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Blog entry AI and the Muddler Minnow Oct 1. 2024 I asked an Artificial Intelligence-system to talk about a GFF article about the Muddler Minnow, and the result is truly mind-blowing!	Blog entry I stopped counting Dec 11. 2023 For basically all the almost 30 years of its existence, I have been following the traffic patterns on GFF. I stopped about a year ago, and here is why.	Nerd alert Blog entry What happened to GFF? Sep 8. 2023 For a painfully long time in August 2023 the Global FlyFisher was dead and gone. Our DNS-provider stumbled and took all their clients with them in the fall.
Blog entry GFF is still alive! Sep 8. 2023 The site is back and in operation, but the downtime has led to some unfortunate errors, which I’m trying to fix as you read this	Blog entry A couple of leaders from Sweden Aug 2. 2023 A couple of HL Leonard leaders were added to LeaderCalc thanks to Swedish Johan Algén	Nerd alert Blog entry The threat of Drupal 8… eh… 9... eh… 10! Jul 29. 2023 GFF is running on Drupal 7, and Drupal 7 is terminal. It’s destined to die. And upgrading is not an easy task, not least because version 10 is already there.
Blog entry Virtual fly tying Mar 30. 2022 During Corona it has become quite common to have social gatherings online - Skype, Zoom, Teams ... you name it. Communal fly tying can be done in the same way	Nerd alert Blog entry The up-to-date game Sep 29. 2021 Maintaining a site with close to 18,000 pictures, 11,000+ video links and close to 3,000 articles means having a lot of stuff to keep up-to-date	Blog entry A lousy old fly rod Jun 29. 2021 Some years back I had to fish with the oldest and worst fly rod I ever owned... and you know what? It wasn't bad at all.
Blog entry Being on Instagram Jan 7. 2021 Social media can be a strange experience. It's really a mixed bag. And on Instagram 40% of all anglers seem to be women!	Nerd alert Blog entry Counting newsletter openings and clicks Dec 5. 2020 I have build a small Drupal-module, which enables me to see how many recipients open my newsletters and click on links in it	Nerd alert Blog entry Merging Wordpress content into Drupal Dec 2. 2020 There’s a bunch of modules to help importing content into Drupal. My experience is that they are inadequate, and don’t do what I need. I prefer DIY.
Blog entry About getting skunked Dec 17. 2019 A part of fishing is not catching anything. If you're only in it for the catching, there's something you have misunderstood.	Blog entry Does anyone proofread this crap? Oct 4. 2019 Yes, a non-native English speaker proofreads material from a host of mostly non-English amateur writers, and sometimes errors do slip through	Blog entry I'm on the air! Sep 26. 2019 Dave Stewart from the podcast "Wet Fly Swing" contacted me for participation in one of his podcasts, and it’s now online to enjoy.
Nerd alert Blog entry The magazine image system Sep 10. 2019 The blocks of nicely laid out images on GFF has required quite a bit of work to refine.	Blog entry Flies Photo Gadget v2.0 Aug 30. 2019 Russian Ramil Yamaliev has upgraded his fly photo ringlight, and improved its performance significantly	Blog entry All your book are belong to us! Aug 16. 2019 A rather far fetched transcript of an internet meme* actually quite well covers my book situation right now.
Blog entry Bob brought two books Jul 20. 2019 GFF partner Bob Petti visited, and even though we didn’t fish or tie flies, we talked quite a bit about fishing… and he brought two books	Blog entry Some books arrived Jun 19. 2019 A few things happened during the last couple months that made me think of, buy and read nice fishing books again.	Blog entry Danish Fly Festival Impressions Mar 7. 2019 Another Danish Fly Festival is over, and as always it was a great experience. Lots of people to meet, lots of things to see.
Blog entry Why I like tying at shows Feb 25. 2019 In a few days I'm leaving for the Danish Fly Festival, and there I will be tying in the tyers row, an activity that I love	Blog entry Unlimited access... not Feb 19. 2019 In principle there's free and unlimited access to all coasts in Denmark. That's what the law says. But in many places reality is different.	Blog entry Flies for a friend Jan 20. 2019 A good friend offered me a macro flash he didn't use any more in exchange for a handful of flies

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