JUTJAW – WISH LIST FISH
Few people know much about jutjaw, a southern African endemic reef species, except for that saltwater recusant, Jimmy Eagleton, who knows how and where to
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SOLDIERS WITH HAMMERS
I visited the Southern Cape a couple of years ago to throw a fly in the salt with good friends Jazz Kuschke and LeRoy Botha,
THE GOLDILOCKS ZONE
While it may be true, most of the time, that there’s nothing new under the sun, when it comes to the solid graphite fly rods
MOHAWK KWAN – STEP-BY-STEP VIDEO
Tied and designed by Jimmy Eagleton. The Mohawk ‘Punk’ Kwan is a fly for sandsharks aka lesser guitarfish on South Africa’s West Coast adapted by
BEARDED CLOUSER
Taking advantage of sharks and rays’ ampullae of Lorenzini, which detect weak electrical fields such as those produced by their prey, Leonard Flemming’s Bearded Clouser
FLY FISHING FOR SANDSHARKS FILM: HOUDINI
Half-shark, half-stingray, the lesser guitarfish (AKA sandsharks/ sandies), are a gem of South Africa’s West Coast, and the ambush-fly angler’s dream come true. In this
PEAK PERFORMANCE
Got a sea ledge or a remote kloof packed with unmolested fish that you want to check out? Before you go swinging off cliffs like
CLIFF HANGERS
Saltwater fly fishing maverick Jimmy Eagleton climbs for a living on offshore oil rigs. So when it comes to accessing hard-to-reach gullies, caves, and cliffs
THE WEST COAST KING
While he sounds (and looks) like a WWE superstar, Jimmy “the Shark Man” Eagleton is one of South Africa’s pioneering saltwater fly fishing anglers, favouring
PATTEX 100%
Glossy, durable, flexible and perfect for fly tying. In Pattex 100% Platon Trakoshis believes he has found the ultimate fly tying glue for building baitfish
