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2007
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Tube Flies Two: Evolution

I have been waiting for this book for a long time. Tube fly books are few and far apart and the moment I learned that this one was coming, I knew it was a must for me.

The man

Running along the beach in pursuit of roosterfish - the new DVD Running Down The Man from Felt Soul Media

Fish on!

First of the season

Today is GFF day

Today I will try to catch up with a ton of GFF stuff that I have had laying around for months

BaR: Handle

The handle is both an important part of any rod and a whole project in itself when building a rod. Jan-Ole Willers helps you choose a shape, select the cork and plan added features such as a fighting butt.

BaR: Wrapping

This time we look at guide selection and preparation as well as the critical process of wrapping the guides. Learn some neat tricks from German Jan-Ole Willers in this third part of his extensive rod building series.

BaR: Coating

We're now at the final stage of our rod buidling process, and ready to coat the wrappings. this requires a clean room and a lot of care. Jan-Ole Willers shows us in great detail how to do the best job and where to do it.

BaR: Testing

The rod is done and you need to determine what line is best for it. Don't always trust the fine print on the blank, but join Jan-Ole Willers on the water for a test of the newly built rod to find out whether it was worth the effort.

Build a Rod

The introduction to the cover-it-all series on building your own grpahite fly rod, which will run through the whole process of building a complete fly rod, covering selection of components, handle, guides, coating and testing.

BaR: Parts

The first part of the Global Flyfisher article series on building your own graphite fly rod, which takes you by the hand from the very beginning of the process: identifying and selecting the parts and materials you need.

Bloody Butcher

Originally this was a classic style wet fly with a feather wing, but it's easily transformed into an excellent sea trout fly. Black, red and silver are perfect together and makes the fly very visible. See tying steps and lots of pictures and 

Writing on rods

One of the hallmarks of rod builder Dave Lewis' work is the handwritten details on each rod. The writing is done by Dave's wife Mary Lu and in this article Dave briefly explains how to obtain the best results when writing on rods.

Sunray Shadow

The Sunray Shadow is a true killer fly for salmon fishing. Tied on a tube with a wing and no body, simple as few flies, but still - or maybe rather because of that - extremely efficient. The fly uses few materials and is very easy to tie.

Too much work

Too little fishing

Monster's Bug

The tendency is, that flies become smaller and smaller trying to fool the fish. We end up using 7X, size 24 hooks and stealth moves on the river banks. Sometimes you need to go the opposite way, if you want a big fish at end of your tippet.

North Platte River

A trip to Wyoming

Fly fishing leader construction

The leader is an essential part of the fly fishing setup. This article tells you a bit about designing leaders

Leader formulas

In order to calculate the proper formula of a fly fishing leader, you need to understand the basics of leader design.

Fly fishing leader material

Monofilament nylon, or mono as it is referred, is by far the most popular leader material in use today.

Leader Design Principles

The taper is the most single important aspect of a leader. This article tells you the principles behind leader design

Leader length

What is the proper leader length for given conditions and circumstances?

Leader knots

The best knots to use for your knotted, tapered fly fishing leaders.

LeaderCalc2007

One of GFF's all-time most popular articles and downloads just got better! Download two new upgrades for FREE! 1) Leadercalc2007, enhanced with new formulas and label making features and 2) the all new GFF's Leader Guide, a 28-page PDF book you can use for your classroom or personal use.

HiVis CDC Midge

A high-visibility orange post and CDC makes this small dry perfect for your 7X tippet. Easy to tie, easy to follow on the water and a perfect choice when the fish are picky. Darryl Lampert from South Africa shows us one of his effective patterns.

The Visitors - Day 1

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.

Opening Day 2007

No fishing. Just scouting.

LeaderCalc Download

Find all the LeaderCalc files here

Skunked

That's why it's called fishing and not catching

Fishing!

After a work stint from hell I went fishing yesterday. And I'm leaving again in a minute.

Wiggle Jig Worm

Maybe you found the previously published tandem rag worm too tandemnised and would be better off with a one-hook-only fly.Then The Wiggling Jigging Worm shown in this article is a good alternative.

Waiting for spring

GFF partner Martin Joergensen has a severe case of cabin fever. Too much work. Too long winter. Too much wind. Too little fishing. He's really looking forward to fishing on mild spring days as he says in this short piece featuring images from last spring and this winter and early spring.

Philadelphia on the Fly

I wish I had more books like this one in my fishing library

Late Winter

No fishing here for awhile

Winter fishing

Ways to fight the cold and ways to catch fish in freezing water

The Real Rag Worm

Every year in March and April the rag worms emerge from the bottom to secure the next generation. They swim freely in the water, wiggling from one side to the other. Sea gulls feed on the from above and many fish species seem to focus on them from beneath.

Kola on a Budget

Fishing on the Kola Peninsula is usually connected with everything but low price fishing. However, it is still possible to organize a trip for large, golden, Russian brown trout and pay no more than 500 Euros per person including everything.

The move that never came

Another nail in the never-ending server blues coffin

Chris Bladen

South African artist Chris Bladen has specialized in doing bronzes of wildlife - particularly fish. See some of his stunning work and read about the process of shaping and finishing bronze statues of tuna, flying fish, dorados, tigerfish and much more.

And in English

There are plans to translate the DVD's I mentioned

Clear Water

We all love these shots of stunningly clear water. Streams, lakes even the ocean can appear almost ethereal in the way that the bottom is visible in your shot. How do you best shoot these images, which let's the freshness and clarity of the water come out in the final picture?

Sea trout DVD's

A new set of Danish DVD's look extremely interesting

Getting wet - or not

How to avoid getting wet when you fall.

A Passion for Pike

It's nice sometimes to bump into a different book, and Dutch Ad Swier's pike book is different.

Summer in Europe

It's rare to see European fly fishing DVD's an even rarer to see an Eastern European fly fishing DVD. This is one.

Caps status

The caps have been here for a while, but time to finish the project has not

Matt Zudweg

American artist Matt Zudweg creates the most amazing carved and painted works in wood. His portfolio contains signs and carved fish as as well as more three-dimensional pieces such as furniture. Some might not consider this "proper art", but trust us. It is!

Yes, we have wind too!

A storm is sweeping over Europe and we're getting our shere here in Denmark

Beating the crowds

How to avoid stepping on each other's toes when fishing

Derek DeYoung

"As a young kid developing my skills and vision as an artist, I found that I could find no better subject to paint then the big northern pike and largemouth bass that I would often observe cruising the weed lines out in the bayou."
2006
Date Title Body Image

Goosewing Coachman?

Hey - why not?

Since you got this far …


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