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Sep 2011 - Articles - Editorial articles only
Sep 2011 - Articles - Editorial articles only
Joel Stansbury
Joel's Streamers #267 Humes Bartail Smelt - Joel Stansbury #296 Buddy Special - Joel Stansbury #315 Makers Mark Kentucky Bourbon - Joel Stansbury #334...
Monte Smith
Monte's Streamers #198 Boston Blackie - Monte Smith #251 Tarheel - Monte Smith #347 Copper Lake - Monte SmithMonte's Biography Monte Smith is a...
Damian Lee Welsh
Damian's Streamers #271 Buried Treasure - Damian Lee Welsh #301 Procrastinator - Damian Lee WelshDamian's Biography Damian Lee Welsh has been tying...
Mustad 79666 and Sealey 1797B Added
I've just updated the hook reference page with 2 more profiles. The first is the Mustad 79666, a keel hook that is wonderful for tying double minnow...
Robbie Hiltz
Robbie's Flies #191 Mickey Doodle - Robbie HiltzRobbie's BiographyBorn in 1975 in a lovely little Annapolis Valley town of Berwick, N.S. I grew up...
Ryan Houston
Ryan's Flies #193 Picric Partridge - Ryan HoustonRyan's Biography My name is Ryan Houston. I am a Veterinary surgeon working in Co. Fermanagh in...
Alan Petrucci
Alan's Flies
#197 Cabin Creek - Alan Petrucci #253 Adirondack - Alan Petrucci #294 Red Feather - Alan PetrucciAlan's Biography
I have fished streamers ever since the first vacation we took to M...
Don Ordes
Don's Flies #169 Billy Jack - Don Ordes #182 Green Dace - Don Ordes #200 The Emperor - Don Ordes #229 Majestic - Don Ordes #279 The Crimson Fly - Don...
Jon Harrang
Jon's Flies #215 Black Widow - Jon Harrang #300 Harry's Speckled Shiner - Jon Harrang #29-2013 Improved Governor Aiken - Jon Harrang #54-2013 -...
Ted Patlen
Ted's Flies
#9 Lord Iris - Ted Patlen#53 Grizzly Prince - Ted Patlen#88 Greyhound - Dan Despres and Ted Patlen#123 Chief Needahbeh Streamer - Ted Patlen#135 Cains River Silver Doctor - Ted Patl...
Carrie Stevens Day Dedication Booklet 1970
Carrie Stevens Day dedication booklet 1970 For all the collectors out there, here is one of the Carrie Stevens dedication booklets. I don't see these...
Peter Simonson
Peter's Streamers #170 Green Drake - Peter Simonson #263 Pirate - Robert Frandsen and Peter Simonson #337 Witch - Peter SimonsonPeter's Biography...
When lightning strikes
The odds of getting hit by a lightning are very small. So are the odds of getting a disease that makes it difficult or even impossible to fish. But both things happen sometimes, and GFF partner Martin Joergensen was not hit by a lightning...
Read what hit him here
Kelly Lovelady
Kelly's Streamers #236 Zebulon Streamer - Kelly Lovelady #364 David Mac - Kelly LoveladyKelly's Biography I was born and raised in Northeast Texas. I...
Steve Labrecque
Steve's Streamers #166 Blue Badger - Steve Labrecque #174 Red Devil (Var) - Steve Labrecque #265 Green Ghost Var - Steve Labrecque #286 Tomahawk -...
Don't wade, you idiot!
Why do many anglers stomp into the water and spook every fish in close distance before they even lay out their first cast? GFF partner Martin Joergensen recommends staying on land.
Read why in this article.
Darren MacEachern
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Darren's Streamers
#168 Canary - Darren MacEachern #172 Dr. Burke - Darren MacEachern #177 Pauley's Smelt - Darren MacEachern #181 Lady Poacher - Darren MacEachern #186 Carrie Stevens' Patri...
Allen M. Landheer
Allen's Streamers Allen's Biography I grew up fishing and honing my skills on the famous Brodhead Creek. My first experience with a fly rod was at the...
Robert Galante
Robert's Streamers #250 Claret and Yellow - Robert GalanteRobert's Biography I'm a 55 year old fly tier who has been behind the vise since I was 12. I...
Bryant Freeman
Bryant's Streamers
Bryant's Biography
Born in Greenfield Queens County, on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, on the banks of the Medway River, June 23rd 1941 The doctor who delivered him came ...
Bob (Robert) Frandsen
Robert Frandsen Bob's Streamers #221 Silver & Orange MKZ - Robert Frandsen #242 Red Ned - Robert Frandsen #263 Pirate - Robert Frandsen and Peter...
Car rod holders
The idea behind the rod holder is simple: it's a special made device, which allows you to strap the rods on the outside of the car, and drive while the rods are mounted in this way. The rods are strapped down fully rigged and assembled with reels, lines and even flies in place.
Read about this handy accesory here
Herb Johnson Bucktails
I can hardly believe that the fall is almost here. I've been checking out the salmon returning to the tributaries this past week and am glad to see...
Tony Smith
Anthony (Tony) Smith began tying flies with his LL Bean fly tying kit that he received from his parents for Christmas 1988. From tying commercially...
Tony Smith
Tony's Flies Herb Johnson Badger Dace Herb Johnson Rainbow Shiner Herb Johnson Special #205 The Thief - Tony Smith #266 Herb Johnson Silver Minnow -...
Chris Del Plato
Chris's Streamers Chris's Biography Chris Del Plato is a streamer fly specialist living northwestern New Jersey with his wife and three daughters....
Ken Craigue Jr.
Ken's Streamers Ken's Biography Ken grew up near the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee in Melvin Village, NH. As a young boy he fished the big lake and the...
Bill Chandler
Bill ChandlerBill's Streamers #11 Contusion - Bill Chandler #35 Road Rash - Bill Chandler #61 Sebago Sunrise - Bill Chandler #93 Sebago Sunset - Bill Chandler #120 Pink Phantom - Bill Chandler #153 B...
Harri Lehtonen
Harri's Flies
#297 Pikku Ahven - Harri LehtonenHarri's Biography
I'm incurably addicted to flyfishing and -tying.
I was born in the Central Finland 1960. My Grand Father was an enthusiast ...
Carrie Stevens Rangeley Streamer Salmon Fly Collection
There have been a few lots of Wendell Folkins streamers posted up on Ebay over the past couple months, and this latest one is the largest. I believe...
Major Traherne's flies
Back in 2000 the Danish Fly tier, Kim Rasmussen compiled all Major John Popkin Traherne's beautiful salmon fly dressings into one poster, and now, more than 10 years later The Global FlyFisher can show all these beautiful flies.
See them all here.
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