Oct 2017 - Editorial - Articles, blog posts

Baltic flies for cold water

This article in the series on fly patterns for particular coastal water conditions in the Baltic deals with the season upon us: winter.
See some tips and patterns here.

Trevor Hawkins

Australian artist Trevor Hawkins works with pen and watercolor on high quality paper to produce his beautiful, mostly naturalistic - but also sometimes abstract art
See Trevor's beautiful art here

Tom’s complete vise project

As a result of publishing my article Tom's Vise on the Global FlyFisher site, I have had many positive comments on the design of the vise and the combination of the different materials such as tropica...
Read Tom's story here

The Big Laxa

Laxá í Aðaldal AKA Big Laxa is probably the most legendary salmon river in Iceland. Not only is the river big, but so are the salmon.
Read about this famous river here

Buying Fur and Skin

Fur patches can be bought in flyshops, but there are many other sources for good fur - from furriers to roadkill.
Learn what to look for here

Ryan Houston tied Carrie Stevens' Gray Ghost

Tied by: Ryan Houston Originated by: Carrie Stevens Hook: #2 8xl Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Steamer Thread: White Tag: Flat silver tinsel...

Ugly Straggly Wolf

This fly came about as a way to use some yarn that I bought on a small vacation with my wife when she was buying yarn for a wolf. Yup, a wolf!
See how to tie it here.

Sam-I-Am

I do not like bright shrimp flies. I do not like them Sam-I-Am. I would not like them here or there. I would not like them anywhere. Or maybe I would...?
Why Dr. Seuss might be right.
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