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2015

Date	Title	Body	Image
Jun 8. 2015	The Black Watch	The Black Watch - Larry Leight Tied by: Larry Leight Originated by: Larry Leight The Black Watch Streamer Fly Pattern Recipe Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike...
Jun 1. 2015	Rane Olsen's streamer project	Finnish fly tyer Rane Olsen decided to tie all 93 Carrie Stevens streamer patterns mentioned in Graydon R. Hilyard and Leslie K. Hilyard's book on her and the flies.
May 28. 2015	Taylor Garman	Taylor Rose Garman is a Massachusetts based artist. When her father originally asked her to paint a brook trout she obliged, but didn't really think too much of it. Now, when she can't fish or tie, she paints.
May 28. 2015	Squirmy nymphs for black bass	Italy based Romanian fly fisher Lucian Vasies ties an easy, wiggly nymph, which is very efficient for his local black bass - and probably many other species too.
May 13. 2015	The Shiner	The Shiner - Bill Chandler Tied by: Bill Chandler Originated by: Bill Chandler The Shiner Fly Pattern Hook: Allcock Heritage BG3 #4 Thread: Black 8/0...
May 13. 2015	Sharon Burger	Sharon Burger is a modern day scrimshaw artist from South Africa. She does fine scrimshaw work for knife handles, inlays and more.
May 9. 2015	Arturas Merkevicius	Lithuania based artist Arturas Merkevicius AKA Art Merk makes beautiful fly fishing themed leather art. We approached with the usual row of questions for fishy artists.
Apr 22. 2015	The evolution of a fly called Klympen	This is the true story of Klympen - a sea trout fly pattern, which I witnessed being created - and have seen evolve into something surprisingly far from the original.
Apr 21. 2015	Tuomas Iso	Ahola - I was born in Kalmari (Saarijärvi, Finland) 1983. My fishing history began when I was four years old. My father took me with...
Apr 21. 2015	Black Inspector	Black Inspector - Tuomas Iso-Ahola Tied by: Tuomas Iso-Ahola Originated by: Tuomas Iso-Ahola Black Inspector Fly Pattern Hook: Mustad 3907 A #2...
Apr 11. 2015	Tying Heritage Featherwing Streamers	Sharon Wright is becoming a familiar name to those who follow developments in streamer fly tying.
Apr 6. 2015	The Best Carp Flies	I have been tying flies for quite some time now and it is quite a rare event when I pick up a magazine or book and get the urge to run to my vise and tie up some new flies.
Apr 1. 2015	The Legendary Triple Haul	The single haul is for beginners, double hauls are for the seasoned fly-caster, but the triple haul... now that's for the real hard core fly fisherman.
Mar 31. 2015	Cameron Sangster	I was 9 years old and my grandfather was an avid Atlantic salmon and brook trout fly fisherman. He would take yearly trips to the Gaspe region of...
Mar 31. 2015	Olive Wood Duck Darter	Olive Wood Duck Darter - Cameron Sangster Tied by: Cameron Sangster Originated by: Cameron Sangster Olive Wood Duck Darter Streamer Fly Pattern Recipe...
Mar 25. 2015	The North Country Fly	When it comes to books, there's nothing I like more than focus. A book that has a well defined subject and covers in depth rather than broad has my vote already before I have opened it.
Mar 23. 2015	Hooks and Collectable Streamers	It's been quite some time since I posted a cache of Ebay finds. This week there are tons of great items to put you bids in on. First up is one of my...
Mar 22. 2015	Taming the Humpy	The Humpy might be the greatest surface fly ever devised, but it also has a reputation of being difficult to tie. Learn to tame it here.
Mar 16. 2015	GFF respects your privacy	Here at the Global FlyFisher we try our best to protect and respect your privacy, and do not harvest any information about you or share information with others.
Mar 15. 2015	Submit Your Streamers to Streamers 365	Thanks for visiting the site and taking the time to check out the streamers. We have posted over 600 streamers to date, and are looking to add more....
Mar 15. 2015	Ancient Chattan	Ancient Chattan - Larry Leight Tied by: Larry Leight Originated by: Larry Leight Ancient Chattan Streamer Fly Pattern Recipe Hook: Edgar Sealey &...
Mar 15. 2015	Tuomas Iso-Ahola	Tuomas Iso-Ahola Tuomas's Streamers Black Inspector - Tuomas Iso-Ahola Undulaatti - Tuomas Iso-AholaTuomas's Biography I was born in Kalmari...
Mar 13. 2015	Damon Toney	Damon Toney makes custom fishing tackle at Black Warrior Lures. He started by making jigs, flies, streamers based on the kinds of bait fish found.
Mar 12. 2015	Euro BWOs	Blue-Winged Olives (BWOs) are very widespread and important insects when it comes to trout fishing on most rivers both throughout Europe and the US.
