Have you ever wanted to be a fly fishing guide? Then consider leapfrogging your way into a guiding career by attending Keith Rose-Innes of Alphonse Fishing Co.’s guide intuition classes. With decades spent guiding and working in the fly fishing industry, Keith Rose-Innes has had an incredible career. Now, in an attempt to share the [...]
This is a trusty method to tie a braided wire/knottable wire setup, which is especially recommended for Tanzanian tigerfish (Jimmy Eagleton and I also used it with great success to catch our local snoek more recently). These tigers grow surprisingly big for the 'smallish' rivers they live in and due to the limited space and [...]
What: For the benefit of our non-South African readers, the literal translation of the Afrikaans Wildeperd is ‘Wild Horse’. When it comes to these fish it means “Zebra(fish).” Rarer and more difficult to catch than their greedy little colleagues, blacktail, Wildeperd are also prettier, grow bigger and fight like a (Shetland pony) stallion when hooked [...]
5 best things about where you guide? Kau Tapen’s Rio Menendez is the most insane tributary. Pulling out a fresh sea trout in a river no wider than your bathtub is a pretty gnarly experience. The night sky in the Kalahari will literally rock your socks off. Aliens are a thing. Dry fly fishing to [...]
"To be honest, I’ve always had a keen interest in photography in general and I was getting bored with all the usual “grip ‘n grins” I was shooting. Underwater photos were always the next step. However, the price on the underwater housing for my camera was ridiculous! Then I discovered the GoDome for GoPro (getgdome.com), [...]
"Over a hill and down around a corner we catch a glimpse of the Mayo Cam river. Immediately we see hundreds of yellowfish under the bridge and a HUGE crocodile slithering off his morning lie into the depths. We are here with Nile perch in mind and it takes us a while to really start [...]
'In preparation for the trip Ilya wasn’t too forthcoming with details, other than to say his friends from Bhutan had everything covered. “We will be camping, we have a helicopter with us, bring 8 to 10-weight rods, 15 – 25lbs leaders, floating lines with intermediate tips and felt sole boots. See you at the boarding [...]
"What I get out of fly fishing has changed over the years. I believe I’d like to fish more, but maybe because of that, I appreciate it more. Every day out there, every cast, every fish, becomes an experience and a memory to cherish, not a record to collect." Our issue 16 Lifer, former Springbok [...]
Fresh from the jungles of Bolivia, is this new video short from Untamed Angling and filmmaker Daniel Coimbra, featuring Marcelo Perez tussling with Tsimane's famous dorado. For more on Marcelo and Tsimane, check out his lifer profile in issue 11 of The Mission.
There are five tigerfish species that live across Africa and you may find that when you gain experience in catching each of them your techniques will change and your tackle preferences will also differ slightly for each species. I noticed this when I compared notes after fishing for tigerfish in the Zambezi River in southern [...]
