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Nov 2016 - Editorial - Articles, blog posts

Salmonids in estuaries

A personal journey from a kid fly fishing off log booms to a marine ecologist and author of a book on trout, salmon and char in estuaries around the globe.

Read the story here

Home made rod tubes

While going through my archive of pictures, I stumbled over a series from 2005 where I had documented an evening's project of making some quick and dirty rod tubes to use for storing and transporting ...

See the photo instructions here

Do me a favor: go fishing!

Yeah, I know it's winter in the northern hemisphere, but a friend's recent passing and an old picture got me to write this.

The Lost Salmon Flies of Balmoral

If you are into classic salmon flies - like the real classics - and like to divulge in their history and origin, this is a book for you.

Grayling Flies

A thorough work on a very specific subject: flies tied for grayling fishing. This popular fish has long been in need of a dedicated book, and this is the answer to the grayling fishers prayers: a very large number of patterns targeted at grayling. Nicely illustrated with plenty photos.

Megan Boyd

A short, enlightening and entertaining biography of the renowned Scottish salmon fly tyer Megan Boyd, a tyer who still inspires many salmon fly tyers and whose influence can still be found. Letters, anecdotes, photos and much more.

Fly tying lamps

Most people need some light when they tie flies. Some people more than others. This article is about lamps to use over your vise and table when tying.

Here's an overview

GFF DIY LED tying lamps

Looking for a cool, compact and cheap fly tying light? Look no further. This project will give you a nice light for about 10-15 US$

See how to build it here

A little about caching

A site as GFF needs some level of caching in order to be able to deliver pages fast without bogging down the server or database

Perfect day

Fly fishing on the last day of the season in a never fished trout river in the Slovakian back country

Read the story here

Larry Leight and Ian Collin James Streamers

Things have been a little quiet on the streamer front, so I'm posting a couple interesting streamers that you can buy or bid on through Ebay. First up...

Tryggelev Terror

We always say that sea trout in the ocean are opportunistic and will take almost any fly. This pattern disproves that thesis

See the pattern here

David Womack

David Womack signed up for as many art classes as he could, but after just one formal painting class he realized that he had found his passion.

See some samples here