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Article Tom's Reel Apr 27. 2011 DIY 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. Follow the process here.	Article How to act right Nov 11. 2010 Like a pro Looking and behaving right on the water matters. Act or look the wrong way, and fellow anglers will spot you as a helpless beginner right away. This is the second chapter of two, and it will teach you what to do in order to get some stream cred. Learn the right moves here.	Article How to look good Oct 6. 2010 Like a pro Appearance and behavior are two very important aspects of fly fishing. Act or look the wrong way, and fellow anglers will immediately judge you as an amateur. This first chapter of two will teach you what to wear and carry. Learn all the tricks here.
Article Gear pictures Jun 14. 2009 Better pictures Martin maintains an archive of fly-fishing images together with a bunch of fishing friends. Nowadays it contains almost 12,000 images, and of those about 1,253 or more than 10% are tagged "gear". They take a lot of gear pictures. See some and learn how to get better equipment pics here.	Article Chuck-n-Duck Oct 30. 2006 Fish Better Chuck-n-duck fishing isn't for everyone. Morality aside, it is an effective angling technique, one worth learning if you find occasionally find yourself in a situation where drifting a nymph along the bottom of a distant lie is the difference between catching and casting practice. Click here to read more	Article ZipCast Jan 22. 2006 New Line Cleaner & Conditioner When the bottle came in the mail, I got out an old hankie and wet a small bit and ran the line through the hankie a few times. Out to the yard to see how it cast. Hmm ... it was noticeably slicker and flowed through the guides with ease. Nice. Click here to read the entire review
Article AquaFly flybox Mar 12. 2005 Designer box Imagine an iMac of the first generation as a flybox: cool and soft shape, great color and translucent. That's what the AquaFly flyboxes are. GFF partner Martin Joergensen has been using one lately. Read his review of this roomy and practical flybox here	Article Rising Star Jun 11. 2004 Review The Austin blanks from All Star Rods are quickly gaining a reputation among custom rod builders as being among the best performing blanks on the market, regardless of price. Bob Petti had a chance to build and fish a 4wt recently. Click here to read the review of All Star Austin 9 4wt 2pc blank	Article Lamiglas Appalachian Nov 17. 2003 Rod Review On your knees, casting to a small spot fifteen or twenty feet away. Float the line behind you and then "flick" the line foward. Man, I love this rod for that kind of fishing. It's like it knows what I want to do and casts a perfect narrow loop with impressive speed. Read the rest of Bob's review.
Article Production leaders Oct 24. 2002 Factory What is production leader tying? Tying more than 2 leaders at a time! But, if you are like me, you find out that tomorrow you may go fishing, so you scramble to tie just enough leaders (usually 2) to handle the day and go on with life.	Article Shooting heads Sep 1. 2002 DIY In this article I will try to cover some advantages and disadvantages of the shooting head over the WF line, and I will thoroughly describe the way you can configure a good shooting head system for your rod. Read all about it.	Article Illustrated knot table Jun 30. 2002 Tying This article is a simple illustrated list of the most useful knots for the fly angler - or any fisherman for that matter.