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Monday, November 7, 2016

Nordic Skagit Heads – new Skagit fly lines by Skagitanglers.com



Nordic Skagit Heads – new Skagit fly lines by Skagitanglers.com

Nordic Skagit Heads is a brand new series of short fly lines designed and developed by the Danish web shop Skagitanglers.com – the new lines will cover all sorts of situations while fishing for seatrout (sea run brown) and salmon. The lines are floating and comes in 9 variations in the 160- 480 grains (10,4-31,1 g) range with length from 4,6 to 6,0 m. Actual line weight is printed each line for easy identification. The lines are short but not ultra-short! We – and many others – have realized that Skagit fly lines actually can be too short to be able fish delicate waters and spooky fish with success. Check out the conditions for ordering at www.skagitanglers.com
It’s fair to say that there’s plenty of fly lines out there already. Why another Skagit line you may ask? We simply feel committed to bring all the first hand experiences with Skagit lines we have gained over the years to the test. We know Nordic fly fishing very well and we’ve taken the best from the existing lines and added our own Nordic touch and ideas. The result is Nordic Skagit Heads – Skagit heads for Nordic waters design and developed by a bunch of hard core Nordic fly anglers.
The actual length/weight range of our new Nordic Skagit Heads is adapted to most Nordic conditions. You rarely need very long lines and super-heavy T-tips. Neither do you need at ultra-short line which turn over too aggressively and land too hard on the water. What you need is a line that presents the fly with ease and a light touch and can handle a wide range of tips from monofilament, polyleaders and T-tips up to 12’ T17. We believe that our Nordic Skagit Heads do just that.
 
As a special feature we’ve designed the heads with a longer front taper than usual on other Skagit heads. The back end taper is short and steep which gives a lot of turn-over power. In essence you have a Skagit line which combines the best from both worlds. Light presentation and power to shoot through the wind and deliver a weighted fly deep down in “the zone” with a fairly heavy T-tip without splashing too much around.
If you pick the right Nordic Skagit Head you’ll have a line that fishes extremely well on both single hand, switch and two-hand spey rods. No one line can do it all but with only a few of our heads in your arsenal you can cover the entire range of waters from the smallest stream up to big fast flowing rivers.
In the 160-280 gr range you’ll find your new favorite for single hand skagit casting and also for the very popular light switch rods. If you like to fish with waking flies for big seatrout in the dark (and who doesn’t) look no further.  The lines are all 4,6 m which is a perfect length for shorter 9-11’ rods.
If you fish for seatrout/salmon both in spring, summer and fall with your favorite switch or spey rod (#7-9) you will be very pleased to cast the Nordic Skagit Heads in the 320-480 gr range. The lines are all 5,5 m except for our 6,0 m long 480 grains version. These lines do very well both on waters with tight casting conditions as well as more open space free flowing rivers. When you have enough room for your casting try a longer and lighter tip (perhaps a 15’ T8 or T11) than on those small overgrown steams where a short 10’ MOW tips which often is the key to success.
We’ve spent countless hours designing and field testing the Nordic Skagit Heads and fell very confident with the result to release them to the market. These lines are easy to cast for novices and expects alike and we’re sure they fill in the gap for a Skagit line with power and a light presentation that many of our customers have been looking for. It’s here now.
Line, rod and T-tip recommendations
Weight (grains)
Weight (gram)
Length (m)
Single Hand #
Switch/Spey rod #
Maxium T-tip
load
160
10,4
4,6
3-4
3-4
10’ T8 /7’ T11
200
13,0
4,6
4-5(6)
3-4
10’ T11
240
15,6
4,6
5-6(7)
4
11’ T11
280
18,1
4,6
7-8
4-5
12’ T11 / 10’ T14
320
20,7
5,5
 
