Fly fishing and more

I decided cut this part from the previous post to make a separate post about the vertical casting stroke, as it really is what every fly fi...

The majority of the people I see casting are holding their upper arm raised slightly up with the lower arm canting away from the body :  sid...

To finish off the weekend a fly with body made of a mix of fox fur and tobacco color dyed seal's fur. The badger hackle with the dark ce...

It was already almost a year ago the DAAFT, a re-grouped bunch of tiers with many with the original DAAFT history, to enjoy a day of tying ...

Here's my buddy Andreas Andersson 's signature fly called the Sid

So these 'food' and beauty & health (🤣) companies are making a mess with plastic waste (packaging). I was wondering how our fly...

As 'small' a country South Africa is in fly fishing, and there aren't many fly fishers around in South Africa I've been told...

Small streams are so much fun, I love them myself. Here's a great video of the Jensens fishing a no name stream in Chile. Probably the ...

The Conover , a favourite Catskill dry fly of the Dettes. I used a mix of muskrat dubbing and dyed red seal's fur for the body. The hac...

Stamp of approval! 🎓 Thanks Mike!

I have been looking for the right shiny blue material to use for the Blue bottle Humpy . I looked at dubbing (like ice dubbing alike) and t...

Visited this famous fly shop in Paris back in 2019. This historic fly shop opened its doors in 1934, which was visited by Charles Ritz and H...

A winged spider fly with some inspiration by the Devils Crook. Spiders can be very simple and effective, but they can be a bit boring to loo...

Art Flick 's favorite fly, the Grey Fox Variant . Tied on a vintage Mustad 94838 size 12

Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum : ‟The Woman Fly Fishers Club commissioned Ed Van Put to come up with a commemorative fly for their ...

Straight barbed hackle, it looks like it's not as obvious as it sounds... Not so straight...

It has been a few very wet days in September

Saying goodbye to the weekend with the Abbey. Originally an old wet fly pattern , this dry fly variant was a favourite of Rube Cross . “The ...

Blue ribbed Red Fox (ribbing is the same shiny material I used for the Blue Bottle Humpy ) Red Quill

A video from the 2020 virtual Catskill Fly Fishing Center Gathering where Hoagy Carmichael demonstrates the historic Garrison rod shop hous...

I love looking up in old maps .  Here are a few interesting close ups of maps from the 1500’s of what we now know as Patagonia.  The story g...