The GBF Articles Page
Your resource for educational articles from fellow GBF members
and prominent angling authors from California and beyond.
| Last update Nov 4, 2022 |
Note that these articles are in pdf format so will download to your computer first,
then may require further action from you to display on your screen. On a PC check the
lower left of your screen then click the “^” symbol for further options.
* On the GBF Short-Line Nymphing reading list
GBF Member Contributors |
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| The Bill Carnazzo Page – The complete works of Bill Carnazzo | |
| The Upper Sac Canyon Trail in 1862 – by Eric Palmer, May 2018 | |
| GBF Basic Fly Recommendations – Various members contributing | |
| * | Ted Towendolly and the Origin of Short-Line Nymphing on the Upper Sac – by Eric Palmer, Oct 2017 |
| The Copper John Fly – by Eric Palmer, Oct 2022 | |
| The Wiggle Tail Fly – by Eric Palmer, Mar 2017 | |
| A Stretch of River East of Town – The San Francisco Fly Caster’s Story, by Eric Palmer, Oct 2015 | |
| The Pheasant Tail Fly – by Eric Palmer, June 2016 | |
| The Woolly Bugger – by Eric Palmer, Nov 2015 | |
| Tenkara Fly fishing – by John Pellegrin, July 2013 | |
| Tenkara Survey 2020 – by John Pellegrin, Oct 2020 | |
| Tenkara & Pesca alla Valsesiana – by John Pellegrin, Jan 2018 | |
| Tenkara & Landing Large Fish – by John Pellegrin, Jan 2018 | |
| Tenkara Information – by John Pellegrin, Feb 2022 | |
| Retrospective on Oni School – by John Pellegrin, Jan 2018 | |
| Tenkara Aerial Mends – by John Pellegrin, Sept 2019 | |
| Investing in Your First Fly Rod – by John Hogg, April 2013 | |
| Rigging for Nymph Fishing with Strike Indicators – by Pete Koistinen, 2013 | |
| Tailing Loops – The Caster’s Dilemma – by John Hogg, 2012 | |
| Demystifying Spey Casting – by John Peterson, 2012 | |
| * | Short-Line Nymphing: Another Perspective – by Bill Carnazzo, 2011 |
| * | Short-Line Nymphing: Technique – by Bill Carnazzo, 2011 |
| Introduction to Fly Lines – by Bill Carnazzo | |
| Introduction to Rigging Fly Lines and Leaders – by John Hogg, 2010 | |
| A day on a Local Salmon Creek – Gary Flanagan, Dec 2004 | |
| The Pleasures of a Fishing Journal – by Jack L. Parker | |
| Fly Fishers are Pack Rats – by Jack L. Parker | |
| Early Season Trout – by Jack L. Parker, 1986 | |
| Developing and Improving Your Double Haul – by John Hogg, 1998 | |
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Other Contributors |
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| The Ralph Cutter page – A collection of works by Ralph Cutter, noted guide, teacher and speaker (ret.) | |
| The Saga of the Klamath River – Dam Removal and Recovery… – by Mark Rockwell, NCCFFI, Jan 2023 | |
| Confessions of a Lazy Fly-Tyer – by John Byron, Tying Times Newsletter, Jan 2017 | |
| The Bill Schaadt Story – by Jack W. Berryman, NORTHWEST Fly Fishing, Fall 2005 | |
| The Turnover Point – by Andrew Harris, California Fly Fisher, June 2004 | |
| Steelhead Fishing California Rivers – by John Norstrand, Fly Fisherman Magazine, Oct. 2012 | |
| * | Nymphing (Short-Line or Czech) – by Lance Egan – Fly Fisherman Magazine, Nov. 2011 |
| * | High Sticking Debunked – by Andrew Harris, California Fly Fisher, June 2010 |
| * | Czech Nymphing – by Pavel Adamovsky, April 2006 |
| Seeing Double – “Dropper Flies and Tandem Rigs”, by Philip Monahan | |
| How to Choose Leaders and Tippets, by John Merwin | |
| Bass Food, by Larry D. Hodge, 2008 | |
| Galloup’s Nymph Rigs, by Kelly Galloup, Fly Fisherman, 2008 | |
| * | Going Deep in the Name of Trout Research, by Kirk Deeter – Field & Stream, Jan. 2007 |
| The North Yuba River, by Ralph Wood, 2007 | |
| Effect of Cutthroat on Truckee River catch rates, by Dave Rice, The Reno Gazette-Journal, 2007 | |
| An Interview of Bill Carnazzo, by Bud Bynack for California Fly Fisher, Apr 2006 | |
| * | As the Cro Flies, origins of vintage Upper Sac flies, by Chip O’Brien, California Fly Fisher, Dec 1996 |
| The Return of the Upper Sac, by Chip O’Brien, California Fly Fisher, June 1994 | |
| Getting into Insects, by Chip O’Brien, California Fly Fisher, May/June 1994 | |
| Truckee hatch chart, by The BigFlyCompany | |
| Truckee hatch chart, by Ralph Cutter | |
| Upper Sac hatch Chart, by Chip O’Brien |
An Andy Guibord photo. Click above image for pdf instructions on Bill’s short-line rig.
The Carnazzo Archives
The complete writings of Bill Carnazzo: Master Fly Tyer, Guide, Author, friend to many. Works spanning 2002 thru 2012.
Click here for more information about Bill.
| * | On the GBF short-line nymphing reading list. See more above. |
| Testament of a Fisherman – by Bill Carnazzo, 2012 | |
| * | Short-Line Nymphing: Another Perspective – by Bill Carnazzo, 2011 |
| * | Short-Line Nymphing: Technique – by Bill Carnazzo, 2011 |
| * | Fall Bounty – the October Caddis – by Bill Carnazzo, California Fly Fisher, 2002 |
| Fly Fishing Etiquette – by Bill Carnazzo, 2011 | |
| Entomology – by Bill Carnazzo, 2008 | |
| The North Yuba River – by Bill Carnazzo | |
| The Upper Sacramento River – by Bill Carnazzo | |
| The Rubicon River – by Bill Carnazzo | |
| Fly Tying | |
| Protecting and Storing Your Fly Tying Materials – by Bill Carnazzo, 2011 | |
| Fly Tying Tips and Tricks – by Bill Carnazzo, 2011 | |
| Tricks, Tips, and Techniques for Fish-Fooling Dry Flies – by Bill Carnazzo, 2004 | |
| Bill’s October Caddis Series – by Bill Carnazzo, Oct 2009 | |