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2015
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Time for an upgrade

You might have noticed that the Global FlyFisher has been a little quiet lately. It's not because we're on vacation. We're working on a major site upgrade!

Undulaatti

Undulaatti - Tuomas Iso-Ahola Tied by: Tuomas Iso-Ahola Originated by: Tuomas Iso-Ahola Undulaatti Fly Pattern Hook: Mustad 3907 A #2 Thread: White...

Classic Steelhead Flies

A beautiful book on the truly classic steelhead patterns. No Popsickles or Intruders here, but Skykomish Sunrises, Parmecene Belles, Polar Shrimps and many, many more.

Midnight Sea Trout

As the summer progresses many key species will be inactive during the day and active at night. So the hunter follows the prey and hunts in the dark

A Life's Dream

It had been a long time on my list. The fabulous Caribbean fishing for Tarpon, Bonefish and Permit.

Antique

Antique by Cameron Sangster Tied by: Cameron Sangster Originated by: Cameron Sangster Antique Streamer Fly Pattern Recipe Hook: Mustad #2 8xl...

Coastal trips

Every April and September we're a bunch of friends who rent a house somewhere in Denmark and go fishing

Jim Warner Framed Sets

There have been a few framed set of streamers produced by Jim Warner posted to eBay over the past couple weeks. The first set was a 25 streamer set of...

The Searunners

I was amazed at the amount of trout fishing that is available within the southern-most province of New Zealand

Image theft

I'm mostly overwhelmed by the number of stolen copies of images from the Global FlyFisher I can find on other people's sites

The Black Watch

The Black Watch - Larry Leight Tied by: Larry Leight Originated by: Larry Leight The Black Watch Streamer Fly Pattern Recipe Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike...

Rane Olsen's streamer project

Rane Olsen's latest and most important project has been to tie all the Carrie Stevens patterns presented in Hilyard's book

Taylor Garman

Taylor Garman had a very impressive display of her artwork at the Art of Angling show in Danbury and was interested in working on an article

Squirmy nymphs for black bass

Italy based Romanian fly fisher Lucian Vasies ties an easy, wiggly nymph, which is very efficient for his local black bass - and probably many other species too.

The Shiner

The Shiner - Bill Chandler Tied by: Bill Chandler Originated by: Bill Chandler The Shiner Fly Pattern Hook: Allcock Heritage BG3 #4 Thread: Black 8/0...

Sharon Burger

Scrimshaw is a very old art form, with the old Eskimos and whalers having practiced this art and used it for passing time and decorating

Arturas Merkevicius

Beautiful leather handcraft by Lithuania based Arturas Merkevicius

The evolution of a fly called Klympen

This is the true story of Klympen - a sea trout fly pattern, which I witnessed being created - and have seen evolve into something surprisingly far from the original.

Tuomas Iso

Ahola - I was born in Kalmari (Saarijärvi, Finland) 1983. My fishing history began when I was four years old. My father took me with...

Black Inspector

Black Inspector - Tuomas Iso-Ahola Tied by: Tuomas Iso-Ahola Originated by: Tuomas Iso-Ahola Black Inspector Fly Pattern Hook: Mustad 3907 A #2...

Tying Heritage Featherwing Streamers

Nice book - well written and beautiful put together with concise and detailed tutorials. The 2nd half features an interesting gallery of contributors' flies.

The Best Carp Flies

Jay Zimmerman's book "The Best Carp Flies" made me want to tie up some new flies

The Legendary Triple Haul

Single hauls are for kids. Grown-ups double haul. Really hardcore fly anglers triple-haul!

Olive Wood Duck Darter

Olive Wood Duck Darter - Cameron Sangster Tied by: Cameron Sangster Originated by: Cameron Sangster Olive Wood Duck Darter Streamer Fly Pattern Recipe...

Cameron Sangster

I was 9 years old and my grandfather was an avid Atlantic salmon and brook trout fly fisherman. He would take yearly trips to the Gaspe region of...

The North Country Fly

A thorough and beautiful book on the simple softhackle flies of Yorkshire. Lots of history and lots of patterns and tying tips.

Hooks and Collectable Streamers

It's been quite some time since I posted a cache of Ebay finds. This week there are tons of great items to put you bids in on. First up is one of my...

Taming the Humpy

Mastering the Humpy and learning a lot about material, sizing and tying technique

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This site does NOT track you, measure you, share your data or anything else along such lines. It respects your privacy!

Submit Your Streamers to Streamers 365

Thanks for visiting the site and taking the time to check out the streamers. We have posted over 600 streamers to date, and are looking to add more....

Ancient Chattan

Ancient Chattan - Larry Leight Tied by: Larry Leight Originated by: Larry Leight Ancient Chattan Streamer Fly Pattern Recipe Hook: Edgar Sealey &...

Tuomas Iso-Ahola

Tuomas Iso-Ahola Tuomas's Streamers Black Inspector - Tuomas Iso-Ahola Undulaatti - Tuomas Iso-AholaTuomas's Biography I was born in Kalmari...

Damon Toney

Damon Toney is the Chief Pencil Pusher at Black Warrior Lures where he designs, tests and makes custom tackle

Euro BWOs

It is not widely known that there are more BWO species on the European continent ... and that they are very similar in appearance

Cameron Sangster

Cameron's Streamers on Streamers 365

Scissors for fly tying

What should you look for when choosing fly-tying scissors? Well, that all depends on a number of factors. This article takes an in-depth look at one of the fly tier's most important tools

Fishy photos: Soren Skarby

Soren actually rarely brings a camera when fishing. He does take fishing photos, but as a professional for magazines

Lake Champlain Smelt

Bill's Lake Champlain Smelt - Bill Chandler Tied by: Bill Chandler Originated by: Bill Chandler Lake Champlain Smelt Fly Pattern Hook: Gaelic Supreme...

Mads Schmidt

Mads is a carpenter by trade, living in one of the best sea trout locations in Denmark

USD Shrimp

This is a fairly complex shrimp pattern, a little difficult to tie, but also durable. It fishes upside down and is tied by Danish Mads Schmidt who has had great success with the fly.

The Poly Dodger

The wiggle eyes and beads give it sound. They rattle as the streamer dodges and darts around

Don Bastian Fly Tying Demo's Ontario Dates

If you need any more information or registration details on any of the events below, please contact Don via donbastianwetflies.com Thursday March 12th...

James M. Warner January 8, 1928 - February 12, 2015

Jim was a wonderful kind-hearted man with a quick wit and a hearty laugh. He cherished his family and made his living in the heart of the Lakes Region...

DIY IKEA line tray

Since stripping baskets look like tubs with a strap, why not make one using a tub and a strap?

Lew Oatman, Carrie Stevens and Jack Gartside on Ebay

It's been some time since I've posted any Ebay items, but there is a nice range of items coming up recently. First up is a rare Lew Oatman streamer....

The Perfect Transparent Bait Fish

After some experiments with different methods and designs Kern Leo Lund came up with the Perfect Transparent Bait Fish

Mauve?

It all started with me being a bit sceptical about the colour of a hackle. It looked a bit too intense. English not being my first language, I would have called the colour of the hackle purple, but the pattern said mauve. Mauve? I've never heard of that colour before

Pacific Salmon Flies

Brief and to-the-point are the words that come to mind after I have read this book

Renato Rizzo

Italian artist Renato Rizzo draws beautiful, simple but still very complex and detailed black and white pictures of flies

The pike that stared

This was one of those fish that staid glued to my inner eye for a long time. The largest pike I ever caught gave up a very good and pretty harrowing fight.

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