Morten Valeur, the founder of Ahrex Hooks, is on to shed some light on how and why he started a new hook company and how they have emerged as one of the leaders in the world.

 

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Ahrex Hooks with Morten Valeur

Find about the new hooks they have coming up this year and how you can replace some of your current hook line up.  We hear about all of the big streamer mentors in Europe and the US on the podcast this week.

 

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      Ahrex Hooks Show Notes with the Morten

      01:50 – Martin Joergensen was on the podcast in episode 99 here from the Global Fly Fisher.

      05:50 – Matt Callies from Loon was on the podcast in episode 147 and talked about loving the fly fishing industry and family.

      07:05 – Partridge, Tiemco and many others are making great hooks.  Ahrex is known for their large musky hooks.

      10:15 –  Andreas Andersson is a big Pike guy and helped Morten with some Ahrex hook design.

      21:30 – Steve from Regal has been helping to develop the bomber hook for dry fly fishing.

      26:00 – The trout predator hook is one of their top and 6/0 Big hook for musky.

               

      28:30 – I met Morten in person at IFTD in 2019. 

      29:30 – Kelly Galloup was on the podcast here and Gunnar Brammer was on here.

      34:10 – Niklaus Bauer is a big pike fisher in Europe.

      35:55 – The Outcast Prowler is the goto watercraft.

      39:40 – Morten noted Bob Popovich’s flies and the beast fly style.

      47:05 – Morten loves the Radion 908 Scott rod and the Scott Sector for salt.  

      48:30 – Here is the affiliate link we have set up with the Gorge Fly Shop.

      50:00 – The Scientific Anglers 7×7 knotable bite wire

      59:00 – Pat Cohen and Rich Strolis were on the podcast here.  You can find links to both of their new books in the show notes at those links.

       

      You can find Morten at AhrexHooks.com

      10 Pike fly fishing tips

      • December to the end of march is best fishing
      • Pike is a great starter species to start fly fishing for
      • float tube with 6-8 weight rods is recommneded
      • Need to fish slowly with light weight flies and intermediate fly line
      • in winter make sure to pause a lot on your strips
      • Make sure your tails on flies are not too long (avoid missing fish)
      • Use good bite wire
      • Black is number 1 and white is number 2 colors
      • Make your flies super lightweight – most important thing
      • You don’t need barbs

      Resources Noted in the Show

       trout predator hook 

      trout predator hook

       

      Radion 908 Scott Fly Rod

       

      Videos and/or podcasts Noted in the Show

      Video of Morten tying flies

      Bob Popovich beast fly video

       

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      Morten 0:00
      Don’t fish with flies that have too long tails in the winter. It seems like pi Cabot tendency to to attack more often behind when the waters cold as to when it’s warmer, they attack more for the side. So you will have a lot of takes just you know, maybe just attacking if they if they take the fire directly from behind it and only

      Dave S 0:24
      that was Martin Luther with a nice little tip for your next pike trip. The man behind a Rex hooks today on the wet fly swing fly fishing show. Welcome to the wet fly swing fly fishing show where you discover tips,

      Unknown Speaker 0:38
      tricks and tools from the leading names in fly fishing. today.

      Dave S 0:42
      We’ll help you on your fly fishing journey with classic stories covering steelhead fishing, fly tying and much more. Hey, how’s it going? everyone thanks for stopping by the fly fishing show. Morton valuer who has one of the hottest hook companies on the market is here to tell his story. We find out about some of their new hook surprises. Coming up this year, find out which resources he recommends for streamers and who he thinks should be. You should be following. stay here till the end with a little nice bonus that I’m going to tuck in if you if you stick around to the very end. So without further ado, here’s Morton valor from a Rex hooks.com How’s it going, Martin?

      Morten 1:22
      Oh, good here in Denmark. Shining. Yeah. Nice. Really nice days. The middle of the summer here now and fishing is great. So yeah. Oh, good here.

      Dave S 1:32
      That’s cool. Yeah, we were just kind of just briefly chatting off here, right? I’ve interviewed a few people. I think, Martin Jordan, your godson is one from your neck of the woods and I’ve had a few people over around Europe but this is great to dig into it because your your name and your company has come up quite a bit, especially talking about pike and some other flight tying and stuff. So I’m interested to hear how, how that all came to be but maybe you just first talk about how you first got into fly fishing and then how that came into Your company.

      Morten 2:02
      Yeah, that’s a really good question. Maybe not a short one to answer really. It’s it’s a been I’m 55 now almost 55 at least and I’ve been fly fishing since I was 18 but started fishing when I was five. I grew up very close to a small pond and everybody else has started fishing there. And actually, we still the company is actually only still only 200 meters from the pond. So I’m kind of back to my roots doing this now but I’ve been in the industry fly fishing industry since I was 18. I worked in a shop where we had generals sporting goods, you can say but and fishing was one of them. And then I started fly fishing and well as well. So I was 18 when I started fly fishing. Did you just jump into as far as species was a brown trout pike? What was the first thing you got into as a kid it was

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      Conclusion with Morten Valeur

      Morten Valeur who founded Ahrex Hooks talks about what they have going and how they have been very popular among predator hooks.   We also find out how Morten fishes for Pike in Denmark and how to apply that information here.

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