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2020

Date	Title	Body	Image
Mar 13. 2020	The GFF Interview	GFF gets too little press coverage, so I interviewed myself, and asked myself a number of intelligent questions and offered some equally brilliant answers.
Mar 3. 2020	Durable flies: Wrapping thread	The basic technique of wrapping thread over - and under - materials is a key to getting flies that will hold well
Feb 27. 2020	Durable flies: Before you tie	One key to durability in flies is to prepare a bit before starting - and choosing the right hook, thread and materials
Feb 27. 2020	Durable flies: Why?	How to tie flies that last more than a cast, a trip, a month... heck, even a year. We're starting a series of articles with some tips on tying durable flies – and keeping them intact.
Feb 24. 2020	Kavik	The Kavik is a simple zonker-based streamer, well suited for a lot of different fish, and easy to adapt in color and material choice
Feb 21. 2020	Moulin’s Deer Hair Parachute	Swiss/Norwegian tyer Fabien Moulin stumbled upon a seemingly new way of creating a parachute hackle and wing in one.
Feb 18. 2020	George Grant Nymph	US fisherman and fly tyer George Grant came up with a type of nymph where both body and hackle uses special techniques.
Jan 31. 2020	The Monster Brown Trout of Thingvallavatn	The Icelandic lake Thingvallavatn has become synonymous with monster ice age brown trout. People from all over the world come to chase their dream fish. Many have their dream come true from the first cast, others go home empty handed.
Jan 9. 2020	The Atlantic Salmon Fly	Why review a 30-year old book? Well, because it's a great book that deserves some attention.

