Regardless of where and how you fish, every angler is surely touched by rhythm. It is something one cannot escape. The water on a small stream, cascading down the smallest of descents or a wind-lapped lake shore constantly revealing it’s beat. The hum of the furious hatches while the tree-tops sway in the valley above. Frantic sea-birds in the…
I recently sat down with a cold beer to immerse myself in the highly anticipated film HATCH by Gin-Clear Media. In fact, by the time I plonked myself on the couch and watched the first scene a replacement beer soon followed – Such is the thirst this film creates. HATCH documents some of the most…
I flipped open the mailbox expecting the same old mundane window envelopes, advising me of debts to a vast array of so-called service providers. Imagine my excitement then, when an international package had taken their place and looked suspiciously like a DVD. Sweet! Casting at Shadows had arrived! I suggested nicely to the missus that finding…
Imagine you are on the river and there’s an epic hatch. You have nothing to imitate the little critter but you know what it is. Your tying gear is stashed away in the car and all you need is an appropriate formula to whip up an enticing pattern… Well if you had the Encyclopedia of…
…and it’s a cracker too! Now featuring a series of brilliant photographs that will no doubt change over time and you can watch featured video clips directly on the site. There is also some updated information on their new rod series – ‘ONE’. Added is a heads-up on their blog, history and social media links.…
Just letting you know that the latest This Is Fly mag has hit the interwebs. Gone is the predicted text of ‘he used this rod and this fly and strategically done this….’. I like the adventure style of text and the stories that go along with the fly mission. From the mayhem, mishaps and the guy that got the…
It was cool to have a blood brother back in primary school days. You knew that if you ate shit after falling off the fort or grazed your knee from trying to race fat Brad to the canteen, that your mates would be there in a flash trying to seize the moment and score you as…
I’ve been catching the OTIS train for around 5 years now and can’t see myself getting off at the next stop. My first standard pair of Otis Buddha sunnies were pretty kickass so I decided to try the polarised Fidel model for my fishing pursuits. Holy schmit, they had everything going for them; solid, scratch-resistant glass lenses,…
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