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A guide to fly-fishing for pike

Fly-fishing for pike is easily accessible and requires simple gear and few skills - and it's so rock and roll!

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Wild Steelhead

I brought home 4 lbs of beautiful wild steelhead the last time I was in the US. Not a fish of course, but a couple of impressing books.

Folding Feathers

There are numerous applications for feathers that have had barbs on one side folded opposite to the barbs on the other.

Bass on Buzzers

If you ask an experienced largemouth bass fly angler for an account of his or her most productive patterns, a nymph of any variation would likely not be on the list.

Maybe this should change.

Wade Whitaker

I cut my teeth fishing for bluegill and bass in California. After which I made my way to Hungary and Berlin, Germany, were I've taken to urban angling (more of necessity than pleasure, admittedly). ...

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Daniel D. Holm

Danish Daniel D. Holm is a teacher in the daytime, buts spends a lot of his spare time on fishing, fly-tying and selling materials through his online shop Flytying.eu. He lives, works and fishes in th...

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A guest post for your blog

Ever so often I get a mail asking if I would like to have guest posts on the Global FlyFisher. I have turned down every offer until now and here's why.

Piccaso

Piccaso - Darren MacEachern Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Darren MacEachern Piccaso Fly Pattern Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek...

Rosi Oldenburg

I first noticed Rosi Oldenburg's colorful fish images on Facebook, and after having browsed them a bit, I decided to contact her for an appearance in our Fishy Artists series. She agreed to play along...

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Tom's Vise

The loyal visitors of the Global FlyFisher website have probably read previous articles of mine, such as Tom's reel and Tom’s line winder.
The interest in these items judged on the basis of the many...

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Site upgrade done

...almost. The new site is running smoothly and things have settled in. Traffic is stable and most pages are adapted to the new design.

Fusion Fly Tying

Greg Senyo's book on modern salmon and steelhead flies is a tour de force in goudy and flashy materials composed into large flies

Fly-fishing in the Brazilian Amazon

The Amazon fresh water system, the largest in the world, is home to the Peacock Bass - a hard striking tropical fish.

Join Pedro Alfredo Miles

Wings with CDC

CDC wings are good looking and makes a dry fly a great floater. Here's a few tips on getting them perfect.

Find them here.