Mar 10. 2015	Cameron Sangster	Cameron's Streamers on Streamers 365
Mar 6. 2015	Scissors for fly tying	What should you look for when choosing fly-tying scissors? Well, that all depends on a number of factors. This article takes an in-depth look at one of the fly tier's most important tools.
Mar 4. 2015	Fishy photos: Soren Skarby	Danish photojournalist Soren Skarby only recently started photographing his favorite pastime: fishing. Before that he kept work and pleasure strictly separated.
Mar 1. 2015	Lake Champlain Smelt	Bill's Lake Champlain Smelt - Bill Chandler Tied by: Bill Chandler Originated by: Bill Chandler Lake Champlain Smelt Fly Pattern Hook: Gaelic Supreme...
Feb 26. 2015	Mads Schmidt	Mads Schmidt Andersen is a Danish angler and fly-tyer from the island of Fyn
Feb 26. 2015	USD Shrimp	This is a fairly complex shrimp pattern, a little difficult to tie, but also durable. It fishes upside down and is tied by Danish Mads Schmidt who has had great success with the fly.
Feb 23. 2015	The Poly Dodger	The Poly Dodger imparts its own action and sound by deflecting water via mounting a polymer clay disc onto the main hook itself.
Feb 23. 2015	Don Bastian Fly Tying Demo's Ontario Dates	If you need any more information or registration details on any of the events below, please contact Don via donbastianwetflies.com Thursday March 12th...
Feb 16. 2015	James M. Warner January 8, 1928 - February 12, 2015	Jim was a wonderful kind-hearted man with a quick wit and a hearty laugh. He cherished his family and made his living in the heart of the Lakes Region...
Feb 15. 2015	DIY IKEA line tray	A few inexpensive items from IKEA and a little work, and you have a fine line tray.
Feb 12. 2015	Lew Oatman, Carrie Stevens and Jack Gartside on Ebay	It's been some time since I've posted any Ebay items, but there is a nice range of items coming up recently. First up is a rare Lew Oatman streamer....
Feb 7. 2015	The Perfect Transparent Bait Fish	Flies are becoming more and more realistic - even the saltwater flies. Gammarus with transparent backs and scud patterns, shrimps tied with clear legs, looped tails and pulsating mouth parts and antennas. Now it is time for the bait fish.
Feb 7. 2015	Mauve?	It all started with me being a bit sceptical about the colour of a hackle. It looked a bit too intense. English not being my first language, I would have called the colour of the hackle purple, but the pattern said mauve. Mauve? I've never heard of that colour before,
Feb 7. 2015	Pacific Salmon Flies	Brief and to-the-point are the words that come to mind after I have read this book. No nonsense would also be a good choice of words.
Feb 4. 2015	Renato Rizzo	Italian artist Renato Rizzo draws beautiful, simple but still very complex and detailed black and white pictures of flies... with a lowly BIC ballpoint pen
Feb 2. 2015	The pike that stared	This was one of those fish that staid glued to my inner eye for a long time. The largest pike I ever caught gave up a very good and pretty harrowing fight.
Jan 28. 2015	School of roach	I'm not picky when it comes to fishing and any day I can catch 12-15 fish is a good day - even when the fish are humble roach.
Jan 23. 2015	My first salty pike	I love pike fishing with a fly rod, and my first encounter with pike in the salt made a lasting impression.
Jan 23. 2015	Danish Fly Festival 2015	The biennial fly show The Danish Fly Festival takes place this year in the weekend April 11th and 12th. I will be there. How about you?
Jan 20. 2015	Preventing Wing Roll in Traditional Featherwing Streamers	The traditional method of "stacking the stems" did not work for me right from the start. The wing would have a tendency to roll and make me very...
Jan 19. 2015	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.
Jan 16. 2015	Spring dreams	We're in the middle of the dampest, grayest, wettest, warmest winter I can remember for a long time, and I'm dreaming of spring.
Jan 14. 2015	Jack Gartside Darkside	Jack Gartside's Darkside tied by Darren MacEachern Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley streamer hook 8xl, #2 Thread: Black, 6/0 Tag: Silver...
Jan 8. 2015	Big Poppey	Big Poppey - Bill Chandler Tied by: Bill Chandler Originated by: Bill Chandler Big Poppey Fly Pattern Hook: Castle Arms Heritage Allcock BG3 #2...
Jan 5. 2015	Squid Plus Three	As the year changed from 2014 to 2015, the Danish sea trout community suddenly started buzzing about squid. And I buzzed along and developed Martin's Mundane Squid, soon to become the Squid Plus Three
Jan 3. 2015	Of lead and chrome	One was lead colored and slim, one was bright chrome and in perfect condition, bot both these south Swedish sea trout were memorable.