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2018 - Editorial - Articles, blog posts
2018 - Editorial - Articles, blog posts
Grasshopper Valley
It was the last week of August, when I received a call from a good friend of mine, who happens to be the same person with whom I experienced one of my best days of fly fishing two years ago. I made r...
Read the report here
CDC Loop Wing Foam Emerger
The loop wing is a well known technique for many dry flies. The CDC loop wing is also well known, often used for emergers and giving them great buoyancy. As Dmitri writes: "This is, in principle, a we...
See how to tie it here
The Prince
There are quite a few rivers around Iceland claiming the queen crown. But there is only one Prince. Meet the river Hofsá
Read more here
Crystallin Task Light
I was contacted by Victoria who represents Light Polymers, a manufacturer who makes lamps. They would like me to have a look at a lamp from their Crystallin series of work or study lamps, which they g...
See my review here
Merry Christmas 2018
Another year passed, and the Global FlyFisher still tugs along, quietly, continuously expanding, larger than ever, celebrating its 24th Christmas
See the fly here
November, November, November, November
A small gallery of images from November and December on the Baltic coast, showing the ambiance during these last months of the year
See the pictures here
Danish Fly Festival 2019
The biennial gathering of fly anglers, casters, tyers, vendors, artists, artisans and other good people will take place again in Denmark in early March 2019
Green Highlander
Another beautiful, full dressed salmon fly from Italian Stefano Farkas. This time a Green Highlander.
See the full fly here
Blue Mist
This is an impressionistic streamer, tied to match the schooling sardines being eaten by baby tarpon. It has fooled many fish
See how to tie it here
Blue Devil Variant
Tied by: Davie McPhail Originated by: Carrie Stevens Hook: Partridge CS15 #2 Thread: 8/0 White (underbody) Tag: Silver flat braid Body:Black 6/0...
5 Minute Bug
This little beetle imitation is amazingly lifelike. Using few and ordinary materials, Russian tyer Dmitri Tseliaritski makes it quick and easy to tie.
See for yourself.
Alan Youell
Alan hails from Western Canada and currently makes his home in Calgary, Alberta.
He has been an avid angler since childhood, has fly fished for 35 plus years and for the last 15 years has been roa...
Read a short bio here
Blueback trout Thunder Creek Minnow
The Thunder Creek series of flies was created by fisherman and commercial tyer Keith Fulsher of Eastchester, NY. The fly was developed because he felt...
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The Mighty Green Drake
In the beginning of the summer, big mayflies are getting every fish in the stream to rise to the surface – and causing anglers to call in sick from work.
It's the green drake hatch!
When these large...
Get ready here.
Be patient
Sometimes giving that fly a few extra seconds to drift into the back end of a pool will trigger a response.
DIY Vacuum Rod Holder
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.
Find the instructions here.
Cheap Reading Glasses
Keep a spare set of cheap reading glasses in your fly vest. Make it 0.5+ stronger than what you would normally use.
Upgrade your net
Use a Rubber Landing Net Bag or a soft mesh net.
Landing nets have come along way over the past few years. Most new landing nets come with a rubber bag that has several advantages over old fashioned ...
Reel "storage" and fly vests.
I have seen numerous fly fishers that store/put their reel in a separate cupboard when they come home, hang the fly vest on another hook and the rod with the other rods.
And even a lanyard with the ...
John Gierach's Little Brown Trout Bucktail
"The solution to any problem -- work, love, money, whatever -- is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be." -John...
Book Alert - Herbert L. Welch: Black Ghosts and Art in a Maine Guide's Wilderness
The long-awaited book from authors Graydon Hilyard and Leslie Hilyard has been announced and is ready to hit shelves on December 1st, 2018. "Herbert...
Downstream fishing
We are schooled on "upstream fishing", but how many are fishing downstream? To enjoy your fishing more, learn how to fish downstream as well. Downstream nymphing, with one and two nymphs. Weighted and unweighted. Downstream dry fly. Make sure you can cast and drift your dry flies without drag, downstream. Downstream streamers. Ensure that you can swim them broadside and straight down. Downstream wet flies. Practice on how to make them swim perfect for slow rivers, fast rivers.
Windy days and dry flies
We all love the advantage of long tippets when it comes to dry fly fishing, as it gives you beautiful gentle presentations and long drag free drifts. But when the wind is coming downstream, that same leader and long tippet setup is a nightmare. The wind will blow your dry fly downstream and it might land below your fly line. Just shorten your tippet! Sometimes it might only require 30 centimeters or a foot, other times 50 or a couple of feet, and it could even be that you have to cut it down more.
Reviving a flyline
Bringing life back into a flyline is tricky and all dependant upon how 'cracked' or dry the line is. If you see micro spidering cracks or can peel away the flyline with mild pressure from you fingernail, you've got a flyline most useful for tying up grapevines or stringing onions and popcorn to dry... However, if the line has been stored in a dark, cool place for 2 years, you have a chance of restoring it. Here's my 4-part method:
Get an elevated view
Try and get an aerial or elevated view of the water you are going to fish.
If there is weed under the water, from your wading position it might look like a solid carpet of weeds, but there are always...
Find holes in your neoprenes
If you get a small leak in your neoprenes, the hole can be very difficult to locate. Take the radical road and fill the neoprenes with water! The water pressure will force out drops of water at almost any leak. Should no water seep out, try inverting the waders 'filling the outside' with water, pressing through to the inside.
Fish a streamer
Never under estimate the power of a well fished streamer pattern to pull fish out of their lays.
A streamer that is fished downstream or down and across or retrieved from upstream down can pull fish ...
Dropper variations
There are numerous ways to tie droppers, each in it's own right have a place.
1. Standard tag with a point fly.
2. New Zealand rig, where you tie the mono on the bend of the hook. Knots to use, Clin...
No tsundoku here!
I slowly stopped buying fishing books because I realized that I was in danger of turning into a victim of tsundoku.
Tsundoku is a Japanese word that means piling up books and never reading them. Ki...
ACA's Beginner's Guide to Fly Casting
A true beginner's guide to casting, providing basic knowledge of gear and casting, advice on how to get better, and help in troubleshooting.
When real life takes over
The publishing pace on GFF has almost come to a standstill. Real life has stuck its ugly head in the door and brought paid work
Wooly buggers
The first Wooly Buggers had "shortish" tails.
If you want to improve the effectiveness of your Wooly Buggers, extend the tail.
Make your tail 60% of the overall length of the fly, the body the remai...
Easy line change
A lot of flyfishers only fish one line, i.e. because that is all what they need as they fish shallower still waters or changing of a line is too much effort. An easy, fast way to change the lines is as follows:
Magnetic hook holder
Tying on small hooks is often made harder by the fact that the hooks tend to disappear. Keeping control over the small scraps of metal can be quite a chore. Make yourself a magnetic hook holder. Many office supply stores have magnetic cards the size of business cards with an adhesive on one or both sides. Stick a piece of white paper or plastic to one side and attach the magnet to your tying backplate, vise pedistal or another convenient place. Now you can stick both the bare hooks and the finished flies to this plate, where they will sit tightly until you need them.
Taper your thread loop material
When tying flies and you are using the Petitjean Magic tool or a paperclip or closed cell foam with slits cut into it (they all do the same thing) and you are planning to split threads to create a dubbing loop setup, or when you are doing a dubbing loop to form bodies, make sure you material is already tapered. You can taper material like CDC, fur, dubbing etc. by simply cutting it shorter on the one end/side whilst in the tool/clip/foam. The material at the section that will be wrapped first towards the abdomen is shorter than the material that is towards the front section of the body.
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