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This page simply lists all content chronologically, with the newest first. Use the pager in the bottom to navigate through quite a lot of articles, reviews, blog posts and much more.
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2016
Date Title Body Image

Boat or belly boat?

Do you choose an inflatable and compact belly boat or a real boat, canoe or kayak for your fishing? There is another option.

Ten Year Reunion

It's been ten years since the first Global FlyFisher Summit, and Paul Kalbrener who has participated in all of them looks back.

My morning with videos

Every morning before I start working I go though a bunch of fishing and tying videos. Join me on such a video spree

Yellowstone Country

Chasing Native Fishes in the Upper Yellowstone River Region in Montana.

Teal Blue & Black

Teal Blue & Black - Tuomas Iso-Ahola Tied by: Tuomas Iso-Ahola Originated by: Tuomas Iso-Ahola Teal Blue & Black Streamer Fly Pattern Hook:...

The Talisker Touchdown

I found a 10+ year old fly in a fly box and liked what I saw. The reconstruction of the fly was named the Talisker Touchdown

Copper Green

Copper Green by Cameron Sangster Tied by: Cameron Sangster Originated by: Cameron Sangster Copper Green Streamer Fly Pattern Recipe Hook: Mustad #2...

Allan Must Shrimp

A small shrimp from the hands of Allan Kuhlman who plays with eyes, shells and legs.

Rockwell Falls

Rockwell Falls - Larry Leight Tied by: Larry Leight Originated by: Larry Leight Rockwell Falls Streamer Fly Pattern Recipe Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike...

The Fair Fly

The Fair Fly is in many ways a perfect zonker: large, very fishy looking, simple to tie. It's a very good sculpin imitation and an excellent large streamer.

Speedy

This small baitfish pattern is named after the childhood nickname of the originator.

Simple Flies

A book that has Hans Weilenmann's CDC&Elk on the cover has to have something good inside. And this book has.

Pay-per-view tying

I'm not planning on making paid tying videos, but have seen more and more of them online. My small survey says that it's not good business.

Coxy Streamer

A simple hairwinged streamer in old school Danish coastal streamer style... with a twist... literally... of copper wire
2015
Date Title Body Image

Fishing the Danish way

No, this is not about some novel way of catching sea trout or how to get a large Danish salmon, but about remembering to relax when you fish.

Merry Christmas 2015

Another year with GFF has passed and it's time to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Flies at the water

A small image gallery with some images I seem to shoot quite a few of: flies resting on rod handles or reels with the fishing water as a backdrop

My Secret Fly Reel Fetish

If I had enough money (and space) I would indulge in an extravagant fly reel fetish

Trout Bohemia

“I need to go away for a while. Let’s put some time and space into this.” Read the first chapter of Derek Grzelewski's book Trout Bohemia.

Derek Grzelewski

Some 30 years ago I came to New Zealand and fell in love with the place, its landscapes, rivers and its trout.

Andrej Polcic

Slovakian Andrej Polcic is a journalist, photographer, film maker and guide – and an enthusiastic fly fisherman of course.

Hot summer in Slovakia

Maybe the best refreshment for a fly fisherman during very hot summer.

A guide to fly-fishing for pike

Fly-fishing for pike is easily accessible and requires simple gear and few skills - and it's so rock and roll!

Wild Steelhead

I brought home 4 lbs of beautiful wild steelhead the last time I was in the US. Not a fish of course, but a couple of impressing books.

Folding Feathers

There are numerous applications for feathers that have had barbs on one side folded opposite to the barbs on the other.

Bass on Buzzers

If you ask an experienced largemouth bass fly angler for an account of his or her most productive patterns, a nymph of any variation would likely not be on the list.

Wade Whitaker

American Wade Whitaker lives in Berlin, Germany

Daniel D. Holm

Daniel is a teacher whose spare time is spent fishing and selling fly-tying materials.

A guest post for your blog

Ever so often I get a mail asking if I would like to have guest posts on the Global FlyFisher. I have turned down every offer until now and here's why.

Piccaso

Piccaso - Darren MacEachern Tied by: Darren MacEachern Originated by: Darren MacEachern Piccaso Fly Pattern Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek...

Rosi Oldenburg

German artist Rosi Oldenburg now lives, draws and paints in Washington state in the US

Tom's Vise

The design and making of a homemade fly tying vise.

Site upgrade done

...almost. The new site is running smoothly and things have settled in. Traffic is stable and most pages are adapted to the new design.

Fusion Fly Tying

Greg Senyo's book on modern salmon and steelhead flies is a tour de force in goudy and flashy materials composed into large flies

Fly-fishing in the Brazilian Amazon

The Amazon fresh water system, the largest in the world, is home to the Peacock Bass - a hard striking tropical fish.

Wings with CDC

CDC wings are good looking and makes a dry fly a great floater. Here's a few tips on getting them perfect.

20 Years in the Fly Fishing Business

This fall marks Mike Hogue's Badger Creek Fly-tying's 20th year in business. He never thought he would be in business that long.

The new GFF!

The Global FlyFisher has changed! And in a major way. The content is the same but the look and the system behind is very different. We do expect some glitches in the beginning, so be patient.

Travis J. Sylvester

I first noticed Travis' brilliant and colorful art on Facbook and we became online friends. It only took a very short time to realize that he was an obvious candidate for our Fishy Art series. I contacted him and asked my usual row of questions.

Landing Wild Fish the Right Way

The mortality rate for a steelhead taken out of the water for 60 seconds or even 10 seconds can have huge implications on a fishes survival.

Time for an upgrade

You might have noticed that the Global FlyFisher has been a little quiet lately. It's not because we're on vacation. We're working on a major site upgrade!

Undulaatti

Undulaatti - Tuomas Iso-Ahola Tied by: Tuomas Iso-Ahola Originated by: Tuomas Iso-Ahola Undulaatti Fly Pattern Hook: Mustad 3907 A #2 Thread: White...

Classic Steelhead Flies

John Shewey has something going on with steelhead with several books on the subject already under his belt.

Midnight Sea Trout

As the summer progresses and the days get brighter and the water gets warmer, Baltic sea trout fishing becomes a nighttime activity.

A Life's Dream

It had been a long time on my list. The fabulous Caribbean fishing for Tarpon, Bonefish and Permit. In the summer of 2014 I decided that it was time to start the planning. I am not getting younger. You can't take the dough in the bank with you... and Carpe Diem.

Antique

Antique by Cameron Sangster Tied by: Cameron Sangster Originated by: Cameron Sangster Antique Streamer Fly Pattern Recipe Hook: Mustad #2 8xl...

Coastal trips

During the last 15 years or so I have joined a group of friends on two annual coastal trips here in Denmark. I wouldn't want to miss these trips for anything. Here are a few pictures from the latest two.

Jim Warner Framed Sets

There have been a few framed set of streamers produced by Jim Warner posted to eBay over the past couple weeks. The first set was a 25 streamer set of...

The Searunners

An introduction to an underappreciated and almost unknown fishing in New Zealand: fishing for sea run trout.

Image theft

We pride ourselves on many and good images. A lot of other people also like our images... some a little too much, actually!

Since you got this far …


The GFF money box

… I have a small favor to ask.

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Long story longer

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