Del Brown, a name synonymous with Permit fishing, is often credited as the man who originally cracked the Permit code. The secret to his success was his Merkin Crab. Del used strands of rug yarn, tied square to the hook shank, trimmed into the body with a very basic addition of feathers for pincers and [...]
Ten years ago I clicked a link that took me to the trailer for a movie that blew my mind. It blew your mind too, if you were around 10 years ago. Daniel Göz and Jan Bach Kristensen set our imaginations on fire and some us down the Google Earth rabbithole, trying to find the place where they caught MASSIVE tarpon from float tubes.
Fly fishing for Black Head Sea Bream on the Doha flats with Fred Davis. A few weeks before 2020 stuck its middle finger at us and the world turned to poo, I walked out onto a sand flat for the first time. It's also very likely that no one has waved a fly rod out [...]
When the new Scott Sectors arrived, I was like a kid in front of the candy shop; 10 minutes before it opens. The trip from Aramex to home was plagued by worse than usual Qatar traffic and I may have ripped the box open on route. By the time I stepped out the lift at [...]
When I opened the box for the Scientific Anglers Amplitude Big Water Taper #12 (BWT) line I got a fright. I figured the line would be thick but this was really thick. But with a 100lb core, you can understand. My next thought was that I was going to have loose some backing. The line [...]
"Nestled in Eastern Central African Republic (CAR) in a war-torn region plagued by instability and deadly ethnic violence, lies a wildlife refuge called Chinko. Despite decades of civil war, intense poaching, illegal grazing and heavily armed herdsmen, remnant populations of key wildlife species have persisted, and vast swaths of wooded savanna and rainforest have remained [...]
I've been using the Nautilus X in size XL since 2015 as my light saltwater reel. It balances out my #8 perfectly for that finesse work in skinny water. I haven't actually given the reel much love in terms of a proper service in the last two years; quietly (and lazily) hoping that the sealed [...]
A few of my flies hanging in OceanSouldiers bar waiting for Chad to take them for a swim! Getting ready for Fiji forced me to clamp some big hooks into the vice. It's been a while since I tied GT flies and I'd forgotten how much I enjoy tying big flies. As always, [...]
The legendary rod builder and president of Scott Fly Rods gives us some personal insight on the new Sector fly rod. I'm a self-admitted Scott fanboy. Ever since I was handed an SAS #8 (a rod that I'm currently rebuilding) in 2001, I've had a love affair with their glass and carbon wands. I've been [...]
Mind surfing, a term that describes the process of imaging a surfer (normally yourself) on a wave. It could be a real wave, a picture, video. Skaters often mind skate too; curbs, rails, gaps - Andre van Wyk is currently doing a lot of this... Andre, mind posing at the CPS conclave thingy (?) [...]