5-6
12’ T14 /10’ T17
360
23,3
5,5
 
6
12’ T17 
400
25,9
5,5
 
6-7
13’ T17 / 9’ T20
440
28,5
5,5
 
7
13’ T17 / 10’ T20
480
31,1
6
 
7-8
15’ T17 / 12’ T20

The recommended line weight and T-tips for any given rod is shown in the diagram above and are based on many years of Skagit fly fishing in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. We define Skagit fly fishing as a technique using a number of different types of fly cast all incorporation the “sustained anchor”, 10-15’ T-tips and a weighted fly.
If you fish with the Scandinavian “touch-and-go” casting style you will also be very pleased to fish our lines. Just take off “2 steps” or 80 grains from our recommendations and fish the line with confidence using your favorite polyleader or long monofilament leader.  You’ll have much more power than a Scandi-line and still be able to present your fly with ease and delicacy. 
To help you pick the right T-tips to match your new Nordic Skagit Head we added recommended maximum loads on each of the 9 lines. There are personal preferences and also different levels of casting skills but as a rough estimate we fell that this information can be helpful. Short/lighter T-tips, polyleaders than stated in the table will all perform just fine.
Contact us on info@skagitanglers.com with any questions you might have regarding our new Nordic Skagit Heads. We will happily help you pick the right line for your rod and preferred fishing situations. Just get a hold on us…if we don’t reply fast enough chances are we’re out swinging a fly.

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Nordic Skagit Heads – ny serie skagitliner fra Skagitanglers.com


Vi præsenterer med stolthed de nye "Nordic Skagit Heads", som er 100% designet og udviklet af Skagitanglers.com. Sælges i en kort periode til intropris 375,- DKK (normalt 475,- DKK).

OBS! Ved forudbestilling nu til intro-pris forventes linerne afsendt senest d. 17. November.

Nordic Skagit Heads er en helt ny serie korte skydehoveder, som i praksis dækker alt tænkeligt fluefiskeri efter laks og havørred på vores breddegrader. Linerne er flydende og findes i 9 forskellige vægtklasser fra 160- 480 grains (10,4-31,1 g) og i 3 forskellige længder (4,6 m, 5,5 m og 6,0 m). Linerne er i den korte ende, men helt bevidst ikke ultra-korte, da vi og mange andre har oplevet, at alt for korte liner ikke er fordrende for fiskeriet.

Der ligger virkelig mange timers arbejde i udviklingen og tilpasningen af denne lineserie fra Skagitanglers, og vi håber og tror vi har ramt plet i forhold til det behov for korte, effektive og letkastende skydehoveder som mange af vores kunder har efterspurgt. Tanken med udviklingen af en ny lineserie var helt fra starten, at omsætte vores praktiske erfaringer med skagitfiskeri og skagitliner til en serie nye liner til vores trofaste Nordiske kunder. Vores filosofi er, at liner til nordisk fiskeri naturligvis skal udvikles af nordiske fluefiskere, der kender de lokale forhold – det syntes vi giver god mening! Vi har ladet os inspirere af de amerikanske forbilleder, og har taget det bedste herfra og tilføjet vores egne idéer og tanker. Det håber vi skinner igennem under praktiske fiskeri med de nye Nordic Skagit Heads.
 
Længde- og vægtfordelingen er tilpasset nordiske forhold, hvor det sjældent er nødvendigt med ekstremt lange og tunge T-tips, men hvor det ofte er en fordel med en let præsentation af fluen uden for meget ”plaskeri”. Som en speciel feature har vi valgt at forsyne linerne med en lidt længere fronttapering end man ellers ser på skagitliner. Linerne har den indenfor skagit ”klassiske” stejl bagtapering. Du får hermed en lækker præsentation uden at miste evnen til vende T-tips og belastede fluer, hvilket er kendetegnende ved skagitfiskeriet.

