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Content by Korrie Broos

Article Sierra Nets Dec 2. 2017 C&R A Q&A session with California based landing net maker Greg Madrigal from Sierra Nets Read the intverview here	Article Not Everyone’s cup of tea Aug 18. 2017 Sweden South African Korrie Broos experiences the Swedish "summer" fishing. Read the story here.	Article Gavin Erwin May 31. 2017 Fishy art South African artist Gavin Erwin paints wonderful pictures of fish and fishing - some colorful and abstract, some very naturalistic. See his pictures here
Article Sharon Burger May 13. 2015 Details Sharon Burger is a modern day scrimshaw artist from South Africa. She does fine scrimshaw work for knife handles, inlays and more. See her work and hear her tell here	Review Fishing in Grayling Paradise Oct 22. 2014 The introduction to this book starts with the following paragraph "I have written many articles a	Article Takes Oct 21. 2014 Hooking South African Korrie Broos has developed this "Chart of takes" to classify the takes and different methods to employ to fish for the takes or to trigger the take. Read about the different takes here
Article OSA Nymph Apr 21. 2014 Nymph A generic nymph that can do equally well as a stonefly or mayfly nymph as it can a waterboatman or backswimmer See how to tie it here	Article X-Factor Dec 8. 2013 CDC South African summer is here and the fish are rising. And the X-factor fly makes them even keener to go for the surface fly See how to tie it here	Article F&K Caddis Jun 28. 2013 Emerger This caddis pattern has a great profile and an hot spot that can attract fish. It's been very successful for the originator, South African Korrie Broos. See how to tie it here
Review A South African fly tying journey Sep 8. 2011 This first DVD, in a series, is a documentary journey of the history of fly fishing in South Afri	Article Craig Bertram Smith Apr 3. 2011 Fishy art The first time Korrie Broos saw one of Craig Bertram Smith's works of art was a pencil sketch he'd made to commemorate a trophy giant kingfish he'd caught, posted on a fly fishing forum. The sketch was magnificent, and Korrie immediately sent Craig an email to find out more about him and his artistic work.	Article Sharks! Jul 30. 2008 Inshore When two friends go down the road, for a late afternoon fly fishing session on the reefs, and take their #14 and #15 rods... You know that there is something radically wrong, upstairs. This is the story of the two friends Jacques Visser and Jimmy Eagleton who have taken on the South African sharks. The amazing story here
Article Chris Bladen Feb 8. 2007 Fishy art South African artist Chris Bladen has specialized in doing bronzes of wildlife - particularly fish. See some of his stunning work and read about the process of shaping and finishing bronze statues of tuna, flying fish, dorados, tigerfish and much more. Korrie Broos takes you on a tour in Chris' studio	Article Tigerfish from my Verandah Dec 2. 2006 Wild When you speak to old timers about fishing for tigerfish on the Zambezi River they will tell you of driving along dirt roads, cutting a path through the forest to get access to the river. Lions still running wild, and while they fished elephants chased anglers away from the bank. This is not how it is today. Read Korrie Broos' article here.	Article Yellow Fever Mar 26. 2006 Incurable Imagine a fish that takes a fly as readily as a trout, whether it is nymph, a wet fly, or a dry fly. Czech nymph style, wet fly swing, North Country style or upstream dry fly. Now magine that, pound for pound, at least twice as strong as a trout Korrie Broos gives you: the yellowfish!