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The blocks of nicely laid out images on GFF has required quite a bit of work to refine.

The Global FlyFisher has long been on various social media, and is now on Instagram too

Lazy loading is a performance improvement where images (and other assets) are loaded when needed, not when the page is loaded

Recently Belgian Roland Henrion started focusing more on his art, and that made him a candidate for our fishy artists series.

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.

American artist Casey Underwood does stunning and beautiful fish portraits using mixed techniques.

The Global FlyFisher has been on Pinterest for a while, and get quite a bit of attention there.

Danish Susanne Worm was a natural participant in our series on Fishy Photographers

German artist Rosi Oldenburg now lives, draws and paints in Washington state in the US

Our series of articles about photographers specializing in fly fishing photography

Artists whose art is related to fly-fishing

I'm mostly overwhelmed by the number of stolen copies of images from the Global FlyFisher I can find on other people's sites

Scrimshaw is a very old art form, with the old Eskimos and whalers having practiced this art and used it for passing time and decorating

Soren actually rarely brings a camera when fishing. He does take fishing photos, but as a professional for magazines

Italian artist Renato Rizzo draws beautiful, simple but still very complex and detailed black and white pictures of flies

The work as a fishing editor sparked Lucas' interest in (fishing) photography

I have been going on these fishing trips twice a year with a bunch of friends for more than a decade. These days it's more trip than fishing for me.

I have traditionally published a collection of images before the season to heighten the Cabin Fever, and this year's Casting Arm Blues also gets a stimulus package

Dutch Rudy van Duijnhoven is a well known freelance writer and photographer in the northern European fishing community

Nikola Novovic IS from the small country Montenegro, at the Mediterranean in southern Europe

Even though I consider sunrises and in particular sunsets as subjects more suitable for teenage bedroom posters than for fishing pictures, I have to admit that I have shot my fair part of them

Another photo article, this time teaching you how to get pictures of your gear or your flies on a clean, white background.

This is the über simple lightweight guide to taking pictures of your flies - finished flies or for step-by-steps - even with your phone!

A friend of mine once said that New York is an outdoorsman's paradise. For those who live outside the state, that may seem hard to believe, but it's true, at least from a fisherman's perspective. There is an amazing diversity of freshwater gamefish available able anglers year around. Over the past ten years, I've accumulated quite a few digital images of NY fishing that I thought it would be fun to share.

Michael Jensen is an excellent fishing writer and photographer

Harsh shadows from a bright source like the sun are usually not very welcome in our images, and we often jump through hoops to avoid them. But how about making the shadows a part of the image, and maybe even the most important part?

Eoin Fairgrieve's interest in angling photography evolved from his professional life as a speycasting instructor

Just as clarity can be stunning, so can a well placed reflection. Here's how to get them in camera

Barry Ord Clarke is a well known photographer and writer

Finnish photographer Harri Hytönen feels like being allrounder although he just loves macrophotos

This is a book, which combines two of my main interests: fishing and photography

Isaias Nicolaevici is a professional fly-fishing photographer based in Patagonia

Stu Hastie's New Zealand doesn't seem to have a shortage of subjects

Charles contacted me as a result of having seen our long-running series on fishy artists, and after having seen his fish carvings I found him more than worthy as a participant. Charles also paints and draws - cartoons and caricatures in particular.

Jonas says that fly fishing is great way of fishing, and there is always something interesting to photograph

Marcel and his wife Meher have a thriving wedding photography business

It wasn't until his late teens that Dennis Collier developed a keen interest in art and photography, which naturally became integrated into his fishing activities

Henry Hegeman has a photography background shooting film with Minolta gear

Nick price is a professional guide and a photographer with a very keen eye for fly-fishing subjects

Photography is not Corey's full time profession so he tends to stay pretty focused on something that he has a passion for ... fly fishing!

This article is the latest incarnation of all our tips and ideas on taking fly pictures, collected in one place

Angus Drummond is a Colorado based guide and photographer whose images have been used in magazines and books as well as on web

Croatian photographer Aleksandar Vrtaric has a slightly different photographic style compared to many other fly fishing photographers

Jim Levison shoots beautiful pictures from the US north east

Mark Lance is a Colorado based photographer who shoots beautiful and varying images

Jim Klug is known for his participation in the DVDs Drift, Rise, and Connect as well as his activities in the Yellow Dog Adventures fly fishing booking company

"She's a Ducati riding, Wyoming roaming, fly fishing girl born in Tennessee... "
This is how fly fishing artist AD Maddox is introduced on her web site, and an introduction that has exactly the effect that I suppose was intended: I gotta know more about her!

I'm currently traveling in Iceland with my family and thought I'd share a few pics with you.

Shooting pictures close to the surface can give an exciting perspective that will enhance the feeling of being near the water... literally! This is yet another chapter in our long series about taking better fishing pictures.

