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2011

Date	Title	Body	Image
Jan 31. 2011	Yellow Marabou Special	While tying up a batch of streamers for a fly swap, GFF partner Bob Petti remembered an old tinsel trick that reduced some of the hand cramping thread wrapping that is all too common with long shanked streamers.
Jan 28. 2011	Hook References	We have just added a streamer hook reference page on the site. We'll be adding hooks over the coming months, but here is a sneak preview of what is in...
Jan 28. 2011	Streamer Hook Reference	The reference here is focused on the long streamers, namely 4xl and longer hooks. Many of the hooks listed are hard to find, but if you keep an eye on...
Jan 1. 2011	2010 on GFF	We have passed yet another New Year's evening, and can now write 2011. So how was 2010 for GFF? We celebrated our 16th birthday in 2010. We served 12 million pages to 850,000 people. We published 66 articles. We added more than 500 videos. Still we think we're lagging a bit.

2010

Date	Title	Body	Image
Dec 25. 2010	What I (don't) want	In this article Martin looks at some specific production methods, which are often used by fly fishing video producers. It seems that certain little tricks or styles have become fashionable, and can be found in lots of videos – on longer DVD's as well as in shorter online videos.m
Dec 20. 2010	Feeding Time	A single disk! And that's it. No real DVD cover, no colorful photos, no neat booklet. Just the title printed on a white DVD.
Dec 20. 2010	Streamer Videos	Just a few of the best on Youtube! Nine-three Family Secret http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8WbR4WsV3c Grey Ghost...
Dec 16. 2010	A Passion for Tarpon	The Masters on the Fly series of books by Wild River Press (see here ,
Dec 2. 2010	Fly Tyers	Here is a listing of the tyers who are taking part by tying streamers for the Streamers365 project.If you would like to join the ranks, please take a...
Dec 2. 2010	We want your Streamers!	Starting January 1, 2012, we'll be presenting a new streamer each day. Yes, I know that is over a year away, but we want to get a good head start to...
Nov 27. 2010	Unsinkable flies	David Cowardin's concept for preventing flies from sinking is slightly different—as are his flies. They are different creatures! Most anglers can put a name on them, but the way they are tied... or more like built. Different is not quite enough to say that these are not like your average dry fly.
Nov 26. 2010	Rise in Malmo	The festival was a bit marred by the bad weather, but a great experience anyway.
Nov 23. 2010	About Streamers 365	During 2012, we will be showcasing one feather-wing streamers a day for the entire year. The concept is called 365 blogging, but if you look at a 2012...
Nov 12. 2010	Fly Film Festival	The Rise fly fishing film festival will have shows in several European towns featuring the best videos
Nov 11. 2010	How to act right	Looking and behaving right on the water matters. Act or look the wrong way, and fellow anglers will spot you as a helpless beginner right away.
Nov 6. 2010	Zoo Cougar	Kelly Galloup's Zoo Cougar is a pattern with some years on its back, but Martin recently discovered and started tying this staple big trout streamer. Large fly, goudy colors, deer hair! Just his kind of fly.
Oct 31. 2010	Frida	Frida is the little sister of the beloved Grey Frede, and that alone is a recommendation. It's a small and compact, yet shiny fly meant for sea trout, but definitely useful for other species too - panfish in small sizes, bonefish in larger.
Oct 28. 2010	The Old Line	That Maryland bank clad in stone offered no line of credit. The business, best described, was an angle of line to rock beside which a redbreast sunfish held suspended in shaded water.
Oct 22. 2010	Salmon and Lobster	The aim on this trip was to explore and flyfish several rivers in the Moosehead Lake area of northwest Maine, about 50 miles from Quebec. Moosehead Lake is 40 miles long and 20 miles across at its widest. Area rivers, several of which flow into or out of the lake, hold landlocked salmon, large brook trout, and mammoth smallmouth bass.
Oct 22. 2010	The Welded Phly	Remember the line from "The Graduate"? "PLASTICS!" The hook was dressed with thread and body braid... fine makings for a proper foundation were in place... Temperamental pheatherz were spot welded in place without complaint nor defiance...
Oct 21. 2010	Coloring Raw Tubes	"See what you can do with these" said Stuart Anderson, who owns the Canadian Tube Fly Company to Bob Kenly who often goes berserk with tubes and epoxy. And that's exactly what Bob did. He started painting the raw tubes.
Oct 20. 2010	Great Lakes Irish Invaders	I'm old. Very old. 75 to be exact.
Oct 6. 2010	How to look good	Read this article and learn the secret code of the brotherhood of fly fishers and gain immediate respect and envy
Oct 3. 2010	The Dream Stream	Thomas Ohman, a professional photographer who has lots of experience from making TV for the Swedish Television, takes us on a mad mans trip to the northern part of Sweden.
