BLENDING IN
Blending bucktail and fly tying materials of various colours, or even different materials themselves is nothing new in fly tying.
Flies: Salt Water
PREPARING FOR SWO...
Bioluminescence, quite simply means, "living light". Or, in engineering terms, active light, and the deep sea is full of it.
MOHAWK KWAN – STE...
Tied and designed by Jimmy Eagleton. The Mohawk 'Punk' Kwan is a fly for sandsharks aka lesser guitarfish on South
BEARDED CLOUSER
Taking advantage of sharks and rays’ ampullae of Lorenzini, which detect weak electrical fields such as those produced by their
STEP–BY–STEP FLY ...
Ahrex's new Beast Fleye hook, developed with the help of Bob Popovics, is ideal for tying large fleye-style patterns. The
GRUNTER MATH
After getting his PhD in pancakes, refusals and eats, Professor LeRoy Botha runs us through the equations involved in catching
THE CRAFT: THE FE...
This is a short film featuring fly tyer Gordon van der Spuy, aka The Feather Mechanic. In this film by
GRUNTER CLOUSER: ...
As Ewan Naude, our tutor for the Grunter Clouser says “Any fly tyer worth their salt should know how to
CONFESSION, 2023
If I told you that I took a break from grunter fishing this year, and instead trained some big, wild
THE BEAST: STEP-B...
In this step-by-step video Andre van Wyk, frequent cover star of The Mission (see issue 16's goldfish pond, issue 29's