See-through & iridescent

If you have followed our work here on Fishmadman, you would have read about the qualities of see-through tubing and the role that iridescent colures play in nature.  We incorporate these elements into many of our flies that we and other anglers have had success with over the years.

Like a good cooking recipe, we have combined the right things and made an irresistible dish. Here the Green Hitchmann fly tied on our 3.2 mm. tubing. The red spot on the throat of the fly indicates the entrance hole for the leader and doubles as a vision of the stomach seen on small see-through fry

To achieve a subtle impression I have welded small strands of holographic material to our clear tubing, this gives me a see-through fly with shimmering flanks. We haven’t coloured the tubes in the image it is in fact the reflective tinsel that is mirrored in the tubing material, adding to the general colour effect of the flies.

Iridescent pixels… a great detail on the new riffling hitch flies

I have sins the 90´s used these iridescent pixels for my sea trout flies and lures. Applying this shimmering material to the head of the Hitchman tube fly gave the fly a unique visual balance and a great unified look.

How to

The pixels will act differently on various colour backgrounds, I have had the best result on a plain black background. I use super-glue as finishing varnish on the head of the flies and sprinkle the pixels into the still vet super-glue while I rotate the fly in the fly tying vice

Gold Hitchman

Green Hitchman

Silver Hitchman

Absolutely smallish tube Frances hitch tube flies

Teal & Blue micro sub-surface tube flies (can be fitted with single or treble hooks)

We have decided to add a whole new service concept to our range of flies here on Fishmadman – a service that falls nicely in line with the updated worldwide thoughts on reusing things…
Anglers using our flies…. rarely, if ever, lose their tube-surface flies…for obvious reasons: you would change the hook inserted into the tubing and not the entire fly when you hit a rock or bend a hook on a strong fish – The flies will live on until they fall apart and are discarded… Over the years, both my  business associate Per and I have rescued and reused our favourite flies …and we think it is time to have this service on all our flies…so if you have one particular fly that outperforms other flies you have from us..then keep it safe and when the time comes …we will breath new life into the small vessel the plastic tubing is
To return flies to us, please mail them to Fishmadman I/S, Stakhaven 8, 2500 Valby, Denmark… Add notes, and we will be in contact… The service is completely free and part of our – no-nonsense product guarantee

From Porvoo in Finland, we received images of this fantastic fly by angler Janne Kuosmanen

The body length is 35-40mm, and the body is made from a foam cylinder.

See how Janne create his foam dry flies here.

A great way to learn is through joy and happiness but also participation, and it is our hope here at Fishmadman that you, as an angler, will take this topic up in 2020 and take someone young fly fishing… Share the wonders of the running waters and the beautiful fish we can catch on our flies. In this way, you will be helping to secure future support for our rivers and fish.

All too many young people spend their time with electronic entertainment and information. Most likely, most of them will grow up with very little knowledge of the beautiful and fragile world they have outside the window… This summer, I took my youngest (Anne Sophie) Tenkara fishing with a rod and fly, which she had made there and then… it was one of many great days I would have loved to share with anyone who enjoys fly fishing…

Take a young person fly fishing in 2020

All the best from Jesper and Per at Fishmadman