It’s been a while since I’ve been fishing for an Eastern Cape Stillwater troot but a recent trip to the land of milk and honey for a family event got me thinking back to the glory days. The Stormberg and Winterberg are particularly special places to me and these high-altitude waters, which are often large [...]
Deadly on stillwaters, but essential in pretty much any freshwater fly box, the Skinny Damsel also covers many essential fly tying techniques and tips. In this quick video, Gordon van der Spuy, aka The Feather Mechanic, shows us how to tie the Skinny Damsel. For more on this pattern and other brilliant fly tying advice, [...]
I remember standing on the dam wall at Thrift, my eyes shifting to and fro between two things. One, a large trout milling over weed beds less than a cast away from me, and two, my mate Kyle bobbing about on his kick boat in the distance. Kyle was too far off for me to [...]
