It all tracks back to my father. If he hadn’t brought me along with him on his fishing days when I was a child I would never have gotten this lifelong love affair with fishing.

 Born and raised in Stockholm Sweden in the mid 70’s I grew up fishing for Pike in the Baltic Sea. I discovered fly fishing late in life, never knowing what I missed until I met and became friends with some fanatic fly fishermen in 1997. Before I knew it I had taken all my savings and bought myself fly fishing equipment and a fly tying kit. My life and bank account has never been the same since. Two years later we started Elmerfishing and the madness was complete! 

I fish as much as I can but not as much as I would like to. I am in love with adrenaline rush of dry fly fishing and in the magic nature of the Scandinavian north I am as close as I can be to heaven.  

Fly tying for me is as big of a passion as fly fishing is. My approach is to try to tie flies that can lure the pickiest of fish and at the same time would look great framed on the wall. The constant strive to try and combine function and realism is a never ending challenge for me. Initially I got inspired by fly tying masters like Poul Jorgensen, Gary Lafontaine, Oliver Edwards and more, nowadays I find myself more inspired by studying the real insects in their own environment.  

My friends in the Elmer Fishing movement and my friend Leif Örtenholm are the ones who is most responsible for me being the fly tier that I am today. Remember that life is nothing without friendship. I live by the Baltic sea together with my fiancée and my two sons, fishing for pike still but these days with flies and these days I am the one who bring my sons with me to my fishing days.