Badass blades with reclaimed skateboard deck handles, made by a fly fisherman in Cape Town, South Africa. What’s not to like? Meet Scott Lowry, our Little Guy profile from issue 20. Who are you and what do you do? My name is Scott Lowry and along with my dad, I custom make a range of [...]
Manually spooling 300m of backing off and back onto a fly reel after every saltwater trip is painful. But essential to prevent corrosion. A fence wire spooler and a cordless drill offers an easy solution. Fencing spools come in a variety of diameters. This 30 cm version gives you almost a meter per crank [...]
April 2005 I was fortunate, along with my late old man, to wrangle our way on to the first FlyCastaway "PAYDIRT" trip... 14 Anglers, 2 Guides... 2 weeks, two Seychelles outer Atolls which at that stage had virtually never been fished.. or if they had, it was VERY little... Cosmoledo for a week, and then [...]
When Frontier Fly Fishing brought out a bunch of new rods from their in-house brand Horizon, we stuck our hands up to conduct some long-term reviews. There was definitely an element of nostalgia behind such a magnanimous display of selfless volunteerism. Many of us still have or have had Horizons. It’s been around a while [...]
Everyone should be well aware that carp on fly is now entering that ‘booming’ phase - that exponential growth phase in popularity when most trout anglers discover just how nice and challenging it is to catch something else on fly, like tarpon...While reading up on the carp fishing history in our country I realised that [...]
I recently bought a spey rod, not for searuns, steelhead or salmon, but for carp on fly...You see I live in South Africa and we can cast across most of our trout streams with a 3 wt (and we don't have any searuns, steelhead or salmon). While I'll definitely also be hurling flies into the [...]
Check out our selection of the clips, videos and films that you could (and should) be watching right now online. Most fly-fishing edits these days combine exotic scenery with some tackling up and casting action... Climaxed by the obligatory grip-n-grin. These (mostly) are not like that. They aren't all fishing clips either and all focus [...]
I’ve been using the Smith ChromaPop Caravan since December 2019. Here are some mid-term thoughts In short Exceptional detail and contrast pop from the ChromaPop lens Lens-change mechanism is fuss free and can be done on the water Fit is snug and comfortable Frame styling means you can wear off the water too Some background [...]
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 [...]
Tired of flies falling around in your foam fly box? I definitely was (especially after losing plenty flies carrying cheap polystyrene boxes in my pocket) until I got handed the Ripplebox. Sceptic as always about new products and new concepts, like the silicone 'ripple' keeping flies in place in this new UK designed and manufactured [...]
