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Chasing Silver

By Jamie Howard

DVD/Video: First impression
Another blazing installation from Jamie Howard whose DVD's we do love here at GFF. This one follows renown tarpon angler Andy Mill and guide John O'Hearn's pursuit of the silver king in the waters near Florida Keys.

Published by Howard Films 2007

Being watched by Martin Joergensen

 
Drift

By Jim Klug, Tom Bie, Chris Patterson

DVD/Video: First impression
Around the world with fly fishers and fly fishing. A really nice, easy flowing collection of fishing advetures. Beautifully filmed and with lots of thoughtful and entertaining content.

Published by Confluence Films 2008

Being watched by Martin Joergensen

 
Early Season Trout Fishing

By Dean Hodson, Dean Andrews & John Tyzack

DVD/Video: First impression
A delightful introduction to different approaches to early season trout fishing. Presented by fly fishing actor Dean Andrews and fly fishing instructor John Tyzack in an entertaining and educating style. Very nicely filmed in some beautiful UK locations.

Published by Fish On Productions 2009

Being watched by Martin Joergensen

 
Featherwing & Hackle Flies for Salmon

By Chris Mann

Book: First impression
The third volume in Chris Mann's impressing series about different types of flies from all over the world. We love the first two books about shrimps and tube flies, and this new book seems to be a natural continuation of the two. The illustrations are again fantastic.

Published by Merlin Unwin 2006

Being read by Martin Joergensen

 
Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die

By Chris Santella

Book: First impression
A mouthwatering - but also somewhat brief - coverage of fifty places from all over the world where you might want to go fishing in your life. Each location is recommended by an expert and described through interviews, stories and facts by Santella. Very nice in spite of its brevity and fairly small size. Illustrated with beautiful Valentine Atkinson images.

Published by Stewart, Tabori and Chang 2004

Being read by Martin Joergensen

 
Fish Eye 4

By Mike E. Wier

DVD/Video: First impression
Video magazine style DVD with a lot of varying types of video and fishing. Trout and bass as well as some more exotic species.

Published by Burl Productions 2009

Being watched by Martin Joergensen

 
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art

By Terry Hellekson

Book: First impression
An impressing book. An encyclopedia of fly patterns, history and tying methods. Huge and with enormous amounts of material.

More on this mastodont on Gibbs Smith's website

Published by Gibbs Smith 2005

Being read by Martin Joergensen - Will be online December 31st 1969

 
Flies as art

By Paul Whillock

Book: First impression
Paul Whillock ties some really impressing realistic flies. People who have seen these creations will know why he was once stopped in customs and prohibited from bringing a fly into the US. They thought is was a real bug...

Few of the tyers of super-realistic flies reveal their secrets, but this book seems to contain all Paul's tying methods, tips and tricks.

Published by Paul Whillock 2006

Being read by Martin Joergensen

 
Fly Fisherman's Guide to Saltwater Prey

By Aaron J. Adams

Book: First impression
If you are into fly fishing saltwater and like to tie your own flies, this is a book worth considering. Running through a number of groups and species of widespread prey, Aaron Adams covers warm water predators and prey and shows all species and patterns in hundreds of color photos.

Published by Stackpole Books 2008

Being read by Martin Joergensen

 
Fly Fishing the Madison River

By Craig Mathews

DVD/Video: First impression
A season-by-season, hatch-by-hatch rundown of the Madison River in Yellowstone. Lots of useful knowledge for any angler heading in that direction.

Published by YellowstoneFlyFishing.com 2007

Being watched by Martin Joergensen

 
Fly-Fishing Secrets of Alaska's Best Guides

By Will Rice

Book: First impression
A guidebook to Alaska's best waters, organized by region. I'd probably still want to hire a guide if I was making the trip, but this book will give the reader some thoughts on where to go and what to expect.

Published by Stackpole Books 2006

Being read by Bob Petti

 
Flyfishing in Ireland

By Peter O'Reilly

Book: First impression
A classical title about fly fishing the green island. About streams and loghs, fishing gear and methods.

Published by Merlin Unwin Books

Being read by Martin Joergensen

 
Giants of the Em

By Mountain Media

DVD/Video: First impression
Large Baltic sea trout caught on spey rods in the classical waters of the river Em. Beautiful autumn impressions from a water that has been world class for a century.