2019

Date	Title	Body	Image
Dec 17. 2019	About getting skunked	A part of fishing is not catching anything. If you're only in it for the catching, there's something you have misunderstood.
Dec 11. 2019	Hardy’s Salmon Flies	Another massive work on classic salmon flies from UK writer Martin Lanigan-O'Keeffe, this time on the flies from the House of Hardy.
Dec 7. 2019	Reflections on the Loch	A book on UK style lake fishing for trout, written in a personal and entertaining - but still very informative - tone
Dec 3. 2019	The Gradac River in Serbia	Discover the myriad of opportunities that the Gradac River in Serbia has to offer.
Dec 3. 2019	Sasa Bencun Roka	Sasa Bencun Roka is a guide and a multiple winner in international fly fishing competitions
Nov 28. 2019	Andrew Marshall	Andrew has been tying for some 35 years, much of that time without the aid of a vise
Nov 28. 2019	Alan Petrucci	Alan Petrucci has fished streamers ever since the first vacation he was on at Mooselookmeguntic Lake in Rangeley Maine
Nov 28. 2019	Hardy style reel cases	Leather maker Remus Stanescu describes the dirty work behind making a couple of Hardy style reel cases.
Nov 24. 2019	IKEA Fly Tying Board	How to make a 10 dollar tying station based on a cheap IKEA cutting board.
Nov 20. 2019	Pike Fever	Pike anglers have a new bible. This book essentially covers every conceivable aspect of pike fishing… and then some
Nov 17. 2019	The March Brown Legacy	The March Brown is one of the all time classic fly patterns, the origin of which must go back almost centuries.
Nov 17. 2019	The March Brown Odyssey	My venture into the history and legacy of the classic March Brown led to a whole lot of variations over the theme
Nov 13. 2019	Celebrating 10,000 videos	So, the Global FlyFisher’s video section just passed 10,000 videos. And suitably enough the 10K mark was a Davie McPhail video showing how to tie a muddler.
Nov 8. 2019	The Feather Bender's Flytying Techniques	When a great photographer, fly tyer and instructor writes a book, it’s likely to become a great book
Oct 26. 2019	My oldest piece of material	I have a dried hare skin, which I have owned for as long as I have tied flies. A lot of flies and a lot of wisdom has come from that skin.
Oct 18. 2019	An Italian take on Ora Smith	Italian fly tyer Giuseppe Finardi is intrigued by US Ora Smith's streamers featuring wings made almost exclusively from golden pheasant crest.
Oct 18. 2019	Giuseppe Finardi	Italian angler and fly tyer
Oct 16. 2019	Trout are stupid	A small book that debunks a lot of myths surrounding trout fishing – including the one that trout are cunning and intelligent hunters, able to trick anglers. They are not! Trout are stupid!
Oct 8. 2019	10K videos!	The number of videos on the Global FlyFisher video page is steadily closing in on 10,000!
Oct 4. 2019	Does anyone proofread this crap?	Yes, a non-native English speaker proofreads material from a host of mostly non-English amateur writers, and sometimes errors do slip through
Sep 27. 2019	Fish Art for the Stars	Brad Pitt’s New Movie Ad Astra has a Connection to Fly Fishing - and A Fly Fishing Painter’s Well Traveled and Well Lived Life
Sep 26. 2019	I'm on the air!	Dave Stewart from the podcast "Wet Fly Swing" contacted me for participation in one of his podcasts, and it’s now online to enjoy.
Sep 10. 2019	The magazine image system	The blocks of nicely laid out images on GFF has required quite a bit of work to refine.
Sep 6. 2019	The Magnus and Fred Clan	The classical Danish coastal flies Magnus and Grey Fred have been an inspiration for many derivative patterns as well as hybrids. This is their story.
Sep 6. 2019	Meeting Magnus	I had known Magnus for many years, the fly being a stable fly in my flybox. But it was only later that I met the man Magnus "live".
Sep 3. 2019	These videos will make you a better fly tyer	Renowned fly tyer and tying instructor Wayne Luallen presents a series of short videos, which will help you become a much better fly-tyer.
Aug 30. 2019	Flies Photo Gadget v2.0	Russian Ramil Yamaliev has upgraded his fly photo ringlight, and improved its performance significantly
Aug 30. 2019	America’s Favorite Flies	Impressing in both scope, size, page count and weight, this book presents 224 US fly tyers and their favorite patterns.
Aug 27. 2019	Omoe Brush in living color	I purchased a purple dyed golden pheasant skin and thought I'd tie a Purple Omoe Brush… and then things happened.
Aug 20. 2019	Today’s Fly	Over the years I have collected a ton of flies, tied by all kinds of tyers. I have started publishing pictures of of these flies.
Aug 18. 2019	Creative GeWe Wet Flies	A wonderful little book with Belgian Geert Werbrouck's beautiful wet flies. Lots of pictures, lots of patterns, lots of tying and material tips.
Aug 17. 2019	All your book are belong to us!	A rather far fetched transcript of an internet meme* actually quite well covers my book situation right now.
Aug 8. 2019	The Humpy Encyclopedia	It’s hard not to like a completely free e-book with detailed descriptions on how how to tie 12 (and then some) different variations of the Humpy. 80 pages of knowledge, tips and inspiration on a single pattern!
Aug 3. 2019	Adirondack Summer	Mountains, rivers, lakes, brooks and ponds. Loads of wildlife. A total of 6 million acres designated as "Forever Wild" ready to explore and fish.
Aug 1. 2019	Songo Smelt Bucktail Fly Tying Pattern	The Songo Smelt is a sweet little bucktail perfect for casting out in search of cruising landlocked salmon, brook trout and bass. The fly gets its...
Jul 20. 2019	Bob brought two books	GFF partner Bob Petti visited, and even though we didn’t fish or tie flies, we talked quite a bit about fishing… and he brought two books
Jul 16. 2019	Golden Pinner	Tom Bank's Golden Pinner Streamer Fly Tom is a New England fly tyer and angler who loves to fish the big lakes of Maine and New Hampshire. He's been...
Jul 13. 2019	River Snook	River Fly Fishing for snook in Southwest Florida is an excellent alternative to pursuing this prized gamefish in the mangroves or the open coastal water
Jul 4. 2019	Faroese redemption	Make sure your waders are suited for winter fishing and remember warm socks – as well as a local guide. Then you are ready for the north Atlantic fishing paradise.
Jun 30. 2019	Fly Fishing Treasures	I didn’t know that I was interested in collecting fly fishing paraphernalia – until I read Steve Woit’s book
Jun 27. 2019	Sea Trout CDC&Elk	The CDC&Elk is a famous and efficient Caddis dry fly. This variation works for Baltic sea trout... and was actually inspired by the bonefish version of the fly