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2024

Date	Title	Body	Image
Jan 11. 2024	The Sage of Dibbin Creek	A capturing and sometimes touching novel about a young boy whose life is formed by farming, outdoors activities and fishing
Jan 7. 2024	Chain Worm	An upside-down latex worm, which is easy to tie and very efficient in high and dirty water

2023

Date	Title	Body	Image
Dec 18. 2023	Springtail	The Springtail has a soft and bendy body made from a boiled coil of colorful, elastic jewelry string
Dec 11. 2023	I stopped counting	For basically all the almost 30 years of its existence, I have been following the traffic patterns on GFF. I stopped about a year ago, and here is why.
Nov 23. 2023	Taco Emerger	The Taco Emerger was inspired by the split case patterns which are popular in the US
Nov 19. 2023	#32 Wonderbody Parachute	Notes for a #32 Wonderbody Parachute tied by Dutch fly tier Henk Verhaar
Nov 11. 2023	Sillikix	I like rubber legs on dry flies. Their suggestion of something edible is the fish equivalent of ringing a dinner gong.
Nov 4. 2023	Feather Mechanic II	South African Gordon Spuy’s second book is different from the first one - but then again somewhat similar, which is a good thing.
Oct 19. 2023	Facehugger	At the vice no one can hear you scream.
Oct 15. 2023	Baltic flies for calm and clear water	In this part of the series on different coastal conditions, we look at a common situation: water clear as gin and maybe even calm as a mirror. Not the easiest of fishing conditions, but adapting gear and flies to the situation helps.
Oct 7. 2023	Canyon Caddis	This is a fly that was designed for a wooded canyon on one of the author’s favourite small rivers where the water has carved out a deep narrow channel through the limestone
Sep 22. 2023	Doing a Step-By-Step	This article teaches you how to do a proper series of step-by-step photos of a fly pattern being tied - also known as an SBS.
Sep 17. 2023	Mörrum - The Best Flies	A really beautiful book about a very important Swedish river and - not least - a group of its most productive anglers and their flies.
Sep 13. 2023	Neoprene Beetle	This neat little beetle’s body is made from extruded neoprene cord, which is widely available and a really useful tying material
Sep 10. 2023	FISK - scaled-up	This book features some stunning images of fish! It’s a Danish book, but I think it deserves some attention here anyway
Sep 8. 2023	What happened to GFF?	For a painfully long time in August 2023 the Global FlyFisher was dead and gone. Our DNS-provider stumbled and took all their clients with them in the fall.
Sep 8. 2023	GFF is still alive!	The site is back and in operation, but the downtime has led to some unfortunate errors, which I’m trying to fix as you read this
Aug 4. 2023	Inspiration and Imitation	The story about how the Toothpick Stone Clinger was inspired by turning over rocks and taking pictures
Aug 2. 2023	A couple of leaders from Sweden	A couple of HL Leonard leaders were added to LeaderCalc thanks to Swedish Johan Algén
Jul 29. 2023	The threat of Drupal 8… eh… 9... eh… 10!	GFF is running on Drupal 7, and Drupal 7 is terminal. It’s destined to die. And upgrading is not an easy task, not least because version 10 is already there.
Jul 11. 2023	Highlighter Caddis	The name of this fly is to be taken ad verbatim. You do need a highlighter pen to tie it
Jun 24. 2023	When AI invents flies	We challenged artificial intelligence to create a fly pattern. It went fairly well ... and then again … not quite well.
Jun 5. 2023	Hitched Hoglouse	The hoglouse is also known as a sowbug or a cress bug, and is a very common freshwater crustacean. Here’s an easy imitation using an interesting tying technique.
May 17. 2023	The Prefab Shrimp	My shrimp patterns have always been pretty impressionistic. That was until I saw a video using some pre-made legs… then I dug into my stash, and a fairly realistic shrimp emerged
Apr 21. 2023	Back to Basics	Sometimes simple is best. Simple and scruffy in fact. Nick Thomas shows you how to tie a both simple and scruffy fly.
Apr 14. 2023	Salmon fishing in Iceland, where to start	Iceland with its fascinating extremes and great runs of salmon is a dream destination for many anglers. Here’s where to start.
Apr 7. 2023	A year’s fishing in Argentina	Argentinian Pedro Miles tells the story of his fishing in Argentina during the year 2022, and man, there’s been some fishing going on!
Apr 2. 2023	How to invent a fly pattern	Coming up with new fly patterns is essentially like coming up with new dishes: it’s basically impossible. Everything is a variation of a variation of something that has been made before - even The Yarn Thief
Apr 2. 2023	The Third Yarn Thief	How to tie the fly pattern that I "invented" in connection with a discussion about coming up with new fly patterns.
Mar 17. 2023	Micro Minnow	Minnows upcycle small lifeforms into a tasty package of protein for bigger fish to eat, so minnow imitations make effective flies
Mar 11. 2023	Colt Actionrod Restoration	Jim Burchette restored an old glass rod - stripped and rebuilt it - and it came out as good as new
Feb 14. 2023	Imaging Imitations	Want to take stylish fly photos? This book will go through all the gear, accessories and methods that author Nick Thomas uses.
Feb 12. 2023	LeaderCalc 2023	The online leader calculator has had an overhaul, and has been updated with several new leader formulas and a bunch of new features
Feb 8. 2023	The Fish’s View	Why go to the trouble of photographing a fly that is soaking wet? Well, in many cases it can dramatically alter the appearance of the imitation.
Feb 3. 2023	How to use LeaderCalc	This article covers how to use the online fly fishing leader caculator LeaderCalc for creating your own perfect custom made hand tied leaders
Jan 24. 2023	The world's smallest shrimp fly	This fly is unbelievably small! It was tied by me for Dutch Hans Weilenmann’s project SFP or Smallest Fly Page. The pattern was tied once in 1998 – and probably won't be again!
Jan 6. 2023	A Bamboo Saga	A couple months ago my wife said she had found the perfect gift for me. She had arranged for me to take a bamboo fly rod making class.
Jan 6. 2023	Bites in Pink Satin	Satin ribbon can’t be used in as many different ways as organza, but it definitely makes some juicy looking fish snacks.

