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The ultimate flats boots
So there has been a lot of interest in these boots since I posted how awesome they performed. You would think that when designing flats boots, weight would be the #1 factor. And grip. So it still...
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What kind of knife would you take to that gun fight?
Admit it, you’ve thought about it. A grander on the fly. Now im no fan of that flat out reverse action, but the bragging rights of a grander on the long rod would certain help the self esteem while...
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Experimenting with silicone claws
There is one thing that I hate about my semi realistic crabs… The claws. If you look at any crab, the most prominent feature behind the shape is the claws. Ive been happiest with trimmed feather...
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*Off topic warning – The maker generation.
So I harp on a lot about the East and its awesome craftsmen. The off topic video of the day is about Neon sign making in Hong Kong. Awesome. Conrad and I had a chat recently about the maker...
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An old friend
Conrad and I went to visit an old spot of mine over the weekend. Its a place I spent every weekend for almost an entire year, may years ago. Its where I caught my first Grunter, Kob, and also the...
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The Paleoart of Julius Csotonyi
This just popped up on my Wired mag feed. - Give me your marbles! A tigerwhite, with some tame looking woodpeckerseagulls Note the Leerfishocanth, and um, some standard Ragged tooth sharks
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New Ties
Two good mates of mine are off on different trips. Ewan Naude is off to the Ecape for some estuary and surf action and Conrad Botes is off to Exmouth… A fly for each. Sand/Mud Prawn for the e-cape...
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Lizzy Belle
If you like solitude you’ll love this. The kind of simplicity many of us yearn for. The story of Lizzy Belle. “28 feet- life on a little wooden boat”.
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A grunter savant
It started with a rumour. A call later my mind was blown. Ian Kitching was his name, and he’d caught close on 20 grunter in two days. That doesn’t happen. Not in the Garden Route. I had to go and...
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A reel for war.
It was the night before the final charter to Farquhar when Ryan Hammond reached into his tackle bag. “You want to see something cool?” I wasn’t expecting a prototype reel, I can tell you that much. It...
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The pic dump gets weird
I knew this day would come… i would run out of ideas for the pic dump. So I decided to play the Ridiculousness game and just google random words combined with the word fish. Here are the results: Dog...
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lessons from the bone yard
When I saw it for the first time it immediately reminded me of the Elephant Graveyard in The Lion King, but my fear was very different to Simbas. How the hell was I going to present to a fish in...
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Jimmys Raccoon
Jimmy Eagleton is the sand shark king. His flies have evolved over years and years, however the first fly he gave me years ago has been my go-to fly for a long time. It doesn’t really have a name...
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Icast so far
Icast 2014 is going on at the moment, heres some cool little bits leaked on social media. Finally a new Salty stick from Scott Fly Rods! Awesome price too. Now for that s5s….. “live target” lure...
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Do you even crab???
Crab legs. You wont believe how much of my fly tying life has been spent wrestling elastic and other materials trying to get the perfect leg. Ive never been satisfied. Knotting gives me the wrong...
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