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Aug 20. 2019

Today’s Fly

Stored Over the years I have collected a ton of flies, tied by all kinds of tyers. I have started publishing pictures of of these flies.

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Shooting heads

In this article I will try to cover some advantages and disadvantages of the shooting head over the WF line, and I will thoroughly describe the way you can configure a good shooting head system for your rod. The article will teach you how to calculate, make and trim a shooting head. It will also tell you how to cast it - just on the introductory level.

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All your book are belong to us!

Aug 16. 2019

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A rather far fetched transcript of an internet meme* actually quite well covers my book situation right now.

Bob brought two books

Jul 20. 2019

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GFF partner Bob Petti visited, and even though we didn’t fish or tie flies, we talked quite a bit about fishing… and he brought two books

Some books arrived

Jun 19. 2019

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A few things happened during the last couple months that made me think of, buy and read nice fishing books again.

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Sea trout and foam flies

In the surface Fishing Baltic sea trout in the surface with waking foam flies can be a lot of fun. Here’s how to do it – and a pattern that works.

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Videos

Aug 23. 2019 Video Burn After Fishing Muddler If you are out after attracting bigger trout the BAF is a good 'go-to' pattern for searching water.	Aug 22. 2019 Video Ultra Quick Mayfly Nymph Something for the weekend! A quick semi realistic generic mayfly nymph, that can be tied in various colours and sizes to match the hatch.	Aug 22. 2019 Video Slim Jim Stone A quick and easy sparsely dressed adult stone fly that works well for both the early and late season hatches of needle fly.
Aug 22. 2019 Video Pliva Shuttlecock In this fly tying tutorial, we welcome guest tier Devin Olsen of Tactical Fly Fisher. Devin is an accomplished fly fisherman and tier, plus a current member of Fly Fishing Team USA.	Aug 22. 2019 Video Copper John Pheasant Tail This slender little pheasant tail with a copper wire abdomen is a combination of two classics. A great pattern for a generic nymph, that is easy to tie, in even the smallest sizes.	Aug 22. 2019 Video Wally Wing Hatch Matcher A very simple, but semi realistic pattern that has only two materials, natural mallard flank feathers and a single blue dun CDC hackle.

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The LAW of attraction

I was among the lucky fly-tyers who managed to lay my hand on one of Lawrence Waldron's LAW fly-tying vises while he made them - and they could be bought at reasonable prices.

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Trout Bohemia	Atlantic Salmon Magic	Jari's Tube Baitfish	Tying and Fishing the Riffling Hitch	Creative Fly Tying	Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die

May 24. 2019

Green Caddis Larvae

Biology Some say that caddisflies are even more important than mayflies. For us flyfishers that is probably correct. A good caddis pattern can save your day.

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Article Pacific Northwest Streamer Conversions Mar 8. 2019 Upgraded A small series of flies from Roy Patrick's pattern book converted into streamers See how to tie them here	Article Hair pin intruder shanks Mar 4. 2019 DIY I have been making my own intruder shanks from straight hair pins for a while, and they are easy to make, inexpensive and work really well. See how here	Article The Brown Owl Feb 23. 2019 Pattern This very buggy looking streamer-slash-stonefly-slash-nymph caught my eye. Such a fly should be able to catch almost any kind of trout See the fly here
Article Rotating your bobbin holder Feb 19. 2019 Spin If you want to use the advantages of controlling twist in your tying thread, you need a bobbin holder that allows rotation. Not all do. Learn more here	Article 25 years online! Feb 17. 2019 Celebrating You won’t find many web sites, which have been running for 25 years, and I seriously doubt that any current fly fishing sites have a quarter century long history Read the story here	Review Steelhead Fly Tying Feb 11. 2019 Extravagant Beautiful photos, lots of detailed text and schoolbook step-by-step instructions on how to tie 24 fantastic looking steelhead flies

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

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Review Creative GeWe Wet Flies Aug 18. 2019 A wonderful little book with Belgian Geert Werbrouck's beautiful wet flies. Lots of pictures, lots of patterns, lots of tying and material tips.	Review The Humpy Encyclopedia Aug 8. 2019 It’s hard not to like a completely free e-book with detailed descriptions on how how to tie 12 (and them some) different variations of the Humpy. 80 pages of knowledge, tips and inspiration on a single pattern!
Article Adirondack Summer Aug 3. 2019 Adventure Mountains, rivers, lakes, brooks and ponds. Loads of wildlife. A total of 6 million acres designated as "Forever Wild" ready to explore and fish. Mike Hogue gives lots of advice here.	Article River Snook Jul 13. 2019 New water River Fly Fishing for snook in Southwest Florida is an excellent alternative to pursuing this prized gamefish in the mangroves or the open coastal water Read more here.

Article Faroese redemption Jul 4. 2019 Northern fishing Make sure your waders are suited for winter fishing and remember warm socks – as well as a local guide. Then you are ready for the north Atlantic fishing paradise. Read more here	Review Fly Fishing Treasures Jun 30. 2019 I didn’t know that I was interested in collecting fly fishing paraphernalia – until I read Steve Woit’s book	Article Sea Trout CDC&Elk Jun 27. 2019 Caddis The CDC&Elk is a famous and efficient Caddis dry fly. This variation works for Baltic sea trout... and was actually inspired by the bonefish version of the fly See how to tie it here
Review The Brown Trout-Atlantic Salmon Nexus Jun 24. 2019 Trout&Salmon When an author asks you to provide content for a book, it's hard not to think "That's going to be one heck of a book!"	Article Zkinny Jun 20. 2019 Zonker A really simple and easy little baitfish fly, which will work for a lot of different fish and can be varied endlessly See how to tie it here	Article Flies Photo Gadget Jun 17. 2019 Photography This 3D-printed contraption is a fly holder with built in light designed for fly photography. Read a review here.

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