I’ve got along very nicely with the same old shitty pair of industrial nail clippers I hacked of an old girlfriend years ago. In all honesty, a Dremmel would have been far better suited to her needs though. Saying that, I do like these from Orvis. Purely because they have a hook eye needle for clearing away those annoying head cement blockages I seem to be having more and more in my older years. The down side to these nippers...

Here's a nifty bit of kit for all you Trout n Yellowfish bums out there.

Fly fishing has always been a hit and miss affair along the Natal coastline for me, none more so visible since moving back here in 2012. 150 km either way from Durban (Commonly known now as DIRTBIN!!) isn't the friendliest for fly fisherman to be honest. Yes we have a plethora of rocky outcrops strewn along the coastline but are only accessible during low tides which gives us a very short window in the day to go chuck some...