MR TURDO RIDES AGAIN
Drawn back there by the tigerfish, the yellowfish and the idea of closure, 17 years after he left Tudor Caradoc-Davies returned to Tanzania as a
The Mission
LIFER: LIONEL SONG
More at home in the bush than he is in the burbs, capable of fixing almost anything and fishier than a tin of expired pilchards,
BRENTON FREEMAN: HIGH FIVES
A former top-tier comp angler, these days the Eastern Cape’s Brenton Freeman lives up to his surname as a free-ranging, solo guide. From the Barkly
COULD HAVES DON’T COUNT
Following the loss of a friend, Jazz Kuschke ponders the last cast. I never got to fish with G. There was a potential Richtersveld drift
TOPWATER TIGERFISH KINGS
How two saltwater semi-surface patterns unlocked the topwater tigerfish bite at Pongola and unleashed Richard Wale’s moustache and mullet upon the world. I was lying
SERVICE A SHILTON REEL
Warwick Leslie of Alu-Cab shows us how to simply service a Shilton reel. The same approach can be applied to any cork drag reel like an Abel or Tibor.
THE ITALIAN AFFAIR
With a beloved partner and a daughter, filmmaker Simon Kay is not one to stray but, when it comes to matters of the heart, two
THE CHRONICLES OF LOSS
It helps to talk about pain and loss, right? That’s why group therapy and camp “Kumbaya” singalong sessions exist. With that in mind, in issue
CANE AND ABLE – STEPHEN DUGMORE
One of South Africa’s most respected bamboo rod builders, architect Stephen Dugmore (freestonerods.co.za), lifer for Issue 38, on his clowning career, his bamboo game, and where
THE RAY RIDERS OF TAURANGA
Yellowtail kingfish cruising the flats behind stingrays, smashing baitfish and generally pretending to be GTs? This is not a fever dream or a piscatorial acid
