Joel Skoghäll Fly Tying

I’ve noticed the smooth fly tying of Swedish fly tyer Joel Skoghäll on Instagram and messaged him to find out a little more about him and some of the flies he ties.

“Joel Skoghäll, born and raised in Sweden, 29 years of age. I live in a small town of Sweden where I work as a high school teacher and run a small hobby fly shop on the internet together with my brother David where we offer my flies and clothing.

I started tying flies in 2012 and like anyone else I started scavenging all the books and internet to learn everything about this artform. The internet is really a tremendous source of information and much of my inspiration regarding fly tying comes from North America. What I think I enjoy the most in fly tying is the feeling that one can never be fully learned, whether it’s new techniques, materials, patterns etc. Tying flies is a problem solving process, a never-ending process and it feeds both my curiosity as well as the creative side of me which I’m happy for. I often say that fly fishing and fly tying is my kind of meditation, a way of releasing stress. I’m also thankful to Stefan Larsson (The Wicked Trout) as he has taught me a lot about the sport of fly fishing. He’s today not only my mentor but also a good friend of mine. Fly fishing and fly tying connects people all around the world and I have a lot of good friends today thanks to this.

When it comes to fly fishing 95% of the time I target brown trout in rivers up north in Sweden, and 95% of that time it’s with a dry fly. Yes, I’m a dry fly fisherman and nothing beats a trout slowly rising to sip down the dry fly. I fish both riffles and those faster waters with more attractor like patterns as well as crystal clear slow running waters with extremely thin leaders and delicate CDC flies. Fly tying and fly fishing is a passion that grows deeper every year and hopefully I can inspire someone else to start enjoying this world.”

You can follow Joel on Instagram @joelskoghall

Recipes:

Hook: Ahrex FW531
Thread: Danville 6/0
Tail: Nature’s Spirit Selected Elk Hair
Body: ’Possum dubbing
Hackle: Whiting Farms Golden Badger
Thorax: Superfine dubbing
Wing: Nature’s Spirit Selected Elk Hair

Hook: Ahrex FW501
Thread: Danville 6/0
Body and tail: Selected Elk Hair
Thorax: Superfine dubbing
Hackle: Whiting Farms Light Ginger
Wing: Selected Elk Hair

Hook: Ahrex FW507
Thread: Veevus 14/0
Tail: Antron Yarn and Partridge
Body: Nature’s Spirit Barred Turkey Biot
Wing: CDC
Hackle: Whiting Farms Grizzly died Olive

Hook: Ahrex FW501
Thread: Veevus 14/0
Tail: Antron Yarn
Body: Superfine (Adams gray)
Wing: CDC
Hackle: Whiting Farms Grizzly and Coachman Brown

Hook: Ahrex FW571
Thread: Danville 6/0
Tail: Moose fibers and Selected Elk Hair
Body: Yellow Bucktail and Selected Elk Hair
Hackle: Whiting Farms Grizzly and Brown
Wing: Calf hair