FEATHERS & FLUORO
SILICONE FLANK JIG
A wide 'side-on' profile provides a big silhouette of a struggling baitfish. Easy pickings for a pike or ambush predator. Yet, getting a wide profile deep quickly without much weight is a challenge. Enter the silicone [...]
HOW TIME (AND TARPON) FLY
Ten years ago I clicked a link that took me to the trailer for a movie that blew my mind. It blew your mind too, if you were around 10 years ago. Daniel Göz and [...]
THE P*RN STAR
From cave art of woolly mammoths to hero shots of trophy fish, we feed off visual story-telling. Without Instagram and the rock star poses, the trophy fish and the Michael Mann montages that sell destinations, [...]
SOLAR ANTS – FLY TYING SBS
"Never again will I be unprepared for an ant hatch" were part my thoughts on the drive home after watching sceptic Clanwilliam yellowfish refuse some of my 'buggy' nymphs over the weekend. The fishing was [...]
DISTRACTIONS – LOCKDOWN EDITION
Day Eleventy-Three. We're heading into week five (we think) of lockdown in South Africa and while we're going just as loopy as anyone else with the cabin fever and the same-sameness of each day, we [...]
THE FLEXPOLE SBS
Having to channel all my fishing desires into fly tying like many others in these strange times I have been honing some pattern ideas for carp. One fish food source that is abundant in most [...]
KIDS FISHING
“Daddy!, Daddy! …… Daddy!” Frustrated Dad “Whaaaat!?” as he tries to fish undisturbed. I’ve witnessed this scenario too often and always thought, I never want to be that kind of Dad even though I admit [...]
THE LITTLE GUY – SCOTT LOWRY
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 [...]
