Terje Refsahl


My name is Terje Refsahl and I live in Hamar, Norway.
I am a dedicated dryfly purist and only use flies that floats so that I can see the trout rises to the fly. Emergers is also ok! As long as i see the rise........ Unfortunately I did not start my flyfishing life until i was about 30 years old, but around 100 days with the dryfly each year has kind of made up for my late start.

I spend most of the summer in the beautiful river Rena in Norway where I have a cabin along with some flyfishing friends. The cabin lays close to the river and have both big trout and grayling. The trout is my favorite fish and most of the time is spent hunting for big trout.

I have been tying flies for well over a decade and am picking up new inspiration from all around the world. Thank god for the Internet, it has really opened up new possibilites over the past few years. In Norway we have many skilled tiers that inspires me every day and has done so for years. The people that have inspired me the most through the years is Staffan Lindstrøm (my favorite flytier of all time), Toril Kolbu, Pål Krogvold, Rune Stokkebekk, Gunnar Bingen, André Brun, Tore Slettengen and many more skilled norwegian flytiers. Among the foreign tiers I am a big fan of Johan Klingberg's cdc tying and am stunned by Ulf Hagstrøm and Leif Örtenholms magic tying. There are so many more that deserve credit but I will have to come back to them another time. Thank you to all tiers around the world for all your inspiration!!

Terje!

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