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The Craft
Южно-Африканская Республика
Добавлен 13 дек 2021
The Craft is inextricably woven into fly fishing. It is what makes this sport so beautiful. At its essence is a respect for the fish and the incredible environments within which they reside. This is expressed in the way flies are tied, rods are built and ultimately how that line is cast and that fly is fished. Whether it is through a run in a mountain stream or into the raging surf of the ocean.
The intention of The Craft is to bring insight into the skills of the many talented and unique men and women who make this multifaceted sport what it is.
The intention of The Craft is to bring insight into the skills of the many talented and unique men and women who make this multifaceted sport what it is.
Gordo's take on the Klinkhammer
Gordon van der Spuy, "The Feather mechanic" Ties the Klinkhammer.
The Klinkhammer dry has undoubtedly caught more trout and yellow fish over the years than most other dries put together. Here Gordon van der Spuy, adds a feather mechanic twist to the old classic.
The Klinkhammer dry has undoubtedly caught more trout and yellow fish over the years than most other dries put together. Here Gordon van der Spuy, adds a feather mechanic twist to the old classic.
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Видео
The General Terrestrial
Просмотров 61410 месяцев назад
Gordon van der Spuy, "The Feather mechanic" Ties The General Terrestrial. Some terrestrial imitations are very complicated to tie and take a long time at the vice to perfect. Here the feather mechanic shows us a proven but quick and simple to tie general terrestrial dry fly that works well anywhere the fish have a taste for terrestrials
Easy-Peasy Hopper
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.10 месяцев назад
Gordon van der Spuy, "The Feather mechanic" Ties the Easy-peasy Hopper. This is the easy peasy foam hopper pattern. A simple but very effective dry fly consisting of only 3 materials, quick to tie and has caught countless smallmouth yellowfish and trout in Lesotho, South Africa and beyond…
THE CRAFT - " The Feather Mechanic - A fly tyers philosophy" a film about Gordon Van der Spuy
Просмотров 50 тыс.Год назад
The Craft presents a film about Gordon Van Der Spy, “The feather mechanic”, a master fly tyer who gives us his thoughts and philosophy on the craft of fly fishing and his passion for fly tying. Shot on location at the African Waters, Makhangoa Community Camp in Lesotho a country in the highlands of Southern Africa. The film is the seminal story on the small mouth yellowish of the Bokong river. ...
BOKONG HOME POOL - Fly Fishing In Lesotho for Yellowfish
Просмотров 2,2 тыс.3 года назад
This is a beautiful short film from Owen Bruce about the home pool in Bokong, Lesotho. This is a camp run by African waters at the head of Katse dam, home to a vibrant population of small mouth yellows and some hefty wild rainbow trout.
The Craft - Anthea Piater - a fly fishing guide in South Africa
Просмотров 9 тыс.3 года назад
This is a portrait of Anthea Piater, a fly fishing guide and fly tyer. In this film she ties a muishond fly, translated as the mouse dog fly! Her speciality is small mouth and largemouth yellow fish and she is passionate about their conservation on the Vaal river in South Africa.
It cannot get better. The images, the light and all the right things Gordon is saying. Purely amazing. Thank you so much!
Excellent 👍
Amazing, all the best Anthea!!
Great tying nice and clean
Inspirational! Lovely to see women embracing the natural world and the skill and flare in their fly-tying. Keep up the journey and kindest regards from down under in NZ.
Beautiful clean water teeeming with fish, we had all this in the UK then greed and money turned us into an open sewer. Mankind is truly the worst of all gods creatures
BEAUTIFUL! A little tear in the corner of my eye <3
Mm soaking biots, lovely with the cdc like it!!
The books are great, a real inspiration. The issue for me is I don’t take the time to really think about the flies I’m tying, too often I follow a recipe and as well look to emulate the pictures of flies tied by others. The books help a lot though, watching RUclips is a great resource for guides on tying flies, the books help with the Realisation that the fly should do a specific job well enough to influence a fish. Quite like us it seems fish are drawn to certain things that are not natural but are bigger better versions of what occurs in nature, we get it from colours in food or the shape of a banana. The books are great reading and I can only highly recommend them to any tiers out there.
Gordon is a genius, and a godsend to the fly tying community.
How do tou become a fly fishing guide or even a fresh water fishing guide what is neede what to do. I am intersted in becoming fresh water fishing guide both like on fly fishing and specimen carp fishing
Beautiful, Perfect, Gorgeous!
