Vintage Fishing Tackle

The Young & Sons Condex fly reel

When it comes to fly reels I’m kind of biased. I’m deeply fascinated by classic reels from Young & Sons,

Last spring, when Ulla and I were visiting Rena Fiskecamp in Norway, my Norwegian friend, Kjetil Jansen brought me a

I stumbled over this photo the other day. I think it was taken by Morten Valeur sometime back in the

I have been prowling eBay intensively this winter, searching for vintage rods and reels. Primarily USA produced tackle from Shakespeare,

Yesterday while having breakfast I got a text message from my friend Lasse, telling that he was going fishing in

The fly tackle business is a battlefield where every tackle company (just like the mad lab mouse Brainy) is trying

I have a confession to make. I can look through this year’s new, shiny catalogues from just about any fly

Here is one for the squirrel tail theme. Do you remember Callgirl, Streamtease, Pin-up and Playboy. Well if you grew

September traditionally offers lots of fly fishing opportunities around here, but this year… well the start of the autumn kind

Today I had to check the calendar to realize that we are in midwinter. The weather is grey, damp and