SCIENCE, BRU: KNOT THAT HARD
They say, “let sleeping dogs lie”, but as much as I’m not planning to kick Ol’ Yeller while he’s down, I need the lying to
LeRoy Botha
ENGLISH BABOONS
Who would believe that the drought would ever end? Until just the other day, the picture of a flowing Upper Gouritz was nothing but a
YELLOWTAIL ON MARS
Caught between worlds – that of heathens and clowns, and any puritanical fly-only instincts he might have once held – LeRoy Botha had to make
A DIY CDC TOOL KIT
Recently, I watched with some bemusement, how David Taylor works his CdC with almost no tools at all. Check out David’s SBS of a Niger
DUNKIN’ SOME DRAGONS
You’d think we’d get tired of talking about dragonflies around here, but I can tell you: not even close. That’s because as rated a fish
GRUNTER MATH
After getting his PhD in pancakes, refusals and eats, Professor LeRoy Botha runs us through the equations involved in catching the spotted grunter on fly.
CONFESSION, 2023
If I told you that I took a break from grunter fishing this year, and instead trained some big, wild river carp to eat bread
SHAWNING 101
In the past, I have imposed constraints upon things in a very random way. Although I have not been blind to my hypocrisy, only recently
LAZER POINTER FLIES
Us fly people frequently debate the merits of fluorescent colours in flies. Recently, during a chat with mates, I remarked that a fish’s reaction to
GRUNTER GOTTA EAT Pt. 5-ish
I’ve been contemplating ways to alter the attack when the surface bite for Breede and Kleinbrak grunter slows down, and I think, as always with
