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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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The Bad Beginning

Unlucky: German Kai Nolting caught his first sea trout in his second cast for this silver bullet of the ocean. It would take three years before he caught the second one! In this article he thinks back and analyzes why this happened and draws some conclusions that may help others be a bit more lucky.
Read Kai's story here.

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Your best indicators!

Indication: Norwegian Geir Kjensmo has developed a strike indicator with the aim of reducing wind resistance and making easy depth adjustments. As a bonus with these indicators can be fished on very long leaders without the indicator stopping in the top ring of your rod when trying to land a fish.
This indicator will slide down your leader when you hook up.

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Balance beam

Line weight: Les Austin shows you how to construct a simple balance to weigh you fly lines. Using a ruler, a few paperclips and some nuts you can make a precise balance, which can help you determine the AFTM class of all of those fly lines you may have laying around.
Follow the instructions here

LeaderCalc2007

Upgrade!: 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.
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Our first mullets

A difficult vegetarian: Since the 1960's the mullets have visited the Danish and South Swedish waters from late May to late October. They feed on green weed, are easily scared and do not pay interest to flies - most of the time. Impossible - but in 2005 Kasper M�hlbach hooked one fish.
Read about this fish here

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Skunked

Listen up: A wise friend of mine once said after a day of unproductive fishing: "That's why it's caled fishing and not catching". True enough. We often fish without catching, and while most of us have come to terms with this, we mostly also want to turn fishless days into fish-rich ones.
This podcast may help turn your luck

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Tigerfish from my Verandah

Wild: When you speak to old timers about fishing for tigerfish on the Zambezi River they will tell you of driving along dirt roads, cutting a path through the forest to get access to the river. Lions still running wild, and while they fished elephants chased anglers away from the bank. This is not how it is today.
Read Korrie Broos' article here.

Jump to "Asp Parade"

Asp Parade

Hungarian: Some refer to the asp (Aspius aspius) as the "poor man's tarpon" but according to Hungarian Vilmos Varga it's a quarry onto itself, worth pursuing with a fly rod and a bunch of large streamers, giving you a lot of fun and something new to catch.
Learn how to catch an asp in his article here

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Chuck-n-Duck

Fish Better: Chuck-n-duck fishing isn't for everyone. Morality aside, it is an effective angling technique, one worth learning if you find occasionally find yourself in a situation where drifting a nymph along the bottom of a distant lie is the difference between catching and casting practice.
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Slinkies

Make your own: One of the most effective methods of drifting a fly through deep pools in Great Lakes steelhead rivers is to use a slinky. You can buy slinkies from a shop, but you will pay a premium. The components are pretty cheap and they are very easy to make at home.
Click here to read more

Skip to "The measure tape II"

Measure tape II

Flycasting: Jari Wiklund participated in the Danish Fly Casting Championships and finished second. Read his report from the event and his reflections about casting for the sake of casting and (almost) not a word about fishing. He quotes Lefty Kreh who said:
There is no disadvantage in being able to cast far

Go to Knots and �

Knots and �
Since we have been quite annoyed by the copying of site content from GFF lately, Martin decided to to talk about that in this podcast. But in order not to let down the listeners completely, he also talks about knots and a bit about fishing.

Go to Driving podcast

Driving podcast
This podcast was sparked by extreme gas prices, lots of driving and three guys going in each their car on the same fishing trip. It touches on different aspects of angler's relation to their cars.

Go to Yellow Fever

Yellow Fever
Imagine a fish that takes a fly as readily as a trout, whether it is nymph, a wet fly, or a dry fly. Czech nymph style, wet fly swing, North Country style or upstream dry fly. Now magine that, pound for pound, at least twice as strong as a trout

Go to Czech Nymphing

Czech Nymphing
The principle of nymph-fishing with Czech nymph is short-distance fishing, practically under the tip of the rod. The flyline is hanging under the tip of the rod and its end often does not even touch the water level.

Go to The measure tape

The measure tape
10-20-30-40 meters? 30-60-90-120 feet? How long can you cast with a one hand rod? And how long does and average fly-angler actually cast? GFF partner Martin Joergensen has done some research and talked to some experts.

Go to Windy casting

Windy casting
Since Martin Joergensen was fishing in quite a wind whis past weekend he thought that a small talk about casting in the wind was in its place for a podcast. Contrary to most fly anglers he actually prefers some wind when fishing in the ocean.

All articles from this section...

Reports
·Bon A(d)venture - Day 2
·Bon A(d)venture - Day 1
·The Visitors - Day 2
·The Visitors - Day 1
·The two Rang�'s
·GFF Summit 2007
·IFTS 2007
·Our first mullets
·Kola on a Budget
·Bahamian Rhapsody II
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Reviews
·Trout Flies for the 21st Century
·LaFontaines Legacy
·Fly Fishing and Fly Tying II
·Charlie Craven�s Basic Fly Tying
·Fly-Fishing for Smallmouth in R...
·The Fly-Fishers Craft
·Fly Fishing for Striped Bass
·Ten Flies Simple Ties
·Tube Flies Two: Evolution
·Tube Flies - Mark Mandell and L...
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Patterns
·Tr�s Bien
·The Dirty White
·The Overtaker
·Bon Aventure flies - our sugges...
·Chinese White
·Staring Sunray Shadow
·A Pheasant Under Glass
·Niels flies
·Jan's Emerger
·Mart's Parachute Ant
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