Anglerfish Fly Fishing Services

A long overdue note - apologies ! - my excuse was, and still is 🫣 that I was awaiting news that your book would be available locally, as opposed to having to order overseas via Amazon ... and I am very happy to report that this is now indeed the case, from a number of fly shops country-wide!

As writer and editor of 'Piscator', the journal of the Cape Piscatorial Society, for some 21 years from 1990 until 2011, Ed has played a significant role in documenting the history of South African fly fishing, and is currently hard at work digitizing these records, and sharing his knowledge, for all.

This book is no different, and a "one of a kind", putting all of Ed's collective small stream experience into a single tome - from tackle, to flies, to materials and fly tying. Having had the privilege of reading the chapters as they came to be, the relentlessly analytical fly fisherman that is Ed, came to the fore ... and I can say without any hesitation that I know no better scribe to put to paper the technicalities of fly fishing Lilliputian streams, requiring of that Delicate touch. 

Thank You Ed.

A sample of "Sunken Hopper" (as detailed in his article in #284 of 2023), which will be commercially available shortly from the new fly tying factory (see Ed's post from 19 March).
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Proof of Concept of the adult Crane Fly (Daddy Long Legs) fly that I demonstrated at last weeks meeting of the Natal Fly Dressers Society... 🙌🏻

No better place than The Center of The Universe to be adding the finishing touches to some trout fodder for the day...

When runs a 'Show us your BEST BAIT" photo series, but you don't throw sards or chokka at high-altitude small stream troots... 🤣 The GUN of dry flies.


(recipe : https://www.fosaf.org.za/read-FOTM-420.php)

Pick a sweetie, any sweetie (they all taste good!) - 'Dirt Road Hoppers' in abundance for next weeks .outfitters Festival in Rhodes, NEC.

When you have denuded a merkin 🤪 and almost run a bobbin dry, you know that the .outfitters Festival is near ... the rainbows of the NEC : are you scared yet? 💪🏻
Looking forward to testing "orange as an attractor" with my new favourite color combo...

Thank You to for the request for a fly for their 'Fly of The Month' series ... always great fun putting to paper the history behind the fly, along with the developmental thoughts and ideas. Please visit fosaf.org.za/fly-of-the-month.php to view the story and complete tying instructions (DM if you would like a presentation PDF).

Dirty big bug for current conditions after all the rain we have had recently...

The Swarm complete - taken off for The Kingdom in The Sky ... fare thee well, and get eaten 😋