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Wowâ¦itâs been awhile since Iâve published an article on GFFâ¦I have several books reviewed and awaiting and several patterns in the mix ready to shoot and document. But, since I am a contracto...

Re: In the pipeline

More stuff in the hopper for GFF:
Book reviews: Tying Contemporary Saltwater Flies, by Dave Klausmeyer and Imitative Fly Tying, by Ian Moutter.
Product reviews: Lamiglas Appalachian 7'6" 3pc 4...

Blackout Kluting

Yesterday at 12:36 the power went with a pop in all the house. I'm located in front of three monitors, and the incident left me with three little disappearing, white dots.

And then silence!

Well...

In the pipeline

Even though the rate of publishing has been fairly slow the recent few months, there is no reason to worry: GFF is not dead and there is loads of new stuff on the way to these pages.

I have several...

The Great Nymph Project, II

Well, the Great Nymph Project has started.

This past weekend, I spun about 50 dubbing brushes for my first batch of nymphs. Each brush will make the bodies of two flies, so I've got about a hundr...

Soucie's many books

I don't remember for how long I have been corresponding with Gary Soucie - but it's a long time.

[Actually I do know. My archives say that Gary asked me to contribute to American Angler back in J...

Harrison Steeves

First time in years that I've paid full retail for a fly tying book. I'm more of a "wait and get it on discount online" sort of guy.

Today at lunch, I walked up to Barnes and Noble and happened upo...

Cements and polishes and glues, oh my!

I did a bit of desk organizing this weekend and realized I have *way* too many bottles of what can be lumped into the category of "head cement". Some of this stuff was old - as in "it came with my sta...

One of those days

I had planned to go fishing again today. With my wife Birgitte and assorted fishing friends, who all wanted to pursue the escaped fish farm rainbows in our local waters.

The wife and I were at a 50...

Rainbows galore

As promised I went off on the first coastal trip of the autumn today. And it as as good as expected!

The weather was just perfect and there were fish in the water.

A lot of fish!

Unfortunat...

Another new book

Ok - I will admit. I'm hooked on ebay. It is as if I have access to every used book dealer on the planet. I've found some GREAT deals on out-of-print books, and I can't seem to resist a good deal. I h...

The Great Nymph Project

A nymph fished carefully and in fear of being lost to a snag is a nymph that is not being used effectively. Nymphs need to be fished with almost reckless abandon, bumped along rocks, drifted into root...

Beware Rust

Early this Spring, our house suffered the damages from a broken water pipe, which lead to the evacuation of my tying room to the garage. While most of my worry was for my modest collection of books, I...

Autumn season begins

The autumn season starts theis Friday! On the day!

And why that? Well, because I am going fishing Friday and everything seems to add up just Friday: weather, wind, time to go and company.

My wif...