Functional Fashion – The Way You Wear Your Hat

 

ARTICLE by PAMELA SIMPSON ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE APRIL/MAY EDITION OF FLYFISHING MAGAZINE SOUTH AFRICA – REPRINT BY PERMISSION ONLY

 

 

By |July 1st, 2017|Fly Girl, Gone Fishing|Comments Off on Functional Fashion – The Way You Wear Your Hat
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How To Get Your Woman Hooked

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE by PAMELA SIMPSON ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE FEB/MARCH 2015 EDITION OF FLYFISHING MAGAZINE SOUTH AFRICA – REPRINT BY PERMISSION ONLY

 

By |April 25th, 2017|Fly Girl, Gone Fishing|Comments Off on How To Get Your Woman Hooked
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A Fish and a Baby

Last month I had my first ‘attempted’ float-tube-fishing experience while pregnant. I have moved on from the trauma that is the first trimester and established myself quite comfortably into the second, so thought nothing of it.

My dizzy spells were all but gone (a lovely symptom of pregnancy that I suffered quite a lot with), my energy levels […]

By |May 6th, 2015|Fly Girl, Gone Fishing|Comments Off on A Fish and a Baby
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Sand-Shark fishing in Langebaan

Last week, Husband and I tried out our hand at catching guitarfish on fly (sand-sharks). I was torn between not wanting to be left out and not usually being one for salt-water fly-fishing, but when I saw the gorgeous pink flies that would be used, I had to be let in on the deal! In […]

By |February 16th, 2015|Fly Girl, Gone Fishing|2 Comments
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Five Reasons to Fly Fish (other than to fish)

When I tell people that my husband takes me fly fishing, I usually get faced with disbelief from men and pitying side-glances from women. Some go so far as to say ‘Oh, you poor thing’ while nodding knowingly and sympathetically. When I protest and explain that I love to fly fish – that it started […]

By |November 28th, 2014|Fly Girl, Gone Fishing|Comments Off on Five Reasons to Fly Fish (other than to fish)
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The One That Got Away

Every fisherman has a story; a sad tale of lost glory, missed victory, of the mystical unicorn-of-the-deep that got away. The fish we didn’t catch. Only my tale is of a fish I did catch.

Winter in the Western Cape may call for most to stay indoors, bundled up with mugs of steaming hot chocolate and […]

By |November 28th, 2014|Fly Girl, Gone Fishing|Comments Off on The One That Got Away
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