by Courtney Field | Aug 21, 2015 | Flies, Freshwater Fly Fishing, Yellowfish
Top 10 Flies For Yellowfish Season What Flies To Use For Yellowfish During Spring & Summer? There are so many flies for Yellowfish, and it can be a daunting task for any fly fisherman when setting out on an early season trip to one of the many freshwater venues...
by Courtney Field | Aug 12, 2015 | Flies, Tackle
Fly Fishing Hooks, Sizes & Info You Should Know After hundreds of years there is not system for determining the size of fly fishing hooks. In other words what you think is a size 14 trout hook I might believe is a size 12 and yet we continue to see trout hook...
by Courtney Field | Jul 22, 2015 | Fishing People, Flies
BBB – Best Fly Fishing Flies The BBB – the Babich Barbel Bugger – is a revelation of a fly for targeting the African Sharptooth Catfish, more commonly known as the Barbel, originally tied by Terrence James Babich. Terry Babich is one of the most well...
by Courtney Field | Jul 22, 2015 | Flies
Carp Fritz – Best Fly Fishing Flies The Carp Fritz pattern we are discussing here belongs to the legendary South African fly fisherman, Sean Mills. This man has been pursuing Carp on fly for a long time now, since the 1990’s in fact, and has caught...
by Courtney Field | Jul 22, 2015 | Flies
Zulu Fly – Best Fly Fishing Flies The Zulu Fly, also known as the Black Zulu, is a traditional soft hackle wet fly that has lost it’s origins through the years, but here at Fish The Fly we believe it was originally tied in the United Kingdom, either...
by Courtney Field | Jul 22, 2015 | Flies
Mantis Shrimp – Best Fly Fishing Flies The Mantis Shrimp fly is a generic pattern tied in many different sizes, many different colours and many different forms. In short, it is a saltwater fly that imitates prawns or shrimp, depending on how you fish it. You...
by Courtney Field | Jul 22, 2015 | Flies
Red Eyed Damsel – Best Fly Fishing Flies The Red Eyed Damsel is a South African wet fly that was invented by Hugh Huntley and was made to mimic the abundant Damsel fly nymphs that occur in many of South Africa’s waters in the Spring and Summer months. The...
by Courtney Field | Jul 22, 2015 | Flies
Mrs Simpson – Best Fly Fishing Flies The Mrs Simpson is another traditional wet fly pattern, that is known as a streamer or a killer. This fly has many originators and it is hard to say who actually came up with the fly. One thing everyone agrees upon is the...
by Courtney Field | Jul 22, 2015 | Flies
Walkers Killer – Best Fly Fishing Flies The Walkers Killer is probably one of the most well known and popular traditional wet flies in South Africa. This streamer pattern is an attractor and also imitates dragon fly nymphs and larvae, amongst other nymphs. The...
by Courtney Field | Jul 21, 2015 | Flies
Brush Fly – Best Fly Fishing Flies The Brush Fly is one of those bait fish patterns out there that is not fished as much as it should be. One of the reasons for this is possibly the lack of information out there regarding this fly. That stumps us a bit here at...