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Third section: Water. This is the online version of a book I published back in 2010.

Second section: Beach and sky. This is the online version of a book I published back in 2010.

First section: The Light. This is the online version of a book I published back in 2010.

This is the online version of a book I published back in 2010.

The SmallRig RM 03 is a flexible and versatile LED lamp useful for both tying and photography

A rugged, waterproof, lightweight camera can be a great fishing companion. And do much more than a phone can

When on social media of various kinds, you bump into some very talented people now and then. Belarusian Dmitriy Lesnov is one of those talents

Getting a decent macro image of a dry fly sitting on water is one of the hardest shots to pull off

This article teaches you how to do a proper series of step-by-step photos of a fly pattern being tied - also known as an SBS.

I have covered lighting flies for photography in various articles, and mentioned Siberian Ramil Yamaliev’s gadgets before. Here’s another one.

Danish fly angler and professional photographer Søren Skarby got an idea: to photograph fish like they'd never been photographed before

I recently went through my large archive of images. Suddenly I had a whole bunch of fly images. I gathered them into a small gallery.

Nick Mayer's watercolors are large, colorful and stunningly beautiful. Read about his journey from his childhood sketchbook to becoming a full time artist.

Brad Pitt’s New Movie Ad Astra has a Connection to Fly Fishing - and A Fly Fishing Painter’s Well Traveled and Well Lived Life

This 3D-printed contraption is a fly holder with built in light designed for fly photography.

The Global FlyFisher has long been on various social media, and is now on Instagram too

Another year passed, and the Global FlyFisher still tugs along, quietly, continuously expanding, larger than ever, celebrating its 24th Christmas

A small gallery of images from November and December on the Baltic coast, showing the ambiance during these last months of the year

Another beautiful, full dressed salmon fly from Italian Stefano Farkas. This time a Green Highlander.

Recently Belgian Roland Henrion started focusing more on his art, and that made him a candidate for our fishy artists series.

I get regular mails from Italian master salmon fly tyer Stefano Farkas. A couple of his recent flies were special.

Italian master fly tyer Stefano Farkas has tied a Carrie Stevens streamer in the style of his full dressed salmon flies.

Italian Stefano Farkas continues to supply the most astonishing full dressed salmon flies.

Christmas is here... just a few days until you can unwrap your presents. But you get one from GFF right now!

US artist Jason Bordash works as an electrical designer, but paints beautiful fishing scenes, fish and flies in his spare time. We asked him a few questions.

Italian fly tyer Stefano Farkas regularly sends me pictures of his beautiful, full dressed salmon flies. Here's another batch from him.

This is my entry from the first ever Illustrated Pattern Swap in 1996. No idea what an Illustrated Pattern Swap is? Well read on and learn.

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

American artist Casey Underwood does stunning and beautiful fish portraits using mixed techniques.

South African artist Gavin Erwin paints wonderful pictures of fish and fishing - some colorful and abstract, some very naturalistic.

Italian Stefano Farkas ties some beautiful - and very large - full dressed salmon flies.

The spring gallery this year is a simple collection of pictures of Danish coastlines. It might be simple, but the variation is amazing and almost endless.

The Global FlyFisher has been on Pinterest for a while, and get quite a bit of attention there.

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.

It's almost become a tradition that I do a springtime gallery every year, and once again I have been digging in the image archives.

Danish Susanne Worm was a natural participant in our series on Fishy Photographers

A small image gallery with some images I seem to shoot quite a few of: flies resting on rod handles or reels with the fishing water as a backdrop

German artist Rosi Oldenburg now lives, draws and paints in Washington state in the US

I first noticed Travis' brilliant and colorful art on Facbook and we became online friends

Taylor Garman had a very impressive display of her artwork at the Art of Angling show in Danbury and was interested in working on an article

Scrimshaw is a very old art form, with the old Eskimos and whalers having practiced this art and used it for passing time and decorating

Beautiful leather handcraft by Lithuania based Arturas Merkevicius

Soren actually rarely brings a camera when fishing. He does take fishing photos, but as a professional for magazines

Italian artist Renato Rizzo draws beautiful, simple but still very complex and detailed black and white pictures of flies

This is written mid-January 2015, and we've just come out of a couple of weeks with two storms, extreme tides - even flooding

The work as a fishing editor sparked Lucas' interest in (fishing) photography

The highlight of every fishing season is the trip to a small lake in northern New York where my buddies and I leave our trout gear at home and chase the king of the warmwater lakes - the largemouth bass.

