A QUICK-SIGHT FRESHWATER CRAB
Inspired by random conversations I had today with good friends LeRoy Botha, Myburgh van Zyl and Jade Dos Santos revolving around carp and flies, I
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CARP FLY PREPARATIONS
Spring is on its way, and so too are the opportunities to sight fish for tailing and cruising carp in the rivers and dams around
ED’S HOPPER – STEP-BY-STEP FLY TYING
As with most things in fly tying, you can make hoppers as complicated and layered as you like… Or, you can keep things really simple
CARP NOT CRAP
While camping on the seemingly featureless middle reaches of the Breede River, I quite literally stumbled, through bushes and over boulders, onto a heavenly stretch
SPRING MISSIONS
Springtime is associated with great fishing, well at least almost everywhere across southern Africa. The months of September and October are some of THE best
FLY FISHING SHORT FILMS – SEPTEMBER ’23
We’re on the cusp of summer in the Southern hemisphere, with days of plenty ahead of us yet. As you prep your clobber for long
CONFESSION, 2023
If I told you that I took a break from grunter fishing this year, and instead trained some big, wild river carp to eat bread
CONCRETE IS HARD, SO ARE CARP
David Gravette has been a professional skater since he was 17. Skating has taken him around the world, and at age thirty-five, has given him more than his fair share of injuries—earning him the nickname “Captain Dislocate.” Over the course of his injuries Dave picked up fly fishing, which has become a pursuit that allows him to focus when he can’t skate, and a way for him to express his creativity.
GOMPHID FEEDERS
We found carp actively feeding with their backs sticking out of the water on shallow sand banks in a crystal clear river section. Initially I
THEORY IN PRACTICE
So I’ve been dreaming about a yellowfish fly fishing mission to the tropical parts of Africa for some time now, where – as Ed Truter
