"If I could change one thing in fly fishing, it would be to spend more time with experts from whom I learn constantly. Out there fishing on one’s own in a beautiful venue is fantastic, but fishing with a friend can add so much enjoyment. If the friend is better than you and is a [...]
"What I get out of fly fishing has changed over the years. I believe I’d like to fish more, but maybe because of that, I appreciate it more. Every day out there, every cast, every fish, becomes an experience and a memory to cherish, not a record to collect." Our issue 16 Lifer, former Springbok [...]
"My go-to tigerfish fly when I get to Chobe is a sort of stripped-down Clouser. Rip everything off it. It doesn’t even look like a fly when you are finished with it. It looks like a hook with two eyes, a little bit of red and a little bit of black bucktail. Quite big, super [...]
Most of our readers will know Gordon van der Spuy by now - search 'Fundamental Fly Tying' on this site to see some of his articles that have featured so far. Gord is a proactive fly fisherman and he has just released a fly tying DVD. He strives to make better fly tiers out of all the [...]
By Gordon van der Spuy I dig how things sometimes just happen. A few months ago I was sitting at my pal Nick van Rensburg’s spread; we were babbling about fly fishing and messing around with fly tying equipment. I may be weird that way, I know, but I like the funny side of life [...]
FlyBru and Fanie Visagie (a.k.a., Gordon van der Spuy) recently released the 2nd fly-tying video demonstration of a long series I suspect. Again, Fanie shows some fancy tricks with locally collected, natural fly tying materials, this time displaying amazing multi-tasking skills while tying his "bef@#te" Zonker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4ulOksIb0M
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I really enjoyed watching this FlyBru production of Gordon van der Spuy (Fanie Visagie) tying a popular Western Cape trout fly; Gordon shares some good fly tying tips in this 'tongue in cheek' movie. Rumour has it that the FlyBru team is working on the next Fanie Visagie fly tying demo - we are looking forward to [...]
The FlyBru boys, Nick van Rensburg and Matt Gorlei, doing what they love and do best in life: fishing and filming. Nice guys, I enjoyed this one in particular as it brought back fond memories of my student life in Stellenbosch;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=183&v=h4tFZ3B7PRE PS - check out their website on: www. flybru.wix.com/flybru
The history of the 'GT Ice Cream' surface lure By Barry Wareham from BasilManning lures The first GT Ice Creams were made on a lathe I inherited from my grandfather. I had experimented with many different shapes and sizes, but it was the cone chisel-nose that proved to be very successful. Manufacturing the plugs out of wood [...]
