SLAP & WIGGLE...

A remote stretch of the Lower Vaal River run by Diamond River Outfitters (diamondriveroutfitters.com) – waters, bejewelled with history, that

SPRING MISSIONS

Springtime is associated with great fishing, well at least almost everywhere across southern Africa. The months of September and October
Perch Peanut fly tying Nile perch

PERCH PEANUT: STE...

How do you catch Africa’s largest freshwater fish? If you answered “using a pink and red Peanut” then you’d be spot on.
fly fishing in eastern europe

ALL YOU CAN EAT

The trips that remain seared into your memory until you lose your marbles are the ones that provide challenging yet

THE FISH THAT DOE...

Trout in South Africa constantly feel like they're a moment from death. This fragility just distinguished the appeal for me.
a not too steady flow of mayflies Rolf Nylinder

A NOT TOO STEADY ...

Rolf Nylinder, swedish filmmaker and fly angler, spent a summer shooting dry fly eats in the Arctic Circle with his
vaal caddis hatch herman botes

THE HALO HATCH

From wanting “plips” not “blops” to mating flights and embracing darkness, Vaal River hatch junkie Herman “Harry” Botes breaks down
Håvard Stubø, Markus Lemke and Rolf Nylinder

A CULTURAL EXCHANGE

Over the last week, we have had Scandinavian trio Markus Lemke, Håvard Stubø and Rolf Nylinder in Cape Town, visiting

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