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2012
Date Title Body Image

#188 - Honeysweet

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

The Trout Diaries

Derek Grzelewski's book The Trout Diaries takes the reader on a relaxed, yet exciting trip through the seasons of a year in a fly-fisherman's life.

Fishy photos: Isaias Nicolaevici

Patagonia based photographer Isaias Nicolaevici has been fly-fishing since he was a boy and taking pictures for almost as long. We have asked him our usual series of questions.

#187 - Dunk's Special Streamer (Var) (Cains River)

Dunks Special Streamer variation (Cains River) - Loretta Parent Tied by: Loretta Parent Originated by: Oscar Weber Source: Streamer Fly Tying and...

#186 - Carrie Stevens' Patriotic Series

Carrie Stevens' Patriotic Series - Darren MacEachern Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Carrie Stevens Source: Carrie G. Stevens: Maker of...

#185 - Saints Streamer

Saints Streamer - Mike Boyer Tied by: Mike Boyer Originated by: Mike Boyer Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer 6xl Thread: White 70...

Michael Decoteau

While growing up in the small coastal town of Belfast, Michael fished the local streams and remote ponds of western Maine with his father. His tying...

#184 - Lakewood

Lakewood - Michael Decoteau Tied by: Michael Decoteau Originated by: Carrie Stevens Hook: Gealic Supreme Mike Martinek Streamer Thread: White flat...

#183 - The Canada

The Canada - Alan Grombacher Tied by: Alan Grombacher Originated by: Alan Grombacher Hook: #2 Partidge Carrie Stevens CS15 Thread: White Pearsalls...

#182 - Green Dace

Green Dace - Don Ordes Tied by: Don Ordes Originated by: Don Ordes Hook: Partridge CS15 Thread: Black 6/0 Body: Dark olive floss Rib: Gold embossed...

Intermittent Rewards

This week's "Fish On" blog post comes Reese Ferguison. Reese will be participating in the September Reel Recovery Retreat in Idaho and will be one of the central stories in this documentary.

#181 - Lady Poacher

Lady Poacher - Darren MacEachern Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Darren MacEachern Hook: Partridge CS15 #2 Thread: White flat waxed nylon...

#180 - Bicentennial Smelt

Bicentennial Smelt - Jim Warner Tied by: Jim Warner Originated by: Jim Warner Source: Trolling Flies for Trout and Salmon; Dick Stewart & Bob...

#179 - Oakland TCC

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

#178 - West Branch Ghost Variant #1

West Branch Ghost Variant #1 - Dwayne Miller Tied by: Dwayne Miller Originated by: Duane Vigue Hook: Partridge CS15 #2/0 Thread: White Tag: Flat...

#177 - Pauley's Smelt

Pauley's Smelt - Darren MacEachern Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Darren MacEachern Hook: Mustad B-17 #2 Thread: Black flat waxed nylon...

#176 - Lauren's Favorite

Lauren's Favorite - Alan Grombacher Tied by: Alan Gronbacher Originated by: Alan Gronbacher Hook: #6 8xl Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley...

#175 - Happy Garrison (Var)

Happy Garrison Variation - Gary Fraser Tied by: Gary Fraser Originated by: Carrie Stevens Source: Carrie G. Stevens: Maker of Rangeley Favorite Trout...

Davie McPhail, Don Bastian and Wendell Folkins

Davie McPhail ties up an interesting freestyle pattern. Hook: Partridge streamer size #2/0 Thread: Utc Flo-Fire Orange, Uni-Black 8/0 Tag: Silver...

#174 - Steve's Red Devil (Var)

Red Devil (Var) - Steve Labrecque Tied by: Steve Labrecque Originated by: Carrie Stevens Source: Carrie G. Stevens: Maker of Rangeley Favorite Trout...

Long Flies

In the spirit of full disclosure, I should admit now that Gary Borger was my first fly fishing hero.

Swedish Lapland

We follow Swedish Gunnar Westrin and his friend Palle Andersson on a nice and cozy fly-fishing trip to the northern part of Sweden.

#173 - Rickies Royal Purple

Rickies Royal Purple - Barry Phillips Tied by: Barry Phillips Originated by: Barry Phillips Hook: Partridge CS15 Thread: White 70 denier Tag: Flat...

#172 - Dr. Burke

Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Dr. Edgar A. Burke Source: Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing; Bates (Pg. 263) Hook: Gamakatsu Russian River #2...

