Colour can be a trigger too. Mostly HOT colours are a bad idea. But sometimes they are a very good idea.

Very nice! The variations are interesting. I often think we go fishing to develop flies. Constantly tweaking and sharpening our “toolbox”. But I sometimes wonder if our flytying is like our handwriting/art work. Certainly my flies look like something I’ve scrawled across the paper. Messy and often i...

Hi Lou, I would expect to maybe go softer. I wouldn’t go heavier. But hopefully skill eclipses muscle loss. And of course we can help postpone this by physical exercise (weights, Z2 and yoga). I’m not sure when this happens but mid 70s/80s I think in general. But one of my friends is 74 and you’d th...

Hi John, To my knowledge you’ll need to buy Chinese. https://www.colindesignflyfishing.com/pages/custom-fly-line I know this guy, Colin. Lines are ok. Not SA standard. But I’ve tried them and they are functional. The lines he sent me were true to weight and he even sent me a DT sinking line. General...

My first fly box… There were 8 sides packed wall to wall

My current fly box… Out of which I fish two flies (because there are two species of fish here )

Fly fishing is a process of elimination!!!

Cheers, Paul

That’s certainly very weird Bendix. Fortunately I don’t see those posts. Maybe they all want to be extraordinary fly tying geniuses

Saltwater fish are generally less fussy. Clousers in various sizes, a crab pattern and a popper and you have most of it covered. The importance of fly pattern is definitely overrated. Putting the fly in the right place seems to be the most important thing, how it’s fished and presented. Whether the ...

I actually think most of it is bollocks. If it’s small and brown and looks crippled the fish will eat it.

Haha

I thought shootingheads was one word in Viking-land?