"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 [...]
The Vice Squad evenings (initiated by Tudor Caradoc-Davies) at the Cape Piscatorial Society clubroom is taking off and the last event (and second one hosted at this venue) was so well attended (approx. 35 people) that the room was close to getting sardine-packed with eager beaver fly anglers of all sorts (iconic fly guys, freshwater and saltwater [...]
