In this final instalment preceding a trip to Alphonse and St Francois atolls in the Seychelles, I’d like to elaborate on my thoughts about suitable knots for fishing tropical flats. Although I’ve been tying nylon to hooks for a very long time now and have my personal preferences to the type of knot I use [...]
After chatting to a few chaps that have been to Alphonse recently, and also after watching the Pillow Talk fly tying demo presented by Wayne Haselau (in which case he emphasised tying bonefish flies on a #8 hook) I realised that the fish responded better to smaller and more natural patterns compared to the flies [...]
The reason for this post is to share the tying demonstration of a fly pattern, as tied by Chris Bladen, with Ewan Naude. Ewan and I will be fishing the Seychelles in a few week's time and the rat race to get hold of as much info about the place as possible has started. Chris' Tan Clouser worked well for [...]
Arriving at The Labia Theatre (yes, the name may raise an eyebrow!) was quite something. The primiere of the much anticipated 7 Degrees South fly fishing movie had brought together an eclectic group of fishy people. And the turnout was awesome! Drinks, snacks and fish talk prevailed as friends, old and new, shared a stories and [...]
