Hi, I’m Leif Ehnström, an old teacher with interest for fly tying and fly fishing.
I began tying trout flies back in 1977 because I liked the looks of the small creatures and after a year or so I also started my fly fishing. I still try to make fish catching flies, mostly for trout, grayling and shar, but now and then I also make a hair wing salmon fly or a tube.
I live near Norrtälje on the east coast of Sweden and therefore have a long way to go if I want to find wild trout and grayling. Therefore I often have to fish for put & take rainbow trout, but that’s OK as long as I get a couple of weeks in the mountains or somewhere in Norway each summer. So far my wife Ingrid has given me permission to go…
When I’m not tying flies or fishing I try to paint a little or just spend time with my camera outdoor in the beautiful archipelago of Stockholm or in the woods surrounding my home.
You can see more of my fly tying at http://www.ehnstrom.se/flugfiske but so far it’s only in Swedish. Hopefully I get time to translate it into English soon.