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"Art flies | fly art" is found here

Art flies | fly art

Manipulation: There are a couple of new pictures in this section. I have once again experimented with the unknown and hidden beauty in the flies and materials that we use - aspects that can be brought out through computer manipulation.

Find "Tying tools" on this page

Tying tools

"Making loops" is found here

Making loops

Loops: These loops are often refered to as Orvis loops. I don't know if Orvis invented them, but they do sell them -- and at high prices too.

More about "The Zuddler"

The Zuddler

Steelhead fly: Question: What to you get when you combine elements of a Muddler Minnow and a Zonker? Answer: A Zuddler - an excellent steelhead fly. Joe Emery and John Rode have combined a zonker strip, a muddler head and a cone head into a killer pattern.
Read their story in the Patterns section

Skip to "Wayne Luallen"

Wayne Luallen

Go to "Fall Streamer Swap"

Fall Streamers

Streamers: Looking for some juicy streamers to swing in your favorite trout stream or pond in the coming Fall? Check out these attractive flies from a streamer swap hosted by Scott Daskiewich.
Click here to see the flies in the Streamer section

This link takes you to "Mart´s Bibio"

Mart´s Bibio

Foam wing: A nice thing about this Bibio is that it's versatile. Play with it, use lighter of heavier hooks, fish it with or without floatant, wrap a thinner or denser hackle, and so on. But make sure you have some Bibios in your flybox spring suddenly is here.
See Martin Westbeek's pattern here

"Monster Muddler" is found here

Monster Muddler

A large muddler for pike

Click to see "Tie a muddler"

Tie a muddler

Pictures: Martin Joergensen: "One evening when I was tying flies with a couple of friends, one of them, Nils, asked me to tie a muddler, just as a demo. I did. Luckily the other friend, Henning, was quick and caught these great pictures of the process."
These step-by-step pictures show you how to tie a nice muddler.

Jump to "Bass bugs"

Bass bugs

Bugged: I'm not sure how floating bass flies got the name "bug", but it certainly has stuck. Whether constructed of wood, plastic, foam, or hair, they all seem to be lumped into the generic category of "bass bug". Although a few are tied to imitate specific food forms, usually mice or frogs, most are very surreal, offering the impression of something living and outrageous. By Bob Petti

Find "Fraileys Baby Buggers" on this page

Baby Buggers

Small yet effective: Wooly buggers are one of the all time most effective fish catching flies. However, if you think you need heavy tackle and lots of lead to get them to work - think again. Peter Frailey tells about his "Baby Buggers", and how well they cast and fish.
Click here to read more

Directly to "Tropical fishing in Belize"

Belize it!

Tropical fishing: Read web site partner Martin Joergensen's report and see the fantastic pictures from his spring trip to Belize after bonefish, tarpon, barracuda, jacks, snappers, permit - and everything else that swims in these warm, turquoise waters.

Directly to "Muddler mania"

Muddler mania

It should be no secret that I'm a great fan of muddlers. These functional, characteristic and very beautiful flies that I connect directly with my favorite kind of fishing: night fishing for sea trout in the ocean. The technique used for tying them has always fascinated me, and although I do tie a lot of them, I still have a lot to learn in respect to spinning deer hair.

Directly to "The GFF weblog"

Blog Creek

GFF Weblog: Like many of you we're chained to our computers, thinking about fly fishing. This webblog is our outlet to keep our heads from exploding.
Read the day-to-day musings of the GFF partners Steve, Bob, Raske and Martin

Jump to "The Real Boersteworm"

The Real Rag Worm

A wiggling rag worm: Every year in March and April the rag worms emerge from the bottom to secure the next generation. They swim freely in the water, wiggling from one side to the other. Sea gulls feed on the from above and many fish species seem to focus on them from beneath.
See how to tie an effective tandem fly here

This link takes you to "Bon A(d)venture - Day 1"

Bon A(d)venture-Day 1

Bon Aventure's Canadian Salmon: Two days of fishing in one of the world's clearest salmon rivers, Bon Aventure, Gaspé, French Canada. Follow Kasper Mühlbach for two days on this renowned river, famous for it's fantastic dry fly fishing for salmon but also known for plenty of grilse and larger atlantic salmon.
See if Kasper's rod was bent (ok, it was!)

Jump to "Better fishing pictures: Use a tripod"

Use a tripod

Better pictures: If you want really sharp fishing images there's no avoiding some kind support for your camera. A steady tripod is the best solution and the one that you see pros using, but there are other ways of supporting your camera as GFF partner Martin Joergensen explains here.
Get steady in his article

Go to "Wasp Year"

Wasp Year

The sting: It has been a hot and dry summer in Scandinavia. Wasps have been a plague in many areas. They have been in every apple, every drink and every house. Some of them may have crossed a stream or river, winding up on the surface before continueing the rush. Some of them never left again.
Read and get stung here.

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