the mission fly tying Gordon van der Spuy

STEP-BY-STEP: EAS...

In this step-by-step video Gordon van der Spuy, A.K.A. The Feather Mechanic, ties the Easy Peasy Ant. This pattern features

PRINT IS NOT DEAD...

Digging up old fly-tying books I never thought I’d ‘use’ to tie my first-ever trout flies. I’m a competitive bastard.
Invasive red swamp crayfish

THE INVASIVE RED ...

Those of you who read every inch of The Mission magazine would have seen the piece on the invasive Red

THE AIR-HEAD CADD...

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

CHAMOIS DRIES

Besides snowshoe making its regular appearance in fly posts on social media, we also spotted beautiful, buggy caddis flies tied

BEETLE MANIA R...

Beetles are fascinating creatures. They have been a favourite since childhood with Rhino beetles the size of two thumbs popping

THE CRAFT ”...

A very cool short featuring The Feather Mechanic, Gordon van der Spuy, sharing a few thoughts on his fly tying

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