crayfish fly the mission LeRoy Botha

CONFESSION, 2023

If I told you that I took a break from grunter fishing this year, and instead trained some big, wild

LAZER POINTER FLIES

Us fly people frequently debate the merits of fluorescent colours in flies. Recently, during a chat with mates, I remarked

GRUNTER GOTTA EAT...

I've been contemplating ways to alter the attack when the surface bite for Breede and Kleinbrak grunter slows down, and

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

Catch and release is what we do. It’s how it should be, you know it and I do, so I’m

LITTLE BIGS

Whereas I won’t be caught dead driving fifteen minutes to target 40cm leeries, I’ll drive hours to hunt smallstream trout.

ELOPS ESCOBAR

A large number of swimming prawns (almost certainly Penaeus monodon, aka Tiger Prawn) have invaded Southern Cape Estuaries at least

GRUNTER GOTTA EAT...

TOTALLY COMMITTED Nine to five. That’s how long I worked that flat today. The blazing sun burned me right through

GRUNTER GOTTA EAT...

IRONMAN SBS If you haven't read part 1 and part 2.1 of this series, may I suggest you do before

GRUNTER GOTTA EAT...

A muse, a rant and an introduction to the upcoming Ironman SBS I feel as though we need some emotional

GRUNTER GOTTA EAT...

For as long as South African fly fishers have been obsessed with spotted grunter, misconceptions and heresies have spread about

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