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2008

Date	Title	Body	Image
Apr 6. 2008	Thunder Creeks	These were the first Thunder Creek streamers I have ever tied. A couple weeks ago I was rummaging through a stack of Fly Tyer magazines and tripped across a profile of Keith Fulsher.
Mar 23. 2008	Beautiful video	It might be Swedish, but this trailer shows some extraordinarily beautiful fishing scenes.
Mar 17. 2008	Tobias Renkawitz	Tobias fishes alpine waters throughout the world. His specialties however are the streams and rivers of southern Bavaria and Austria where he spends most of his free time. His scientific curiosity motivates him to continuously test modern tackle materials and innovative designs in fly fishing.
Mar 4. 2008	Spring, snow, stress and flu	Officially spring has started. So of course it started snowing!
Feb 18. 2008	Not really fishing...	A beautiful but cold day in February.
Feb 14. 2008	The Visitors - Day 2	Two days. Two teams. Six fly fishers. Very different and difficult circumstances. Kasper Mühlbach was invited by a Lithuanian and a German team to go fishing with them. Their role was to catch and pose. Kasper's role was to photograph.
Jan 30. 2008	Bloody weather!	Sorry for the politically very incorrect heading, but bloody weather is just what we have right now and have had for a month or two
Jan 29. 2008	The Bad Beginning	German Kai Nolting caught his first sea trout in his second cast for this silver bullet of the ocean. It would take three years before he caught the second one! In this article he thinks back and analyzes why this happened and draws some conclusions that may help others be a bit more lucky.
Jan 25. 2008	365 Flies	Artwork by Jeff Kennedy
Jan 1. 2008	Absolutely last trip!	I managed to squeeze in one more trip before 2008

