- Chernobyl Ant ! – Neither ant – nor beast
- Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies
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Chernobyl Ant !
Neither ant – nor beast
Tube Chernobyl Ant from Fishmadman. Obviously we tie our big Chernobyl Ant wake flies on tube.. Buy tube & an extra long tube fly needle to tie them on here
Chernobyl Ant One of the greatest wake fly patterns in the world of fly tying. Designed in 1995 By Allan Woolley and Mark Forslund, from the Green River system in Utah…The Chernobyl Ant was intended as an imitation of a Mormon cricket
Top water angler Mr. Christensen from Denmark wrote us:
“At Pentecost 2011, we were a small group of anglers who went on a trip to fish the River Ätran on the West coast of Sweden The water was quite warm: 19 degrees Celsius (66,2 Fahrenheit) But the river was teeming with fish — and new ones was coming in regularly. I caught 2 nice salmon of which I kept one: 83 cm and 5.6 kg”
“The Chernobyl Ant can swing quickly or slowly. Stripped in with a twitching motion. Fished unaffected across the river. Popped or Zigzagged – or It can be fished at dead drift on known salmon lies – I cast the fly in all directions. On slow deep pools or fast flowing water. Even if the current is so turbulent that fly is dragged under — it will still catch fish”
The take
“Often the salmon will just grab the Chernobyl Ant and hook it self …Wham bam! — Bend rod and all is well. But just as often we see the salmon rises to the Chernobyl Ant without taking it. They can pursue the fly for many meters, roll over it, go right under it or jump high in the air — but without touching the fly. Then it becomes really exciting. It is important to keep the “pot boiling”. Try the same fly 1 or 2 more times. Swing it at different speeds. If the fish comes back without taking it, try switching to a different colour, size or shape. Jerking the fly back can some times be the trick Sometimes you may succeed tying on a completely different fly like Sunray Shadow, or a small sunken fly – But getting the fish on the surface is what’s really interesting”
Tight lines Anders
The Chernobyl Ant a wake fly with a subtle wake and 6 fluttering rubber legs can have a hypnotic grip on many Salmonidae – particularly Atlantic Salmon.
Buy top quality Chernobyl Ant’s from our fly shop 
Top water angler Mr. Jansson from Sweden wrote us in November 2011
“In the rivers where I do my fishing, dry-fly fishing is almost unknown. My regular Norwegian River is the Surna River that always is very cold, even in the hottest summer the river temperature never rises above ten degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit)
In July summer of 2011 we had a week of fine sunny weather, so I thought I would give the Chernobyl Ant a go. One of the pools on our beat: the Talgöy pool almost always hold fish. It is a grand pool to fish that ends in a long smooth glide, I thought it could be a suitable place to test a stripped Chernobyl Ant.
The Chernobyl Ant striped perfect with a nice v-plow — and on my way down the pool a salmon tried to grab the fly on several occasions – When it finally got hold of the fly I let it turn and the fish was hooked instantaneously. Ten minutes later I could beach my first “dry fly salmon” about 6.5 kilo- Later in the week, I did more experiments with The Chernobyl Ant. – Connected with one big salmon and lost two grills as well. Flooding and high water started and we had to change tactics…
I will certainly be back to the Surna River this summer with more Chernobyl Ant`s and Tube Bombers in my box – Tight lines Pär
Mr. Pär Jansson from Gothenburg with a beautiful fresh Surna fish caught on double hand rod and a Chernobyl Ant waked across the river
See new barbless tube-fly hooks – for the Chernobyl Ant and our other foam flies Go to shop
Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies
Book review on: Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies
Book by Mr. Paul C. Marriner Read more on Paul
Every year we see a number of books on fly fishing and the flies we use. Some will be remembered others won`t. Here is a book you definitely will enjoy throughout your life as salmon angler.
As the name suggests, the book Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies, is a book about salmon flies – But it’s not quite a book as we know them here in Scandinavia.
Most of the flies in this book are of Canadian origin – more precise the East coast of Canada. It is particularly interesting to read about and not least to see these fly patterns, because Canadians do not fish in exactly the same way as we do, and will be looking at salmon flies in a slightly different way. Most Canadians fishing is done with single hooks without barbs. This obviously makes Canadian anglers connoisseurs in this chapter of fly design, and this book is on single hook flies more than anything els – you will find a wealth of fly patterns and ideas for the single hook angler.
Here in Scandinavia we have almost forgotten the single hook fly – and we seems to have traded all the single hook salmon flies for flies tied on tube – A little unfortunate as the single hook fly patterns allows the salmon fisherman to be, fishing in unique ways and places.
Their is not many tube-flies to 
be found in Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies – But we may (with some pride) add that flies from Fishmadman is part of this volume – hopefully it will spur more Canadians to try tube flies…… Last but not least I will recommend this book just to see the many wonderful salmon dry flies…like all other flies in this book they are tied by the guides and anglers using them – This gives the reader a valuable insight into the styling and design.
Good reading Jesper Fohrmann 2012