Published by Mountain Media 2009

Being watched by Martin Joergensen

 
How To Catch the Biggest Trout of your Life

By Landon Mayer

Book: First impression
For those who are interested in chasing the biggest trout around, this book is chock full of excellent advice.

Published by Wild River Press 2007

Being read by Bob Petti

 
Lefty's Favorite Fly-Fishing Waters

By Lefty Kreh

Book: First impression
Another escapee from "Lefty's Little Library", where he describes his favorite places to fish for all sorts of different fish. Man oh man - this guy really has been there and done that. Over and over again.

Published by The Lyons Press 2004

Being read by Bob Petti

 
Loughs of Ireland

By Peter O'Rielly

Book: First impression
Peter O'Rielly is the definite authority on fishing in Ireland, and in this book he covers lake fishing (loughs) in his usual, thorough manner.

Published by Merlin Unwin Books 2007

Being read by Martin Joergensen

 
Master your Fly Casting!

By Jim C. Chapralis

Book: First impression
Chapralis is one of the grand old men in fly casting and has taken part in casting competition both as a younger man and lately as a senior. In this book he conveys his knowledge about casting in an entertaining and educating manner, and teaches you to cast through games and practical advice.

Published by Angling Matters 2006

Being read by Martin Joergensen

 
Modern Spey Casting

By Dec Hogan

DVD/Video: First impression
An American angle on the spey rod renaissance or "craze" with a very practical and applicable approach to this style of casting. Dec Hogan breaks down the Spey and underhand casts into clear and simple types and demonstrates each in detail.

Published by Frank Amato Publications 2005

Being watched by Martin Joergensen

 
Nymph Fishing

By Terry Lawton

Book: First impression
Quite an interesting look at the history and development of nymph fishing, with a decidedly UK slant. There are plenty of how-to's in the book, but the focus is not so much "how should you do it", but "how they did it"

Published by Stackpole Books 2005

Being read by Bob Petti

 
Raising the Ghost

By FlyBoys

DVD/Video: First impression
Action and conservation, displaying some thrilling dry fly fishing for steelhead (with dead drifted green drakes!), but also airing the concern that many anglers have for this magnificent fish.

Published by FlyBoys 2009

Being watched by Martin Joergensen

 
Red Gold

By Travis Rummel and Ben Knight

DVD/Video: First impression
A combination between a classical documentary and a fishing DVD dealing with a pebble mine project in Bristol Bay in Alaska and its potentally devastating influence on the environment and the fish - sockeye salmon - in particular.

Published by Felt Soul Media 2009

Being watched by Martin Joergensen - Will be online March 12th 2010

 
Rise

By Jim Klug, Tom Bie, Chris Patterson

DVD/Video: First impression
Another impressing installment of fishing adventures galore from Confluence Films. Filmed in 16mm and produced in HD.

Published by Confluence Films 2009

Being watched by Martin Joergensen

 
Rivers of a Lost Coast

By Justin Coupe & Palmer Taylor

DVD/Video: First impression
If documentary style is one tendency in fishing video, this is the ultimate example. A deep and profound look at Northern California's fabled and once fabulous steelhead fishing seen through historic pictures, film clips from then and now and the spoken word of a large number of experts.

Published by Skinny Fist Productions/Rivers of a Lost Coast 2009

Being watched by Martin Joergensen

 
Sea Bass on a Fly

By Runar Kabbe

DVD/Video: First impression
13 seasons and more than 400 landed sea bass is the basis for Runar Krabbe's knowledge of how to get in contact with the south european silverish fish. He fish it from the shore, boat and from pontoon drifter. He takes us from season start in early June to the end in late September. Flies and techniques are being discussed, but can it stand more than one hour and is the 60 minutes of bonus videos worth the price?

Published by Scanout Productions 2007

Being watched by Kasper Mühlbach

 
Small Fry

By ron P. swegman

Book: First impression
Small Fry is the physical incarnation of an online experiment performed by author ron P. swegman and this site in cooperation. A series of chapters or short stories, written and illustrated by swegman and published here during 2008. The complete text can be read online here, but if you want it on paper, this is it!

Published by Whitefish Press 2009

Being read by Martin Joergensen

 
Snook on a Fly

By Norm Zeigler

Book: First impression
I've never fished for snook, but if I were to plan a trip, this book would be an excellent place to start gathering facts.

