by Courtney Field | Aug 21, 2015 | Flies, Saltwater Fly Fishing
Hot Flash Minnow – Best Fly Fishing Flies The Hot Flash Minnow is an excellent saltwater streamer, wet fly and lure fly. These flies are very successful and have proven their consistency and worth all around the World, and South African waters are no exception....
by Courtney Field | Aug 21, 2015 | Flies, Saltwater Fly Fishing
Saltwater Popper – Best Fly Fishing Flies The Saltwater Popper fly is fly fishing’s version of the open faced popper. A lure that has claimed many saltwater fish species in it’s time. The Saltwater Popper is a generic term for different patterns and...
by Courtney Field | Aug 21, 2015 | Flies, Saltwater Fly Fishing
Surf Candy – Best Fly Fishing Flies The Surf Candy fly is an excellent saltwater fly pattern, which acts as a streamer or lure-type fly. The Surf Candy is a small baitfish imitation, that mimics general fish species such as Mullet or Glassies. This saltwater fly...
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 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 15, 2015 | Flies
White Wulff – Best Fly Fishing Flies The White Wulff is an adaptation from Lee Wulff’s famous pattern, the Royal Wulff. This dry fly differs by being completely white, with some tan, black or brown hackle being used in the wing. The White Wulff is one of...
by Courtney Field | Jul 15, 2015 | Flies
Stimulator – Best Fly Fishing Flies The Stimulator is one of the most diverse and effective dry flies you could use as a fly fisherman on South African waters. It is a large, high floating dry that has a low wing profile. The Stimulator is such a good fly...
by Courtney Field | Jul 14, 2015 | Flies
Flipper – Best Fly Fishing Flies The Flipper fly was first tied in South Africa, and is effectively a top-water fly or a popper. The Flipper imitates a wounded baitfish struggling on the surface. The Flipper is often used as an attractor with a smaller fly...
by Courtney Field | Jul 14, 2015 | Flies
Lefty’s Deceiver – Best Fly Fishing Flies The Deceiver fly, or as we know it, the Lefty’s Deceiver, was first tied by World renowned saltwater fly fisherman Lefty Kreh in the 1950’s, who also “invented” the Clouser Minnow, is a...
