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Become a better fly fisher

Fishing methods, species, ways to catch more fish - Learn fly casting - Become a better fly caster

What is a switch rod?

A jack of all trades: There's single hand and two hand rods. The one in between should be the switch rod, right? This article is about how salmon guide Nils Jorgensen sees it.
Single or two hand?

FlyOn tube fly system

New paradigm: A simple idea for switching tube flies lightning fast without cutting the leader or tying any knots.
See how to do it here

Click to go to "Portrait of a fishing dog"

Portrait of a fishing dog

Woof: I've had a dog for close to ten years now, and he has been with me on almost every single fishing trip I've been on since I got him.
Read our story here

See "Henning's Setup" by clicking here

Henning's Setup

DIY: This shooting head setup for coastal fishing is both inexpensive, easy to make yourself and very easy to cast.
Learn how to rig it here

Proceed to "February Red" here

February Red

Cold hatch: Many Finnish fly fishermen wait impatiently throughout a long and dark winter for some exotic dry fly fishing in the middle of ice and snow
See the beautiful winter pictures here

Proceed to "Stripers on the flats" here

Stripers
on the flats

Maine: Chasing striped bass in the shallow water - the flats - can be a lot of fun as Swiss fly-angler Lukas Bammatter can attest to.
Read his story here

Go to "What is fly-fishing?"

What is fly-fishing?

Start here: This article tries to explain in simple terms what it is to fish with a fly - fly-fish or flyfish.
Read the explanation here

Find "2500 sea trout!" here

2500 sea trout!

True lies: If you want to lie about your catches, you might as well do it properly. Here's a story about how not to do, and a tool to help you.
Learn to lie well here

Proceed to "Never fish with a broken hook!" here

Never fish with a broken hook!

Breaking bad: Am I dumb or what? Who would fish with a broken hook? Well, a lot of people do, actually. I do now and then, although rarely on purpose.
Learn how to avoid broken or dull hooks

See "The strike" by clicking here

The strike

Setting the hook: Once a fish has taken your fly there's a number of different ways to react. This article will try to help you hook more fish by adapting your strike or hook set.
Read about different methods here

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Right hand or left hand?

Dexterity: The debate about whether to use the right hand or the left hand on the fly reel is almost as old as fly-fishing itself. Let's look a bit rationally on the issue at hand...
Sorry...

See "Fly Fishing with Solo Canoes" by clicking here

Fly Fishing with Solo Canoes

Sailing: Mike Hogue bought a new solo canoe this summer. After fishing and using his solo canoe for awhile, he is now wondering why he waited so long to buy this boat.
Read about Mike's experiences here

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Bronze Ides

A summer fish: When the water reaches a comfortable temperature to go swimming, fishing gets slower. However, some species like the tropical feel and may surprice you now and then. Tie some small gammarus and dry beetles and get out in the calm August evenings.
Get the feeling of summer bronze

Proceed to "Tom's Line Winder" here

Tom's Line Winder

DIY: Build your own line winder for maintaining your fly lines and getting them on and off the reel. Tom Biesot considers the line cleaning process and use and construction of your own line winder.
Follow the detailed instructions here.

Go to Dicentrarchus labrax

Dicentrarchus labrax
The European sea bass is a worthy target for fly-fishers, and in spite of being a lot less common than its American kin the striped bass, it's quite common along the North Sea and Atlantic coasts in Europe.

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Christmas gifts
We haven't ever done any of these traditional Christmas articles before. Lists of stocking stuffers are very common everywhere, but this is the first ever on GFF. We have spotted 24 new and classic Christmas gifts for the angler, fly-tyer or just outdoors person.

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Interview with a trout
Fish speak out for the first time ever! Learn why trout don't think a Royal Wulff is edible, why they jump when hooked and much more in this exclusive interview with the world trout spokesfish.

Go to Uncharted Waters Q&A

Uncharted Waters Q&A
We contacted the team behind the video Uncharted Waters and asked them some questions. Read their replies and learn what drove them and how the trip and the DVD came to be.

Go to Itu's Bones Q&A

Itu's Bones Q&A
Get the fascinating story of the video Itu's Bones when Carl McNiel, the man behind the video, answers our questions and tells how the whole thing started and developed.

Go to Hatch Q&A

Hatch Q&A
We posed a series of questions to Nick Reygaert, the filmmaker behind the fabulous video Hatch, which shows a row of different "hatches" around the world. Hear about (video) gear, tight schedules and future plans.

All articles from this section...

