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MILKING THE COW

Like a Pavlovian piscatorial Pepé Le Pew following the scent of a dairy farm and indigenous fish, Leonard Flemming travelled

MONK MODE

Swapping his usual solo, on-foot exploration for a guided skiff at the Palometa Club in Ascension Bay, Peter Coetzee had

TRUE AS BOB

A planned work trip to Eastern Europe got me day dreaming about euro barbel. Gerald Penkler and I gathered some
Håvard Stubø, Markus Lemke and Rolf Nylinder

A CULTURAL EXCHANGE

Over the last week, we have had Scandinavian trio Markus Lemke, Håvard Stubø and Rolf Nylinder in Cape Town, visiting

YELLOWFISH FOCUS

MILKING THE COW

Like a Pavlovian piscatorial Pepé Le Pew following the scent of a dairy farm and indigenous fish, Leonard Flemming travelled
Gordon van der Spuy ant dry fly

LIFE CHANGING ANTS – FLUFF

In an excerpt from his new book, The Feather Mechanic II: Beyond the Pattern, Gordon van der Spuy dives deep into the delicious
the mission wilge river

THE WILGE – HOW TO KILL…

In February 2022, the Wilge River was poisoned by a mass influx of acid mine drainage from an abandoned shaft

THE AIR-HEAD CADDIS BY HERMAN BOTES

The Air-Head Caddis, as originally tied by Gary LaFontaine, mimics an emerging winged caddis. This modified pattern as tied by

FLY TYING

Gordon van der Spuy, The feather mechanic fly tying Para-RAB

STEP-BY-STEP: PARA-RAB 

Fly tying guru Gordon van Der Spuy, aka The Feather Mechanic, walks us through a detailed yet rewarding tutorial of
Grunter Clouser The Mission step by step fly tying

STEP-BY-STEP: GRUNTER CLOUSER

As Ewan Naude, our tutor for the Grunter Clouser says “Any fly tyer worth their salt should know how to
prawn imitation fly

STEP-BY-STEP: STEVE AUSTIN

Conrad Botes, one of the pioneers of fly fishing for blacktail (among other species) on fly in the Western Cape
crayfish fly the mission LeRoy Botha

CONFESSION, 2023

If I told you that I took a break from grunter fishing this year, and instead trained some big, wild

THE BEST PLACES

MILKING THE COW

Like a Pavlovian piscatorial Pepé Le Pew following the scent of a dairy farm and indigenous fish, Leonard Flemming travelled

MONK MODE

Swapping his usual solo, on-foot exploration for a guided skiff at the Palometa Club in Ascension Bay, Peter Coetzee had

TRUE AS BOB

A planned work trip to Eastern Europe got me day dreaming about euro barbel. Gerald Penkler and I gathered some
fly fishing Norway

CABIN FEVER

Between a Wild Coast rewilding in South Africa and his time spent standing in magnificent rivers for days on end

FLY FISHING EXTRAS

WISH LIST GUIDE PT. II: FLY…

‘Tis the season to be thinking about what we want for Christmas, both in the real world and in that

WISH LIST GUIDE PT. III: FLY…

‘Tis the season to be thinking about what we want for Christmas, both in the real world and in that

WISH LIST GUIDE PT. I: FLY…

‘Tis the season to be thinking about what we want for Christmas, both in the real world and in that
Håvard Stubø, Markus Lemke and Rolf Nylinder

A CULTURAL EXCHANGE

Over the last week, we have had Scandinavian trio Markus Lemke, Håvard Stubø and Rolf Nylinder in Cape Town, visiting

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