Lasse Karlsson

“Fly fishing must be fun”, says Lasse Karlsson.

"One of the biggest obstacles in achieving effortless casting are the myths that flourish in fly fishing. If you can break them down and get a better understanding of what is going on, then you will achieve the state of effortless casting, hence fishing without battles."

Lasse Karlsson is the epitome of cutting-edge knowledge, experience and teaching skills.
He is a well-known Casting Instructor and has over 20 years of experience in teaching fly- casting and fly-fishing around the Globe. He is an AAPGAI Master Trout Casting Instructor as well as holds the three instructor certificates within Fly Fishers International: Casting Instructor, Master Casting Instructor and Two-Handed Casting Instructor. Lasse was a member of the FFI's Casting Board of Governors for 10 years, where he was part of the team developing new instructor certification tests. As an FFI Level 3 Examiner Lasse is active in educating and examining new instructors around the world.
He is 4-time Danish Champion in Fly-casting and holds top rankings and victories in several international competitions. He was Team Captain for the Danish Fly-casting Team at last year’s World Championships in Fly-casting in Great Britain, where Team Denmark managed to get to Silver Medals home.
Lasse is a passionate pike and seatrout flyfisher and lives together with his 2 kids and wife Silja Longhurst in Copenhagen, Denmark. Together with his wife he manages the Scandinavian office of BalticFlyfisher. A family run business distributing Tim Rajeff’s ECHO Rods and Reels as well as OPST-Skagit products throughout Europe. They also run a Fly-casting School and a Guide-Service for both the avid coastal - and salmon flyfisher.