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2016
Date Title Body Image

LeaderCalc label printing

You can now print great looking labels to use for your home made leaders when you pack them in bags

Lucky 13

It takes more than the right gear to land a marlin on fly.

Friends, rods and sausages

Today was the day of the annual and traditional get-together arranged by the Copenhagen Fly Casting Club. Enjoyable as always.

Contacting companies

It's amazing how some companies manage to totally ignore all attempts to contact them. Why do they have email, contact forms and Facebook pages, if they don't reply when people use them?

LeaderCalc 2016

Many years ago we launched LeaderCalc, the spreadsheet that helps you dimension your leaders. It was last updated almost 10 years ago. It's time for a new version.

Cliff Boylston

Cliff is an engineer who worked up to age 75 but was able to get some fly fishing in all along the way.

Cliff's Loop

Learn about a novel loop knot for use in making loop-to-loop connections. This knot is simple, strong and streamlined.

New Danish hooks

New hook brands isn't something we see ever so often, but just recently two Danish hook series have seen the light of day

Intruder introduction

Intruders have been around for many years, but if you are new to this fly style, this could be a good place to start.

Sea Bass off the coast of Portugal

Fishing for sea bass off the coast of Portugal - but never from a harbor.

Spring on the coast

It's almost become a tradition that I do a springtime gallery every year, and once again I have been digging in the image archives.

Perrault's Standard

This might not look like the most exciting book I own. It isn't valuable. It isn't particularly beautiful either – rather ugly actually. Still it's one of the gems in my collection.

The Half Haul

Recent historical research into the first writings on fly fishing has revealed the origins of the double haul, by researches called the Ur-haul or the half haul

Green Drake

Green Drake originated by Carrie Stevens and tied by Stanley Williams Tied by: Stanley Williams Originated by: Carrie G. Stevens Green Drake Streamer...

Hutch's Pennell

This is a classic UK wet fly for stillwaters. Good looking, easy to find materials, easy to tie. Why not tie it for the Baltic sea runs?

Lynx' Whisker

This is a new take on another new take on the classic British stillwater pattern the Cat's Whisker

Fishy photos: Susanne Worm

Danish angler and photographer Susanne Worm has a keen eye for great images. I asked her our usual round of fishy questions.

Heads

Yes, this is an article solely about heads on flies. Why they matter and how to get them to look good. Smooth head

Crooked Lines

Some fishing books teaches you stuff, some fascinate you, some entertain you. Some do all and more

If I had boobs

It seems to me that success in fly fishing, fly tying, guiding, writing or filming as well as social media can be secured by simply being a young and reasonably good looking woman

Tying session in the woods

Thirty-some fly tyers met in a restaurant in Denmark, ate some good food and tied flies together

Slovakian Grayling

Sight fishing for grayling in the clear mountain rivers of Slovakia.

Springtime on Bornholm

For many years I went sea trout fishing on the Danish island Bornholm every spring with a group of friends. It's a great place to fish.

Pike & Fly

A DVD dedicated to fly fishing for pike by Danish Niels Vestergaard

Newsletter revival

I'm working on a revival of the Global FlyFisher Newsletter, which was sent out for a short period many years ago.

Why I DIY

Why would you Do It Yourself? The answer might seem simple, but it wasn't, once Paul Kalbrener started thinking about it.

Boat or belly boat?

Do you choose an inflatable and compact belly boat or a real boat, canoe or kayak for your fishing? There is another option.

Ten Year Reunion

It's been ten years since the first Global FlyFisher Summit, and Paul Kalbrener who has participated in all of them looks back.

My morning with videos

Every morning before I start working I go though a bunch of fishing and tying videos. Join me on such a video spree

Yellowstone Country

Chasing Native Fishes in the Upper Yellowstone River Region in Montana.

Teal Blue & Black

Teal Blue & Black - Tuomas Iso-Ahola Tied by: Tuomas Iso-Ahola Originated by: Tuomas Iso-Ahola Teal Blue & Black Streamer Fly Pattern Hook:...

The Talisker Touchdown

I found a 10+ year old fly in a fly box and liked what I saw. The reconstruction of the fly was named the Talisker Touchdown

Copper Green

Copper Green by Cameron Sangster Tied by: Cameron Sangster Originated by: Cameron Sangster Copper Green Streamer Fly Pattern Recipe Hook: Mustad #2...

Allan Must Shrimp

A small shrimp from the hands of Allan Kuhlman who plays with eyes, shells and legs.

Rockwell Falls

Rockwell Falls - Larry Leight Tied by: Larry Leight Originated by: Larry Leight Rockwell Falls Streamer Fly Pattern Recipe Hook: Gaelic Supreme Mike...

The Fair Fly

The Fair Fly is in many ways a perfect zonker: large, very fishy looking, simple to tie. It's a very good sculpin imitation and an excellent large streamer.

Speedy

This small baitfish pattern is named after the childhood nickname of the originator.

Simple Flies

A book that has Hans Weilenmann's CDC&Elk on the cover has to have something good inside. And this book has.

Pay-per-view tying

I'm not planning on making paid tying videos, but have seen more and more of them online. My small survey says that it's not good business.

Coxy Streamer

A simple hairwinged streamer in old school Danish coastal streamer style... with a twist... literally... of copper wire
2015
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Fishing the Danish way

No, this is not about some novel way of catching sea trout or how to get a large Danish salmon, but about remembering to relax when you fish.

Merry Christmas 2015

Another year with GFF has passed and it's time to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Flies at the water

A small image gallery with some images I seem to shoot quite a few of: flies resting on rod handles or reels with the fishing water as a backdrop

My Secret Fly Reel Fetish

If I had enough money (and space) I would indulge in an extravagant fly reel fetish

Trout Bohemia

“I need to go away for a while. Let’s put some time and space into this.” Read the first chapter of Derek Grzelewski's book Trout Bohemia.

Derek Grzelewski

Some 30 years ago I came to New Zealand and fell in love with the place, its landscapes, rivers and its trout.

Andrej Polcic

Slovakian Andrej Polcic is a journalist, photographer, film maker and guide – and an enthusiastic fly fisherman of course.

Hot summer in Slovakia

Maybe the best refreshment for a fly fisherman during very hot summer.

A guide to fly-fishing for pike

Fly-fishing for pike is easily accessible and requires simple gear and few skills - and it's so rock and roll!

Wild Steelhead

I brought home 4 lbs of beautiful wild steelhead the last time I was in the US. Not a fish of course, but a couple of impressing books.

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