GFF Newsletter: A Bamboo Saga | Bites in Pink Satin | Fish Camp Fail | Sling Wings and much more

The last months of 2022 has brought some new material to the Global FlyFisher, and in January this year I have published two articles: a great pattern made from satin and a story about an epic bamboo rod building class.
Find links to both articles and more below.

Also, there is the steady stream of videos. Sure you can find videos many places, and searching for fly tying or fly fishing on YouTube will bring you thousands of links.
But the videos on GFF are all curated and tagged. I have seen them all and vouch for their quality. They are also categorized so that you can see lists of videos on bonefishing or parachute hackles exclusively.
The video section now contains a stunning 11,757 videos! It will take you a few days to get though them all.

As always I reach out to each one of you to consider contributing articles to the site. I'm open to almost anything: patterns, experiences, tying tips, photo series, trip reports. If you think it's interesting, so do I and so does probably a good number of the thousands of visitors who come to the site every day.

That's all for now.

Martin

Main content A Bamboo Saga A couple months ago my wife said she had found the perfect gift for me. She had arranged for me to take a bamboo fly rod making class.   Bites in Pink Satin Satin ribbon can't be used in as many different ways as organza, but it definitely makes some juicy looking fish snacks.   Fish Camp Fail Joining author Ben Jailler on his fishing trips in the UK is bound to bring a smile on your face – and probably make you laugh out uncontrollably a few times   Sling Wings A simple technique to fan out dry fly hackles to form wings the Comparadun style.   Slinky Shrimp A shrimp pattern can be either a caricature or an imitation. The Slinky Shrimp falls somewhere in between   Matching the BWO hatch Flies fitting the "Blue Winged Olive" description are important in almost every river in the trout fishing world   May West Emerger Inspiration for a new fly design can come from anywhere. The May West is an example of a combination of materials that came together to create a new fly   Ginny vs the Four French Bulldogs of the Apocalypse This is an extract from British Ben Jailler's new book, Fish Camp Fail		Blog Virtual fly tying 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   A lousy old fly rod 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.   Being on Instagram Social media can be a strange experience. It's really a mixed bag. And on Instagram 40% of all anglers seem to be women!   Videos Adams Bugger   Jeffrey Dauber   Loch Carron Kate McLaren   Pheasant Tail Dry Fly   Hector's Red Head Wet Fly   Silver Ally's Shrimp   Footprint F Fly
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