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2003

Date	Title	Body	Image
Mar 5. 2003	Montana Trout	Craig Fellin, owner of Big Hole Outfitters in Montana, tells how a first time flyfisher can spend a week working with an experienced guide learning most aspects of the sport at his or her own pace. "By the end of the week, you should have a mastery of the sport" he writes.
Feb 26. 2003	The Riffling Hitch	A whole book about a very special fishing technique for salmon and steelhead by one of the sport's most well known authors.
Feb 26. 2003	LR Dyer	Luke - or LR as he's better known - is an avid salmon angler fishing mostly off the banks of the Miramichi and Kedgwick Rivers in New Brunswick, Canada.
Feb 22. 2003	Dry-Fly Patterns for the New Millenium	In the year 2000, the ladies and gentlemen at the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum extended an open invitation to fly tyers around the world to submit flie
Feb 16. 2003	Rotary vices	This section of Tie Better will deal with rotary fly tying vices. I will try to explain what a true rotary vice is, what its advatnages are and how it can be used in different steps of fly tying.
Feb 12. 2003	Tying Flies with CDC - The Fisherman's Miracle Feather	A history of CDC in fly tying, as well as a wealth of patterns and techniques.
Feb 12. 2003	A Fly Fisher's Reflections	A compilation of articles and essays from one of the finest trout fishermen in the world.
Feb 10. 2003	Grayling trip	A small trip for grayling in the southern part of Denmark. Not something that will go over in history, but certainly a nice trip with beautiful sights and beautiful fish.
Feb 1. 2003	Tying Flies the Paraloop Way	My first thought was probably the same as yours - what is "paraloop"? Paraloop is part technique, part style. Take a piece of a parachute, a bit of a thorax dun, and some thoughts of a comparadun, mix, and you'll arrive at a paraloop.
Jan 16. 2003	Real Enough!	A bunch of quite realistic flies by a bunch of well known and unknown international tiers. These fantastic flies are not super realistic imitations, but they certainly look real and convincing enough to fool both men and fish!
Jan 8. 2003	Choice pike fishing tool	The Sirrus COMATRIX 9 wt. is in many ways the perfect pike fishing tool - able to lift and cast large and heavy flies, and with one serious butt section. Dutch Henk Verhaar test fished it in his favorite pike waters and was very pleased.
Jan 1. 2003	Fall Streamers	Looking for some juicy streamers to swing in your favorite trout stream or pond in the coming Fall? Check out these attractive flies from a streamer swap hosted by Scott Daskiewich.