Become a better fly fishing photographer. Tips, examples and our best articles on shooting anglers.

It has become almost a tradition for Martin to do a small gallery of images from the different seasons in his own fishing, especially the spring, and this year he has done it again in keeping with this tradition.

Just a few days ago we ventured on our first spring trip. Yes, this is mid-March, and we usually fish much earlier than that, but cold winter weather and ice covered water has kept us from the coast until now. I spotted this particular day in the weather forecast a week in advance. It begged for a fishing trip!

Don't forget that fishing is many other things than anglers, fish and casting. The animals we see, the landscapes, the flowers and all the little details.

How to get the best pictures of bent rods

How do we get the vistas, the beauty, the clarity or the wildness of the water into our cameras?

Thomas is known from the Danish magazine Sportsfiskeren. At a recent editorial meeting, Thomas brought a bunch of framed reproductions of his drawings, and GFF partner Martin Joergensen immediately grabbed him and lured him into participating in our Fishy Art series.

Artwork by Jeff Kennedy

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.

Streams, lakes even the ocean can appear almost non-existent in the way that the bottom is visible in your shot

Matt makes carvings, signs, furniture and other painted wooden objects

"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."

To get a good casting picture you need to be on par with several things. This article will help you

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.

Getting pictures of fish in the air is not easy. Not at all.

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.

Composing fishing pictures is of course essentially the same as composing any other type of photograph

This might sound like a strange piece of advice, but GFF partner Martin Jorgensen writes: "Trust me: you generally want to underexpose your digital images. Almost every single one of them. "

If you want really sharp fishing images there's no avoiding some kind support for your camera. A steady tripod is the best solution and the one that you see pros using, but there are other ways of supporting your camera as GFF partner Martin Joergensen explains here.

Another round of good advice for getting better fishing pictures. This time about the few moments during the day where the light is particularly exhillarating—namely around sunrise and sunset. This article tells you how to get the most from these often few minutes of great light.

We want to capture our fish in two ways: first on the hook and then in the camera. Once the fish has been hooked many of us already envision the poster on the wall, the image in the online gallery or just a print to show to the fishing buddies.

One of the most common reasons for not getting the really good fishing images is that people simply don't bring their camera. Either they leave it at home - which is really stupid - or they leave it on the bank - which is just moderately stupid.

If you're on the lookout for a new camera to take with you when you go fishing, there are a few things you need to consider before diving for your wallet. This article aims to point out some issues regarding size, facilities and accesories.

More ways to improve your fishing photos. This time about using your flash in bright daylight - even in sunshine.
You might think that the flash on your camera is for taking pictures when it's dark.
Wrong!

Always take some pictures where the camera is lower than your subject.

This is the first little article in a small series on taking better fishing pictures. The first chapter is about going closer to your subject when you photograph. The closer you go, the better you get the picture focussed and the viewer's attention.

Now, this is something! Norwegian Christian Figenschou and his friends Dariusz and Julem's fabulous pictures of bonefishing and their attitude towards fishing fit perfectly into the GFF bonefishing theme.

This is the end that counts to to most anglers: where the mouth is and where the fly is supposed to go. All these fish opened theirs over a hook, and they paid for it with a portrait. Pictures of fish from the very small sand eel to the very large steelhead.

Gotta stay on the fins to survive, as the fish said. We feature another gallery of not-so-traditional fish photos, this time of fins. See round ones, sharp ones, big ones and small ones in this gallery put together with pictures from several GFF photographers.

This is an image gallery a bit different than we usually do them. We have so many great pictures in our stock that we need some way to get them out to you. This is a gallery of tails. Yes, tails! Nothing but these beautiful rudders on the fish we catch.

This year has started off very promising on the Danish coast

This little article is a photo essay rather than one of many words. GFF partner Martin Joergensen has done picture based stories like this one before, just putting up a bunch of good fishing shots and adding a little text.

A digital camera with a good macro facility is the perfect way to take good fly pictures. GFF partner Martin Joergensen has updated his now classical Digitizing Flies article with a whole new chapter on selecting and using a digital camera for fly photography.

Fishing on the Danish coast during the spring months - March, April, and May - can be a true blessing. Many species are about, but particularly sea trout and garfish can be plenty and easy to catch. This small gallery shows some scenes from Denmark this spring.

Some pictures taken in Denmark during the early season of 2002. By GFF partner Martin Joergensen

Great screen savers with fly fishing themes. Nice pictures on your monitor when you are doing nothing.

A bunch of images from the infancy of GFF

The International Fly Tyers Symposium in New Jersey 1996 featured a lot of well known tyers. Here just a few of the impressive list.

All the oldie pictures from back when GFF was not yet formed and GFF partner Martin Joergensen was running Fishing Denmark.