FLY TYING – Sand Shrimp – TUTORIAL
This could easily become my favourite shrimp of 2019! Just wait till you see it in the water… SO fishy!
Category: Gear Reviews and information regarding fly fishing gear, rods, reels, line, flies, etc.
Foam Beetle
The Foam Beetle is a pattern tied mostly from artificial materials made to represent a – well small beetle. The variety in different colours that you can get the beetle in does not really matter as the fish only see a silhouette from the bottom. This fly is fished on…
DDD
Originally tied by Tom Sutcliffe using deer hair with the intent of imitating a beetle, the DDD was eventually tied using nothing but Klipspringer for the tail, body and collar. This came about through a couple of Tom’s friends playing around with the pattern, namly Hugh Huntley and Bill Duckworth;…
Dave’s Hopper
This Dave’s Hopper pattern is a mid summer to late summer pattern. The Dave’s Hopper pattern is credited to Dave Whitlock who combined elements of the Muddler Minnow and Joe’s Hopper patterns to make his new creation. This fly is designed to ride low in the film and you will…
RAB
Apart from the DDD, the RAB is South Africa’s most loved dry fly. It was invented by Tony Biggs around the 70’s or 80’s and has taken countless fish on the Cape Streams over the years. Now, the concept of the fly is by no means new as people have…
Most Popular Flies In South Africa
A small collection of the most popular flies used in South Africa, no angler should be without these in their fly box. Flies to add: Dragon and Damselfly nymphs, Midge Pupa
Galloup’s Warbird – Brown / Yellow
Yet again, Kelly redefines something and makes it his own….in a really good way! He’s taken a wooly bugger, tweaked some coloration and strategically added some rubber legs. This fly creates a profile and action in the water that a standard bugger doesn’t. We use these on trout of course…
Galloup’s Warbird – Black
Yet again, Kelly redefines something and makes it his own….in a really good way! He’s taken a wooly bugger, tweaked some coloration and strategically added some rubber legs. This fly creates a profile and action in the water that a standard bugger doesn’t. We use these on trout of course…
Steelhead Bugger
The Steelhead Bugger is a slight variation on a Wooly Bugger that comes from legendary Michigan Steelhead guide Ray Schmidt. It’s of course a “go-to” fly for many as most anything will eat a bugger, including steelhead. A staple steelhead fly to have in your box no matter where you…
Fish Skull Sculpin Bugger – Olive / Green
The Fish Skull Sculpin Bugger is a heavily weighted and highly effective variation of the traditional Woolly Bugger. A Fish Skull Sculpin helmet up front turns a bugger into a hybrid sculpin pattern. These come to us from the folks at Flymen Fishing Company and are designed by Martin Bawden…
Fish Skull Sculpin Bugger – Brown
The Fish Skull Sculpin Bugger is a heavily weighted and highly effective variation of the traditional Woolly Bugger. A Fish Skull Sculpin helmet up front turns a bugger into a hybrid sculpin pattern. These come to us from the folks at Flymen Fishing Company and are designed by Martin Bawden…
Fish Skull Sculpin Bugger – Black
The Fish Skull Sculpin Bugger is a heavily weighted and highly effective variation of the traditional Woolly Bugger. A Fish Skull Sculpin helmet up front turns a bugger into a hybrid sculpin pattern. These come to us from the folks at Flymen Fishing Company and are designed by Martin Bawden…
Bug Eyed Bugger – Olive
The Bug Eyed Bugger is one of the coolest little streamers to come along in years. It is an articulated fly with the head tied on a short shank and the remainder of the body tied on a stout #2 hook. This thing has a really cool action in the…
Bug Eyed Bugger – Black
The Bug Eyed Bugger is one of the coolest little streamers to come along in years. It is an articulated fly with the head tied on a short shank and the remainder of the body tied on a stout #2 hook. This thing has a really cool action in the…
Bug Eyed Bugger – Yellow/Brown
The Bug Eyed Bugger is one of the coolest little streamers to come along in years. It is an articulated fly with the head tied on a short shank and the remainder of the body tied on a stout #2 hook. This thing has a really cool action in the…
Galloup’s Cactus Wooly Sculpin – Tan/White
Galloup’s Wooly Sculpin here in the Cactus version. Kelly once again shows us that you CAN make an improvement on a classic trout streamer! The Wooly Sculpin has been a top trout streamer for a long time and now has been given a facelift. The Cactus Wooly Sculpin uses cactus…
Black Mamba
