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GFF Summit Sep 19. 2006 Gettogether The first meeting among GFF fans and contributors took place on the Danish island of Fyn in pursuit of sea trout. People of many nationalities met and fished for a nice September weekend, and had a fabulous fishing with a large number of fish caught. Join them here	Our first mullets Sep 7. 2006 A difficult vegetarian Since the 1960's the mullets have visited the Danish and South Swedish waters from late May to late October. They feed on green weed, are easily spooked and do not pay interest in flies - most of the time. Impossible - but in 2005 Kasper Mühlbach hooked one fish. Read about this fish here	Messy Pike Fly Sep 1. 2006 Big fish fly Not one of Martin Joergensen's usual pike flies. For that it is way too complex and has too many tying steps and too many different materials. He doesn't like complex pike flies. "I spend dozens of minutes tying one, and a pike spends seconds shredding it!" he says. He ties it just the same in this article.
Measuring the temperature Aug 30. 2006 Point Zero Is this just for nerds or do you as angler get something out of knowing how accurate you can measure the temperature? For some, knowing the temperature may change the day from a disaster to success. Know how to measure your temperature here.	TMC Wingburner Aug 30. 2006 Burning wings Tired of making wings with too many divertions from time to time? See if the new tool from TMC can help you burn the wings perfectly every time or if you still have to fold and cut like an used hair dresser. Click this burning link	Nothing... Aug 29. 2006 ...here, nothing there Sometimes trout and grayling sip "nothing" from the surface. You have tried the smallest parachute in your fly box - size 18. What they are taking is much smaller. You look again into your fly box, and right - there is no "Nothing" there. Fill up your fly box with nothing here
Wasp Year Aug 19. 2006 The sting It has been a hot and dry summer in Scandinavia. Wasps have been a plague in many areas. They have been in every apple, every drink and every house. Some of them may have crossed a stream or river, winding up on the surface before continueing the rush. Some of them never left again. Read and get stung here.	CDC Mayfly Aug 19. 2006 Cul de Mayfly A small mayfly, which may be (mis)taken for a dun during the sometimes the concentreted hatches on late August and Septemper evenings. It uses a hollow extended body, parachute hackle and wings of cdc stems to float high. Get the recipe for a hi-floating mouthful here.	The Trout Bum Diaries Jul 24. 2006 A fantastic DVD packed with sizzling fly fishing action from Patagonia edited like a snowboard or extreme sports video with hefty music, fast cutting and lots of pace.
The Plipper Jul 13. 2006 Pike One of the strangest fly-contraptions ever to see daylight from my hands. It's a tube fly. It uses one basic material. It's tied without thread. It's ugly, but it works. It's a popper with a lip - a Plipper. Learn how to construct it here	The Italian Job Jul 5. 2006 One day in Tuscany Is it possible to combine a hotel with swimming pool, enjoy the company of your family and yet fish for grayling and trout? Tuscany offers plenty of activities for the ones not fishing. This report is for those who do fish... Read Kasper Mühlbachs story from a hot day in a cold Italian river right here	Fly Fishing for Mullet Jul 4. 2006 Mullet Fever The mullet season is here in the Baltic, and this excellent DVD just turns the mullet fever up several degrees.
Michael Smith Jun 26. 2006 Contributor Michael Smith is a computer security geek living in the Washington, DC area. During the work day, he designs security monitoring systems. By night and weekends, he aspires to catch every fish within 200 miles of "The Beltway".	GFF Summit 2006 Jun 24. 2006 Gathering Meet other Global FlyFishers at this fish-in for GFF staff, readers and friends, which will take place in Denmark mid-September. We will mainly aim for coastal fishing, but there will also be stream and lake optoins. Read more and sign up here	Favorite Dad Jun 20. 2006 Warm water In Virginia, the rivers are full of crayfish. Author Michael Smith AKA Rybolov went last week to the South Fork of the Shenandoah, and in a meter-square area along the shoreline, there had to be at least 30 crayfish. That may be why Skip's Dad works so well there. Learn to tie the bass pattern here
Casting pictures Jun 20. 2006 Better pictures If you look in casting books, ads for fly lines or just the odd fly fishing magazine, you will often see some fascinating pictures of casting. Lines forming the most beautiful arcs in the air, clearly illustrating one of the mesmerizing things about fly fishing: the beauty of the cast. Learn how to shoot casting in this article	Macro Jun 20. 2006 Better pictures Most fly anglers will find that using macro in their photography can be truly thrilling. A lot of what we are interested in is small, and many will appreciate being able to capture small things. This article in the series about fishing photography covers macro photography from an angler's perspective. Learn more here	Measure tape II Jun 19. 2006 Flycasting Jari Wiklund participated in the Danish Fly Casting Championships and finished second. Read his report from the event and his reflections about casting for the sake of casting and (almost) not a word about fishing. He quotes Lefty Kreh who said: There is no disadvantage in being able to cast far
Jump! Jun 16. 2006 Better pictures Getting a picture of a jumping fish is not as easy as you may think. You need preparation, skill, timing the right gear and some luck too. Read more about catching fish in the air in this latest article on better fishing photos. Learn it in Martin Joergensen's article here	Ad Swier Jun 5. 2006 Fishy art Dutch Ad Swier is not only a pike fanatic beyond the ordinary but also an artist extraordinaire. His beautiful drawings and paintings have been used in books, calanders and magazines all over the world. We convinced Ad to participate in our series on Fishy Artists. The result can be seen in this article.	Rod Sutterby Jun 5. 2006 Fishy art Rod Sutterby gave us a taste of his beautiful paintings in the book Atlantic Salmon done in cooperation with Malcolm Greenhalgh. In connection with a new series of articles about "Fishy artists" here on GFF we contacted the artist. See his answers to our questions and some samples of his beautiful art.
Diane Michelin Jun 5. 2006 Fishy art Canadian watercolor artist Diane Michelin has been painting for 15 years. "Basically, in each painting, I try to tell a story that represents the day to day events that fuel our passion." as she says in this article presenting her paintings. See Diane Michelin's beautiful art here	Joe Kissane Jun 2. 2006 American fly angler and author of "Drag Free Drift". See Joe's bio here	Cheap Lazy Bastard Jun 2. 2006 Nymph Named the Cheap Lazy Bastard because the originator, Joe Kissane, uses cheap materials whenever possible, takes shortcuts (because he's lazy) and the fly is a bastard – the original pattern mated illicitly with the body of any number of famous nymphs. See how to tie it here
Compose Jun 1. 2006 Better pictures Vanishing points, golden sections, rule of thirds. Oh yes, image composition is full of mathematics and geometry. Here's how you can apply it all to your fishing photography. You can even test your own pictures' composition. Learn how in this article	Flycasting Faults & Fixes May 31. 2006 For those who have seen Mel Krieger - either in real life or on video - this is not new: the man is a one-man theater!	Miscellanea Emerger May 31. 2006 Emerger The idea of Joe Kissane's Miscellanea Emerger is based on the idiom of "throwing in everything but the kitchen sink; however, he couldn't justify the length of "everything but the kitchen sink" for a pattern name, and someone told him that the name Kitchen Sink was already used ...so there you have it

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