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2016
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Pursuing Esox

Pike, Musky, and Pickerel On The Fly.

The Danish Danica

The highlight of the season of northern European dry fly fishing is without doubt the Ephemera Danica mayfly hatch.

Mosquito Adams

The adams is one of the most popular dry flies. Generally it is tied with grizzly and brown hackle, this one only uses grizzly hackle to mimic a mosquito.

Sedgehog Heather Fly

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Short Shank Special size 12 Thread, Uni-8/0 Black Body, Wapsi Black HD Foam Legs, Pre-Knotted Pheasant Tail Fibres dyed Black

QuickGuide - Pro Flexitube System

A short introduction to a super versatile tube fly system.

Casa Blanca, Mexico

Casa Blanca, Mexico Décembre 2015

Finger Mullet

Marsh Hen Part X. Sometimes you just wanna go out and catch some youthful redfish the size of finger mullet. Or fish with fly line out of your bottom guide.

Squirmy Wormy

Detailed instructions for a tying a Squirmy Wormy.

Breede River Grunters on Fly

The Karoolskraal Fly Fishing Camp is situated on the banks of the pristine Breede River Estuary system, without doubt one of the best saltwater fly fishing destinations in South Africa.

Stonfo Elite Bobbin Review

There are lots of choices for bobbins in the world of fly tying, and I wanted to share one of my favorite ones, the Stonfo Elite Bobbin series.

Mosaic Dabbler International Size

Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight Black size 10 Thread, Uni-8/0 Black Tail, Bronze Mallard Fibres Body, Mosaic Flash

Floodtide Dee Style

Materials used; Hook, Bartleet 3/0 Threads, Uni-8/0 Yellow and Black Tag, Oval silver Tinsel Tail, Golden Pheasant Crest and Red Breast

BodyTubing Bunny Bug

I tie a variation of a Norbert Renaud zonker pattern, and explain the steps necessary to tie it.

True North

Fly Fishing the Great North Woods Download the song here - https://danmehta.bandcamp.com/track/are-we-here

Clyde Style Light Cahill

Hook: Wet/Nymph #12 - #16 Thread: Cream Body: Cahill Cream Dubbing Wing: Woodduck Flank Hackle: Cream

The Regal mystery

There's a gazillion tyers who love the Regal style, angled spring clamp fly-tying vises, but I always wondered why they are so popular

Isonychia Nymph

Hook: 2xl #12 - #14 Weight: .015 Lead Free Wire Thread: Black Tail: Peacock Herl Rib: Small Copper Wire Spine: Stripped Hackle Stem

On the Mountains

Two days trip in Norway Rogaland region on the Mountains

Allan Nørskov Johansen

Allan is a Danish fly fisher and tyer who loves to fish for large sea run browns in the Danish river Karup.

LivelyLegz Spinnerbait Stonefly

Hook: 2xl Nymph #8 - #12 Weight: .030 Lead Free Wire Thread: Olive Tail: Pheasant Tail Abdomen: Spinnerbait Skirt Legs: LivelyLegz

UV Cure Mayfly Nymph

Hook: Scud #12 - #18 Bead: 2mm Silver Resin: Diamond Fine Thread: Dark Brown Tail: Wood Duck Flank Rib: Pearl Krystal Flash Body: Dark Brown Thread

Brown nymph

Dápmut

Dápmut - Salmo trutta in sami We went up north to Swedish Lapland for some dryfly fishing in a remote river between Kiruna and the Norwegian Border.

The Octopus

Danish Allan Nørskov Johansen ties a large, gaudy and semi-crazy fly with lots of hair, flash and rubber legs for stream fishing at night for sea run brown trout.

Pale Watery Nymph

Materials used; Hook, Fulling Mill All-Purpose Medium size 14 Thread, Uni-8/0 Yellow Tail, Light Ginger Cock or Hen Fibres Tag, Yellow Thread

Simple Baitfish

Simple and super effective baitfish imitation for finicky sea trout. Tied by Morten Hansen on an Ahrex NS122 Light Stinger.

Crack Head Charlie

The crack head charlie is a variant of the crazy charlie that I tie with "the kracken enhanced" dubbing.

Grim Story

Wet fly for grayling

Gift of Gold

We strive to understand. We celebrate connection. We embrace the challenge.

Those moments

Recap of 2015/2016 Season! Short cut through the best moments of last season! Supported by: Manic Tackle Project, Smith Optics NZ, Moreporks Music: Xavier Rudd - Spirit Bird

Brooks' Sprout Midge Emerger

Detailed instructions for tying Brooks' Sprout Midge Emerger.

Mink Matuka

This fly is a lightweight version of a zonker fly, that also is similar to a matuka fly.

Hendrickson

Dressing: Hook: Gamakatsu F11b #12 Tail: Medium Dun Cock Fiber Body: Pinkish Gray Red Fox Fur Wing: Wood-Duck Flank Hackle: Medium Dun

Maiden Float

Some folks say Northern Minnesota is no place for a driftboat. Well, we think we're into something pretty special here. Smallmouth high jumps just in time for the olympics.

The fixed top menu

A lot of sites feature a part of the page – typically a top menu – that is fixed to the top of the screen when you scroll down. Here are some thoughts about such a feature and how to do it.

Monster Craw

A simple easy to tie crawfish pattern I designed. Extremely effective on river smallmouth, but also a great fly for stream trout, carp, and anything that may fancy some craw.

The technology behind LeaderCalc

This is the story about the adaptation of the old LeaderCalc spreadsheet to a Drupal module that drives a web based system

Brookie Heaven

High Alpine Fly Fishing

#‎flypatternphotochallenge‬

A couple of weeks ago my Facebook wall started overflowing with great fly photos. I think I should thank David Hise for that.

The GFF Drupal theme

The Drupal theme that's used on the Global FlyFisher is home made from scratch. I deplore large and complex themes, and prefer simple and compact.

The new newsletter

I reinstated the GFF Newsletter that we stopped sending a decade ago. This article is about the system driving the new newsletter.

GFF BTS

This section tells a bit about the technology behind and development of the Global FlyFisher. Nothing at all about fishing or fly tying, but interesting to some.

Dumb Eye Bugger

Wooly Bugger trout streamer with dumbbell eyes. Wooly buggers are probably one of the most popular and versatile freshwater streamer patterns ever created.

Dark Cahill

Dressing Hook: Gamakatsu F11b #12 Tail: Brown Cock Fiber Body: Muskrat Wing: Wood-Duck Flank Hackle: Brown

Underwater View of Trout and Grayling

Underwater View from Labská Dam, Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic, September 2015

Burrowing Nymph (Mayfly)

Today we're going to tie a Burrowing Nymph from the ephemera family, where the Ephemera Danica is one of the most known species amongst us fly tyers.

CDC Cinnamon Caddis

Materials Used;

Molten Core

Today we're going to tie the Molten Core. A modern wet fly with some new techniques.

How to Dye and Prepare CDC Feathers

How to Dye and Prepare CDC Feathers..

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