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The Global FlyFisher has once again been moved to a new publishing system, and things have changed – but are basically still the same

30 years ... thirty years, like three decades. That’s how old this site is, and that’s actually quite a feat.

This is an extract from British Ben Jailler’s new book, Fish Camp Fail

...as a fly tyer and flyfisher, that is. Other books influenced me as a person, but that’s a whole other story.

Why a fishing summer camp might be a good place for a kid to spend a vacation

What butt diameter monofilament suits what line weight when making knotted leaders?

No, this is not about some novel way of catching sea trout or how to get a large Danish salmon, but about remembering to relax when you fish.

Long ago we had a blog thread here on GFF about the World's Greatest Sandwich. Here's a step-by-step description of my fishing trip lunch pack sandwich. I'm not saying that this is the world's greatest, but it has gone down well on many a fishing trip.

This is a well know species that is easily identified. Key characteristics are the strongly compressed rather elliptical body, a small pointed head, strongly downward curving lateral ling, a long sickle-shaped anal fin, and a thin scaleless keel on the midline of the belly behind the pelvic fins.

This in one of several articles in a series being created as a group effort by members of the Streamer List to provide some background information on the species of forage fish we most commonly try to immitate with streamer patterns.

A rugged, waterproof, lightweight camera can be a great fishing companion. And do much more than a phone can

When on social media of various kinds, you bump into some very talented people now and then. Belarusian Dmitriy Lesnov is one of those talents

Are you looking for a perfect single-hand gear set-up for salmon fishing? Here’s Nils Folmer Jorgensen’s preferred tools, how he ended there and his honest opinion on why.

You can buy ready-made rod holders for your car, but you can also go the DIY way and get some excellent holders for a very fair price.

In this book Martin has tried to cover his favorite fly patterns, and has included 29 of the flies that he and his best fishing friends use 90% of the time when they fish for Danish coastal seatrout.

Another book from the hands of a GFF partner. This time on fly fishing one of the most beautiful places in the US west: Rocky Mountain National Park. It's written by GFF partner Steve Schweitzer who has hiked, fished and photographed extensively in the park during the last decade

Few anglers think of Turkey as a trout fishing destination, but its unique geography has provided a hotbed for many trout species

Iceland with its fascinating extremes and great runs of salmon is a dream destination for many anglers. Here’s where to start.

Woolly Buggers, Baby Buggers, Wooly Worms

Flies tied on metal and plastic tubes fished with loose hooks for salmon, trout, saltwater fish. Tying techniques and patterns.

The Lifejacket Nymph is tied with 2mm diameter silicone gasket foam

In Danish this shrimp fly is known as Den Fynske Reje, and it’s been successful in its basic form as well as in several variations

There’s a surprising number of fishing podcasts out there, but this one is slightly different than most

Go fishing with Global Flyfisher on your mp3-player, your iPod or just download our podcast to your computer and listen. The first test is up, and you can enjoy 20 minutes on a cold Danish January-coast with GFF partner Martin Joergensen and his dog.

This article will try to point you in the right direction when choosing equipment for coastal fishing for sea trout in Denmark and the Baltic. This kind of fishing usually involves a lot of casting. A lot! So the gear has to be easy to cast with - time and time again.

This is a first! Rod building is common, but how about making your own fly reel? Dutch Tom Biesot takes us through the process of making a beautiful home made fly reel, step by step and in meticulous detail with tonnes of pictures.

A Colorado trout fishing adventure

Argentinian Pedro Miles tells the story of his fishing in Argentina during the year 2022, and man, there’s been some fishing going on!

If knotting fibers for legs for your insect imitations drive you mad, this tool can help!

I have covered lighting flies for photography in various articles, and mentioned Siberian Ramil Yamaliev’s gadgets before. Here’s another one.

Jim Burchette restored an old glass rod - stripped and rebuilt it - and it came out as good as new

Why is it that some reels simply don't fit some rods? There is a standard of course... but not all manufacturers seem to follow it.

An article about how spey style casting can be performed with rods rated for single hand, and how to build and line up your own microspey or micro Skagit rod.

There's single hand and two hand rods. The one in between should be the switch rod, right? This article is about how salmon guide Nils Jorgensen sees it.

Tad Murdock is a guide specializing in Fly Fishing North Georgia

Fly fisher, author and creative "pattern inventor" Nick Thomas lives in South Wales

Growing up on the West Coast, I learned about East Coast fly patterns and tyers mostly from books, and the occasional television show. I remember seeing Lee Wulff and Joe Brooks on the American Sportsman show as a youngster, fishing for Brookies.

Back in 2002 a bunch of guys on the streamers@ mailing list decided to tie some flies "in the hand" without the benefit of a vise. This year a new crop took up the challenge with a different fly - Carrie's Favorite - and tackled the Look Ma, No Vise challange.

Jim Warner has been one of the most influential fly tyers in New England, especially for those who spend their time trolling and fishing streamers in the many lakes and ponds of the region. The gang of the streamers@ list recently had a swap of his great fly patterns.

There's nothing like a good fly swap to get the fly tying knuckles cracked, the creative juices flowing again. The reasons for joining a swap are many - but for me it's fun to tie flies for something other than my fly boxes, and I truly enjoy the friendship and comraderie that comes with participating in a swap. It's not about who ties the best flies or who has the best feathers.

The Rangeley Style of streamer tying is the style used by Carrie Stevens to tie her famous Grey Ghost pattern. This unique features of this style of tying are that the wing components are assembled and glued together before attaching to the hook, and that the wings are not mounted on top of the hook shank but slightly down the sides of the hook shank.

The flatwing streamer style has been a consistant producer for me over the years, particularly in the smaller casting sizes for brook trout.

The renowned streamer aficionado site streamers365.com is shutting down, but GFF has "inherited" all its fantastic content.

Italian fly tyer Giuseppe Finardi is intrigued by US Ora Smith's streamers featuring wings made almost exclusively from golden pheasant crest.

The Songo Smelt is a sweet little bucktail perfect for casting out in search of cruising landlocked salmon, brook trout and bass. The fly gets its...

Tom Bank's Golden Pinner Streamer Fly Tom is a New England fly tyer and angler who loves to fish the big lakes of Maine and New Hampshire. He's been...

A weird and futuristic construction from the archives. Really easy to tie... eh, make... uhm... construct... Metal, plastic and glue.

Another simple, three-material fly. This time a shrimp, well suited for seatrout and probably fine for a number of other saltwater species not least bonefish. Super simple to tie and with easily accessible and cheap materials.

Tying in a feather and wrapping it … easy-peasy, right? Or maybe there’s more to it. This in-depth article looks at various ways to make a feather hackle.

Hackle or material guards help you keep stuff out of the way while you tie or varnish your fly

Bretislav has a little machine in his collection of fly-tying tools. It was made by his father about 20 years back.

The continuation of Tom Biesot's vise project - of course with many explanatory pictures.

So, the Global FlyFisher’s video section just passed 10,000 videos. And suitably enough the 10K mark was a Davie McPhail video showing how to tie a muddler.

The number of videos on the Global FlyFisher video page is steadily closing in on 10,000!

Fly rods are fishing rods built specifically for fly-fishing and are similar to any fishing rod in many ways, but also very different.

This article tries to explain in simple terms what it is to fish with a fly - fly-fish or flyfish.

A poem about fly-fishing inspired by Bela Bartok

“I need to go away for a while. Let’s put some time and space into this.” Read the first chapter of Derek Grzelewski's book Trout Bohemia.