FEATHERS & FLUORO
SAVING THE SANDFISH
The Clanwilliam sandfish (Labeo seeberi) is one of the most enigmatic indigenous fishes in South Africa, even more so than its river mate the Clanwilliam yellowfish which is praised by fisherman across our country. Sandfish [...]
HIGH 5s – JEREMY ROCHESTER
5 favourite fly fishing destinations globally? Slovenia with Hunter Fly Fishing. Seychelles with the Alphonse Fishing Company. Lower Zambezi. Kilombero North Safaris, Ruhudji and Mnyera Rivers, Tanzania. Kamchatka, Zhupanova Float Trip. 5 indispensable flies for [...]
PREPPING FOR HEAVY DAYS ON THE ZAMBEZI
“I’ve just tied up 10 more mega clousers, bru,” came Ewan Naude’s words late last week, following a phone call to James Williams from Wildman Fishing co. Ewan's mega clousers “Basically, like I [...]
HEAD WATER FEVER
"It's 9:43am, high summer beneath a glass-like sky and there’s a dazzling sun on a pastoral, some might say bucolic, Southland river. The upstream breeze triggers the grey-green tussock to radiate in rippling undulations below [...]
HARLEY SHAKES
The Harley Shakes is a fly created by Stuart Hartley, a guide for Tourettes Fishing, designed specifically for the Tiger Fish (Hydrocynus Tanzaniae) of the Mnyera and Ruhudji Rivers in Tanzania. It's a surface fly [...]
SCIENCE BRU: THE ESTUARY TIDAL PUZZLE
Neap is not (necessarily) the worst river fishing tide… “Without the moon’s steadying influence,” writes Bill Bryson in his ultimate idiot’s guide to science, A Short History of Nearly Everything, “the earth would wobble like [...]
WIRE LEADER MELTED LOOP
I love the Double Rapala knot shared by Leonard in his post of Double Rapala knot & Piano Wire knots for tigerfish. The other exceptional method to create a loop in nylon coated wire and [...]
ORANGE RIVER PACK LIST 101
I had obviously packed everything that could possibly fit into my car for the 4 day Orange River Largemouth Yellowfish Conservancy drift with Kalahari Outventures, but besides your general fishing tackle and your favourite polarised [...]
