SCIENCE BRU: GET AMPED – HOW TO AMPLIFY RATTLES IN YOUR FLIES
How to amplify rattles in your flies. Now, embedding rattles into flies is nothing new. Borrowed from the booming clink-clank of art lures, tyers have
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THE FOUR FLY-TYING TOOLS YOU NEVER KNEW YOU NEEDED (BUT REALLY WANT)
This list is ever-evolving and will never be the same for everyone. This is my little lust list at the moment: Pasta Cutter I’m in
Abel Drag Quick Fix
By Gerald Penkler Abel reels have rightfully earned their reputation as reliably solid and bombproof. Dunk, drop, sand bathe day in and day out and
Sudan prep & Fly hack – keel crabs & sticks like SH!T
A few months ago Jimmy and I fished a session at strand and he gave me one of his DMAs. His flies are always an
Fly Hacks – Robbing the Vanity
I made my usual Wednesday night Beer and Cigarettes visit to my good buddy Warwicks last night… Warrels as he’s known to many ( and
Fly Hacks: Googly Eyes
By Gerald Penkler Eyes on flies look terrific, at least to the angler. I am convinced fish prefer them, but have no evidence to support.
Fly Hacks – Benzine Fingers
Continuing on the finger theme… this is to protect your fingers from immersion in Benzine and the wire brush (when cleaning screws etc before coating
Fly Hacks – Flexi Fingers
Strip-striking large predatory fish is hard on your skin, especially when the fish, such as trevally and large tigerfish, bolt off into the opposite direction at pace,
Fly Hacks – Seal Your Reel
Hardy is making some phenomenal tackle at the moment, and my curiosity of the Fortuna drag soon lead me down the dreaded sealed drag teardown
Fly Hacks – Tidy Leaders
Maxima. I love everything about the stuff, bar the crap plastic spools that it comes on. I feel like I spend my life untangling these things.
