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Rattle Zonker

Rattle and hum! This is a basic zonker fly with a twist. The fat belly on this version hides a glass tube with metal rattles inside.

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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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No tsundoku here!

Sep 15. 2018

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Stacking up fishing books and never reading them… not here!

When real life takes over

Sep 13. 2018

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The publishing pace on GFF has almost come to a standstill. Real life has stuck its ugly head in the door and brought paid work

Three strikes...

Jun 11. 2018

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No, not strikes from fish, but strikes from spammers and wannabe guest posters who try to get their spam published on GFF. Three strikes and they get this.

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Limay in November

Spring A failed autumn trip to the Patagonia river Limay sparked a spring trip this last November

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Sep 21. 2018 Video All Synthetic Foam Beetle Foam beetles have been around for ages, and there really isn't anything new here. In fact I am sure many people have used ice dubbing before instead of peacock hurl.	Sep 21. 2018 Video Flow A short film depicting the brilliance of getting on pace with creation in the cathedral of rocks, trees and water.	Sep 21. 2018 Video Moto's Minnow This is one of the simplest yet most time consuming flies you could ever tie. However, it provides results that keep me patient behind the vice to have a few more.
Sep 19. 2018 Video Comparadun A little tutorial on how to choose the right deer hair and tie a comparadun wing.	Sep 19. 2018 Video Rusty Owl Variant This quick little rusty owl variant is a great still water pattern, fished static during evening midge hatches.	Sep 19. 2018 Video Carp Crack This is an insanely great fly pattern created by Jean Paul Lipton. I first read about it in the "Orvis Beginner Guide to Carp Flies" in 2015.

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Fishing a bubble

Even though you might not be able to use a flyrod, you can fish with a fly anyway. Use a spinning rod and a casting float, and you will be able to cover a lot of water, fish in harsh conditions, cast large flies and even fish dries or nymphs in a stream.

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Mar 14. 2018

Optic Flies

History With names that sounded fresh, in-your-face and downright sexy, the Optic Fly series entered the stage like a warm summer wind in the 1960’s cold war era.

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Review ABU Optic Flies Mar 14. 2018 Classics A small book written by Danish Michael Jensen about Swedish ABU's renown series of streamers from the 60's, known as the Optic Flies.	Article Tom’s bobbin holders Mar 1. 2018 DIY Get ready to meet the “Hummingbird”, a very different bobbin holder designed and made by Dutch Tom Biesot See the article here	Article Homage to Carrie Stevens Feb 18. 2018 Classic Italian master fly tyer Stefano Farkas has tied a Carrie Stevens streamer in the style of his full dressed salmon flies. See the pictures here
Review Designing Poppers, Sliders & Divers Feb 9. 2018 Bugs This book raises the bar for warm water fly rod lure making books. Elmer Meiler reviews Steve Schweitzer's book.	Article DIY dubbing brush maker Feb 7. 2018 Spinning Bretislav has a little machine in his collection of fly-tying tools. It was made by his father about 20 years back. See how to make it here	Article Childers Feb 4. 2018 Full dressed Italian Stefano Farkas continues to supply the most astonishing full dressed salmon flies. See his latest fly here.

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Review ACA's Beginner's Guide to Fly Casting Sep 15. 2018 Hauling A true beginner's guide to casting, providing basic knowledge of gear and casting, advice on how to get better, and help in troubleshooting.	Review Backwoods Brook Trout Aug 21. 2018 Review "I spent most of 1949 in utero, gradually gaining awareness that something truly good awaited once I left the waters of my beginnings." A review of Frederick Prince's book.
Article Reel seats and reel feet Aug 9. 2018 Nerdy Why is it that some reels simply don't fit some rods? There is a standard of course... but not all manufacturers seem to follow it. Dive into the details here	Article Roland Henrion Jul 17. 2018 Fishy art Recently Belgian Roland Henrion started focusing more on his art, and that made him a candidate for our fishy artists series. See some samples here

Article My Erna Jul 14. 2018 Iceland A well proven Icelandic hair winged salmon fly, responsible for catching many large salmon See the pattern here	Review Petitjean CDC Jun 27. 2018 Monograph A massive book, solely on CDC-feathers, -flies and -tying techniques by Swiss CDC master Marc Petitjean.	Article Wiggling Frog Legs Jun 17. 2018 Froggy Frogs are high on the menu for many fish If there's one thing that gives away a swimming frog, it's the legs! Learn to make sexy frog legs here.
Review The Feather Thief May 21. 2018 Full dressed A fascinating "true crime" story that tells about the theft of skins from protected bird from a natural history museum in the UK with the purpose of using them for fly tying	Article Dragons and Damsels May 12. 2018 Frequent fliers Odonata is the Latin name for the order of dragonflies and damselflies. This article is about them. Learn to tie and fish them.	Article Farkas' doubles Apr 16. 2018 Classics I get regular mails from Italian master salmon fly tyer Stefano Farkas. A couple of his recent flies were special. See the flies here

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