avon 8’9″ # 5
Super light, but still with a lot of power to cast even the bigger shrimp flies. Super fun on the calmer days….
Superb balance on the Avon rod – a match I really like.
Vector floating and
Pro Series shooting head “Horizon”, “Presentation” and the “Delayed Turnover”. With this set-up I also love the Presentation version, as I often use this set-up on the calm days – It makes a difference!
Spook Stalker 8” #9
Target Reel
Big Fly II fly line.
This line is superb for handling the big flies.
Seatrout: 69cm (From Sweden)
Browntrout : 68cm (From Iceland)
Pike: 89cm (From Denmark)
Grayling: 52cm (From Sweden)
Pro Team Member
Flemming Nielsen comes from the North Eastern part of Denmark, only a “double haul” from Øresund, the sound between Denmark and Sweden.
Flemming is a very knowledged fly fisherman, that loves trout, beeing the silvery kind in the sea or the red dottet ones in the rivers. You will find Flemming on the Danish coastline many many days every year. Multiply that with the years he has been flyfishing (started at age 11), and you get an idea why he has gained this vast knowledge. On top of that Flemming is always ready to learn new stuff from others with different or new ways of targetting trout.
Add to that his skills with a flyrod……he is simply a very skilful caster.
In the summertime you will find Flemming chasing rising trout and grayling in all of Scandinavia, Croatia, Slovenia and the Chalkstreams of Sourthern UK.
Besides bein a great fisherman, he is also very talented behind the tying vise. Especially the dries are small master pieces….and trout and grayling seems to agree….
You guys has really nailed it with this rod – simply awesome!
The NEWTON reel.
It is light and strong and I find ita perfect match to the Spook Seatrout rods.
The Pro Series Shooting heads.
The perfect kit for all fishing situations I meet along the coast. With this kit I get the best out of each fishing day.
Avon. 8′ # 3 and 8’9″ # 5
Super light, sensitive and a huge casting potential, both when I need delicate presentation and when i need to power cast for the trout on the other side of the stream.
Target
This is a super line, that makes precise and delicate presentation of the fly easy. – a perfect match for the 3 weight.
I use the Vector line when I need long casts. The Vector delivers the distance, but is still able to deliver a dryfly reasonable delicate on a long distance.
Pro Team Member
Henrik Agerskov Jensen is the founder and CEO of A.Jensen. Henrik has a pHd in Biology, but his passion for fly fishing and fly tying directed him into this business. Henrik has tied flies professionally, many years ago…., now he rather spends time tying for his own boxes or playing with the materials trying to invent new techniques and patterns.
Henrik started Fly Fishing at age 7. He has written more than 500 articles about fly fishing and fly tying in national and international magazines, and he has appeared in films and TV programs.
Henrik was the first seatrout fly designer that combined the deeper biology knowledge of seatrout bait with fly tying, which resulted in a long series of articles in the 1980’s and 1990’s. In this series of articles he also presented a bunch of seatrout flies that is now classics, such as Aura Rejen, Honey Shrimp and Goby.
Henrik loves saltwater and has fished all over the world for species like the “classic” flats inhabitants: Tarpon, Bonefish, Permit but also the offshore species like Dorado, sailfish and especially the Tuna family fascinates him – they are simply some of the best creatures to test new saltwater gear on, it surely will be tested to the limit.
Henrik is though equally fascinated in classic trout fishing, especially sight fishing with nymphs, so he visits a Chalkstream as often as possible – most often to the well-known streams Test, Itchen and Avon of Hampshire in England but also the streams of the Balkan countries.
But Henrik is first and foremost a seatrout fisherman and fly tier, and has landed several silver bombs above the magic 5 kg, with 4 whoppers above 8 kg – all in saltwater.
Spook Seatrout in 8’ and 9′ # 6 and 7
I use mostly a 8’ # 7. The Spook Seatrout is simply the best rod we have ever made for seatrout fishing. Super light, with a crisp action and simply a wonderful and delicate rod to cast and play a fish on.
