Full dressed salmon flies

The classics inspired by the Victorian era

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Making your own Substitute Gut

Nov 1. 2019
Making your own twisted gut for tying on a blind eye hook for classic salmon flies.
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Mar Lodge

Jun 1. 2019
Classic salmon flies doesn't need to be extremely complicated and projects of many hours behind the vice and use of expensive materials from a forgotten time.
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Adding a wing to a classic salmon fly

Feb 27. 2019
In this video I demonstrate on how to add a feather wing to a classic salmon fly.
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Christmas Carol

Dec 22. 2017
A beautiful full dressed salmon fly in Christmas colors, tied by Italian Stefano Farkas
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Orange Heron Spey

Nov 15. 2017
Materials Used; Hook, T.G Classic Salmon/Steelhead size 1/0 Thread, Uni-8/0 Red Tag, Silver Tinsel Ribs, Flat and Oval Silver Tinsel
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The Lost Salmon Flies of Balmoral

Nov 20. 2016
If you are into classic salmon flies - like the real classics - and like to divulge in their history and origin, this is a book for you.
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Hardy’s Salmon Flies

Dec 11. 2019
Catalog Another massive work on classic salmon flies from UK writer Martin Lanigan-O'Keeffe, this time on the flies from the House of Hardy.
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Fly Fishing Treasures

Jun 30. 2019
I didn’t know that I was interested in collecting fly fishing paraphernalia – until I read Steve Woit’s book
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Merry Christmas 2018

Dec 14. 2018
Holiday Another year passed, and the Global FlyFisher still tugs along, quietly, continuously expanding, larger than ever, celebrating its 24th Christmas
See the fly here
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Green Highlander

Dec 8. 2018
Full dressed Another beautiful, full dressed salmon fly from Italian Stefano Farkas. This time a Green Highlander.
See the full fly here
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The Feather Thief

May 21. 2018
Full dressed A fascinating "true crime" story that tells about the theft of skins from protected bird from a natural history museum in the UK with the purpose of using them for fly tying
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Farkas' doubles

Apr 16. 2018
Classics I get regular mails from Italian master salmon fly tyer Stefano Farkas. A couple of his recent flies were special.
See the flies here
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Homage to Carrie Stevens

Feb 18. 2018
Classic Italian master fly tyer Stefano Farkas has tied a Carrie Stevens streamer in the style of his full dressed salmon flies.
See the pictures here
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Childers

Feb 4. 2018
Full dressed Italian Stefano Farkas continues to supply the most astonishing full dressed salmon flies.
See his latest fly here.
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Merry Christmas!

Dec 22. 2017
Yuletide Christmas is here... just a few days until you can unwrap your presents. But you get one from GFF right now!
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