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Washing your materials

If you never tried washing a newly bought saddle, neck or bucktail, it's about time you try! Proper treatment can transform the useless to useful and the mediocre to sublime.

Steaming your materials

Steaming materials has a fantastic effect! Feathers, fur, hair deserves some steam. You will be amazed what a little vaporized water can do.

#225 - San Francisco TCC

San Francisco - Team Colors Collection - Don Soar Tied by: Don Soar Originated by: Don Soar Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer hook...

July Streamers now up on Auction

Here is a list of all the streamers available in the auctions from the July posts. You can click the links below to bid or add these to your watch...

#224 - Needle Smelt

Tied by: Glenn Peckel Originated by: Ora Smith Source: Trolling Flies for Trout and Salmon; Dick Stewart & Bob Leeman 1982 pg.79 Hook: Mustad...

#223 - Wee Steelie

Wee Steelie - Eunan Hendron Tied by: Eunan Hendron Originated by: Eunan Hendron Hook: Mike Martinek Carrie Stevens Rangeley streamer hook #2 8xl...

#222 - BP Brown Trout Fry

BP Brown Trout Fry - Barry Phillips Tied by: Barry Phillips Originated by: Barry Phillips Hook: Partridge CS15 Thread: White 70 denier Tag: Flat gold...

#221 - Silver & Orange MKZ

Silver & Orange MKZ - Robert Frandsen Tied by: Robert Frandsen Originated by: Robert Frandsen Hook: Partridge CS15 #2 Thread: White Tag: Flat gold...

#220 - Red Fin Shiner

Red Fin Shiner - Jim Warner Tied by: Jim Warner Originated by: Jim Warner Source: Trolling Flies for Trout and Salmon; Dick Stewart & Bob Leeman...

Marcelo Morales

Marcelo Morales Marcelo's Streamers #228 Pink Beauty - Marcelo Morales #278 Rooster's Regret - Marcelo Morales #348 Blue Devil Var. - Marcelo Morales...

#219 - Dr. Oatman

Dr. Oatman - Mike Boyer Tied by: Mike Boyer Originated by: Lew Oatman Source: Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing: Bates Pg. 264 Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike...

#218 - Rug Burn

Rug Burn - Bill Chandler Tied by: Bill Chandler Originated by: Bill Chandler Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer hook 8xl Thread: Red...

L.L. Bean Featherwing Streamer Class with Don Bastian

This class is for intermediate and advanced tiers. Students must bring their own tools and materials. A list of patterns and materials will be...

#217 - Firefly

Firefly - Dan Despres Tied by: Dan Despres Originated by: Carrie Stevens Source: Carrie G. Stevens: Maker of Rangeley Favorite Trout and Salmon Flies...

#216 - Houston TCC

Houston - Team Colors Collection - Don Soar Tied by: Don Soar Originated by: Don Soar Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer hook 8xl...

#215 - Black Widow

Tied by: Jon Harrang Originated by: Jon Harrang Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek/Carrie Stevens streamer hook size 2, 8XL Body: Red mylar Rib: Oval...

#214 - Royal Tiger

Royal Tiger - Darren MacEachern Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Carrie Stevens Source: Carrie G. Stevens: Maker of Rangeley Favorite Trout...

Davie McPhail

I live in the south west of Scotland where I grew up, the best known rivers in the area are the Stinchar, the Nith, Girvan and the river Doon where I...

#213 - Jock Scott Streamer

Jock Scott Streamer - Davie McPhail Tied by: Davie McPhail Originated by: Mr. John "Jock" Scott Conversion by: Davie McPhail Hook: Partridge CS15 #2...

Davie McPhail

Davie McPhail Davie McPhail's Patterns #213 Jock Scott Streamer - Davie McPhail #240 Bloody Mary Streamer - Davie McPhail #269 Phoenix Streamer -...

#212 - Bucktail Silver Streamer

Bucktail Silver Streamer - Bob Petti Tied by: Bob Petti Originated by: Ray Bergman Source: Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing: Bates Pg. 238 Hook: Mustad...

Val Kropiwnicki

Val Kropiwnicki Val's Streamers #243 Rogan Inspired - Val Kropiwnicki Val's Biography b. 1964 - I have been making art, mostly functional steel, for...

#211 - Frosty Smelt

Frosty Smelt - Darren MacEachern Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Darren MacEachern Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer hook...

#210 - Bittersweet

Bittersweet - David Mac Tied by: David Mac Originated by: David Mac Hook: Martinek Carrie Stevens hook #1 10X Long Thread: Black Body: Silver Mylar...