I still use the very first model I got of the daVinci. It is a test model from the development of this reel, so it dates from before the reel was released back in 2012. It is the final test version and identical to the ones on the market. I it still looking as if it was new…. a true warrior for the salty environment.
Lately I have been using the NEWTON reel. It is light and strong and I find them a perfect match to the Spook Seatrout rods.
The Pro Series Shooting heads.
This kit covers all situations I encounter along the coast, and the special tapers really makes a difference…….My favorite model is the Delayed TO. This head is simply the best casting shooting head I have ever tried.
2 of my seatrout above 8 kg was taken on a Honey Shrimp, so this fly is naturally my favorite of all time.
I use this rod on the flats and offshore. I had the full range with me on a trip to Florida, where we fished on the flats and offshore, so all rods was in use. When I went home I did so without the rods – the guides kept them all….I guess that says it all!!
I have used this reel for so many species and years now, and it has never failed. This is simply first choice for this kind of fishing.
The Quick Shoot Tropical.
The line is made for the quick deliveries we need when fishing especially on the flats….they cast very well and perform superbly with the Spook Trophy rod.
My absolute favorite of all time is the Avon 8’ # 3. Super light, sensitive and a joy to use.
Light and a beautiful combi with the Avon. The brake is super smooth and works perfect when fishing the ultra thin leaders.
This is a super line, that makes precise and delicate presentation of the fly easy.
Scud flies in “hare’s ear”, black, rusty orange and olive tones and a classic Pheasant tail nymph…
Seatrout (coastal): 9,1 kg on a Honey Shrimp (From Denmark)
Tarpon: 130 lbs (From Florida keys)
Bonefish: 9 lbs (From Florida Keys)
Permit: 21 lbs (From Belize)
False Albacore: 19 lbs (less than 1 lbs from the existing world record) (From USA)
Dorado: 22 lbs (From Mexico)
Yellowfin Tuna: 40 lbs (From USA)
Salmon: 12,8 kg (From Norway)
Seatrout (River): 101 cm, weight ?? (From Sweden)
Pike: 129 cm, Weight ??, but probably in the 13-14 kg range (From Sweden)
Browntrout: 6,8 kg 0,12 mm tippet and a # 16 pheasant tail nymph. (From River Avon – UK)
Grayling: 68 cm (From Russia)
Steelhead: 6 kg (From Canada)
Carp: 10,1 kg (From France)
Wels Catfish: 26 kg (From Spain)
Iberian Barbel: 5,1 kg (From Spain)
Pro Team Member
Nathalie Segel is a young woman from Sweden, that lives on the Island Värmdö in the Stockholm archipelago together with her boyfriend Christian (also a pro team member).
Nathalie has been an outdoor girl all her life, where a lot of time was spent doing “nature stuff”, like finding berries, hiking in the woods and mountains and fishing with her father.
But when she met Christian she were pulled into the world of flyfishing. She immediately started tying pike flies, which became a way of relaxing in the evening….
Christian took her out fishing from a float tube. It was not easy in the beginning with a lot of missed takes. But when she landed her first pike on the fly – a really nice fish weighing 6,3 kg – she knew, that she had got the “fly bug”, and since then she has never looked back.
Today Nathalie is a skillful pike flyfisher, and she makes some really, really, really nice pike flies!!
Lately she has started an interest in fishing for game species, but Nathalie is first and foremost a Pike fly fisher.
I really love my Viper # 9 with the DaVinci when I fish from our boat. Casting is so easy – the line shoots like a rocket but still lands nice and “peacefully” on the water
This is my other Pike setup, with a lighter version of the Viper and the lovely Newton reel. The Viper rods is, in my opinion, the best pike rod you can get. It is so light and it is really fun to fight a fish on. I just love them!!!
Pike: 110 cm, 7,6 kg
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