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2026
Date Title Body Image

Shwimp

The Shwimp imitates a parasitised Gammarus shrimp, which is easy food for stream trout

Buying foam

Foam is used in many fly patterns, but foam isn't just foam. Here's a guide to getting the right stuff - and at a decent price

Seatrout! The End

Ninth section: End. This is the online version of a book I published back in 2010.

Seatrout! The Flies

Eighth section: Flies. This is the online version of a book I published back in 2010.

Seatrout! The Gear

Seventh section: Gear. This is the online version of a book I published back in 2010.

Seatrout! The Fights

Sixth section: Fights. This is the online version of a book I published back in 2010.

Books on my horizon

These some books that I am reading right now, have ordered, or intend to acquire at the earliest opportunity.

Seatrout! The Fish

Fifth section: Fish. This is the online version of a book I published back in 2010.

With a hare’s paw

Hair from hare’s ears and hare’s mask is well known and widely used in fishing flies. Less familiar are flies tied with hair from hares' paws.

Seatrout! The Anglers

Fourth section: Anglers. This is the online version of a book I published back in 2010.

A Fishable Feast

This book not only combines two things I love: fly fishing and cooking, but it adds a third thing that I also love: great photography.

Newkt

In many lakes where trout rely on eating terrestrial insects or other fish to survive, newts can be a handy dietary supplement.

Seatrout! The Water

Third section: Water. This is the online version of a book I published back in 2010.

A book on French mayflies

This is about a French book on mayflies, which I can hardly read, but still love

Seatrout! The Beach and the Sky

Second section: Beach and sky. This is the online version of a book I published back in 2010.

Seatrout! The Light

First section: The Light. This is the online version of a book I published back in 2010.

Seatrout! Pictures of a Passion

This is the online version of a book I published back in 2010.

No enshittification on GFF

A large part of the web is getting worse. One of the reasons is enshittification, which is providers making the product worse while increasing prices. That will not happen here!

Old School with a twist

It seems that it's shrimps, shrimps and more shrimps if you want to tie flies for Baltic sea trout. Here are some old school alternatives – with a twist

Six Essential Bonefish Flies

Wherever you are targeting bonefish, one thing stays the same: choosing the right fly can be a key to success

Ed Hudon

Ed Hudon is a fly designer, commercial fly tier, and founder of Merrimack River Flies

Soft Hackles

The soft hackles – North Country Spiders – have proved their worth through many decades, and still do.

Getting (properly) started with fly tying

As a fly angler, there is great satisfaction in being able to tie your own flies. If you haven’t reached that point yet, here is some advice to help you get started.

Tube Worm

These worm patterns tied with bead tubing are very tough and made to last – and very easy to tie

Dubbing needles

The most humble tool in your tying tool collection is most likely your dubbing needle or bodkin. Still it’s one of the most useful tools.

Alfred Ronalds’ The Fly-fisher’s Entomology

Don’t let the title trick you. This book is about much more than studying insects.

I updated my book database

My fishing book register needed an update – and the registration of a lot of books

Getting started with bonefish

It’s one of the most exciting and intense fishing experiences you’ll find, and here’s how to get started

The Frugal Fly-Tyer

I'm sometimes surprised how much material is wasted when people tie flies. Here are some tips on saving

Classic Steelhead Flies

The story of a long lasting love for classic steelhead flies – and some flies that illustrate why the love is still there

River Trout Streamer Fishing

Some people may think that fishing large streamers for river trout is a US thing. This excellent book tells the European side of that story. River Trout Streamer Fishing

There's no AI-slop on GFF!

None of the content on this site has been generated by Artificial Intelligence

Bead Tube Pupae

A couple of pupa patterns tied with rubber cord tubing which is also used for stringing beads to make jewelry Bead Tube Pupa
2025
Date Title Body Image

2025 on GFF

It’s been a year like so many others. GFF is chugging along, doing as good as ever ... and even with new content! GFF 2025

Shamelessly simple

Some flies are so simple and use so few materials that it's almost embarrassing. They may even be ugly too ... but most of them are deadly efficient! Shamelessly simple

Floss Grub

Dental floss tape is a cheap and effective material for winding up some simple fly bodies. It’s very good for your teeth too!

Once we had problems with comments

And we actually do again, but in a very different manner. There used to be many, now there are almost none

A tour of my tying room

Since I moved to a house several years ago, I’ve had a combined office and tying room, which has served me very well!

Carpe Cyprinus Carpio Diem!

Simple Flyfishing for Common Carp in the Heart of America

AI hammering GFF

When the site became slow, I asked ChatGPT to find the reason. Its reply? ChatGPT was the cause! Metrics

Zelda

The Zelda combines a distinctive Icelandic salmon fly tradition with elements from modern trout nymphing Zelda salmon fly

A Life in Flies

This gorgeous book tells the story of US fly tyer Mary Orvis Marbury and the classic, stylish, "gaudy" flies of her era Mary Orvis Marbury

Masked Mayfly

Disguising a bead by turning it into a head with multifaceted insect eyes Masked Maylfy

New feature: Article series

I have made a few series of articles over the years. They now have their own page

FlyMeister 2001 revived

Back in April I revived the old pages from the FlyMeister 2001 competition that was held by GFF. I just forgot to tell about it! FlyMeister 2001

Shining a Light

The SmallRig RM 03 is a flexible and versatile LED lamp useful for both tying and photography

Angler’s high

People who run, talk about a state called "runner’s high". A kind of trance where running becomes a pattern, and they can go on almost forever. I have sometimes experienced "angler’s high"

Old School Zonkers

Zonkers imitate baitfish as well as any other fly ever created, use common materials and are easy to tie

Don’t buy supplies ... tie flies!

Want to get better results when tying flies? Don’t buy your way there. Tie your way there!

Tufty Flies

The Tufty flies saw the light of day because of a need for some heavy metal for the author’s local high and coloured rivers Tufty fly

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