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Foam is used in many fly patterns, but foam isn't just foam. Here's a guide to getting the right stuff - and at a decent price

These some books that I am reading right now, have ordered, or intend to acquire at the earliest opportunity.

As a fly angler, there is great satisfaction in being able to tie your own flies. If you haven’t reached that point yet, here is some advice to help you get started.

... and then there's deer hair. And it can be many different things. It is not at all that easy to find the right kind for the many patterns with this fantastic material

Large feather rooster saddles are different beasts. Here are some tips on buying them.

Some tips on getting your hands on good skin bits

Fly tying material is often big, inexpensive pieces cut up and sold small at high prices. It's always worth looking around for alternative sources. You can find some really useful materials for almost no money.

Don't tie flies to save money or get access to tonnes of flies. Tie because you want the best flies!

The quick guide to buying marabou feathers that are useful

The soft hackle is supposed to be - as the name implies - soft. Soft hackle can come from many birds. Chickens, gamebirds like partridge, grouse and quail, pheasant and even crows and jackdaws.

Buying dry fly hackle without breaking the bank

In this chapter of our series we look at what to look for when buying deer hair for fly tying. Get the right material whether you are going to use it for caddis wings or for spinning bass bugs.

Bucktail is a useful and inexpensive material. This is how you get the best

This article is about buying fly-tying materials

We haven't ever done any of these traditional Christmas articles before. Lists of stocking stuffers are very common everywhere, but this is the first ever on GFF. We have spotted 24 new and classic Christmas gifts for the angler, fly-tyer or just outdoors person.

Everybody's wearing them and you should be too! Get the brand new GFF T-shirt here. More than 50 different models and dozens of colors.

Ways to buy GFF merchandise

Zonker strips: what to look for when buying, and what to do when cutting your own

My bookshelves are already filling up as it is, but I still have a very hard time with the online bookstores. I simply can't help it.

The article is in essence about fly reels, but diverges into bikes and even cars, GFF partner Martin Joergensen wonders why fly reels have to be so expensive. When manufacturers can make cheap and long lasting bike hubs, why can't fly reels be the same?

Some things make no sense, but we do them anyway - like driving 3 hours out and 3 hours home to go shopping.

We're considering having another batch made

I love the opportunities the web gives us to become global citizens. I just got a 90% price reduction by buying in the US!

Why are synthetics so ridiculously expensive?

GFF partner Martin Joergensen has owned quite a few wading boots in his time. None of them fit his bill for a perfect pair. Actually most of them fell apart and were trashed within a few seasons. His hunt for a perfect pair continues.

GFF partner Martin Joergensen has owned quite a few wading jackets, and none of them have fit his bill for the perfect jacket for his type of fishing. In this article he sings the Wading Jacket Blues and tries to describe the perfect jacket.

The annual Bornholm highlight is getting closer

It's unbelievable! The season is almost coming to an end...

There are many intended uses for this guide, namely as reference to ensure you have a fairly complete compendium as to what you will need to get started in flytying or to use when dropping the perfect holiday gift hint. But more importantly, it is meant for the budding fly tyer, in hopes that the years of wisdom gained through trial and error from myself and my tying buddies will steer the newcomer down the right path

A short story about the book review section.