Del Brown, a name synonymous with Permit fishing, is often credited as the man who originally cracked the Permit code. The secret to his success
I didn’t know how this name popped into my head and decided to give it a google, pre-post. Turns out there was an American Footballer
I’ve been playing with Turneffe proportions and materials the last day or so, particularly hoping to substitute deer hair for spun foam and micro ultra
Steffan had been to Sudan multiple times when I met him there. His Triggerfish fly box was a shock to me -one fly. Various weights
By Gerald Penkler “My flies are all way too big!” After two hard days working the turquoise waters, we had concluded that perhaps the King
A recent trip to Providence Atoll in the far outer reaches of the Seychelles, saw myself and Warwick tying up an absolute storm in the
Every now and then, a truly talented fly tyer comes along. This year is my 25th year behind the vice, and although I can usually
(This is the fourth and final post on Peter Brigg and Ed Herbst’s new book, South African Fishing Flies – available on Amazon.com) The Sand
While riding on the fly tying theme I thought it would be appropriate to introduce our readers to the Federation of Southern African Fly Fishers,
I’m writing this post because 1) it links up with two previous posts (which is also relevant while celebrating South African Fishing Flies); 2) I
I’ve been messing around with Squid Patterns the last couple weeks, mainly focused on GT versions for an upcoming trip in March 2018… But after
The fly boxes are slowly filling up for Sudan, so figured I’d do a few SBS’s. I dont often tie shrimp flies, but the regular
The myth, the legend. The fly that has embarrassed self respecting Alphonse and St Francois Permit for a few seasons now. My first attempts at
Pictures from the man himself. One hell of a yellowtail fly.
The following informative article about catching bluefin trevally around Alphonse Island was published in Africa’s Original Fly Fishing Magazine: Ewan Naude and I had barely
Disclaimer- this is my version of the JAM. It evolves each time I tied it, and is similar to the Jannies version 1348. Hes now
A few people have been on my case about a step-by-step (SBS) article on the Falloon. I am now convinced that it is a great
Getting creative with terrestrial patterns and CDC
The reason for this post is to share the tying demonstration of a fly pattern, as tied by Chris Bladen, with Ewan Naude. Ewan and I will
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
