BERG RIVER SLAM
You know how fishing plans go — sometimes they unfold just right, and sometimes the river has other ideas. Dre (Andre van Wyk) and I
Platon Trakoshis
ED’S HOPPER – STEP-BY-STEP FLY TYING
As with most things in fly tying, you can make hoppers as complicated and layered as you like… Or, you can keep things really simple
FRESHWATER FISHES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
Like me and many Generation X’ers, we’re used to looking things up in books because that’s all we had until the web came along. But
THE REINTRODUCTION OF WITVIS: STAGE 1
As someone who lives close to the Berg River and fishes it a lot for carp and bass, it was extremely exciting to hear about
CHALK & FLIES – A STORY ABOUT FLY FISHING, ROCK CLIMBING AND ADHD.
I always love to see a film made locally about local waters. I was scrolling through Instagam and noticed an old friend’s post saying something
LALU BUG: STEP-BY-STEP VIDEO
Tied and designed by Platon Trakoshis. The Lalu Bug is a heavy dragonfly nymph pattern that rides hook-point up, imitating the stubbier dragonfly nymphs naturals
BULLY BEEF – STEP-BY-STEP VIDEO
This tigerfish fly is tied and designed by Platon Trakoshis. Tigerfish fly the Bully Beef, named after a South African canned beef brand, is a
Tom Sutcliffe
It is very sad news for South African and international fly Fishing, friends as well as the family of an incredible man, Tom Sutcliffe, who
DOBSON FLY
If dragonfly nymphs are the aquatic insects king of lakes, then Dobson fly larvae are kings of the stream. Funnily enough, that’s not where I
THE INVASIVE RED SWAMP CRAYFISH
Those of you who read every inch of The Mission magazine would have seen the piece on the invasive Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in
