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Dragons and Damsels May 12. 2018 Frequent fliers Odonata is the Latin name for the order of dragonflies and damselflies. This article is about them. Learn to tie and fish them.	Farkas' doubles Apr 16. 2018 Classics I get regular mails from Italian master salmon fly tyer Stefano Farkas. A couple of his recent flies were special. See the flies here	Limay in November Mar 31. 2018 Spring A failed autumn trip to the Patagonia river Limay sparked a spring trip this last November Read the story here
Optic Flies Mar 14. 2018 History With names that sounded fresh, in-your-face and downright sexy, the Optic Fly series entered the stage like a warm summer wind in the 1960’s cold war era. Read a book excerpt here	Tom’s bobbin holders Mar 1. 2018 DIY Get ready to meet the “Hummingbird”, a very different bobbin holder designed and made by Dutch Tom Biesot See the article here	Homage to Carrie Stevens Feb 18. 2018 Classic Italian master fly tyer Stefano Farkas has tied a Carrie Stevens streamer in the style of his full dressed salmon flies. See the pictures here
DIY dubbing brush maker Feb 7. 2018 Spinning Bretislav has a little machine in his collection of fly-tying tools. It was made by his father about 20 years back. See how to make it here	Childers Feb 4. 2018 Full dressed Italian Stefano Farkas continues to supply the most astonishing full dressed salmon flies. See his latest fly here.	Deep and slow Jan 18. 2018 Springers The secret behind catching Scottish spring salmon! Find it here.
Meade's crazy flies Dec 25. 2017 Different Australian Rob Meade's flies are totally crazy contraptions using foam in strange shapes, odd constructions, rubber legs, large eyes and lots of color. Flies just after my heart! See more here	Merry Christmas! Dec 22. 2017 Yuletide Christmas is here... just a few days until you can unwrap your presents. But you get one from GFF right now! Just click	Jason Bordash Dec 7. 2017 Fishy art US artist Jason Bordash works as an electrical designer, but paints beautiful fishing scenes, fish and flies in his spare time. We asked him a few questions. Read his replies here.
Christmas is closing in! Dec 6. 2017 Gifts You probably noticed. Dutch Zwarte Piet is afoot, Danes drink glögg and the Germans go to Weihnachtsmarkt. Time to buy some presents for your favorite fly fisher! See some ideas here	Sierra Nets Dec 2. 2017 C&R A Q&A session with California based landing net maker Greg Madrigal from Sierra Nets Read the intverview here	How I Make a Leather Flybox Nov 29. 2017 SBS In this article Romanian leather artist Remus Stanescu takes you through the process of making one of his beautiful leather fly boxes. See the process here
Remus Stanescu Nov 28. 2017 Bio Contributor Remus Stanescu lives, fishes and works in Transylvania, Romania Read about Remus here	The crystal clear rivers Nov 23. 2017 Destination Andrej Polcic shares his exploration of the crystal clear mountain rivers of Slovakia See the beautiful pictures here.	More Flies by Stefano Farkas Nov 20. 2017 Classics Italian fly tyer Stefano Farkas regularly sends me pictures of his beautiful, full dressed salmon flies. Here's another batch from him. See them here

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