The Beaver Kill River is one of the very famous US rivers and an important part of the history of US fly-fishing

I have traditionally published a collection of images before the season to heighten the Cabin Fever, and this year's Casting Arm Blues also gets a stimulus package

Dutch Rudy van Duijnhoven is a well known freelance writer and photographer in the northern European fishing community

One day last year I was thinking about how best to illuminate flies for photos when I thought of using a LED flashlight as a sort of spotlight. They were very cheap - $3 at the checkout of any office supply store - but pretty wimpy. I started checking to see what other options were available and was surprised to find that LED lights are already very popular among photographers.

Nikola Novovic IS from the small country Montenegro, at the Mediterranean in southern Europe

After two or three hours hiking uphill I can sneak into untouched valleys and fish small mountain streams full of wild brown trout.

Even though I consider sunrises and in particular sunsets as subjects more suitable for teenage bedroom posters than for fishing pictures, I have to admit that I have shot my fair part of them

Another photo article, this time teaching you how to get pictures of your gear or your flies on a clean, white background.

Canadian Yves Laurent does beautiful wood carvings of fish and other animals - and flies. His work is meticulous and detailed and even the stones are carved in wood!

Pasi Visakivi is a fly fisherman and a freelancer photographer from the southern part of Finland

Sam MacDonalds art may at first glance look like paintings, but is actually 3D sculptures made from metal, with a very particular character that lends itself very well to fish and underwater subjects. We confronted him with our usual questions.

This is the über simple lightweight guide to taking pictures of your flies - finished flies or for step-by-steps - even with your phone!

A mail ticked in: "One of our clients thought that Adriano Manocchia's art would be a nice addition to your art gallery section." And true enough. Manocchia's beautiful, almost photo realistic art would certainly be a nice addition to our Fishy Artists series.

A friend of mine once said that New York is an outdoorsman's paradise. For those who live outside the state, that may seem hard to believe, but it's true, at least from a fisherman's perspective. There is an amazing diversity of freshwater gamefish available able anglers year around. Over the past ten years, I've accumulated quite a few digital images of NY fishing that I thought it would be fun to share.

Michael Jensen is an excellent fishing writer and photographer

UK artist David Miller has long been on our wanted list for the Fishy Artist series, and now we can feature some samples of his impressing art and some answers to a few questions.

Harsh shadows from a bright source like the sun are usually not very welcome in our images, and we often jump through hoops to avoid them. But how about making the shadows a part of the image, and maybe even the most important part?

Eoin Fairgrieve's interest in angling photography evolved from his professional life as a speycasting instructor

Just as clarity can be stunning, so can a well placed reflection. Here's how to get them in camera

Barry Ord Clarke is a well known photographer and writer

We have featured Danish Niels Have's beautiful full dressed classic salmon flies before, but here's another take on them. He ties these flies for fishing, but in a very high quality.

Finnish photographer Harri Hytönen feels like being allrounder although he just loves macrophotos

The Kickstarter fundraising campaign for the Fish On project is done and Travis Swartz can now move forward in the process of producing the film about men fly-fishing as a part of the process recovering from cancer.

Travis Swartz spends a lot of time on the water alone, but this past weekend he spent a couple days on the Big Wood River in Ketchum, Idaho fishing with his friends Reese, John and Zach.

Isaias Nicolaevici is a professional fly-fishing photographer based in Patagonia

This week's "Fish On" blog post comes Reese Ferguison. Reese will be participating in the September Reel Recovery Retreat in Idaho and will be one of the central stories in this documentary.