2007

Date	Title	Body	Image
Dec 30. 2007	Last trip 2007...	Christmas and New Year - it's time for the last trip of the year
Dec 28. 2007	Severely struck	I have a heavy inflamation of cabin fever now -- and winter hasn't even really started yet
Dec 24. 2007	Merry Christmas	Sitting there with the smell of Christmas in the nose and Christmas music in the ears, Martin has been thinking back on the year that passed, and wishes to say Merry Christmas to all the GFF readers with a small gallery from the year that passed.
Dec 13. 2007	White, white, white!	Snowed in
Dec 11. 2007	Grey, grey, grey!	The weather here is awful! Fishing seems far away and work just all too close...
Dec 9. 2007	Fly Fishing for Striped Bass	All it took was one quick skim through this book for me to come up with the theme of my review. "I'm not worthy!" Really. I don't think I am. Wow.
Dec 9. 2007	Ten Flies Simple Ties	I have been interested in woodworking since I was a kid. (Bear with me - this will have some fly fishing relevance soon enough). My Dad made all sorts of
Dec 2. 2007	Cheesman Canyon podcast	Colorado's white winters shouldn't give you the blues! Follow GFF partner Steve Schweitzer as he and his family fish the snowy Cheesman Canyon.
Nov 26. 2007	Salmon River Chill	Steelheading weather
Nov 25. 2007	Salty dreams and glassy shrimp	Chris Edghill writes: "Fascinating to see how they worked together, one would dive in between the rocks and sea grass, completely burying itself and the others just milled around waiting for a shrimp to dart out from it's hiding place where it would be quickly devoured."
Nov 25. 2007	The Patience Game	A good angler has patience
Nov 20. 2007	Good, Bad, and Ugly	Having wrapped my share of thread over the years, I thought it was time to revisit a long held interest of mine - traditional salmon flies. My first attempt years ago was pretty disappointing, and I was hoping my skills had evolved enough for me to take that next step and produce a better result.
Nov 20. 2007	GFF Summit 2007	The GFF Summit 2007 was a great venue, and lots of people had lots of fun and caught lots of fish - and took lots of pictures! GFF partner Martin Joergensen has collected the best from all the participants into a huge photo collage.
Nov 18. 2007	IFTS 2007	The International Fly Tying Symposium was held on November 17th and 18th in Somerset, New Jersey. As usual, the place was wall-to-wall fly tyers, tying everything from giant saltwater streamers to trout flies. Streamers, salmon flies, you name it - someone was tying it.
Nov 16. 2007	Taimen crazy	The guys behind the fabulous Trout Bum Diaries DVD's are on the move again. This time in Mongolia!
Nov 16. 2007	The Ugliest Flies	Martin has just received the ugliest flies he has ever seen in his life. And no, don't worry they weren't from a potential GFF contributor or a well meaning friend, but commercially tied. They just confirmed what he has always said: home tied flies are best.
Nov 14. 2007	Summit pictures	Several people have asked me about pictures from the GFF Summit in September. They're coming, they're coming...!
Nov 13. 2007	Kai's Green Terror	If one day you should lie on the bank pounding your fists into the sand in frustration over the lack of fish and someone sneaks around the corner offering you a chartreuse coloured fly, perhaps it's German Kai Nolting who brings you the fly that will save your day:
Nov 10. 2007	Catch and release	A few thoughts about killing fish - or letting them live...
Nov 9. 2007	Geir Kjensmo	Living in Elverum in Norway on the banks of the famous grayling river Glomma.
Nov 6. 2007	Your best indicators!	Norwegian Geir Kjensmo has developed a strike indicator with the aim of reducing wind resistance and making easy depth adjustments. As a bonus with these indicators can be fished on very long leaders without the indicator stopping in the top ring of your rod when trying to land a fish.
Oct 30. 2007	Steve's summer	"Best-of" summer edition
Oct 27. 2007	Les Austin	Les Austin is Church of England minister who fishes and writes for GFF
Oct 24. 2007	Balance beam	Les Austin shows you how to construct a simple balance to weigh you fly lines. Using a ruler, a few paperclips and some nuts you can make a precise balance, which can help you determine the AFTM class of all of those fly lines you may have laying around.
Oct 23. 2007	Anticipation	Anticipation and disappointment is a part of fishing - looking forward to the catch that never comes
Oct 23. 2007	Wanna help?	We are (once again) moving server. This time to save money on traffic. Wanna help test the new server?
Oct 20. 2007	A dumb move	Sometimes you make some silly decisions while fishing. We did that yesterday.
Oct 16. 2007	The Pink Pig - Pattegrisen	You have probably heard about and maybe even watched The Pink Panther. If so, you also know the soundtrack. Put that on and take a look to see what a Pink Pig is, and if it has anything in common with the panther or if there is more Miss Piggy in this fly tied for tarpon, bonefish and trout.
Oct 13. 2007	Wanna contribute?	Are your dreaming of having your fly pattern, your fishing pictures, your fly fishing stories, your DIY-project published on the web? Well, here's the chance. GFF is always looking for contributors. And everybody can take part.
Oct 12. 2007	The Danish flies	A bit about the flies that we use for fishing for sea run browns in the salt
Oct 10. 2007	Great little roadshow	I attended a nice little fishing show yesterday
Oct 3. 2007	At long last	I managed to get my hands on a new recorder and immediately made the first podcast in months
Sep 21. 2007	Off to the Summit	In a couple of hours we will be on the road
Sep 13. 2007	New magazine	It's not often that new fly tying magazines see the light of day. Hatches is such a new magazine.
Sep 13. 2007	Hatches facts	A few more facts about the new Hatches magazine
Sep 4. 2007	A Mad Epoxy Tier	Bob Kenly is reknowned for his radically different epoxy tube flies. This article recaps his experience with epoxy - and adds advice on coloring epoxy. If you want some truths about epoxy - and want to witness the death of a couple of myths
Sep 3. 2007	Podcast hiatus	The GFF podcasts have had to take a long break due to broken recording equipment
Sep 2. 2007	The two Rangá's	East and West Rangá are two of Iceland's most productive salmon rivers. GFF Partner Martin Joergensen had the chance to fish both this summer, and thinks back on a productive trip to a beautiful island - and on mud and rain.
Aug 30. 2007	Salmon!	I caught my first Atlantic salmon last week. And the second, and the third and probably also the 15th
Aug 22. 2007	Styles and Patterns	Tube flies - like most other fly types - come in as many shapes and styles as you can imagine. This article merely scratches the surface in an attempt to list some of them. I also touches upon a few aspects of tying one tubes.