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2007

Date	Title	Body	Image
May 18. 2007	Fish on!	First of the season
May 17. 2007	Today is GFF day	Today I will try to catch up with a ton of GFF stuff that I have had laying around for months
May 15. 2007	BaR: Handle	The handle is both an important part of any rod and a whole project in itself when building a rod. Jan-Ole Willers helps you choose a shape, select the cork and plan added features such as a fighting butt.
May 15. 2007	BaR: Wrapping	This time we look at guide selection and preparation as well as the critical process of wrapping the guides. Learn some neat tricks from German Jan-Ole Willers in this third part of his extensive rod building series.
May 15. 2007	BaR: Coating	We're now at the final stage of our rod buidling process, and ready to coat the wrappings. this requires a clean room and a lot of care. Jan-Ole Willers shows us in great detail how to do the best job and where to do it.
May 15. 2007	BaR: Testing	The rod is done and you need to determine what line is best for it. Don't always trust the fine print on the blank, but join Jan-Ole Willers on the water for a test of the newly built rod to find out whether it was worth the effort.
May 15. 2007	Build a Rod	The introduction to the cover-it-all series on building your own grpahite fly rod, which will run through the whole process of building a complete fly rod, covering selection of components, handle, guides, coating and testing.
May 15. 2007	BaR: Parts	The first part of the Global Flyfisher article series on building your own graphite fly rod, which takes you by the hand from the very beginning of the process: identifying and selecting the parts and materials you need.
May 15. 2007	Bloody Butcher	Originally this was a classic style wet fly with a feather wing, but it's easily transformed into an excellent sea trout fly. Black, red and silver are perfect together and makes the fly very visible. See tying steps and lots of pictures and
May 12. 2007	Writing on rods	One of the hallmarks of rod builder Dave Lewis' work is the handwritten details on each rod. The writing is done by Dave's wife Mary Lu and in this article Dave briefly explains how to obtain the best results when writing on rods.
May 10. 2007	Sunray Shadow	The Sunray Shadow is a true killer fly for salmon fishing. Tied on a tube with a wing and no body, simple as few flies, but still - or maybe rather because of that - extremely efficient. The fly uses few materials and is very easy to tie.
May 7. 2007	Too much work	Too little fishing
May 4. 2007	Monster's Bug	The tendency is, that flies become smaller and smaller trying to fool the fish. We end up using 7X, size 24 hooks and stealth moves on the river banks. Sometimes you need to go the opposite way, if you want a big fish at end of your tippet.
Apr 29. 2007	North Platte River	A trip to Wyoming
Apr 25. 2007	LeaderCalc2007	One of GFF's all-time most popular articles and downloads just got better! Download two new upgrades for FREE! 1) Leadercalc2007, enhanced with new formulas and label making features and 2) the all new GFF's Leader Guide, a 28-page PDF book you can use for your classroom or personal use.
Apr 25. 2007	Fly fishing leader construction	The leader is an essential part of the fly fishing setup. This article tells you a bit about designing leaders
Apr 25. 2007	Leader formulas	In order to calculate the proper formula of a fly fishing leader, you need to understand the basics of leader design.
Apr 25. 2007	Fly fishing leader material	Monofilament nylon, or mono as it is referred, is by far the most popular leader material in use today.
Apr 25. 2007	Leader Design Principles	The taper is the most single important aspect of a leader. This article tells you the principles behind leader design
Apr 25. 2007	Leader length	What is the proper leader length for given conditions and circumstances?
Apr 25. 2007	Leader knots	The best knots to use for your knotted, tapered fly fishing leaders.
Apr 24. 2007	HiVis CDC Midge	A high-visibility orange post and CDC makes this small dry perfect for your 7X tippet. Easy to tie, easy to follow on the water and a perfect choice when the fish are picky. Darryl Lampert from South Africa shows us one of his effective patterns.
Apr 11. 2007	The Visitors - Day 1	Two days. Two teams. Six fly fishers. Very different and difficult circumstances. Kasper Mühlbach was invited by a Lithuanian and a German team to go fishing with them. Their role was to catch and pose. Kasper's role was to photograph.
Apr 6. 2007	Opening Day 2007	No fishing. Just scouting.
Apr 5. 2007	LeaderCalc Download	Find all the LeaderCalc files here
Mar 25. 2007	Skunked	That's why it's called fishing and not catching
Mar 25. 2007	Fishing!	After a work stint from hell I went fishing yesterday. And I'm leaving again in a minute.
Mar 18. 2007	Wiggle Jig Worm
Mar 9. 2007	Waiting for spring	GFF partner Martin Joergensen has a severe case of cabin fever. Too much work. Too long winter. Too much wind. Too little fishing. He's really looking forward to fishing on mild spring days as he says in this short piece featuring images from last spring and this winter and early spring.
Mar 1. 2007	Philadelphia on the Fly	I wish I had more books like this one in my fishing library
Feb 28. 2007	Late Winter	No fishing here for awhile
Feb 26. 2007	Winter fishing	Ways to fight the cold and ways to catch fish in freezing water
Feb 22. 2007	The Real Rag Worm	Every year in March and April the rag worms emerge from the bottom to secure the next generation. They swim freely in the water, wiggling from one side to the other. Sea gulls feed on the from above and many fish species seem to focus on them from beneath.
Feb 19. 2007	Kola on a Budget	Fishing on the Kola Peninsula is usually connected with everything but low price fishing. However, it is still possible to organize a trip for large, golden, Russian brown trout and pay no more than 500 Euros per person including everything.
Feb 16. 2007	The move that never came	Another nail in the never-ending server blues coffin
Feb 9. 2007	Chris Bladen	South African artist Chris Bladen has specialized in doing bronzes of wildlife - particularly fish. See some of his stunning work and read about the process of shaping and finishing bronze statues of tuna, flying fish, dorados, tigerfish and much more.
Feb 8. 2007	And in English	There are plans to translate the DVD's I mentioned
Feb 6. 2007	Clear Water	Streams, lakes even the ocean can appear almost non-existent in the way that the bottom is visible in your shot
Feb 6. 2007	Sea trout DVD's	A new set of Danish DVD's look extremely interesting
Feb 3. 2007	Getting wet - or not	How to avoid getting wet when you fall.
Jan 25. 2007	A Passion for Pike	It's nice sometimes to bump into a different book, and Dutch Ad Swier's pike book is different.
Jan 25. 2007	Summer in Europe	It's rare to see European fly fishing DVD's an even rarer to see an Eastern European fly fishing DVD. This is one.
Jan 24. 2007	Caps status	The caps have been here for a while, but time to finish the project has not
Jan 21. 2007	Matt Zudweg	Matt makes carvings, signs, furniture and other painted wooden objects
Jan 18. 2007	Yes, we have wind too!	A storm is sweeping over Europe and we're getting our shere here in Denmark
Jan 6. 2007	Beating the crowds	How to avoid stepping on each other's toes when fishing
Jan 3. 2007	Derek DeYoung	"As a young kid developing my skills and vision as an artist, I found that I could find no better subject to paint then the big northern pike and largemouth bass that I would often observe cruising the weed lines out in the bayou."

2006

Date	Title	Body	Image
Dec 18. 2006	Goosewing Coachman?	Hey - why not?
Dec 12. 2006	Cheated!	I was cheated when I bought this book by Valentine Atkinson
Dec 7. 2006	Morning fishing	Getting up to see the sun rise