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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

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

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 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

STEP-BY-STEP: PARA-RABÂ
Fly tying guru Gordon van Der Spuy, aka The Feather Mechanic, walks us through a detailed yet rewarding tutorial of

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

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

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

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

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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