In this updated and revised (2024) version of the first release of the The Feather Mechanic, Gordon presents his deepest thoughts about how he sees tying.
The idea is to get people moving past the ‘sbs’ (Step by Step) mentality and getting them to tie flies logically as opposed to just following steps. Everything you put in a fly needs to be motivated. Form follows function. You need to understand what you’re doing and why you’re doing it.
If you can do that you’ll be tying flies that catch more fish because they make more sense! “The Feather Mechanic” is an idea and presents the reader with an alternative approach to tying.
Following hot on the heels of its immensely popular book, The Complete Book of Fly Fishing for Yellowfish, the TCFF team have released their latest book, The Complete Book of Fly Fishing for Trout.
This full colour, A4 size, 306-page compilation is filled to the brim with everything you ever wanted to know about trout.
Various contributing authors include: Tom Sutcliffe, PJ Jacobs, Fred Steynberg, Murray Pedder, Peter Brigg, Gerhard Laubscher, Andrew Fowler, Mario du Preez, Steve Cook, Mario Cesare, Malcolm Meintjes, Rob Scott, John Geils, Gary Borger, Jason Borger, Leon Links, Daniel Bagur, Rasmus Ovesen, Steve Thornton.
This is a great book to improve your techniques and learn more about catching trout.
The third in the series of species books, The TCFF's "The Complete Book of Fly Fishing for Tigerfish" is here, just in time for a budding tigerfish season.
From cover to cover, this book is filled with articles detailing the species, where and how to fish for it, tackle, tactics and flies, and how to conserve this most stunning and impressive true African predator. If you are a tigerfish fly angler, this book is right up your alley and will help increase your skill levels.
Or, if you have never fished for tigers but desperately want to, this book contains all you need to know. Even if you do not target the species specifically, the beauty of the photography and the ambiance created through the environment where tigerfish roam, will have you pining for a tigerfish excursion.
Ed Herbst's The Delicate Fly Fisher is an incredible book that brings together over 50 years of fly-fishing experience to deeply analyse trout behaviour and how to catch them effectively.
The fly-tying sections are truly outstanding with a wealth of information for all fly tyers that will improve one's understanding and techniques.
Much of Ed's research into the staple foods of small stream trout such as blackfly larvae and the black cocktail ant has not been previously covered in such depth and offer a remarkable insight into our local Cape Streams.
Fantastically illustrated and printed on glossy paper its 385 pages in A4 format constitute the most definitive book on small stream fly angling available.
These copies have been personaaly signed by Ed Herbst - a true collector's joy to own.
