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2002

Date	Title	Body	Image
Oct 20. 2002	The Universal Nymph	It's a beadhead, no, a hare's ear, no... How about a flashback pheasant-tail... could be sort-of-a prince nymph, maybe a copper-john-alike or a biot-bug; whatever it is, it's versatile!. This is the Universal Nymph by GFF partner Steve Schweitzer.
Oct 20. 2002	Hot melt glue	Epoxy is out! Hotmelt glue is in! When it comes to tying eggs and MOE blanks, this stuff is the new hot way to do it! Let our own Mad Scientist teach you more...
Oct 20. 2002	Advanced Fly Tying	AK Best takes the mundane and examines every detail from every angle
Oct 18. 2002	Brush eyes	Shrimp patterns are always fun to tie. These salt water imitatoins are easy to do and fish well. Martin Joergensen has once again pursued the art of imitating these salt water arthopods - this time utilizing his family's hair brushes! Read the story and find the patterns here.
Oct 18. 2002	Big Mike's streamers	Truly influential fly tyers are rare. Mike Martinek is such a tyer. He has been the initiator and a major contributor to the revival of the American streamers. Read Bob Petti's article about Mike's beautiful, classical streamer patterns.
Oct 18. 2002	Jungle Cock Repair	Prime Jungle Cock necks are rare to come by. Learn how 'upgrade' fishing quality JC necks in this article.
Oct 16. 2002	Bamboo part 5	Harry Boyd teaches us the tools and techniques required to turn strips of bamboo into tapered sections of a fly rod in Part 5 of his continuing series.
Oct 16. 2002	Carrie's Challenge	I have never used a vise; I have never seen anyone tie a fly and noone has ever seen me tie one. I have never read or had any fly tying instructions. Said by Carrie Stevens in a letter to Jospeh Bates. The words of a trailblazer. How fortunate we are to reap the benefits of a road paved by innovators before us, such as Mrs. Stevens.
Oct 15. 2002	Bamboo part 4	Split cane: In the fourth installment of Harry Boyd's series on bulding bamboo fly rods, he describes the tools and processes of binding strips together and then heat-treating them in some sort of oven.
Oct 15. 2002	Edwards' Little Ant	Ant patterns are usually a bit of foam and a chaotic dry fly hackle. But why not tie it more imitative? It's quite easy.
Oct 15. 2002	CZCDNTM	A tube fly is different - a muddler is me - a tube muddler is a perfect choice. Tube muddlers are not unknown to me. I have tied and fished a few in my time, and I like them... so do the fish by the way.
Oct 14. 2002	Grizzly Streamers	GFF co-webmaster Bob Petti coordinated an effort to share Grizzly Streamer Patterns by members of the Streamer List.
Oct 14. 2002	Bamboo part 3	This is the third section of Harry Boyd's continuing bamboo rod course. Here we begin to mold the raw bamboo into something that approaches the shape and form of a fly rod, and the real fun begins. Read more in Part 3 - Staggering Nodes and Rough Planing.
Oct 14. 2002	Small and large flies for sea trout	I highly recommend using small flies for fall fishing for sea trout and rainbows in salt water. The fish have been feeding all summer and can be picky and veeery slow and reluctant to take any fly offered to them.
Oct 13. 2002	Bamboo part 2	Harry Boyd continues his series on the construction of bamboo fly rods with a look at selecting, preparing, and splitting your culms of tonkin bamboo.
Oct 13. 2002	Jim Warner flies	Guest writers Mike Martinek and Chris DelPlato have teamed up to write, the Jim Warner - A New England Classic which hilights the contribution of this well known New Hampshire angler to streamer anglers.
Oct 13. 2002	The Orvis Fly Tying Guide	"Now there are hundreds of fly-tying books in print. Why do we need another one? This is the book I would have wanted when I started." - Tom Rosenbauer
Oct 12. 2002	Bamboo part 1	Harry Boyd tells us "Since Hiram Leonard and the earliest days of fly fishing in our country, the allure of fine spilt bamboo rods has been part of the magic of our sport." Read Harry's introduction to his series of articles on building bamboo fly rods.
Oct 10. 2002	DIY Rod Tubes	You have one extra rod with no sock and rod tube. You've been putting off buying a tube...why don't you just make your own?! With $4.00 and about a 1/2 hour's time, you'll have a DIY rod tube. These won't win beauty contests, but they work just as well as any retail version. Read here how to DIY.
Oct 7. 2002	Sirrus Co-Matrix	"While the mention of modulus does continue to pop up from time to time in advertising, most anglers, and indeed most rod and blank manufacturers, have gotten over their numbers fetish.". Read Bob Petti's review of the excellent and interesting Sirrus Co-Matrix 9' 2pc 6wt.
Oct 1. 2002	The Overlooked Asset	When fly fishing, your prime assets are not the hardware you are using or the new, neat casting style you learned - it is something far less physical.
Oct 1. 2002	10 ways	Improve your fly fishing skills with these 10 simple tips. They’re straightforward and logical, yet many anglers overlook them in their day-to-day fishing.
Oct 1. 2002	The Bjarke	Bjarke is a fly that I primarily designed to make use of these very webby feathers that always seem to be left over on the necks and saddles, when all the 'good' feathers are used.
Sep 24. 2002	The Match Shrimp	Matching the hatch is rarely the item when fishing for sea trout in the ocean. The fish are rarely selective and you're sometimes surprised by which flies they are willing to take. But on a few occasions it can be important to imitate the small animals eaten by the trout.
