Henrik Agerskov Jensen – Denmark

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.