In today’s video, we are looking at the famous and deadly Black Mamba. I first tied this style of Black Zonker in 2012 and ever since, it has been my number 1 fly in terms of producing fish, every single season. There is a reason customers keep coming back for…
Galloup’s Cactus Wooly Sculpin – White, Olive
Galloup’s Wooly Sculpin here in the Cactus version. Kelly once again shows us that you CAN make an improvement on a classic trout streamer! The Wooly Sculpin has been a top trout streamer for a long time and now has been given a facelift. The Cactus Wooly Sculpin uses cactus…
Galloup’s Wooly Sculpin- White
Galloup’s Wooly Sculpin- White Galloup’s Wooly Sculpin is more or less a combo of a Wooly Bugger and a Muddler Minnow. Kelly once again shows us that you CAN make an improvement on a classic trout streamer! The Wooly Sculpin has been a top trout streamer for a long time and…
TeQueely Streamer
The TeQueely streamer is a favorite of many. Trout, largemouth, smallmouth and more. It really produces fish. We started selling this fly during the eighties and continued until we couldn’t get them commercially sometime in the last ten years. They are now available to us again….and we are thrilled. This big…
Egg Sucking Leech – Purple
The Egg Sucking Leech is a traditional favorite for Salmon and Steelhead and available here in the purple color. Also a great attractor fly for trout and is a favorite of many that fish at the clubs or in heavily stocked waters. Rainbows can’t resist this fly.A great blend of…
Egg Sucking Leech – Black
The Egg Sucking Leech is a traditional favorite for Salmon and Steelhead and available here in the black color. Also a great attractor fly for trout and is a favorite of many that fish at the clubs or in heavily stocked waters. Rainbows can’t resist this fly.A great blend of…
Wooly Worm – Black (Original)
Hardly a more classic fly than the Wooly Worm and it is offered here in the Black color. A traditional favorite that can resemble so many things and catch so many fish. Many of us around here grew up fishing this fly and it holds a special place in our…
Wooly Worm -Chartreuse
Hardly a more classic fly than the Wooly Worm and it is offered here in the Chartreuse color. A traditional favorite that can resemble so many things and catch so many fish. Many of us around here grew up fishing this fly and it holds a special place in our…
Reviews and information regarding fly fishing gear, rods, reels, line, flies, etc.
Foam Beetle
The Foam Beetle is a pattern tied mostly from artificial materials made to represent a – well small beetle. The variety in different colours that you can get the beetle in does not really matter as the fish only see a silhouette from the bottom. This fly is fished on…
DDD
Originally tied by Tom Sutcliffe using deer hair with the intent of imitating a beetle, the DDD was eventually tied using nothing but Klipspringer for the tail, body and collar. This came about through a couple of Tom’s friends playing around with the pattern, namly Hugh Huntley and Bill Duckworth;…
Dave’s Hopper
This Dave’s Hopper pattern is a mid summer to late summer pattern. The Dave’s Hopper pattern is credited to Dave Whitlock who combined elements of the Muddler Minnow and Joe’s Hopper patterns to make his new creation. This fly is designed to ride low in the film and you will…
RAB
Apart from the DDD, the RAB is South Africa’s most loved dry fly. It was invented by Tony Biggs around the 70’s or 80’s and has taken countless fish on the Cape Streams over the years. Now, the concept of the fly is by no means new as people have…
Most Popular Flies In South Africa
A small collection of the most popular flies used in South Africa, no angler should be without these in their fly box. Flies to add: Dragon and Damselfly nymphs, Midge Pupa
Galloup’s Warbird – Brown / Yellow
Yet again, Kelly redefines something and makes it his own….in a really good way! He’s taken a wooly bugger, tweaked some coloration and strategically added some rubber legs. This fly creates a profile and action in the water that a standard bugger doesn’t. We use these on trout of course…
Galloup’s Warbird – Black
Yet again, Kelly redefines something and makes it his own….in a really good way! He’s taken a wooly bugger, tweaked some coloration and strategically added some rubber legs. This fly creates a profile and action in the water that a standard bugger doesn’t. We use these on trout of course…
Steelhead Bugger
The Steelhead Bugger is a slight variation on a Wooly Bugger that comes from legendary Michigan Steelhead guide Ray Schmidt. It’s of course a “go-to” fly for many as most anything will eat a bugger, including steelhead. A staple steelhead fly to have in your box no matter where you…
