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 | Aug 14, 2015 | Fly Fishing Articles, Freshwater Fly Fishing, Tutorials
How To Catch Rainbow Trout In Spring Season In South Africa? Trout in Spring can be a bit challenging, and a lot of factors effect this. The fact that they could be in their spawning transition stage, rainfall levels and wind. So all the spawning has stopped, the...
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 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 | 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...
