Recent comments

Olle,

Olle,

GFF has until recently resided on the development server that I use for my work. This is a physical server hosted in a server camp in Denmark.

I'm currently debating with the host about a bill, which is so extreme that it almost makes no sense. Traffic on the server over the summer is supposed to amount to almost 4000 USD! We have discussed such issues before, and I have had a refund before, but this time they stick to theirs. GFF is (was) by far the largest site on the server, but as you can see below, way from a traffic number that should give such bills. We usually pay a couple of hundred dollars a month for the service, which is OK - and deductible in my business. I can deduct th 4000.- too, but it would still hurt to pay!

We have since moved GFF to an almost unlimited bandwidth web host, which charges way less per month.

Traffic for GFF is quite hefty for a non-commercial site. We move about 200 Gb per month in traffic - far most of it outgoing of course. The site takes up about 7 Gb of disk space. The host seems to want us to pay for traffic in the 6-700 Gb range for several months. Their stats say so - our stats say something different.

So it's their tech against ours. We can't see where the traffic leak is. They trust their numbers. I probably have to cough up the money in the end, since I have no finite way of proving them wrong.

GFF is now on a server, which costs way less than this (WAY!), and I have no problems paying for that. But I will surely miss my 4000 USD if I end up paying them. Talk about fly fishing being an expensive hobby!

So it goes.

Martin

A trick you can use

A trick you can use with thick stems is to mash them down with a pair of flat pliers. Going up and down the thick portion of the stem will break the inner part of the stem down and make it much more pliable. This will make a whole range of feathers easier to work with. Better and more available than goose shoulders are turkey flats. They are everywhere and when stripped, bleached, and mashed you get a very good hackle to wind.

Probably the oldest

Probably the oldest angling club in SA was the Rand Piscatorial Society which was formed in 1911.

Otherwise a very good article. I was fishing the fly for yellows ca 1970

Hi martin could you post some

Hi martin could you post some numbers about GFF like size and bandwith use etc. It sounds very strange to me too hear the costs you just posted, not that i doubt you but out of curiosity. If you don t want to you dont have t offcourse.

Maybe someone knows a good cheaper solution.

Kasper,

Great!

Kasper,

Great!

rgds

Rolandas

when my Kenny Abrames RLS hackles are gone...

Whitting Eurohackles will work...
here's a DualTube before being cut back...
some epoxy body work and you've got a DualTubeBallyhoo...
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Wow!!
Great article

Wow!!
Great article and great photos!!

Congratulations!!

Glenn, as always! (Top Notch!)

Ann

Hi Martin,

Hi Martin,

I agree with the previous comments, this is such a great site, so many of us spend many educational and entertaining hours on this site, so I see nothing wrong with a "donate here" button.

Secondly with advertising, again personally i would have no problem with seeing adds ( Fly-fishing related, and carefully screened) on this site, with the amount of traffic the site generates I can imagine that a few companies would show interest. And if the site ends up making a profit....then so what.... if you really would feel bad about making money off the site, than perhaps future GFF summits can be subsidised :-) .

How about setting up a poll on the Home page, to get a feeling of how many of us support the idee of donating and adds.

Keep up the good work,

Regards,

Ruan,

If you write me a ma

If you write me a mail I'll explain how we get our bamboo to Europe

Martin,

Martin,

lets see what we have in the end of the day (i mean what sum). And, yes, please develop the possibilitie to support this site if there is no way to wave the costs...

I hope flyfishing comunity will be generous

rgds

Command approved...

[quote:bf3cdc1a38]I must admit that lately both ads, sponsorships and donations have been on my mind more than once. [/quote:bf3cdc1a38]

I think, wholeheartedly, you should proceed with this idea.

Everyone is allowed to change minds at some point and choose a new direction. That's development. No one will hang you out to dry.

Only my opinion.

Regards
Ripley

Yes, it costs

Rolandas,

There was no hidden message in my blog posts about GFF having to move server. I'm right now battling our previous host over a couple of invoices in the heavy end. They seem to mean that we have used on the wrong side of 3500 USD of their services during October!. It's the second time since May we had this dispute.

Even though GFF is a large site, which draws several hundred Gigabyte per month, there should be no way that we could reach such a number. GFF is a costly "hobby", but since the site has until now run on the development server that I use for my paid work, I have been able to deduct the expenses. But 3500 USD several times over is simply crazy!

We haven't managed to settle yet, and the bill is still there, so a generous millionaire would sure be a nice thing if you know one. ;-)

We have always said no money involved, when we talked GFF, but I must admit that lately both ads, sponsorships and donations have been on my mind more than once.

Martin

Hi Dances-With-Trout

Hi Dances-With-Trout -

ummm...errr...yeah, it will work for bonefish! (wink, wink!) How about next August you and I fish some Mexico flats together, you with the Tabou Caddis, and me with a Crazy Charlie or something. Least fish buys :)

Hi Jan,
Greetings f

Hi Jan,
Greetings from BC Canada. Thank you for your thorough plans and detailed commentary on your fly tying bench. I've nearly completed my bench! I decided to make the melamine base nearly 36" wide, and will be lining the perimeter with brass corner moulding. Thank you for taking the time to post your plans. "Tight lines" -a-

I will be visiting t

I will be visiting the island of Oland this July and want to know where the closest place to catch sea trout will be. or if it even possible this time of the year.

I love your tying ar

I love your tying articles and sequencing the links in your enlarged photo steps is a great technique and very helpful. Thank you!
I've searched the internet for the rubber "turbo-style" cones without success. Can you suggest a source for them?

Hi Richard,

Glad

Hi Richard,

Glad your son got his first trout on the midge. Don't be scared to tie them larger and fish them during mayfly hatches. I recently caught some mullet using a white version of the pattern with the hivis post.

Regards,
Darryl

For tonkin sources t

For tonkin sources try:
Andy Royer www dot bamboobroker dot com
Demarests www dot tonkincane dot com/
or go to www dot bamboorodmaking dot com
or join the bamboo rodmakers list smtp dot goldrush dot com/mailman/listinfo/rodmakers -
the rodmakers liusts has people on most copuntries and they will point you all in the direction of a source if Andy or Eileen can't help you
(if you're in the Us also try www dot goldenwitch dot com)

no financial interest etc etc

Harry,
Is there a t

Harry,
Is there a tonkin supplier in Serbia or Bosnia?
Tnx

Being a fly fisher f

Being a fly fisher for over 40 yrs. I have loaned my copies [2] to new folks to the sport. With the understanding that I wont stand for soiled or dog eared books returned. good training for the care of their own library .

Is this a good fly f

Is this a good fly for bonefish and tarpon?

Magnus, True enou

Magnus,

True enough that Norling and Frödin are the fathers of this style, but honestly - Sweden or Scandinavia... to us (to you) it might be a big deal, but to the rest of the world we're just a bunch of countries in the northern end of Europe.

We at GFF usually refer to Scandinavia as a whole, Scandinavian coastal fishing (actually Danish), Scandinavian tube flies (actually Swedish), Scandinavian two hand casting (actually Swedish). We're an international site, and we don't care much about these borders, hope you don't mind.

Martin

Calling this style o

Calling this style of pattern "Scandinavian" is like calling the seatrout fly Magnus "Scandinavian" and not Danish. This style was originated from Sweden, Håkan Norling and Mikael Frödin. It should be called the "Swedish" style.

Donald,

Check out

Donald,

Check out Ole Willers' series Build a Rod. He has a whole article on placing guides and wrapping them.

Martin