·10 rules for C&R
·10 ways
·10 Ways to Fish Green
·2500 sea trout!
·A Backyard in Nowhere Q&A
·A smart spooler
·Asp Parade
·Aux Outardes River Pike
·Balance beam
·Baskets, trays, buckets
·Beginner's Buzzer
·Biological Time
·Bonefish biology
·Bonefish Theme
·Bonefishing the Flats
·Boot Blues
·Braided sleeve and silicone tubing
·Break a rod
·Bronze Ides
·Bubble float
·C&R of salmon
·Capt. Mel's Tube Knot
·Car rod holders
·Carp on the Fly
·Catch & Release
·Catch&Release
·Chasing Gold
·Chinook in the salt
·Christmas gifts
·Chubby Fishing
·Chuck-n-Duck
·Cod on a flyrod
·Common casting errors
·Czech Nymphing
·Dicentrarchus labrax
·Do's and dont's
·Don't freeze
·Don't wade, you idiot!
·Driving podcast
·End of the rainbow
·February Red
·Fernández Fly-Fishing for Bonefish
·First setup
·Fish safely
·Fishing - Kayak flyfishing
·Fishing a bubble
·Fishing the Muddler Minnow
·Fly fishing leaders and tippets
·Fly Fishing with Solo Canoes
·Fly line anatomy

·Fly Line Blues
·Fly Reel Blues
·Flyfishing for Perch
·Flyline Maintenance 101
·FlyOn tube fly system
·Four stream rods
·Furled leaders DIY
·Going deep
·Hatch Q&A
·Henning's Setup
·How to act right
·How to fish with more than one fly
·How to look good
·Ice cold tubing
·Illustrated knot table
·Improving fly line control
·In search of Dinosaurs
·Interview with a trout
·Itu's Bones Q&A
·Jacket Blues
·Joining loops
·Juro Mukai's shooting head setup
·Kayak flyfishing
·Knots and ©
·Knots for the fly fisherman
·Lake Vintter
·Large loop connection
·LeaderCalc2007
·Leaders&Tippets
·Line care
·Loops
·Making a loop directly on a fly line
·Making a wading staff
·Making loops
·Measure tape II
·Measuring the temperature
·Midwest Hatches
·Montana Trout
·My summer salmon fishing
·Never fish with a broken hook!
·New York Salmon fishing
·O'io Boy'o!
·Old Hickory
·On bite tippets for pike flies - Global FlyFisher
·Our first mullets
·Packing
·Patagonian salmonids
·Pike Landing
·Portrait of a fishing dog
·Production leaders

·QwikCalc
·Reel care
·Right hand or left hand?
·Rising Tide
·Rod care
·Safety and preparation
·Saved soles
·Sea Trout Gear
·Selecting a kayak
·Sharks!
·Shooting head talk
·Shooting heads
·Shooting lines
·Skunked
·Slinkies
·Smallmouth Jump
·Spring preparation
·Stepping into the Stream Q&A
·Stillwater Fishing
·Strike Indicator Scientology
·Stripers on the flats
·Tapâm Q&A
·The Bad Beginning
·The bag trick
·The Fish & The Fly Q&A
·The ghost and I
·The landing net for the coast
·The measure tape
·The only knot
·The Overlooked Asset
·The strike
·Tigerfish from my Verandah
·Tom's Line Winder
·Tom's reel
·Trout beads
·Twined or furled leaders
·Uncharted Waters Q&A
·Using the loop system
·Weird Ways
·What is a switch rod?
·What is fly-fishing?
·When lightning strikes
·Where to fish
·Wind considerations
·Windy casting
·Winter fishing
·Yellow Fever
·Your best indicators!
·ZipCast

Reports
·Letter From Scotland
·Bronze Ides
·The Green Inchworm
·Another Year of the Giants
·Springtime In Detroit
·Pretty in pink
·My Time on the Mountain
·Lake fishing in Sweden
·Easy Fishing Florida Keys
·Sailfish on the Fly
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Reviews
·Casting That Fly 1/2 - Basics/A...
·Why I Fly Fish
·Tributaries
·The Tube Fly
·Feather Brain
·The Founding Flies
·Ultimate Fishing Adventures
·Wet Flies
·Classic Michigan Flies
·Trout (of the World)
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Patterns
·The Oscar Fly
·X-Factor
·Neguinha Fulô
·Micro Tarantula Crab
·Pike Duster
·Mart's CdL Hen Caddis Emerger
·Glitter John
·F&K Caddis
·Catskill Tube Flies
·The Super Pupa
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