by Courtney Field | Jul 27, 2015 | Fishing People, Fly Fishing Articles
My First Fly Fishing Experience By Adrian Pearce Cold. All I could focus on was the cold. When they said you’re going to need gloves, I didn’t take them seriously. But with my fingers shaking uncontrollably, their words hit home quite strongly. There I stood, on the...
by Courtney Field | Jul 27, 2015 | Fishing Locations, Fly Fishing Articles, Fly Fishing Reports
Fly Fishing The Red Rock River In The USA September 8, 1992 Patty and I were up earlier (6.30 breakfast ) for the 1 1/2hrs ride to Red Rock a private stretch of spring creek water in which there are very large fish – saw photo’s last night of 2 8 lb fish being...
by Courtney Field | Jul 27, 2015 | Fishing People, Fly Fishing Articles
Fly Fishing With Bill Saunders The day started off bright and sunny, but before fishing, we had had cold wind, hail, and heavy rain and snow deposited itself upon the surrounding mountains. Bill picked me up at 10am and we drove 30 miles upstream to Lyons Bridge where...
by Courtney Field | Jul 27, 2015 | Fishing Locations, Fly Fishing Articles, Fly Fishing Reports
Ceres Valley Fly Fishing Ceres River Fly Fishing Part One Another beautiful river in magnificent surroundings on a wonderfully sunny November day. Jan van Huyssteen , Tony Biggs and I fished from about 09.00 to 13.00 and covered about 1 1/2 kms of river –...
by Courtney Field | Jul 27, 2015 | Fly Fishing Articles
South African Fly Fishing Fly Fishing In South Africa: All You Need To Know Fly fishing is one of the biggest forms of freshwater angling in South Africa and is practiced by many fly enthusiasts and novice anglers. It is arguably the most relaxing form of freshwater...
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...
by Courtney Field | Jul 21, 2015 | Flies
Gully Fly – Best Fly Fishing Flies The Gully Fly is a revelation if you are a saltwater fish species orientated fly fisherman. This little pearl white fly imitates a variety of organisms and crustaceans that live in saltwater, the surf zone, brackish areas,...
by Courtney Field | Jul 21, 2015 | Flies
Zonker – Best Fly Fishing Flies The Zonker is a revolutionary streamer and wet fly that can catch nearly any aggressive fish species you could imagine hooking on fly, whether it is a freshwater fish or a saltwater fish, the Zonker is a great way to attract these...