2002

Date	Title	Body	Image
Dec 31. 2002	Garret Booth	I grew up in Upstate New York. My father taught me the basics of fly fishing and tying. He also taught that the sport can be your passion, livelihood, therapy, and hobby.
Dec 31. 2002	Chris Del Plato	Chris is a streamer afficionado who contributes to GFF.
Dec 26. 2002	Realistic Flies	Realistic flies are not only for the display case. As Steve Thornton shows us, realism can also be applied to practical and effective fishing flies. Trout and grayling beware!
Dec 22. 2002	Monic Light Green	Cold weather lines are slowly becoming as common as the special lines for tropical fishing. GFF partner Martin Joergensen has fished one from Monic and liked it very much.
Dec 13. 2002	Ghost Reindeer Shiner	This article should rightly be subtitled "what to do when you don't have the right material that a pattern calls for?"
Dec 12. 2002	Lamar Reel Seats	Andy Dear hits a home run with his custom reel seat spacers and complete reel seats. It's a rare thing for a product to get a "Global Class" GFF rating, but Andy's woodworking skills earn him that high honor easily.
Dec 12. 2002	Lake Erie Shiner	Lake Erie Shiner is a Killing Bucktail from the vise of Floyd Franke
Dec 10. 2002	The Curtis Creek Manifesto	You will have to look a long way for a better and funnier introduction to fly fishing, which at the same time can serve you as a fly fishing mini-bible for many years.
Dec 10. 2002	Venneri's Reel Seats	Recently, GFF partners Bob Petti and Steve Schweitzer had the chance to visit Bob Venneri at his house and get a look-see into his workshop and how his seats are made, by hand, one at a time.
Dec 8. 2002	Screwhead Matuka	GFF partner Martin Joergensen has been fooling aruond with Bidoz Products brand new Kameleon Heads. These aluminium heads screw onto almost any straight eye hook - such as the one on the Screwhead Matuka.
Dec 6. 2002	The Making of a Prize Rod	The grand prize for the Flymeister 2001 contest was a custom built fly rod made by Neal Hall, owner of Classic Destiny rods and president of the Custom Rod Builder's Guild.
Dec 1. 2002	Beyond beauty	"Land of Little Rivers, A Story in Photos of Catskill Fly Fishing" by Austin McK. Francis scores a Global FlyFisher Global Class mark in Bob Petti's review. Read about the book whose beauty is only exceeded by the majesty of the subject.
Nov 30. 2002	The Mörrum Circus	Fishing for huge Atlantic salmon in the Swedish river Mörrum is an experience that makes you urge for more. GFF partner Martin Joergensen went there for four days in June 2001 and cannot wait to return.
Nov 26. 2002	Advanced Fly-Fishing Techniques	Lefty takes us from soup to nuts and offers us his opinions on many things flyfishing related.
Nov 26. 2002	Extreme Flyfishing	Want a great and affordable gift for a flyfisherman - or a little treat for yourself?
Nov 25. 2002	Essential Skills - 6 volumes	I first heard of - or rather saw - Oliver Edwards videos on a cd that was packaged with the British magazine Fly Fishing & Fly Tying. The cd featured some short cuts from the six tapes.
Nov 24. 2002	Fly line anatomy	My fly line doesn't understand me! And I don't understand it... This article tries to explain tapers, densities, coatings, memory and all the terms used for these expensive pieces of string.
Nov 23. 2002	Kim Conrad	Danish photographer and publisher
Nov 23. 2002	Fly Fishing the Pacific Inshore	Ken Hanley has done it again - and beat himself at it: made a book about the less traditional fly fishing in the salt.
Nov 20. 2002	Saltwater Fly-Casting Techniques	A no-frills treatise to teach us "how to cast effectively for the biggest fish under the most demanding situations".
Nov 18. 2002	Selecting a kayak	I have seen many recommendations - many different recommendations - and I must admit that I personally hesitate to recommend any particular type, make or model of kayak.
Nov 18. 2002	Kayakfishing	This is the first book I have found dealing entirely with fishing from a kayak.
Nov 13. 2002	Quick-Seine	"Where have I been? Why didn't I use this before?!". The Quick-Seine is not a new product on the market as it won the Top Ten new product award at the 1996 International Fly-Tackle Dealer show,
Nov 13. 2002	Bamboo part 6	Now that we have our strips of bamboo tapered into sections for our fly rod, the next step is to glue these strips together into whole rod sections.
Nov 12. 2002	Becoming a Fly Fisher - From Brookie Days to The Tenth Level	If you want to know who's who and where's where, John Randolph is the guy to learn from. If there's anyone he hasn't fished with, and anywhere he hasn't fished, I'd be mighty surprised.
Nov 11. 2002	Catch that fish	With a subtitle such as "The essential guide to fly fishing tactics" and cover texts such as "When to fish and where to cast" and "How to match the perfect fly" the promises are piling up i
Nov 10. 2002	Poul Jorgensen, USA/Denmark
Nov 10. 2002	Tough rod!	You do not get to fish a 12 weight one hand rod every day. GFF partner Martin Joergensen has had the pleasure of field testing a Sirrus 12 wt - an impressing rod at a very good price.
Nov 10. 2002	Rainshadow Xcel	Not only do all the major rod companies sell their blanks, there are several companies that produce and sell only blanks. Where to begin? Rainshadow might be one choice. Great, afordable blanks.
Nov 9. 2002	Comparadone!	Comparaduns are one of the most versatile mayfly patterns in existence representing a low-riding mayfly to near perfection. However, many tiers shy this simple pattern due to the perceived complexity of tying the deer hair wings. Learn to master the technique with GFF partner Steve Schweitzer.
Nov 5. 2002	Drag-Free Drift	Drag-free drift is more than just adding a couple feet of 7x to your leader. Much more.
Nov 1. 2002	Bob Skehan, GFF partner	The father of the New England Streamers web page
Nov 1. 2002	East Branch Rod	"I had heard about East Branch's $20 "test drive" program so I gave them a call. Sure enough, come the Friday before opening day, the mailman delivered a large tube with a pair of fly rods." Read Bob Petti's review of the 9' 3pc GTX 6wt.
Nov 1. 2002	Build a Grip Lathe	As we've alluded to in other articles, making your own grips from cork rings is an important part of building a custom rod. "Staying with the cost-effective strategy, I decided to try and build my own cork lathe using common materials and a drill." Read more of Jon Jenkin's article.
Nov 1. 2002	Making grips II	There are two basic strategies for building a cork grip for a fly rod. The first involves gluing the rings directly onto the rod blank and then shaping the grip. Another way involves gluing the cork rings together off the blank, and then shaping the grip in a lathe setup before reaming and fitting to the rod blank. That process is described by Bob Petti in this article.
Nov 1. 2002	Float'n'tote	I am not one much for buying a lot of flyfishing accessories, so when the HSI Float-n-Tote rod holder arrived at my front doorstep to review, I was sceptically intriqued. I have never had much use for a float tube rod holder since most of my float tube fishing is done in litle ponds and near shore on lakes. However, the perfect trip was coming up to test out the rod holder system.
Oct 30. 2002	The Beaverkill	Take this virtual outing to the Beaverkill and Willowemoc - the cradle of the Catskills. Global FlyFisher partner Bob Petti had his camera out during his last visit and brings you this portfolio with streams, bridges beautiful landscapes and gin clear water.
Oct 30. 2002	Lamiglass Ti2000	A rod with a titanium section built in! Strange maybe, but the reviewer's verdict is clear: "All I know is that it's better than most other rods I have fished with." Read the review here.