Sep 11. 2010	Fishing the Danish coast	Richard Maree, a friend of GFF and an returning participant in the GFF Summits, challenged a demanding calendar and decided to squeeze in a couple of days of fishing in Denmark this autumn. He wrote an email and sent us these photos to inspire others to go.
Jul 1. 2010	Chinos!	Colombian Carlos Heinsohn ties a neat baitfish pattern made of synthetic fibers. It's a tough fly with nice movement designed for any predator which feeds on smaller fish. The pattern is more a tying principle than a specific pattern.
Jul 1. 2010	Double K Reverse Spider	Kelvin Kleinman shows us how to tie a really different saltwater fly based on the freshwater spider style, adapted for cutthroat stream fishing and then reversed to become a saltwater shrimp from outer space! A very special but also efficient pattern.
Jun 21. 2010	Phloating Eyez	Eyes as large as tea cups on your flies? And still lightweight and not smashed down by loads of goo on the head? Yes, it's possible! Follow Pete Gray's instructions and your squids and baitfish will be gazing with larger eyes than ever before!
Jun 21. 2010	Martin's Mundane Sand Eel	Sand eels are very common in most waters around the world.
Jun 20. 2010	Martin's Mundane Fly Project	I have always thought that complex flies were a menace.
Jun 20. 2010	Ninja Toe Biter	Since we all know that "Stripahs" never eat crabs... ['get stuck on the way down!?]... Well, maybe sometimes... Follow Pete Grays easy crab tie using mesh, rubber legs, glue and sand.
Jun 14. 2010	Flats in the cold	Flatwings - "the new black" in Denmark and Sweden. Are they really that good. Not too big for casting? For the trout? Will they twist? Are they better than other sand eel imitations? Are they better suited for pike? Kill your skepticism and take a
Jun 14. 2010	Europe's New Zealand	For more than fifteen years a gang of swedes have been fishing in Slovenia for grayling, mottled trout and rainbows. Dry flies, nymphs are cast into rakija-clear streams surrounded by bright green trees, light gray rocks and snow tipped mountains.
Jun 14. 2010	Kern's Perfect Leo Shrimp	A realistic, perfect swimming shrimp imitation for both hot and cold water and a big variety of species. The fly has many neat details and is a great upgrade from those quickly tied flies. It makes your fly box look great and keeps you away from the TV.
Jun 8. 2010	Metalhead	It is always hard to make a follow up. This one is no different. It has to follow up a several very successful DVDs.
Jun 8. 2010	The Anglers Paradise
May 17. 2010	My First Fly Hatch	This was my first serious flyfishing trip on my own. I’d done a fair amount of spin-fishing in my younger days, and had tried flyfishing a few times with a buddy or guide over the years. But now, approaching age 50, I decided to get serious about flyfishing.
May 17. 2010	Chasing Gold	South America's Golden Dorado is famous for its beauty and its willingness to chase a fly. German Heiko Schneider has moved to Argentina and has now adapted the Dorado as his preferred quarry. Togther with his wife Carolina he chases the Dorado in the lakes.
May 12. 2010	Green Tide	We are used to seeing New Zealand in connection with fly fishing. The North and South Islands renowned fishing for trout is so well covered in video and text that it's almost tiresome...
May 10. 2010	Sea Trout Secrets	A set of very good Danish DVD's have been translated into English.
Apr 21. 2010	Bass	With trailers available nearly a year before the film was available for purchase, BASS: THE MOVIE was indeed one of the most hyped fishing films in recent times.
Apr 16. 2010	Mike Hogue	Fly angler and owner of Eflytyer.com, an On-Line Fly Tying Magazine and Fly Tying Catalog, and now also GFF contributor.
Apr 14. 2010	Dubbing Techniques	Without a doubt, dubbing tools and techniques are one of the things most likely to confuse fly tyers. With an explosion of new tools, comes an obvious question, how do you use all this stuff and why should I buy yet one more tool?
Apr 6. 2010	My new toy	Sailing, we are saaailing....! I just bought a cool pontoon boat.
Apr 2. 2010	Shooting lines	Shooting lines are used with shooting heads and the setup is very popular with many saltwater and salmon anglers as well as steelheaders. This article tries to cover the different types of shooting or running lines available on the market and talk about their good and bad sides.
Mar 29. 2010	New age epoxy	Epoxy isn't what it used to be.
Mar 27. 2010	1st spring trip	Just a few days ago we ventured on our first spring trip. Yes, this is mid-March, and we usually fish much earlier than that, but cold winter weather and ice covered water has kept us from the coast until now. I spotted this particular day in the weather forecast a week in advance. It begged for a fishing trip!
Mar 24. 2010	Pike on the Fly
Mar 22. 2010	Journey of a Thousand Casts	This is a very personal film, an very different film but also a very good film.
Mar 21. 2010	The Dead Drift