Vi har udviklet Nordic Skagit Heads så de dækker alt praktisk fiskeri med både énhånds-, switch- og tohåndsstænger efter havørred og laks. Linerne har især deres styrke i spændet fra det helt lette ”snigerfiskeri” til det medium tunge skagitfiskeri i forskellige typer vandløb fra 2-3 m bredde åer til store hurtigtstrømmende vandløb/elve, hvor lange kaste og sublim linekontrol er vigtig. Til bl.a. aften/nat-fiskeri efter havørred med natfluer/bulefluer har vi udviklet linere i 160-280 gr området, og under testfiskeriet har Nordic Skagit Heads vist sig overlegne til dette fiskeri med énhåndsstænger i #4-8, og de lette switchstænger i#4-6. Med en længde på 4,6 m er 160-280 gr linerne perfekte til stænger i 9-11’ intervallet.

Fisker du havørred/laks forår, sommer og efterår med en lidt kraftig switchstang (#7-9) eller en let tohåndsstang (#5-8) finder du sikkert din nye favorit i 320-480 gr området. Stænger på 11-13’ fod i #6-8 vil alle fungere super godt med vores nye skydehoveder. Længere 14-15’stænger kan også fint kaste med Nordic Skagit Heads, og her anbefaler vi, at du bruger en lang (15-20’) T-tip/polyleader for at få en rolig kasterytme.

Line-, stang og T-tip anbefalinger

Weight (grains)Weight (gram)Length (m)Single Hand #Switch/Spey rod #Maxium T-tip 
load
160
10,4
4,6
3-4
3-4
10’ T8 /7’ T11
200
13,0
4,6
4-5(6)
3-4
10’ T11
240
15,6
4,6
5-6(7)
4
11’ T11
280
18,1
4,6
7-8
4-5
12’ T11 / 10’ T14
320
20,7
5,5

5-6
12’ T14 /10’ T17
360
23,3
5,5

6
12’ T17 
400
25,9
5,5

6-7
13’ T17 / 9’ T20
440
28,5
5,5

7
13’ T17 / 10’ T20
480
31,1
6

7-8
15’ T17 / 12’ T20

De anbefalede linevægte er angivet i grains og gram til de forskellige stangtyper, og er baseret på vores egne og vores testfiskeres erfaringer med skagitfiskeri i Norden. Vi definerer skagitkast som fluekast med såkaldt ”sustained anchor” fisket med en T-tip på 10-15’ og ofte med en belastet flue. Nordic Skagit Heads er udviklet til at kunne dække meget bredt fra det helt lette til det medium tunge skagitfiskeri både med énhånds-, switch- og tohåndsstænger. Under testfiskeriet har linerne også vist sig særdeles velegnede til traditionelle underhåndskast (touch-and-go stil) på de trange fiskepladser. Fisk dem med fx polyleader og lette T-tip (T8 og T11). Overhåndskast med monofilforfang eller diverse polyleaders fungere også ganske fortræffeligt.  OBS: Til den type fluekast bør der som rettesnor vælges en line, der er ”to trin” (= 80 grains/5,2 gram) lettere end angivet i skemaet.

Vi har angivet den maksimale T-tip belasting som vi anbefaler til den enkelte linetype. Det skal blot opfattes som vejledende maksimal belastning, som vi vurderer linen fungerer optimalt med, men da der er forskel i kasteegenskaber både mht. til stangvalg og personlige kasteevner kan andre T-tip kombinationer også fungere. Tungere T-tips kan anvendes, men vil ikke være behageligt at kaste med. Lettere T-tips, polyleaders og monofilforfang vil fungere fint på alle varianter.
 
Har du spørgsmål til de nye Nordic Skagit Heads så kig i shoppen www.skagitanglers.com og du er meget velkommen til at kontakte os på info@skagitanglers.com for hjælp til valg af line til din stang og foretrukne fiskevand.

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Tools - tools - tools...

Tools - tools - tools...

Our signature series of tools for skagitanglers to enjoy
When you flyfish and tie your own flies you need tools - and lots of them - for all kinds of purposes. Tools like scissors, nippers and pliers in different sizes, shapes and colors are essential to our hobby. We all know how frustrating it can be to have dull scissors, weak pliers and nippers which allways are left in the jacket, back home or in the car. It ends here :-)

We present a high-quality and yet affordable line of tools for our costumers and the first feedback have from you guys have been very promising. Costumers like it a lot - and they want more. 


