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Article Josephine Baker Jul 1. 2021 Bead it This fly was originally a colorful bream fly from the southern US called Bead Butt or Jennifer Lopez. I transformed it to fit my needs and named my version Josephine Baker See the pattern here	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.	Article GFF Survived! May 17. 2021 Pandemic Some of you may have noticed that it’s been awfully quiet here lately. Covid was here… Update
Article Buying Saddle Hackle Mar 16. 2021 Shopping What to look for when buying coarser saddle hackle - for saltwater and pike flies, for streamers, for salmon flies or other uses Learn what to look for here	Article Einars’ Vulgata Emerger Mar 11. 2021 Floating This emerger pattern uses CDC and foam to create the floating thorax that’s typical of emerging insects See the pattern here	Article Red Tag Revisited Mar 5. 2021 Origins I always loved the Red Tag. I have tied and fished this fly a thousand times, but tend to basically do it the same way every time. Not so anymore! See more here
Article Red Tag Odyssey Mar 5. 2021 Patterns A bunch of pattern descriptions and materials lists for flies inspired by the Red Tag See them here	Article Books that formed me Feb 3. 2021 Litterature ...as a fly tyer and flyfisher, that is. Other books influenced me as a person, but that’s a whole other story. See the some of them here	Review The Feather Mechanic Jan 10. 2021 Fly design This is a book I have been looking forward to for a while. And it doesn’t disappoint.
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!	Article A heartfelt thank you! Dec 19. 2020 Money It’s been one and a half years since I started accepting donations to keep the site running, and the support has been overwhelming! Thanks	Review Chalk and Cheese Dec 14. 2020 French An English flyfisher acquires a house in France - which just happens to have a chalk stream running its property
Article Fish Scaled Up Dec 8. 2020 Large Danish fly angler and professional photographer Søren Skarby got an idea: to photograph fish like they'd never been photographed before More here	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	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.
Article Streamers 365 joins the Global FlyFisher! Nov 28. 2020 Merger The renowned streamer aficionado site streamers365.com is shutting down, but GFF has "inherited" all its fantastic content. Read about it here	Review Simple Flies Nov 13. 2020 Three materials Simple is good. Not primitive… simple. And this is another fine book with simple fly patterns.	Article Motley Flies Nov 12. 2020 Assorted I recently went through my large archive of images. Suddenly I had a whole bunch of fly images. I gathered them into a small gallery. See it here
Article Nick Mayer Nov 1. 2020 Fishy art Nick Mayer's watercolors are large, colorful and stunningly beautiful. Read about his journey from his childhood sketchbook to becoming a full time artist. The story is told here	Article Autumn Fly Sep 7. 2020 Colors A great looking and very catchy Danish sea trout fly, useful all year round in spite of the name. See how to tie it here	Article Einars’ Floating Foam Caddis Pupa May 5. 2020 Burnt A great and high floating caddis fly made with foam as a base material and a very simple and cool technique. See the pattern here
Article The GFF Interview Mar 13. 2020 In the press GFF gets too little press coverage, so I interviewed myself, and asked myself a number of intelligent questions and offered some equally brilliant answers.	Article Durable flies: Wrapping thread Mar 3. 2020 Tied to hold The basic technique of wrapping thread over - and under - materials is a key to getting flies that will hold well Read the third chapter here.	Article Durable flies: Before you tie Feb 27. 2020 Tied to hold One key to durability in flies is to prepare a bit before starting - and choosing the right hook, thread and materials Read the second chapter here.

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