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2011

Date	Title	Body	Image
Dec 20. 2011	Capt. Mel's Tube Knot	About 5 years ago after seeing so many really bad knots connecting the fly line to the butt leader section, Captain Mel Simpson came up with a knot that does not break, is a permanent part of the fly line and will easily go through the guides if necessary.
Dec 20. 2011	Loretta Parent	Loretta Parent Loretta's Streamers #187 Dunks Special Streamer variation (Cains River) - Loretta Parent #244 Fire Fly - Loretta Parent #313 Cains...
Dec 19. 2011	Don Soar	Don Soar Don's Streamers #16 Ice Storm - Don Soar #29 Seattle - Team Colors Collection - Don Soar #36 New York - Team Colors Collection - Don Soar #42...
Dec 18. 2011	Carrie Challenge II	A while back, I threw my name into the Carrie's Challenge part 2 (See part 1 here) and was ready to take on a streamer "sans" vise. Here is the rules...
Dec 18. 2011	Copper and Blue - Preview Pattern	Just 2 week to go now until the start of the Streamers 365 project. Below is a taste of what the year will bring. We have a stellar line-up of tyers...
Dec 15. 2011	Everyday Fly Tying Tips	I am as likely to sit down and tie six different flies as I am to tie six of the same pattern. Speed is not a concern, but I don't want to waste my time either. There are things I can do to make my life easier which may be different from a professional production tyer.
Dec 13. 2011	Oatman Swap - Introduction To Lew Oatmans Patterns	In this streamer swap we are dealing with the 17 patterns designed by Lew Oatman, avid fly fisher and professional tyer from Shushan, New York.
Dec 12. 2011	Daniel Despres	Daniel's Streamers #217 Firefly - Dan Despres #5-2013 Olive Special - Dan Despres #22-2013 Willie Gunn (Silver and Gold) - Dan Despres #60-2013 Copper...
Dec 12. 2011	Duane Vigue	Duane's Patterns Duane's Biography We here are in the business of tying the most historically accurate, well dressed, longest lasting featherwing...
Dec 11. 2011	New Hooks Added	Just a quick note to let you know I've added a few more hook profiles to the hook reference page. You'll now find A couple new Sealey streamer hooks...
Dec 8. 2011	The Fish & The Fly Q&A	The excellent DVD-series The Fish and the Fly are made by Danish filmmaker Niels Vestergaard and fly tyer and flyfisher Morten Oland. We contacted them regarding the videos and got them to answer to a few questions about the project.
Dec 7. 2011	Book couriers wanted	Is there any GFF readers who travel between the US an Europe, maybe even Scandinavia or ideally Denmark, who would be willing to bring books over now and then and mail them on to Martin in Denmark?
Dec 6. 2011	Charlie Mann	Charlie's Streamers #247 Senator Kilkelly - Charlie Mann #79-2013 Champlain Jane - Charlie MannCharlie's Biography I started tying fly's after...
Dec 6. 2011	Scott Bernard	Scott's Streamers #307 Tanner's Special - Scott Bernard Scott's Biography I grew up in Presque Isle Maine and started fishing very young with my...
Dec 1. 2011	Wing Things and the Countdown Begins	Hello December and let the countdown begin. Just 31 days until we start blasting out the streamers! To date, I have over 200 streamers in, and am just...
Dec 1. 2011	Thunder Creek Flies	I have loved Kieth Fulsher's Thunder Creek streamers ever since I saw a Danish tyer tie one decades ago, so a whole book with Thunder Creeks by Fulsher himself. What can go wrong?
Nov 27. 2011	Facts about GFF	The Global FlyFisher is a web site for fly fishers and fly tyers - and to some extend for outdoors people in general. The site has a very long history, dating back to the beginning of the Internet era in 1994.
Nov 27. 2011	Rolled Trout	One of my favorite dishes with trout is to make these trout rolls. Trout is both tasty and healthy - although I'm afraid I will spoil the latter a bit with this recipe. But who can resist fish, lemon, parsley and mustard?
Nov 26. 2011	Patagonian Silver
Nov 26. 2011	HKA Sunray/Bismo	This fly is without doubt one of the best catching flies on the bigger rivers in Iceland! It was originated by Danish Henrik Kassow Andersen. Salmon guide Nils Folmer Jørgensen from Iceland shows you how to tie it.
Nov 25. 2011	Gary Fraser	Gary's Streamers on Streamers 365
Nov 25. 2011	The Fish & The Fly 3
Nov 25. 2011	The Fish & The Fly 1	I've just started watching the third DVD in the series as I write this introduction to the review, and I can only say to those many who want to get into doing fly fishing videos: watch and learn.