#171 - William Dawes

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

Something For Someone Else

Travis Swartz spent the last two weekends fishing his favorite stream in the world… Silver Creek, just down the road from Sun Valley, Idaho. He grew up fishing Silver Creek. The trails, the water, the fish, the clouds and even the occasional wind are all home to him...

#170 - Green Drake

Tied by: Peter Simonson Originated by: Carrie G. Stevens Source: Carrie G. Stevens: Maker of Rangeley Favorite Trout and Salmon Flies - Hilyard Pg....

Xtra Global Class!

Inflation has hit our review scale, which has been needing an adjustment for a while. Say welcome to Xtra Global Class.

The Practical Fly Tier

I know this book is about 10 years old, and to some it might seem strange that we review such an "old" book.

#169 - Billy Jack

Billy Jack - Don Ordes Tied by: Don Ordes Originated by: Don Ordes Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer hook Thread: Olive dun 6/0...

#168 - Canary

Canary - Darren MacEachern Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Carrie Stevens Sources: Carrie G. Stevens: Maker of Rangeley Favorite Trout and...

Sorry Mr. Jintao!

We have had to generally block any incoming traffic from China due to an excessive load from servers trying to hack their way into our system.

#167 - Washington (TCC)

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

Uncharted Waters

OK, fly-fishing aficionados, I know this is not a fly-fishing video as such.

Uncharted Waters Q&A

We contacted the team behind the video Uncharted Waters and asked them some questions. Read their replies and learn what drove them and how the trip and the DVD came to be.

Michael Decoteau

Michael's Streamers #184 Lakewood - Michael Decoteau #235 Green Beauty - Michael Decoteau #303 Brookie - Michael DecoteauMichael's Biography Michael...

#166 - Blue Badger

Tied by: Steve Labrecque Originated by: Steve Labrecque Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer hook 8xl #1 Thread: White Tail: Yellow...

#165 - Allen's Last Chance - Cains River Series

Tied by: Bryant Freeman Originated by: Oscar Weber Source: Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing, Bates - Pg. 243 - 249 Bryant's Variation Hook: #2 Partridge...

#164 - Bogong Beauty

Tied by: Robert Frandsen Originated by: Robert Frandsen Hook: Mustad 94720 Thread: White Tag: Flat silver tinsel Body: Chartreuse silk / floss Rib:...

Fishy photos: Stu Hastie

Stu Hastie is a New Zealand photographer whose work first came to my attention through our user's image galleries and his posts on Facebook. The quality was top notch, and being in NZ he didn't seem to have a shortage of subjects.

#163 - Horace Hazard

Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Darren MacEachern Hook: #1 8xl Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Carrie Stevens Rangeley Streamer Hook Thread:...

#162 - Barnes Special

Barnes Special - Don Bastian Tied by: Don Bastian Originated by: Cecil Lowell Barnes Source: Tandem Streamers: the Essential Guide -...

#161 - Blue Woody

Tied by: Peggy Brenner Originated by: Peggy Brenner Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer 6xl #1 Thread: White Tail: Barred wood duck...

Tied in the Hand

Well done, Mr. Hård! You have made an overwhelming book! For many reasons.

The Journey Begins

The introduction to the project "Fish On - A Reel Retreat" by Travis Swartz. The first steps towards a video about men recovering from cancer and finding their way to a normal life through fly-fishing. And you can help!

#160 - Killer Ghost

Tied by: Glenn Peckel Originated by: Ora Smith Source: Trolling Flies for Trout and Salmon; Dick Stewart & Bob Leeman 1982 pg.75 Hook: Mustad...

May Streamers Now Up on Auction

We had quite a successful auction in april, raising over 400$ towards our goal. The May streamers are now up on the eBay site. To date, ALL of the...

Gaula Q&A

Coming from the hands of one part of the pair behind the fabulous video Tâpam - Daniel Göz - this time teaming up with fellow countryman Anton Hamacher, we thought it would be suitable to contact the duo and inquire about the background and process of making the video Gaula - River of Silver & Gold.

Mike Boyer on GFF

If you have been following the posts, you'll recognize Mike Boyer as one of the talented tyers featured in the project here. He's also been busy...

#159 - Yellow Perch Streamer

Tied by: Ted Patlen Popularized by: Lew Oatman Source: Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing, Bates - Pg. 357-358 Hook: Mustad 9575 #1-#6 Thread: White 70...

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