Loving your book The Feather Mechanic II best Father’s Day gift. While I’m inspired by your approach I’m not putting biots in my mouth! ;-) lovely tie and I’ll give some CDC a go on my next Klinks.
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Are your books available in Austria??
You can get them from Germany, try Forell und Aesche. Tankred can help you.....
I actually 100% agree with you about fly fishing… but the problem I find with it is that is more art than fishing… to the extent that you are considered an expert if you can make beautiful flies and you can make intricate casts and drifts… and the catching fish becomes optional… and then it becomes pointless …and if you go too far it is no longer considered fishing …if it is your thing sure - go for it …but if I need fish to eat - I go to dynamite, euro nymphing or nets (in this order btw 🙂)… absolutely stunning video btw, you have a real talent 👍
thank you very much for a beautiful and inspiring video. the scenery and story were just wonderful
Love Gordon’s books. He’s pushed me to become so much more proficient and changed the way I think about my bugs.
Nice fly, thanks Gordon, will definitely tie a few for my box) I also love CDC - recently collected some very nice feathers from ducks that have nice head-balls - try if you can find those in your area, I am sure you will love it too. I also like going towards simplicity of the flies - the recent ones I tied are just the ice dub and some UV - look real. I have also abandoned the beads - creating my own using a wire and different resins - it is more fun than putting something ready made). Great sharing the same passion for fly tying & fishing: nice energy you share.
First of all, wrap the entire working shank of the hook with a peacock feather. You will be pleasantly surprised, it will become many times more catchable!!)
Gordon, this is great. I enjoyed both your April volker fly tying session but especially the piece you did set in the cape hunting yellow fish….enchanting dialogue, enchanting photography and ditto soundtrack. A perfect haiku of a film. One question….would you use a light colour / transparent thread for the hopper…to mark it up as you suggest. I think I remember you saying you tend to tie with light colour thread for that reason? Ie, shows up pen marks? Would Vevus nano silk do the trick? 12/0 but it’s super strong….am sure I could get it to lie flat. Thx 🙏
An amazing video on the thinking of why we fly fishing this video allows an insight into this sport and way of life . More please ....!,,
and he uses the best vise :)
Absolutely fantastic! Love everything about it but especially the origin story and the passion. Books aren't bad either :)
This was so well done! Beautiful.
What a beautiful film! Well done.
First I’ve ever heard of fly fishing on the dark continent; love it!
i am transfixed by your simplicity with attention to detail. no epoxy. no head cement. I hope to see more.
Klinkhamer !
Love the tying and the SA accent. Great fly thanks.
That truly was a beautiful video and captures perfectly what fly fishing really does to your soul.
Beautifully said. Outstanding production.
And some call this a mere ' hobby '......they haven't got a clue. It's like a religion, a way of living.
And you my friend are brilliant 😉
Great terrestrial pattern…so much easier than the plethora of complicated hopper patterns out there…may I ask what the thickness of the foam you’re using? 2mm,3mm or 4mm?
This was 3mm but normally use 2mm. The green was thicker than the rest for some unknown reason
2mm or 3mm
He is a genius!
No one taught me how to fly fish or tie flys! I started with worms at 5 and flys at 14…figured it out as I went along and still learning,now in my 70’s! Of course, with the internet, there is an almost unlimited amount of info. on this now!
If one didn’t want to put the biots in your mouth, you could soak them in hot water instead! Sometimes feathers and furs are treated with mothballs etc. so you could be exposing yourself to unnecessary risk!
Great tie, agree with you that the simpler the tie the better.
Fly tying just calms me down …I tie 2/3 flies every day…it’s the best therapy I know … this film is amazing and one day it will help explain to my kids why I tie and fly fish…for that alone, thank you Gordon
Thanks for all the tying tips and tricks that you’re sharing from your experience … very helpful and relaxing
Great profile and movement Gordon…what did we do before CDC 😄 nice generic pattern…thanks for sharing and explaining the tying step by step
Beautiful …love the addition and movement of the CDC …fish seem to love your variant…thanks for sharing Gordon
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Lovely film Gordon!! I agree about art and flyfishing!
What an awsome video.
Amazing video
What a great treatise on fly tying and fishing.
This film and thoughts are beautiful. Thank you!
Had the privilege to be guided by Anthea over December on the Orange, she is fantastic.