Nov 23. 2011	A Fly Fishing Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park	In the interests of full disclosure, let me state up front that the author of "A Fly Fishing Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park", Steve Schweitzer, is a partner/co-founder of this web site as we
Nov 21. 2011	Atlantic Salmon Magic	"Strike!"
Nov 21. 2011	From the 2011 International Fly Tying Symposium	I was finally able to make it down to the International Fly Tying Symposium to take in everything fly tying. My focus was mainly to check out all...
Nov 14. 2011	Jim Warner Swap	Jim Warner has been one of the most influential fly tyers in New England, especially for those who spend their time trolling and fishing streamers in the many lakes and ponds of the region. The gang of the streamers@ list recently had a swap of his great fly patterns.
Nov 14. 2011	Carrie Challenge II	Back in 2002 a bunch of guys on the streamers@ mailing list decided to tie some flies "in the hand" without the benefit of a vise. This year a new crop took up the challenge with a different fly - Carrie's Favorite - and tackled the Look Ma, No Vise challange.
Nov 13. 2011	Kai Nolting	Kai is German fly fisher and fly tyer based in Sauerland in Germany and a very good friend of GFF.
Nov 12. 2011	Authors, filmmakers, artists, publishers!	Share parts of your work with our readers. Maybe you should consider letting us bring an extract, a sample, an interview or an article about your work. We get content, you get free marketing.
Nov 10. 2011	Jim Warner Streamers Being Auctioned	Jim has been creating any tying flies for over 60 years. Over the years he has created some excellent streamers and has kept many of these carded for...
Nov 10. 2011	Essential Saltwater Flies	This book is some years old and can be bought used for about 10 US dollars, which makes it a very good deal, because this is an excellent book.
Nov 10. 2011	Saltwater Fly Patterns
Nov 10. 2011	Dyeing and Bleaching	As you probably already know I'm an avid proponent of buying used books, and because of this you often see reviews of books with a few years on their back.
Nov 10. 2011	Chalk Streams and Lazy Trout
Nov 10. 2011	Friends on the Water
Nov 10. 2011	Trout of the World
Nov 10. 2011	Fifty more places to fly fish before you die	I have never been really fond of Chris Santella's book "Fifty places to Fly Fish Before You Die", which I bought several years ago.
Nov 10. 2011	New (old) books	Another bunch of books snuck their way into my life
Nov 10. 2011	AD Maddox	"She's a Ducati riding, Wyoming roaming, fly fishing girl born in Tennessee... " This is how fly fishing artist AD Maddox is introduced on her web site, and an introduction that has exactly the effect that I suppose was intended: I gotta know more about her!
Nov 7. 2011	Gary Tanner	Gary's Streamers on Streamers 365
Nov 7. 2011	David Mac	David's Streamers #171 William Dawes - David Mac #210 Bittersweet - David Mac #232 Yellow A. J. Randall - David Mac #257 Janine Marie - David Mac #287...
Nov 7. 2011	Glenn Peckel	Glenn's Streamers on Streamers 365
Nov 4. 2011	Peggy Brenner	Peggy's Streamers Peggy's Bio I've been tying for a decade and a half now; my specialty is flies that fish well in New England and the Florida Keys. I...
Nov 3. 2011	April Snow - Mike Martinek	Mike Martinek - April Snow Rangeley Streamer I already have a couple of big Mike's streamers in my collection, but here is one I have never actually...
Nov 2. 2011	Stepping into the Stream Q&A	We had the chance to ask Barbara Klutinis - the woman behing the video "Stepping into the Stream" a few questions regarding her film about fly fishing women.
Nov 2. 2011	A Backyard in Nowhere Q&A	The DVD "A Backyard in Nowhere" is something else. Fly fishing, sure, but also a different experience traveling, fishing, hunting and meeting people by the Innoko River system in Alaska. The team behind the video is Danish, and it was quite natural to grab a hold of them and get them to talk a bit about the background for the whole project.
Oct 30. 2011	Selene Dumaine	Selene's Streamers #208 MacEachern 365 - Selene DumaineSelene's Biography Selene Dumaine, born the year Carrie Stevens died, is an accomplished fly...
Oct 30. 2011	Barry Phillips	Barry's Streamers on Streamers 365
Oct 30. 2011	Mike Boyer	Mike's Streamers #185 Saints Streamer - Mike Boyer #219 Dr. Oatman - Mike Boyer #259 Red and Grey Streamer - Mike Boyer #284 Fall Streamer - Mike...