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Squirmy nymphs for black bass May 27. 2015 Rubbery Italy based Romanian fly fisher Lucian Vasies ties an easy, wiggly nymph, which is very efficient for his local black bass - and probably many other species too. See how to tie it here	Sharon Burger May 13. 2015 Details Sharon Burger is a modern day scrimshaw artist from South Africa. She does fine scrimshaw work for knife handles, inlays and more. See her work and hear her tell here	Arturas Merkevicius May 9. 2015 Leather Lithuania based artist Arturas Merkevicius AKA Art Merk makes beautiful fly fishing themed leather art. We approached with the usual row of questions for fishy artists. Read his replies and see his art here.
The evolution of a fly Apr 21. 2015 Fly Darwinism This is the true story of Klympen - a sea trout fly pattern, which I witnessed being created - and have seen evolve into something surprisingly far from the original. Read the true story here	The Legendary Triple Haul Apr 1. 2015 Technique The single haul is for beginners, double hauls are for the seasoned fly-caster, but the triple haul... now that's for the real hard core fly fisherman. Learn to master it here	Taming the Humpy Mar 22. 2015 Universal The Humpy might be the greatest surface fly ever devised, but it also has a reputation of being difficult to tie. Learn to tame it here. Martin Westbeek shows you how
GFF respects your privacy Mar 16. 2015 The crumble Here at the Global FlyFisher we try our best to protect and respect your privacy, and do not harvest any information about you or share information with others. Read more about our privacy policy here	Damon Toney Mar 12. 2015 Alabama Damon Toney makes custom fishing tackle at Black Warrior Lures. He started by making jigs, flies, streamers based on the kinds of bait fish found. Read his bio here	Euro BWOs Mar 12. 2015 Entomology Blue-Winged Olives (BWOs) are very widespread and important insects when it comes to trout fishing on most rivers both throughout Europe and the US. Read more and see some patterns here
Scissors for fly tying Mar 6. 2015 Tools What should you look for when choosing fly-tying scissors? Well, that all depends on a number of factors. This article takes an in-depth look at one of the fly tier's most important tools. See a lot of scissors here.	Fishy photos: Soren Skarby Mar 4. 2015 Pictures Danish photojournalist Soren Skarby only recently started photographing his favorite pastime: fishing. Before that he kept work and pleasure strictly separated. He answers a few quenstions here.	Mads Schmidt Feb 26. 2015 Danish Mads Schmidt Andersen is a Danish angler and fly-tyer from the island of Fyn Read a bit about him here
USD Shrimp Feb 25. 2015 Upside down This is a fairly complex shrimp pattern, a little difficult to tie, but also durable. It fishes upside down and is tied by Danish Mads Schmidt who has had great success with the fly. Follow his instructions here	The Poly Dodger Feb 23. 2015 Bass bug The Poly Dodger imparts its own action and sound by deflecting water via mounting a polymer clay disc onto the main hook itself. Read the story and learn to tie it	DIY IKEA line tray Feb 14. 2015 Do it yourself A few inexpensive items from IKEA and a little work, and you have a fine line tray. See the assembly guide here
The Perfect Transparent Bait Fish Feb 7. 2015 See thru Flies are becoming more and more realistic - even the saltwater flies. Gammarus with transparent backs and scud patterns, shrimps tied with clear legs, looped tails and pulsating mouth parts and antennas. Now it is time for the bait fish. Want a glassy classic - click here	Mauve? Feb 7. 2015 A color It all started with me being a bit sceptical about the colour of a hackle. It looked a bit too intense. English not being my first language, I would have called the colour of the hackle purple, but the pattern said mauve. Mauve? I've never heard of that colour before, so I began at little research.	Renato Rizzo Feb 3. 2015 Fishy Art Italian artist Renato Rizzo draws beautiful, simple but still very complex and detailed black and white pictures of flies... with a lowly BIC ballpoint pen Renato shares some pictures and replies here

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