#209 - York's Kennebago

York's Kennebago - Ted Patlen Tied by: Ted Patlen Popularized by: Herb Welch Source: Streamer Fly Tying & Fishing by Joseph D. Bates, Jr, - Pg 359...

#208 - MacEachern 365

MacEachern 365 - Selene Dumaine Tied by: Selene Dumaine Originated by: Selene Dumaine Hook: 8X long size 4 or 6 Thread: Black Body: Flat silver tinsel...

#207 - Red Streak

Red Streak - Darren MacEachern Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Carrie Stevens Source: Carrie G. Stevens: Maker of Rangeley Favorite Trout...

#206 - Baby Blue

Baby Blue - Gary Fraser Tied by: Gary Fraser Originated by: Gary Fraser Hook: Partridge CS15 #2 Thread: Black 70 denier Tag: Silver embossed tinsel...

#205 - The Thief

The Thief - Tony Smith Tied by: Tony Smith Originated by: Dan Gapen Source: Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing (Joseph D. Bates, Jr., 1966) Pg. 347 Hook:...

#204 - Jungle Princess

Jungle Princess - Darren MacEachern Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Unknown Source: Forgotten Flies 1999, Schmookler & Sils - Pg. 458...

Gone fishin'

I will be off fishing for the next week. GFF will trot on, but don't expect immediate reactions to comments and emails.

Squirrel Zonker

This is an update to one of the first patterns ever featured on the Global FlyFisher. The old article about this fly is from 1996, and has been on the site with its scanned B/W pictures ever since.

#203 - Colonel Bates

Colonel Bates - Don Bastian Tied by: Don Bastian Originated by: Carrie G. Stevens Source: Carrie G. Stevens: Maker of Rangeley Favorites Trout and...

Zonker tying

Zonkers are great looking flies with a lot of volume and motion, and the zonker style lends itself well to many types of small fish and worm imitations.

Thanks To You!

The Kickstarter fundraising campaign for the Fish On project is done and Travis Swartz can now move forward in the process of producing the film about men fly-fishing as a part of the process recovering from cancer.

The Ronker

Rubber legs and a zonker... in orange. The Ronker is a fly for deep dwelling trout, featuring some weight bright colors, mobile materials and not least rubber legs.

#202 - Titanic

Titanic - Eunan Hendron Tied by: Eunan Hendron Originated by: Eunan Hendron Hook: Mustad Chestertown 3298 Size 9 (blind eye) with gut for eye. Tail:...

#201 - Fluorescent Body Gray Ghost

Tied by: Glenn Peckel Originated by: Ora Smith Source: Trolling Flies for Trout and Salmon; Dick Stewart & Bob Leeman 1982 pg.68 Hook: Mustad...

#200 - The Emperor

The Emperor - Don Ordes Tied by: Don Ordes Originated by: Don Ordes Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer hook Thread: White Tag: Flat...

#199 - Zayne's Growl

Zayne's Growl - Darren MacEachern Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Darren MacEachern Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek #1 8xl streamer hook...

#198 - Boston Blackie

Tied by: Monte Smith Originated by: Carrie Stevens Source: Forgotten Flies, Schmookler & Sils (1999) Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek 8 XL, #1...

June Streamers on Auction Now!

You can now find the auctions for the June Streamers online on eBay. We have 26 streamers on auction from June (Some were on loan or included in sets)...

#197 - Cabin Creek

Cabin Creek - Alan Petrucci Tied by: Alan Petrucci Originated by: Alan Petrucci Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer 6xl #8 Thread:...

#196 - New England TCC

New England - Team Colors Collection - Don Soar Tied by: Don Soar Originated by: Don Soar Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer hook...

#195 - Edwin's Galaxy

Edwin's Galaxy - Darren MacEachern Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Darren MacEachern Hook: Partridge CS15 #2 Thread: Black flat waxed nylon...

Hospitalized kids need your flies!

It might sound crazy, but you can actually help hospitalized kids by tying flies for them! Tie flies in support for this science project for kids.

#194 - Royal Marine

Royal Marine - Mike Martinek Tied by: Mike Martinek Originated by: Mike Martinek Source: The Atlantic Salmon Fly - The Tyers and their Art; Judith...

Fishing with friends

Travis Swartz spends a lot of time on the water alone, but this past weekend he spent a couple days on the Big Wood River in Ketchum, Idaho fishing with his friends Reese, John and Zach.

#193 - Picric Partridge

Picric Partridge - Ryan Houston Tied by: Ryan Houston Originated by: Ryan Houston Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek 8xl #1 Thread: Black Body: Gold...

#192 - Karen's Desire

Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Darren MacEachern Hook: Partridge CS15 #2 Body: Flat gold tinsel #10 Belly: White bucktail Underwing: 6-8...

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