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Small Fry, 9

Thoughts on Knots: Knots have challenged author ron P. swegman all his life. When he was a preschool boy, he demanded his mom buy him “buckle shoes” because he just could not get the hang of shoestrings.He reflects further over knots in this latest chapter of the online novel "Small Fry".
Knots to tie and not to tie.

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Sharks!

Inshore: When two friends go down the road, for a late afternoon fly fishing session on the reefs, and take their #14 and #15 rods... You know that there is something radically wrong, upstairs. This is the story of the two friends Jacques Visser and Jimmy Eagleton who have taken on the South African sharks.
The amazing story here

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Small Fry, 8

Scaled-down Gear: Light gear is best for little fish for two big reasons: first, light or ultralight outfits provide the most sport by giving these fish their best fighting chance; second, lighter outfits make fly fishing possible in unforgiving casting situations that leave little room for human error.
Read chapter 8 here.

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Small Fry, 7

Presenting Small wonder: More than a sport fish, the brook trout has, throughout its range, become a barometer for the environmental health of North American rivers and streams. It seems fitting in this context that a little fish plays such a big role.
Read chapter 7 of ron P. swegman's Small Fry

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Mullet? Not!

Listen up: In this the first pocast in months Martin goes scouting for mullet and sea trout after a long summer which has been sunny and calm or cold and windy. It developed into a nice day at the beach with little fishing and no catching at all.
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Small Fry, 6

Presenting Mighty minnows: The father of English fishing literature, Izaak Walton, devotes two chapters of The Compleat Angler to chubs (or “cheven” in the archaic plural), and in one scene his Piscator takes pleasure in catching the largest one of a school of twenty to the amazement of his companions, Venator and Auceps.
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A Pheasant Under Glass

Tubed: Two seemingly unrelated events led tube fly tyer par excellence Bob Kenly to this method of tying and to discover a coloring system that I have never tried before: dyed Lady Amherst tail feathers and a note requesting something different to be thrown in the water for salmon in New Foundland.
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Presenting White lightning: The white perch is actually an anadromous silver bass in the fish family Moronidae. This game panfish is the little cousin of the striped bass and shares much of the same habitat: the brackish tidal estuaries and adjacent rivers of the mid-Atlantic and New England states.
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Presenting Solid rocky: I have been an amateur musician for many years, comfortable on both keys and strings, and to use an analogy from that facet of my life I will state that, to me, the rock bass is akin to a punk rock song — It hits you hard, is pugnacious and tough up front, and though it doesn’t last too long, it is undeniably a strong, clever, and classic rocker.
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Presenting Rob-fin redbreast: Lepomis auritus, the redbreast sunfish, does not receive the front-page press of its cousins the bluegill, the crappie, and the black bass. This species deserves increased specific attention, though, especially from fly anglers who prefer to fish flowing water, because the redbreast is the stream sunfish.
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GFF Summit 2008

Gathering: It's time for the yearly gathering of GFF-readers. Once again we invite you to participate in the Global FlyFisher Summit, which as usual will take place in September in Denmark. The list of participants is already filling up, so read more about the arrangement here and sign up ASAP.
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Bob White

Fishy art: Bob White is probably best known for his illustrations for John Gierach's long running column in the printed magazine Fly Rod and Reel. Here he tells a bit about how it all started, how he works - and that he also guides and has done so through 27 seasons from south to north, home and abroad.
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The books we're reading and the DVD's we're watching right now
· A Passion for Pike by Ad Swier
· Chasing Silver by Jamie Howard (DVD)
· Featherwing & Hackle Flies for Salmon by Chris Mann
· Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die by Chris Santella
· Fish Bum Volume I: Mongolia by Chris Owens, Thad Robison, Justin Crump and Brian Jill
· Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art by Terry Hellekson
· Flies as art by Paul Whillock
· Fly Fishing for Bonefish by Dick Brown
· Fly Fishing the Madison River by Craig Mathews (DVD)
· Fly-Fishing Secrets of Alaska's Best Guides by Will Rice
· Flyfishing in Ireland by Peter O'Reilly
· How To Catch the Biggest Trout of your Life by Landon Mayer
· Lefty's Favorite Fly-Fishing Waters by Lefty Kreh
· Loughs of Ireland by Peter O'Rielly
· Master your Fly Casting! by Jim C. Chapralis
· Modern Spey Casting by Dec Hogan (DVD)
· Nymph Fishing by Terry Lawton
· Running down the man by Ben Knight & Travis Rummel (DVD)
· Sea Bass on a Fly by Runar Kabbe (DVD)
· Snook on a Fly by Norm Zeigler
· The Best Fly-Fishing trips Money Can Buy by Pat Ford
· The Cast by Ed Jaworowski
· The Fishing Club by Bob Rich
· The Graphite Fly Rod by Russ Gooding
· The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide by Tom Rosenbauer
· Trout Hunting by Bob Wyatt

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