2022

Date	Title	Body	Image
Dec 15. 2022	Fish Camp Fail	Joining author Ben Jailler on his fishing trips in the UK is bound to bring a smile on your face – and probably make you laugh out uncontrollably a few times
Nov 20. 2022	Sling Wings	A simple technique to fan out dry fly hackles to form wings the Comparadun style.
Nov 3. 2022	Slinky Shrimp	A shrimp pattern can be either a caricature or an imitation. The Slinky Shrimp falls somewhere in between
Oct 20. 2022	Matching the BWO hatch	Flies fitting the "Blue Winged Olive" description are important in almost every river in the trout fishing world
Oct 17. 2022	May West Emerger	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
Oct 13. 2022	Ginny vs the Four French Bulldogs of the Apocalypse	This is an extract from British Ben Jailler’s new book, Fish Camp Fail
Sep 29. 2022	The Water Vole	This articulated fly tied by Danish Sune Andersen was inspired by the European water vole
Sep 20. 2022	Stealth Stonefly	This is a dual purpose stonefly pattern tied on a jig hook. It can act both as a dry fly and an indicator
Aug 6. 2022	Skin & Foam Pupa	An extended body caddis pupa tied with latex ribbon - the al dente tagliatelle of fly tying materials.
Jul 29. 2022	Innes’ books on salmon flies and salmon fishing	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.
Jul 17. 2022	Canvas Crab	As everyone knows crab-like means moving sideways, not forwards or backwards. The Canvas Crab fly moves sideways as crab flies should.
May 31. 2022	Softly Softly	The Partridge Parachute Emerger – or PPE for short – is a soft hackle dry fly, all limp and spindly