Fish Skull Sculpin Bugger – Olive / Green
The Fish Skull Sculpin Bugger is a heavily weighted and highly effective variation of the traditional Woolly Bugger. A Fish Skull Sculpin helmet up front turns a bugger into a hybrid sculpin pattern. These come to us from the folks at Flymen Fishing Company and are designed by Martin Bawden…
Fish Skull Sculpin Bugger – Brown
The Fish Skull Sculpin Bugger is a heavily weighted and highly effective variation of the traditional Woolly Bugger. A Fish Skull Sculpin helmet up front turns a bugger into a hybrid sculpin pattern. These come to us from the folks at Flymen Fishing Company and are designed by Martin Bawden…
Fish Skull Sculpin Bugger – Black
The Fish Skull Sculpin Bugger is a heavily weighted and highly effective variation of the traditional Woolly Bugger. A Fish Skull Sculpin helmet up front turns a bugger into a hybrid sculpin pattern. These come to us from the folks at Flymen Fishing Company and are designed by Martin Bawden…
Bug Eyed Bugger – Olive
The Bug Eyed Bugger is one of the coolest little streamers to come along in years. It is an articulated fly with the head tied on a short shank and the remainder of the body tied on a stout #2 hook. This thing has a really cool action in the…
Bug Eyed Bugger – Black
The Bug Eyed Bugger is one of the coolest little streamers to come along in years. It is an articulated fly with the head tied on a short shank and the remainder of the body tied on a stout #2 hook. This thing has a really cool action in the…
Bug Eyed Bugger – Yellow/Brown
The Bug Eyed Bugger is one of the coolest little streamers to come along in years. It is an articulated fly with the head tied on a short shank and the remainder of the body tied on a stout #2 hook. This thing has a really cool action in the…
Galloup’s Cactus Wooly Sculpin – Tan/White
Galloup’s Wooly Sculpin here in the Cactus version. Kelly once again shows us that you CAN make an improvement on a classic trout streamer! The Wooly Sculpin has been a top trout streamer for a long time and now has been given a facelift. The Cactus Wooly Sculpin uses cactus…
Black Mamba
In today’s video, we are looking at the famous and deadly Black Mamba. I first tied this style of Black Zonker in 2012 and ever since, it has been my number 1 fly in terms of producing fish, every single season. There is a reason customers keep coming back for…
Galloup’s Cactus Wooly Sculpin – White, Olive
Galloup’s Wooly Sculpin here in the Cactus version. Kelly once again shows us that you CAN make an improvement on a classic trout streamer! The Wooly Sculpin has been a top trout streamer for a long time and now has been given a facelift. The Cactus Wooly Sculpin uses cactus…
Galloup’s Wooly Sculpin- White
Galloup’s Wooly Sculpin- White Galloup’s Wooly Sculpin is more or less a combo of a Wooly Bugger and a Muddler Minnow. Kelly once again shows us that you CAN make an improvement on a classic trout streamer! The Wooly Sculpin has been a top trout streamer for a long time and…
TeQueely Streamer
The TeQueely streamer is a favorite of many. Trout, largemouth, smallmouth and more. It really produces fish. We started selling this fly during the eighties and continued until we couldn’t get them commercially sometime in the last ten years. They are now available to us again….and we are thrilled. This big…
Egg Sucking Leech – Purple
The Egg Sucking Leech is a traditional favorite for Salmon and Steelhead and available here in the purple color. Also a great attractor fly for trout and is a favorite of many that fish at the clubs or in heavily stocked waters. Rainbows can’t resist this fly.A great blend of…
Egg Sucking Leech – Black
The Egg Sucking Leech is a traditional favorite for Salmon and Steelhead and available here in the black color. Also a great attractor fly for trout and is a favorite of many that fish at the clubs or in heavily stocked waters. Rainbows can’t resist this fly.A great blend of…
Wooly Worm – Black (Original)
Hardly a more classic fly than the Wooly Worm and it is offered here in the Black color. A traditional favorite that can resemble so many things and catch so many fish. Many of us around here grew up fishing this fly and it holds a special place in our…
Wooly Worm -Chartreuse
Hardly a more classic fly than the Wooly Worm and it is offered here in the Chartreuse color. A traditional favorite that can resemble so many things and catch so many fish. Many of us around here grew up fishing this fly and it holds a special place in our…