Super Scissors in Fish Skin Design - sharp as He..
We carry 5 different nippers. All very sharp and highly usefull in a lot of situations. At these prices you can afford to have a set of nippers in all bags, waders and jacktes. You can also take a pick from our 3 diffenrent pliers (all stainless steel) when you're looking for tools to debarb hook, release fish, cut liner og wire and many more applications. Our fish skin design is used in many of the products. We think it simply just looks damn good and yes "fishy". Check out our fly tying scissors if you're looking for a super sharp set of scissors usefull in almost all steps of the fly tying procedure. A popular seller allready. 

We urge you to take a look at our brand new selection of usefull tool designed with flyfishers and fly tyers in mind. We have given the tools our own design and have a trusted a very skilled toolmaking company to back us on this project. Allways feel free to contact us on info@skagitanglers.com with questions and feedback and please take a tour in the shop www.skagitanglers.com

Monday, January 11, 2016

Taylor Reels now at Skagitanglers.com

Taylor Reels now at Skagitanglers.com


New high-end brand in the shop www.skagitanglers.com. We'll start bringing outstanding top-quality flyreels from Taylor Reels to our Scandinavian and European costumers.
Array - by Taylor Reels

In 2016 we're presenting some brand new high quality flyreels from Taylor Reels. Matthew and his crew have in no-time made Taylor Reels a well-know name in the business.

Revolution - by Taylor Reels
We carry both their models called Array and Revolution. In April 2016 we expect to have the latest model (Enigma) hitting our shop too.

Taylor Reels stand out from many other good reels with their very own unique design, cool colors and a super-strong breaking system. We think many Scandinavian and European anglers alike will find their next new fly reel to be a Taylor Reel.

Take a good look at Array and Revolution from Taylor Reels and buy yours now from Skagitanglers and get it at great intro prices.

We know you want it!

Read mores about the reels at http://www.taylorflyfishing.com

Visit our shop at http://skagitanglers.com/

Thursday, December 10, 2015

New ties - speyflies on hook or shank

New flies - "Classic" Speyflies and Hoh Bo Spey's

Lady Caroline #2/0
Pink Intruders on Skagit Shank - articulated
A lot of new flytying materials are comming in every day at the shop (www.skagitanglers.com). We're super busy takeing care of costumers orders but still find the time to tie a few flies now and then.
We have been steeping back to the roots a bit and have been tying a few old school spey flies as well as some more of the "usual" intruder type flies for salmon and steelhead for the comming season. It's still dark and cold outside but now it's the best time of the year to fill the boxes. Hope you might find inspiration in these pics to help you fill your own fly box with hot flies for the 2016 season.

Hoh Bo Spey's and the materials you need
Coast Orange inspired Spey flies
We have a lot of new top-quality materials from Semperfli, OPST and Sybai in stock. The list is too long to sow here so we urge you to take a tour in the shop. Our suppliers for sure knows how to produced the best materials we've seen in a long time.

We also present to you our new Skagit Shanks in stainless steel. These articulated shanks in 3 sizes are perfect for a lot of different flies and we love tying our Hoh Bo Speys on these shanks simply because it looks stunning. Hoh Bo's fish best unweighted and tied on our new shanks you will get a light and well balanced fly which is super hot for salmon, steelhead and seatrout throughout the season.


Skagit Shanks in 3 sizes.
More Hoh Bo's - some with Skagit Cones
Here's just a few pic of the latest creations for you to enjoy (hopefully). All materials can be found in the shop. Feel free to contact us is you have any questions on info@skagitanglers.com.

We gladly ship to costumers in every corner of the globe and are proud to be your one-stop skagit shop. You can follow us at Instagram for your dayly fly fix find us at #skagitanglers  https://www.instagram.com/skagitanglers/

Take care and happy tying out there to you all.