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Video

Spring Creek Fly Fishing with Matthew Supinski

Apr 10. 2016
Matthew Supinski of Gray Drake Lodge and Outfitters in Newaygo, Michigan takes us to a local, lesser known spring creek and shows us his double Duncan loop.
Video

Turle Knot - Catskill Knot

Feb 25. 2016
This is the knot used to tie Catskill flies to the tip.
Video

The Davy Knot

Feb 25. 2016
Simple, Fast and Strong. The Davy Knot is attributed to Davy Wotton, a British Fly Fishing pro.
Article

FlyOn tube fly system

Mar 18. 2014
New paradigm A simple idea for switching tube flies lightning fast without cutting the leader or tying any knots.
See how to do it here
Article

Merging two fly lines

Feb 24. 2014
Neat usage of shrink tubes Splicing lines together using thread and glue can be replaced by another method if you are using coated lines. See how easy it is to weld lines togeteher using shrink tubes and a heater.
Merge here
Video

Capt. Mel's Tube Knot

Jan 17. 2012
After years of seeing knots that either were so bulky they had a hard time going through the guides or worse they failed causing the loss of a good fish, I found a way to jam the fly line core up a
Article

How to fish with more than one fly

Jan 11. 2012
Teaming up Having more than one fly on your leader actually makes pretty good sense in the very simple way that presenting more than one temptation to the fish increases the chance of a bite. But there are many other reasons.
Read about it here.
Article

Capt. Mel's Tube Knot

Dec 20. 2011
Tie the knot About 5 years ago after seeing so many really bad knots connecting the fly line to the butt leader section, Captain Mel Simpson came up with a knot that does not break, is a permanent part of the fly line and will easily go through the guides if necessary.
Learn to tie it here
Article

The only knot

Aug 14. 2011
Tying This is definitely going to get me in trouble! But I guarantee you that if you learn this knot you will be able to get very far in almost all kinds of flyfishing. Use this for your daily knotting and use loops for the rest (backing to fly line, fly line to leader), and you will be able to make it through many, many fishing days.
See which one it is here.
Article

Fly fishing knots

Jun 15. 2011
Theme page The most useful, easiest and strongest knots for fly fishing. How to tie them and when to use them.
See the theme here
Article

Small Fry, 9

Oct 6. 2008
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.
Article

Leader knots

Apr 25. 2007
Leaders The best knots to use for your knotted, tapered fly fishing leaders.
Read more here
Article

LeaderCalc2007

Apr 25. 2007
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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Podcast

Knots and copyright

May 31. 2006
Two things that we hold in high esteem on GFF
Blog entry

Copies!

Sep 29. 2005
GFF is heavily copied all over the world - and not in the good way!

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