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Jan 25. 2006

Danish winter

Gallery When King Winter and the Ice Queen reign over the waters the fishing slows down. What better to do than to get out your camera and snap some pictures of the beautiful landscapes, icy hardship and the rare but well-deserved fish.

More winter than anyone can ask for on this gallery page

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Video Clouser Minnow Jan 18. 2022 Scottish Davie McPhail shows how to tie Bob Clouser's classic bucktail streamer.	Video Grey Fred - Grå Frede Jan 13. 2022 With a few simple materials you can create a lot - and "Grå Frede" is an excellent example of that.
Video Tippet Octopus Jan 12. 2022 Davie McPhail ties a beautiful long hackled wet fly tied using GP tippet as a hackle.	Article Linked flies revisited Dec 14. 2021 DIY Some 25 years ago, I experimented with what I back then referred to as "linked flies". Today they’d be called articulated, and I have taken the tying method up again. Join the revisit here

Kluting

A bottom seeking fly for pike, bass, cod, pike perch, sea trout - even bonefish and many other fish.

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A lousy old fly rod

Jun 29. 2021

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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

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

About getting skunked

Dec 17. 2019

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A part of fishing is not catching anything. If you're only in it for the catching, there's something you have misunderstood.

Tying spaces

Rattle.Bum Popper

Rattle and Bum Dron Lee from Malaysia has created this excellent little popper using a combination of foam and braided tube - and a rattle for some extra noise

See how to tie it here

Videos

Jan 18. 2022 Video Rogan's Gadget (Variant) Materials Used;	Jan 17. 2022 Video France Fly Orange This is a variation on the competition style France Fly.	Jan 14. 2022 Video 74-Worm Tying a simple and effective pattern with a hidden tungsten bead.
Jan 14. 2022 Video Rétrospective 2021 French narration (not much), but turn on the subtitles and enjoy this recap of 2021.	Jan 14. 2022 Video Favorite Bead Colors for Euro Nymphs Into fly tying?	Jan 13. 2022 Video Grey Fred - Grå Frede With a few simple materials you can create a lot - and "Grå Frede" is an excellent example of that.

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

The Green Machine is a classic salmon fly from the Eastern part of Canada. It's fished as a wet fly in spite of being tied with deer hair and a hackle like a bomber. This article shows you step by step how to tie it and shows an alternative and easier way to create the green body.

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A book list for Jes	Mike Martinek Book on Sale (Signed)	Larry Leight	Build a Grip Lathe	Welding your loops	Seatrout flies for 2012
Better tinsel bodies	The March Brown Odyssey	The Best Carp Flies	Glenn Peckel	Fishy photos: Susanne Worm	The Riffling Hitch

Jul 18. 2021

DIY wooden landing net

Woodwork Wooden landing nets might not seem like the easiest or least expensive DIY-project, but this article shows how to easily make one almost for free

See how here

Review Syd Glasso Jul 13. 2021 Classics Art Lingren's book on Syd Glasso and his flies pays well deserved homage to a very influential salmon fly tyer	Article The Grizzly Wonder Jul 7. 2021 Feathers Grizzly hackle is something which most tyers use all the time and which we all take for granted, but in my eyes grizzly isn't nearly as appreciated as it deserves to be Much more here	Article Josephine Baker Jul 1. 2021 Bead it This fly was originally a colorful bream fly from the southern US called Bead Butt or Jennifer Lopez. I transformed it to fit my needs and named my version Josephine Baker See the pattern here
Article NailFly Jun 17. 2021 Polished Here’s a simple pattern for a summer salmon fly, which can be varied almost endlessly. It uses nail polish for the body and is super fast to tie. Learn to tie it here	Article GFF Survived! May 17. 2021 Pandemic Some of you may have noticed that it’s been awfully quiet here lately. Covid was here… Update	Article Freaner’s Flasher Streamer Mar 19. 2021 Simple A simple and flashy streamer that’s originally designed for smallmouth bass Read about it here

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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	Green Higlander salmon fly	McIntyre salmon fly	Lady Caroline tied by Niels Have	Glen Grant tied by Niels Have

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Article Salty Sardinia Dec 1. 2021 Destination In the summer of 2020, we were looking for a vacation spot and settled in on Sardinia, which meant that Mediterranean fly fishing was an option. Read the story here.	Article YR3D dubbing brush tool Nov 22. 2021 3D printed Siberian Ramil Yamaliev makes a lot of things on his 3D printer - from fly reels to lamps. And then this brilliant dubbing brush twister.	Article The Perfect Seven Nov 9. 2021 Rod choice Are you looking for a perfect single-hand gear set-up for salmon fishing? Here’s Nils Folmer Jorgensen’s preferred tools, how he ended there and his honest opinion on why. See his selection here
Review Flytying for Beginners Oct 24. 2021 Rookie A beginner's book that I'd actually recommend to beginners! Great pattern selection, excellent photography and nicely coupled to online videos.	Article Dron’s Little Mice Gugger Oct 17. 2021 Mouse Mouse patterns can be highly effective on some species of fish. A small mouse is a good meal for most predators, and this pattern is easy to tie, and a great rodent imitation See how to tie it here	Article Rattle.Bum Popper Sep 13. 2021 Rattle and Bum Dron Lee from Malaysia has created this excellent little popper using a combination of foam and braided tube - and a rattle for some extra noise See how to tie it here

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