Travis Swartz spent the last two weekends fishing his favorite stream in the world… Silver Creek, just down the road from Sun Valley, Idaho. He grew up fishing Silver Creek. The trails, the water, the fish, the clouds and even the occasional wind are all home to him...

Stu Hastie's New Zealand doesn't seem to have a shortage of subjects

The introduction to the project "Fish On - A Reel Retreat" by Travis Swartz. The first steps towards a video about men recovering from cancer and finding their way to a normal life through fly-fishing. And you can help!

Charles contacted me as a result of having seen our long-running series on fishy artists, and after having seen his fish carvings I found him more than worthy as a participant. Charles also paints and draws - cartoons and caricatures in particular.

Jonas says that fly fishing is great way of fishing, and there is always something interesting to photograph

Marcel and his wife Meher have a thriving wedding photography business

It wasn't until his late teens that Dennis Collier developed a keen interest in art and photography, which naturally became integrated into his fishing activities

Henry Hegeman has a photography background shooting film with Minolta gear

When Canadian Nick Laferriere is not on the water, he's blogging, tying flies, and drawing fish. Recently he started combining the manual drawings and digital processes to create a new expression.

Nick price is a professional guide and a photographer with a very keen eye for fly-fishing subjects

Everything Jason Tison draws is done at the kitchen table

Photography is not Corey's full time profession so he tends to stay pretty focused on something that he has a passion for ... fly fishing!

This article is the latest incarnation of all our tips and ideas on taking fly pictures, collected in one place

Angus Drummond is a Colorado based guide and photographer whose images have been used in magazines and books as well as on web

Croatian photographer Aleksandar Vrtaric has a slightly different photographic style compared to many other fly fishing photographers

Juan Jose Serra will be a familiar name to the regular visitors here on GFF.

Jim Levison shoots beautiful pictures from the US north east

Mark Lance is a Colorado based photographer who shoots beautiful and varying images

Jim Klug is known for his participation in the DVDs Drift, Rise, and Connect as well as his activities in the Yellow Dog Adventures fly fishing booking company

"She's a Ducati riding, Wyoming roaming, fly fishing girl born in Tennessee... "
This is how fly fishing artist AD Maddox is introduced on her web site, and an introduction that has exactly the effect that I suppose was intended: I gotta know more about her!

We only had a few takes and caught nothing - but we had a wonderful sunrise, saw a seal and three porpoises hunting close to the beach.
The best way to get away from stress and daily routine and do nothing else than relax.
What a morning!

Martin Joergensen's favorite time for coastal fishing has always been in the autumn. Only a few things will in his opinion beat a nice September or October day on the coast.

Shooting pictures close to the surface can give an exciting perspective that will enhance the feeling of being near the water... literally! This is yet another chapter in our long series about taking better fishing pictures.

It has become almost a tradition for Martin to do a small gallery of images from the different seasons in his own fishing, especially the spring, and this year he has done it again in keeping with this tradition.

Craig handed in his resignation and began a life-long dream career as an artist

This winter has been a long one. We're in the beginning of March, and still the ice is covering much of the coastal water, many lakes and even streams. But Martin usually don't long for spring. Don't worry: It comes no matter what!

Just a few days ago we ventured on our first spring trip. Yes, this is mid-March, and we usually fish much earlier than that, but cold winter weather and ice covered water has kept us from the coast until now. I spotted this particular day in the weather forecast a week in advance. It begged for a fishing trip!

How do you frame wind? How is snow captured best? How do you protect your camera when you try to freeze a shower into a single image? No, it's not at all easy to get the impression of weather into that piece of mechanics and electronics we call a camera.

Don't forget that fishing is many other things than anglers, fish and casting. The animals we see, the landscapes, the flowers and all the little details.

"I have been an artist and fisherman my entire life. I realized a few years ago after catching a giant striped bass that I wanted a way to remember the fish so I painted the fish life-size with all of the details of the catch." says painter Jim Roszel.

Fly fishing videos have gone through an amazing development during the last five years.
Once the recipe was simple: get hold of a couple of seasoned anglers, hook up with some upscale lodges and some guides needing some marketing and... action!