Sep 24. 2002	Midwest Hatches	Don't be fooled by the title! This hatch chart encompasses 46 different 'hatches' that are applicable to the entire US. It's ready to print out and keep by your tying desk for ready reference (Web, PDF and Excel formats). It's the most complete hatch chart on the net!
Sep 20. 2002	Hoppers with Foam	I'll warn you now; the hopper is my favorite pattern. It's big, I can see it, it's fun to cast and present it with a plop, I have fun tying them and the fish just adore the big, juicy, summer delight.
Sep 16. 2002	The killer fly	How about a fly which has caught tuna in the tropics, salmon and trout in Russia, cod in Denmark and a number og other fish in Global destinations? Claus Bech-Petersen's simple Tinsel Fly is such a fly. Read Claus' article with history, patterns and fishing methods.
Sep 14. 2002	Waddington shanks	Classics in a classic way. These flies may look like something of today, but the concept of Wadington shanks is old as Methusalem. Danish fly tyer Niels Have has converted four classics to effective flies for early salmon and sea trout fishing. See the pictures and patterns.
Sep 1. 2002	Shooting heads	In this article I will try to cover some advantages and disadvantages of the shooting head over the WF line, and I will thoroughly describe the way you can configure a good shooting head system for your rod.
Aug 11. 2002	The Dalby Dribbler	Dalby is a place in Western Sealand often fished by Danish coastal fisher and photographer Mark Vagn Hansen. For one of his trips here, he tied a fly using a couple of brown hackles and an orange hot spot on the back of the hook.
Aug 11. 2002	Mark Vagn Hansen, Denmark	Photographer Mark Vagn Hansen has contributed two patterns:
Aug 10. 2002	Wayne Luallen	Wayne Luallen has a wealth of fly-tying knowledge and experience for all types of flies, from the tiniest imitations to full dressed salmon flies.
Aug 6. 2002	Norm Crisp, AKA The Wiz, USA	Norm Crisp, by some known as the Wiz, is a reknown fly fisher in the online community - especially the mailing lists Flyfish@ (FF@) and Eur-Flyfish@, where he often participates with comments and g
Aug 3. 2002	Paul Slaney, Wales	Paul introduces himeslf like this:
Aug 1. 2002	Bob Petti, GFF partner USA	One of the GFF partners
Jul 23. 2002	Mark Dysinger, USA	I suppose that I'm one of the fortunate few who can honestly say that I've been fishing for as long as I can remember.
Jul 21. 2002	Belize it!	Read web site partner Martin Joergensen's report and see the fantastic pictures from his spring trip to Belize after bonefish, tarpon, barracuda, jacks, snappers, permit - and everything else that swims in these warm, turquoise waters.
Jun 30. 2002	Illustrated knot table	This article is a simple illustrated list of the most useful knots for the fly angler - or any fisherman for that matter.
Jun 1. 2002	The last Fly Fair?	...we hope not! Every second year in May a small Dutch town called Zwolle is invaded by hordes of fly tyers and fly fishers from the whole Globe. This year's show was as good as any - but might be the last of its kind. Read about it and see the pictures in Martin Joergensen's extensive report from
May 30. 2002	Bass Bug Fishing	This small volume is a general overview of the bass bug fly-fishing.
May 24. 2002	QwikCalc	Want to use LeaderCalc but don't have access to MS-Excel? No problem! We at GFF recognize that many of you have been missing out on the extensive capabilities of LeaderCalc in helping you design your own tapered mono leaders.
May 8. 2002	Niels Have, Denmark
May 2. 2002	Salty pike	GFF partner Martin Joergensen has been fishing for pike in the ocean. Did you know that was possible? Yes, pike do go into the ocean - as long as it is brackish enough. And the southern coast of Sweden is.
May 2. 2002	Summer 2002	A few pictures from the fishing of GFF partner Marting Joergensen in the summer of the 2002 season
May 1. 2002	Lamiglas Perigee	In the world of fly fishing in the 21st Century, Lamiglas is making some of the best blanks available to anyone, anywhere, for any price. In this review by GFF Partner Bob Petti we look at the Perigee blank, which is only available to custom rod builders. He concludes: "People like rods made from Perigee blanks simply because they make excellent fishing rods." Read Bob's Review.
May 1. 2002	Irish pike	Dutch Ad Swier is a well known pike fisher, who amongst other things shaped one of Partridge's pike hooks. He has extensive experience with pike, and here is a story and some pictures from a trip of his to Ireland: "A one foot fly amidst the lily pads"
May 1. 2002	Spring 2002	Some pictures taken in Denmark during the early season of 2002. By GFF partner Martin Joergensen
May 1. 2002	Cluster Egg Fly	As you probably know the egg was way earlier than the chicken. This article show you how to make The Cluster Egg Fly (pom-pom eggs) - a very popular type of fly for steelhead and salmon.
Apr 1. 2002	Fly gallery 2002	Just some flies that passed by the table and lens of GFF partner Martin Joergensen. No strings attached, no patterns, just nice to look at.
Apr 1. 2002	Pike fishing	My good friend Asger invited me to go pike fishing on his favorite lake. I accepted, naturally. The days before had been rough and cold, but we were lucky enough to choose the one single day that brought some mild weather and a calm evening and night.