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1999 - Editorial - Articles, blog posts
1999 - Editorial - Articles, blog posts
Derek from SA
South African friend Derek goes to the Danish coast to try some sea trout fishing. Since he always comes during Christmas, it is bound to be cold.
See the images here
The Red Fly
This is a true blooded cod fly. It has taken numerous of cod, and almost nothing else. It's a large fly - 1.5-2" - and I fish it on my usual cod setup: a 9 wt. 9' rod, fast sinking line and short twin...
Smooth as silk
Rod builder Dave Lewis of Performance Flyrods teaches you how to finish a cork grip. Dave covers the whole process from selecting cork over glueing to the final shaping.
Follow his instructions here
Dave Lewis, USA
Dave and Mary Lu Lewis of (and with) Performance Fly Rods
Dave Lewis passed away spring 2009 and will be missed in the fly fishing community. We're thankful to have published some of his writings a...
Chillimps
Chillimps or Jydsk Chillimps is a fly that I picked up from a classical Danish stream sea trout fly (see comment below about the real Swedish origin). My prime use of it though, is for garfish,. Use...
Tying Foam Flies
What stirred my interest in this book was Charles Garwood's article on foam flies for panfish. In this he mentions Skip Morris as his inspiration. During a recent visit in Seattle I stumbled over the book, and as it's absolutely reasonable priced and looked very interesting, I immediately bought it.
Rangeley swap
It was inevitable that the folks on Raske's "Streamers" mailing list would eventually partake in a swap of Rangeley style streamers.
See the flies here
Valeur's Pike Streamer
This amazing fly is ment for pike. It's caught a lot already on the line of originator Morten Valeur who states that this is one of the few flies he can truly call his own.
Cone head flies
All flies tied by Ken Bonde Larsen, Copenhagen, Denmark
The South African Fly Fishing Handbook
When Dean Riphagan's book, "The South African Fly Fishing Handbook" arrived at my doorstep, I could only imagine what was inside the package.
Waterworks ULA reel
Larger arbor reels are much touted as the best thing since sliced bread. A reel that's designed and tooled like the ULA reel just might be - but not because of the large diameter spool.
Review
The South African Fly Fishing Handbook
Above average in pattern selection and book layout. Misleading title: it's more of a fly-tying handbook featuring flyfishing in South Africa.
Read the review here
Eyes from pearls
There are other ways than bead chain eyes to make eyes for a fly. Here are two ways: Copper thread and pearls and melted monofile.
Red Tag Palmer
There's a more recent article about this fly here
The Red Tag is a classic that can be used everywhere. There probably isn't one single way to tie this pattern. I tie a palmered version that has pr...
See more in the article
Atrractor swap
Undoubtedly, when one thinks of attractor streamer and bucktail patterns, the venerable Mickey Finn comes to mind. More often than not, it's the very first pattern streamer aficionados are introduced to when learning to tie...and rightly so, as it remains a productive pattern in our streamer wallets.
More attractors here
Bullet Head Magnus
The Magnus is a pattern always present in my fly box. I've caught a lot of fish on it, it's simple to tie and surprisingly durable. It's normally tied with ball chain eyes, but after I found a good supplier of bullet shaped bead head, I tried tying some with bullet heads.
What fish see
This is a book, which I have looked forward to read with great anticipation. I saw it first when a friend--Kim Rasmussen--wrote an article on the color on salmon flies for a Danish magazine, and was q...
Fly Fishers Guide to Saltwater Naturals and their Imitation
If you ever want to know the 'entomology' of the salt water prey species, this is a good place to look. You will become a very educated salt water fisherman if you read and understand these sections. This will fortunately not be so hard, because even though Roberts has a very scientific way of treating his subject, it's not hard to read and undterstand the book.
Kasper Mühlbach, Denmark
When I'm not working it is quite often because I have gone flyfishing, which I have been doing since my teens, more or less.
Read more here
The Idiot
The Idiot - or 'Idioten' in Danish - is another typical Danish sea trout pattern. The story of this fly is quite well known and documented. A team of Danish fly fishers including Erik Døssing were fishing in Norway when one of the company stated that he had never caught a sea trout on fly in the stream Karup Aa - probably Denmark's most productive and famous sea trout stream.
Selecting hooks for saltwater
Fly hooks for Scandinavian salt water fishing There are several considerations to make when choosing fly hooks for salt water fishing for sea trout.
Get help seleting here
The road to Lake O.
A Welshman's story about the little known Dutch steelhead fishing in Lake Oostvoorne. By Paul Slaney.
Night trip
The first fish I caught on the Morrisfoam Diver was a small sea trout which I took on a nightly outing with Maj-Britt and Henning
The Femmer Crab
This fly is the latest development in my experiments with the melt glue I have used with some success for cod. This version is much smaller than the original and uses a simpler and better method for building the body. This not only makes the fly faster to make, but also much easier to cast.
The Cone Head Tube Fly
A brand new way of tying tube flies. The usual way of weighting a tube fly is by using copper or aluminum tubes. This article shows a totally different approach
Read about it here.
A Novice Graylingfishers Abstract 1999
For the last last three years, some of my friends and I have been to the southern central part of Sweden in the Malung-area in the pursuit of grayling and trout.
Benjamin Waedeled
Benjamin Wædeled is a young Danish fly tyer and fly fisher who makes illustrations for GFF. Benjamin is born and raised on the Danish island Fyn and has fished its famous coasts since 1991. Benjamin is a skilled fly tyer in spite of his young age. He has participated intensively in the national and international championships in fly tying and has through this won both prizes and fame. His impressing CV names the following results:
The Sabot Fly
On the surface the job was simple, come up with some pike flies for my friend's teenage son's trip to Canada, something small enough that a teenager can handle and still tempt a pike.
Improving fly line control
Illustrations by Benjamin Waedeled.
If someone says line control to the majority of fly fisherman the very first thing they think of is mending their line to get a perfect drift.
We spend a great ...
Learn something new here
Fish in cream sauce
Fish in creamy sauce
This one is my own and one of the favourites in the family. It's simple and fast, requires little preparation and tastes wonderful.
You need:
Olive oil
A couple of leeks o...
Hen Hackle Demystified
Hen hackles have long been the source of confusion to many fly tyers. Whether they are looking for wings for their dry flies or hackles for their wet flies, there seems to plenty of head scratching when it comes time to purchase the appropriate feathers.
Read all about it
La mosca ahogada
Spanish flies are different! At least the ones that are shown in this book. The flies that this book treats are not only tied in a very special fashion, but almost all use Coq de Leon feathers. Read our review of La mosca ahogada.
Hooks for streamers
The hook is the foundation on which a good streamer is built. When streamer anglers meet, quite often it's the subject of heated debate! I've listed a variety of the streamer hooks available on the market today (and some no longer available) in the table in the article.
The Technology of Fly Rods
This isn't a book for everyone. It has a tendency to be detailed and technical, which makes perfect sense given the title. It doesn't teach you how to do stuff like other books, nor does it entertain ...
Read the review here
Umbrella for streams
I have been experimenting a bit with stream patterns for sea trout. One of the results has been a larger and more salmon fly like version of the Umbrella - a salt water fly that I have used with good success.
Ewing Streamer Hackles
One of the most difficult things for today's streamer tyer to find is suitable hackle for winging Rangeley Style streamers.
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