LATEST RELEASES SALAD BAR

GRIP - MAGIC YARN & FINE CRAFT FUR

New from Grip Tying Materials (a division of Mbombelabased ScientificFly) are the Magic Yarn and the Fine Craft Fur. The yarn is similar to egg yarn and is available in 12 colours. It’s ideal for flies such as glo bugs, sculpins, and minnows. Spin it like deer hair or use it as dubbing for various patterns. The Fine Craft Fur is available in five colours (Red Fox, Grizzly Brown, Grey, Purple, and Red). Shorter than Grip’s Premium Craft Fur, it’s ideal for brushes and brush flies (especially smaller patterns for largemouth yellowfish), bass bugs, and smaller tigerfish flies. If you happen to be a Victorian lady of the night, it would make a fantastic merkin too. scientificfly.com

SIMMS - PRO WADING STAFF

LOON - TROUT PLIERS

Loon’s new Trout Pliers seem to be aiming for the Goldilocks zone between saltwater plier sturdiness and trout hemostat delicate work. They’re robust, but at 7.5” long they are sized for trout. They include a cutter in the jaw that is designed to be as comfortable pinching heavy barbs as it is removing delicate dry flies, cutting braid, clipping tippet, and everything in between. Housed in a durable rubber holster they include a Quickdraw Tool Tether, so you can attach them to packs, belts, or boardies. loonoutdoors.com, xplorerflyfishing.co.za

Simms’s carbon-fibre Pro Wading Staff not only dishes up balanced, in-river support and stabilisation, but it also comes in handy on the hike in, you know... For duelling with bears, crocs, etc. Stiff and resilient, like our art director Bod’s fabled trousersnake, it sports a convenient one-handed deployment so you can be ready in seconds (like Bod). Unlike Bod, the length is adjustable (120-140cm) via the integrated flick-lock mechanism, a Cork/ EVA composite handle gives you all-day comfort, while the integrated carbide tip gives you that in-river grip. Includes a built-in wrist strap, retractor, and compression moulded sheath. simmsfishing.com, frontierflyfishing.com

SIMMS - TIGHTLINES STRAP

Wading the flats of Somaliland and need to take a second rod with you? Rafting the Zambezi under Vic Falls and want to make sure your lunch doesn’t fall off? Custom-moulded TPU with a high-density plastic buckle, these flexible, moulded 15” utility straps are designed to lash whatever is precious to you down fast. Can also replace those fluffy handcuffs of yours in a bind. simmsfishing.com, frontierflyfishing.com

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