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1998
Date Title Body Image

Spring 1998 Gallery

Pictures from the Danish coast during the 1998 season taken by GFF partner Martin Joergensen

Carpe diem

A matter of the gravest importance

IQ Dawn series

The purpose of the IQ Dawn Series is to cover most variations you can encounter at a salmon river. And hopefully catch a Salmon Salar, king of fish! All flies can easily be made to spey flies - just change the hackle to heron feather instead, in the same color.

Banderillas

The tube fly - or tube fly system - you can see on this page, is called the Banderillas. The name comes from the Spanish name for the sticks the the bullfigther uses during the fight. The body sections of this fly has some resemblance to these sticks.

Ib Olsen's cane rods

How Ib Olsen builds his beautiful rods ...and some elementary notes.

Fish cakes

A traditional Danish course that tastes heavenly! We have meatballs, and this is the fish variation of that dish.

'Merikan tales

Always wonder... what do I have with this country - the US of A? Country of extremes, land of great beauty and enormous diversity, offering such a wide range of things to see and do.

The Flasher

The Flasher fly is not so much a fly as a method of adding a spinner to any tube fly which under certain circumstances enhances its attractiveness to almost any species of fish.

Cheapskate Heron

I came upon an idea. Actually I combined two incidents into one idea. First of all I was going through my heron feathers (yes, I have more than one) and found some butts that I had saved after having tied whole body hackles. I wanted to use these feathers, which still had a lot of useful and long barbs, but unfortunately a very thick stem.

Cod on a flyrod

How to get cod on a flyrod - the once so common Gadus morhua - Danish inshore species.

Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies

Paul Marriner is well known to Atlantic Salmon fly fishermen the world over. He is likely the best known Canadian fly fishing author outside of Canada today.
1997
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International Fly Tyers Symposium 1997

The New Jersey area is not the worst place to be in November. This is the story about a lot of fishing and fly tying done in that area in the fall of 1997.

Bassin' with Bas

Stripers and a church organ both play and important role in this Northeastern tale told by Bas Verschoor

New York Salmon fishing

Although there are a couple rivers in New York with the name "Salmon River", only one has an international reputation. That is the Salmon River that flows into Lake Ontaria near Pulaski, a small town along the lake's eastern shore.

November 5th 1997

Many small fish The autumn still seems to hold strong. Lots of reports are coming in, and there seems to be at least the normal abundance of sea trout - if not more.

The Floating Shrimp

One of Hanafi Saleh's patterns is the "HS Floating Shrimp" which is very suitable for fishing just above the bottomweeds, or just above the bottom without the risk of getting snagged at underwater obstacles.

Atlantic Salmon Handbook

Although this book is riddled with errors it does convey the basic information that a beginning Atlantic salmon fisher would need.

The Crab

This is a fly made for a very specific purpose: cod fishing. It's used on a sink tip or sinking line over fairly deep water (3-4 meter or 10-13') from a float tube, and will turn upside down and 'walk' on the bottom.

October 17th 1997

The trout have returned

My summer salmon fishing

My salmon fishing is different from most everyone else's. At least, that's what I'm told. And since the literature around salmon fishing is based on "everyone else's" salmon fishing, I thought I'd tell you a little about mine. Optimally, my kindred spirits out there will read this and feel right at home.

Fisker tube tool

This Danish tool might be an alternative. In spite of some minor drawbacks, it's a very good tool at a very reasonable price.

Visiting Partridge of Redditch

It is now more than a year ago since Mustad took over Partridge of Redditch. And I thought it might be of interest to you to have an update on the status...

The Gladiator

The Gladiator started as a joke but one with a lot of thought behind its origins.

Sven Ostermann

The Real Deer Hair

A sedge pattern in the Goddard tradition - with a twist. This fly is a combination of the G+H Sedge and a hackling method adapted from Dutch Piet Weeda - making it a one-material-fly.

Hanafi Saleh, The Netherlands

Hanafi Saleh is another of those Dutchmen that seem so abundant on the fly tying and fly fishing scene. And I say that with envy.

Picric acid

Dyeing with picric acid yields colors between a gorgeous olive and an electric yellow.

Doing the Limbata

I apologize to you in advance for the disappointment you will feel upon learning that this article is not about a hot new dance step from south of the border and will not contribute to your romantic relationships or skills on the dance floor.

The Flex Hex

The fly that did the Limbata as told by Jim Hauer

Coney Snowbugger

This streamer fly is actually a variation of the well-known Woolly Bugger. It imitates a small baitfish.

Twist of Lemon

This fly uses a special technique where a strand of floss and a strand of tinsel is twisted together before the combo is wound on the hook shank.

Tying the Matuka style

Who would have guessed that a fly tied to fish the lakes of New Zealand would have such an impact all around the world?

Fatal Attraction

Part wet fly and part streamer, it has all the obnoxious flash of a Mepps spinner in the water, and it's just as effective.

Charlie's Bead Head Scud

A simple and good looking scud pattern from Charles Garwood.

Fly Festival Pictures 1997

Danish Fly Festival 1997, Gallery. The Danish Fly Festival attracted both 'actors' and audience from many places. Here are a few pictures with impressions from the successful arrangement. All the pictures were taken with a digital camera and many were put online on the web during the Festival.

Chilli Pepper Flies

So you thought that chilli pepper was a small, strong, spicey fruit? Well, it is... but it's also a seemingly popular name for fishing flies. In the past I have come over no less than three patterns with the name Chilli Pepper.

Coney flies

The flies on this page are all well known patterns which have all been juiced up a bit - many with some modern materials, but all with cone heads. By Bas Verschoor

Charlie's Phesant Tail Nymph

The Pheasant tail nymph is a true classic. The original was tied by Frank Sawyer using only copper thread and phesant tail fibers. This pattern has been elaborated a bit by Charles A.Garwood from North Carolina, and uses peacock herl for the abdomen and regular tying thread.

Flies from the Flyleaves of my Diaries

And at last the book is there: Torp in English. At last a book with the potential to reach beyond the borders of his small home country.

May 25th 1997

Sea trout and garfish

The Shank

An almost naked fly with almost no materials.

Magnus Muddler

This muddler is tied on a small stainless Mustad hook using orange deer hair, orange dyed grizzly hackle and natural rabbit dubbing with a bit of orange flash mixed in. A small beauty indeed and sooo easy to see at night.

April 23rd 1997

A normal season Everything indicates that this season will be far better than the last one - which was catastrophic.

Foam flies for panfish

I purchased a copy of Skip Morris' book on tying flys for bass and panfish and another of his books on foam flies. His books are excellent and I recommend them above all others for beginning tyers. The pictures and instructions are superb!

Sheep hair flies

Recently I've begun working with a material that was introduced to me through the tying of Dave Whitlock. In particular, his "sheep series" of baitfish flies. It's Icelandic Sheep Hair, although some distributors refer to it as "Streamer Hair" or "Secret Streamer Hair". I've found it to be a wonderful tying material for large streamer type flies.

March 6th 1997

The sea trout season has started...

Charles Garwood, USA

Charlie's Prince Nymph

This fly was inspired by the original Prince Nymph, but modified by Charles Garwood of North Carolina for an easier tie and more visibility. Says Charlie: "The prince nymph has been with us for a long time! I've simply added flashabou because I found it enhances attraction and because I find it slightly easier to tie than white goose biots. Plus it eliminates the gold braid too. It just simplifies the pattern"

Selecting deer hair

Choosing the right hair will make your deer hair flies - Comparaduns, EHC's, Muddlers, bass bugs - much easier to tie.

Chris Helm, USA

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