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Hardy DVD

Permalink Comment This day Published: Monday June 16th 2008 (39 days ago) Updated: Wednesday July 16th 2008, 2:32PM by Martin Joergensen A British company with the fantastic name Trufflepig Films has made an interesting DVD about Hardy Anybody who's into fly fishing will know Hardy. If you haven't heard about this famous British company, you must have grown up on a different planet - as a fly fisher, that is. Andy Heathcote and Heike Bachelier have put together a DVD, which seems particularly interesting to people into the historical perspective of fly fishing - and in Hardy in particular - and certainly worth watching for the rest of us. Hardy has always represented something special in fly fishing, and judging from the trailers, the Truffle Pig has certainly found a lot of tasty Hardy-morsels. The DVD has attracted quite a bit of attention and has drawn some great reviews. We're trying to get our hands on a review copy too, so you may get GFF's opinion too. Until then you can enjoy one of several trailers on the web site, which has set up to sell the DVD. It can be purchased online for £25 or about USD 49.- or 32.- Euros. Technorati

Shooting head fisher?

Permalink Comment This day Published: Thursday June 12th 2008 (43 days ago) Updated: Friday June 13th 2008, 10:38AM by Martin Joergensen If you're a shooting head fisher, GFF might need your help I am currently working on an article on shooting lines as a supplement to our very popular shooting head article, which has been up for years, and still attracts a lot of readers. What I need is some examples of people's use of shooting heads and running lines - the setup, the fishing, the experiences. So if you fish a shooting head on a regular basis and want to contribute your opinion about this way of fishing, please feel free to contact me on the email martin@globalflyfisher.com. Put Shooting lines as the subject. I will then contact you directly with a few questions and incorporate it into the article.     More about: Fly lines Shooting heads

GFF Summit 2008

Permalink Comment This day Published: Friday May 30th 2008 (56 days ago) Updated: Friday May 30th 2008, 11:27AM by Martin Joergensen The planning for this year's Summit is slowly commencing. This is the first official announcement. Several people have already mailed me about the GFF Summit for 2008, and let me start my confirming that there will be a Summit this autumn. My intention is to stick to the scheme that has worked successfully for two years already and place the event on the Danish island Fyn in September. I have no set dates or locations yet, but expect something along the lines of the previous years. Since the Summit has grown from the first incernation to the second, I would expect it to do so again this year, and because of that I intend to limit the number of participants. I do this for two reasons: 1) To keep the venue intimate and make sure we all get to talk and learn to know each other 2) To limit the number of anglers fishing in one spot. Last year's almost 30 people were close to the limit of what any location can sustain, and I would like for all who want to be able to fish together I will keep spots open for all who participated last year and they will have first right. When all previous participants are accounted for, the remaining spots will be up for grabs by new participants. I expect to limit the number to 40 and since we were about 30 last year, that will open for new people. As I said: expect to be contacted if you already was on the Summit and if not, keep an eye out for the public announcement. If you have comments, suggestions, questions or anything, just contact me directly and I will try to deal with it. I have created a forum for this venue, and you can also post your stuff there. GFF Summit 2006 GFF Summit 2007     More about: Gff summit