Global FlyFisher

Promoted
First published
16 years ago

Jan 4. 2006

DIY Tying Station

Woodworking A tying station is a small, mobile board where you can set up your vise and your tools, making it quick and easy to move your favorite tying spot around: from the dinner table to the TV to the office to... the bed? This article gives you some ideas on how to make one yourself.

Find instructions, images and drawings here

Popular today

Latest videos

Fly of the day

CDC Emerger

More flies

Video CDC Humpy Dec 5. 2022 A CDC variant for the classic fat boy dry fly Humpy. Here we replace the traditional deer hair hump and wing with a couple of CDC hackles.	Article Sling Wings Nov 20. 2022 Taped wings A simple technique to fan out dry fly hackles to form wings the Comparadun style. Se how here
Article Slinky Shrimp Nov 3. 2022 Coiled A shrimp pattern can be either a caricature or an imitation. The Slinky Shrimp falls somewhere in between See how to tie it	Article Matching the BWO hatch Oct 20. 2022 Mayflies Flies fitting the "Blue Winged Olive" description are important in almost every river in the trout fishing world More BWOs here

Fulton's condition factor calculator

A simple tool to calculate trout condition (K-factor), length or weight from the two other numbers.

Blog entries

Virtual fly tying

Mar 30. 2022

Blog entry

During Corona it has become quite common to have social gatherings online – Skype, Zoom, Teams… you name it. Communal fly tying can be done in the same way

A lousy old fly rod

Jun 29. 2021

Blog entry

Some years back I had to fish with the oldest and worst fly rod I ever owned... and you know what? It wasn't bad at all.

Being on Instagram

Jan 7. 2021

Blog entry

Social media can be a strange experience. It's really a mixed bag. And on Instagram 40% of all anglers seem to be women!

Tying spaces

Softly Softly

Soft dry The Partridge Parachute Emerger – or PPE for short – is a soft hackle dry fly, all limp and spindly

See how to tie it here

Videos

Dec 5. 2022 Video Snowshoe Wulff Materials Used;	Dec 4. 2022 Video Which Euro Nymph Fly Rod Should I Buy? BEST Nymph Fly Rods: https://www.tacticalflyfisher.com/fly-fishing/rods/nymphing-rods/?aff=2	Dec 1. 2022 Video Mop Grub Mop flies get a bad rap. They are thought of as too simple, or "cheating" by some. However I think there are ways to make simple and effective mop flies that aren't what I would call cheating.
Nov 30. 2022 Video Fly Fishing & Exploring in Iceland - Sauðlauksdalsvatn In this online lecture we will learn about my favourite fishing spot.	Nov 30. 2022 Video Hairy Mary Here we will be tying the classic pattern Hairy Mary. The fly is a great option when it comes to fishing for Atlantic Salmon.	Nov 28. 2022 Video Jiggy This is Bob Popovics Jiggy, and the fly does exactly what the name suggests!

Latest user's pix

Own stream	Fishing trip	Orange spey	My Best Trout Yet	Rusty Rat	Fontanalis Fin (Variant)
Mullet	PIKE64	Alaska	The Dragon	Coal Car	ZugBug

Hans Weilenmann's CDC & Elk is a fly as good as they come. Still a lot of people - including Hans himself and the author - have made variations. This article covers a whole bunch of CDC & Elk variations.

Random articles

Better-Winged Olives	The Big Laxa	Go close	Making Better Flies	Casting into waves	Jim Warner Streamers Being Auctioned
The Gold Nugget	Tube flies	Wanna tie a big fly?	A Mad Epoxy Tier	A leather folder for your flash	East Branch Rod

May 12. 2022

Primordial Bonefish Stew

Salt This saltwater variation of Trevor Tanner’s Primordial Carp Stew works very well at fooling large spooky bonefish in shallow water

See how to tie it here

Article Softly Softly May 31. 2022 Soft dry The Partridge Parachute Emerger – or PPE for short – is a soft hackle dry fly, all limp and spindly See how to tie it here	Article Primordial Bonefish Stew May 12. 2022 Salt This saltwater variation of Trevor Tanner’s Primordial Carp Stew works very well at fooling large spooky bonefish in shallow water See how to tie it here	Article Stitch-Up Shrimp May 7. 2022 Scud This scud pattern uses a simple sewing technique to add the legs that are a common trait for these widespread crustaceans, which are high in the fish menu in both fresh- and saltwater See how to tie it here
Article Sleekit Streamer Apr 22. 2022 Cunning A productive zonker pattern tied with synthetic fur. Easy to tie, easy to cast. See how to tie it here	Article The Water’s Violin Apr 13. 2022 Poetry A poem about fly-fishing inspired by Bela Bartok Read it here	Article Organzackle Mar 31. 2022 Organza This nymph pattern teaches you how to make a sparkling hackle from organza ribbon – in two different ways even! See how to tie it here

Wallpapers

Møn B/W	The Wet Hen	Christmas Carol	Night horizon	North Forest	Pike
Jock Scott salmon fly	Black Ranger salmon fly	Green Higlander salmon fly	McIntyre salmon fly	Lady Caroline tied by Niels Have	Glen Grant tied by Niels Have

Since you got this far …

The GFF money box

… I have a small favor to ask.

Long story short

Support the Global FlyFisher through several different channels, including PayPal.

Long story longer

The Global FlyFisher has been online since the mid-90's and has been free to access for everybody since day one – and will stay free for as long as I run it.
But that doesn't mean that it's free to run.
It costs money to drive a large site like this.

See more details about what you can do to help in this blog post.

Article May West Emerger Oct 17. 2022 Meshy Inspiration for a new fly design can come from anywhere. The May West is an example of a combination of materials that came together to create a new fly See it here	Article Ginny vs the Four French Bulldogs of the Apocalypse Oct 13. 2022 Excerpt This is an extract from British Ben Jailler’s new book, Fish Camp Fail Read more here	Article The Water Vole Sep 29. 2022 Large This articulated fly tied by Danish Sune Andersen was inspired by the European water vole See the construction details
Article Stealth Stonefly Sep 20. 2022 Foam This is a dual purpose stonefly pattern tied on a jig hook. It can act both as a dry fly and an indicator See how to tie it here	Article Skin & Foam Pupa Aug 6. 2022 Al dente An extended body caddis pupa tied with latex ribbon - the al dente tagliatelle of fly tying materials. See the pattern here	Review Innes’ books on salmon flies and salmon fishing Jul 29. 2022 Trio Some books tend to go under the radar, but are still small gems of knowledge, history ... and fly patterns ... These books from 2016/17 have been hiding in my shelf for way too long.

The Global FlyFisher

Simply the Best Place to go for Online Fly Fishing and Fly Tying

Search form

Mobile menu

Popular today

This week last year

Recent comments

Newsletter

Latest videos

Fly of the day

Blog entries

Tying spaces

More content

Videos

Latest user's pix

Random articles

More articles

Wallpapers

Since you got this far …

Long story short

Long story longer

Contact

Policies

Social