Published by Stackpole Books 2007

Being read by Bob Petti

 
Soulfish

By Mike E. Wier

DVD/Video: First impression
Adventurous search for the soul of fly fishing featuring fishing in all corners of the world with a bunch of fly anglers all with an interesting opinion about the game.

Published by Burl Productions 2008

Being watched by Martin Joergensen

 
The Best Fly-Fishing trips Money Can Buy

By Pat Ford

Book: First impression
If money was no object, where would you go fishing? This book has some ideas on that, and a gazillion beautiful pictures of amazing fish in amazing places.

Published by Stackpole Books 2006

Being read by Bob Petti

 
The Cast

By Ed Jaworowski

Book: First impression
A paperback reprint of Ed's 1992 book. The one-and-only casting class I ever took was taught by Ed. What a treat. The man knows what he is doing. It will be interesting to see if anything has changed in the world of casting since originally published.

Published by Stackpole Books 2006

Being read by Bob Petti

 
The Fishing Club

By Bob Rich

Book: First impression
A collection of who's who and where's where of the fly fishing world, as Bob Rich rubs elbows with the famous and well-to-do.

Published by The Lyons Press 2006

Being read by Bob Petti

 
The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide

By Tom Rosenbauer

Book: First impression
An excellent, udpated overview of fly fishing as you would expect from someone like Tom Rosenbauer.

Published by The Lyons Press 2007

Being read by Bob Petti

 
The Scandinavian Spey Cast - Part II

By Henrik Mortensen

DVD/Video: First impression
Lots of very nice footage of very nice salmon caught in very nice water. Concentrating on dry fly fishing for salmon and on developing your casting technique. Taking place on Bonaventure and the Cascapedias this DVD shows some stunningly clear water and some massive fish striking in the surface.

Published by Newsline Video Production/Henrik Mortensen 2009

Being watched by Martin Joergensen

 
Trout Hunting

By Bob Wyatt

Book: First impression
This is a book that gets better every time I pick it up. Some of the photos inside reflect the dawn of the digital camera (i.e. a little noisy), but buy the book for the text, not the pretty pictures.

Published by Stackpole Books 2005

Being read by Bob Petti

 
Unsinkable Dry Flies

By David H. Cowardin

Book: First impression
A small book on a very special fly tying method where heat shrink tube is used to make air filled parts on the fly making them very durable and unsinkable.

Published by David H. Cowardin 2009

Being read by Martin Joergensen

 
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User comments
GFF staff comment
From: Martin Joergensen · martin·at·globalflyfisher.com
Submitted August 22nd 2009

Jim,

Give the search facility a chance... Type in The Trout Bum Diaries and viola! There it is, our review of this great DVD. They have made more than one, and you can find them all.

Martin

From: Jim Bauer · jimbauer70·at·yahoo.com
Submitted August 21st 2009

Looking for your DVD video The Trout Bum Diaries by Will Mullis and can't find it on your web site but a few months ago I did.

GFF staff comment
From: Martin Joergensen · martin·at·globalflyfisher.com
Submitted May 24th 2007

Bob,

The new tube fly book is awesome! Very inspiring. I have spent the last few days reading through it and will fire off a review ASAP. A few other books are in the queue before yours, but it will come eventually.

Martin

From: Bob Kenly · rkenly·at·centurytel.net
Submitted May 24th 2007

So now you can see what took us so long, I hope you are as pleased as we are with the final result

From: Chris · cadamec·at·wi.rr.com
Submitted March 6th 2007

Hi,

So where can one get a copy of Ad Swier's book? I looked on amazon.com and amazon.co.uk and couldn't find it. Googling it didn't turn up much either.

Best regards,
Chris.

GFF staff comment
From: Martin Joergensen · martin·at·globalflyfisher.com
Submitted September 10th 2006

Eddie,

You have probably come to the wrong place... we only deal with fly fishing and not with floats, bait and spin fishing.

I would recomment that you found yourself a beginner's book on the subject - like the "dummies" series found from many publishers.

We do have beginner's articles, but only for fly fishing.

Martin

From: eddie · errana44·at·yahoo.com
Submitted September 10th 2006

i am just starting to indulge into the hobby of fishing, something i've never done before. so i bought a rod & reel, but i don't know how to put the accessories at the end of the line - weight, the hooks and flies & the float. how to tie them together? which is at the end-the weight or the hook? what is the sequence at the end of the line? please help me.


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