I have been a fly fisherman since I was 14 (in 1988). A friend of mine
got this fly tying kit for Christmas and it looked like a nice thing to
do. At that time fishing was not a big hobby, skateboarding and skiing
was the thing. But our family holidays often went north to the mountains
which does not have much asphalt for skating. So I had to do something
else, fishing it was. The first years of my fly fishing "career" I
fished with worms and fly. As soon as I had fish on the worm I switched
to the fly (the day was saved). So it went for a few years until I
decided to let the worm stay in the ground and do a serious attempt to
learn fly fishing for real. Since I was 18 I have been a dedicated fly
fisherman.
I started to tie flies after books and articles in magazines and my
youth heroes was persons like Staffan Lindstrøm, Lennart Bergqvist and
Pål Krogvold. They are still my heroes in fly fishing and I am grateful
of all the knowledge they have passed on to other fishermen.
I live in the south eastern part of Norway. At home most of my fishing
is done in large and smaller lakes. After a couple of months I get tired
of this and have to seek up running water. I spend 2-3 weeks fishing in
rivers each year. The Norwegian winter is very long, a good cure is to
take a short flight to Ireland. I have been over there every year since
2003. I love the great western lakes!
Fly fishing has become my profession too. I started to work for
Guideline in 2006 and still do. I have my own website as well the
address is www.fluefiskesiden.no and it have been there since 2000. I
frequently write articles on fly tying for Norwegian magazines.