SPRING MISSIONS
Springtime is associated with great fishing, well at least almost everywhere across southern Africa. The months of September and October
Western Cape
AMBUSH BABY
In the Thomas & Thomas Zone 10’2 2-weight, Gerald Penkler discovers a rod that excels at euronymphing, handles streamers and
MARBATHO
On a whistle-stop tour from Cape Town to Joburg via the Bokong River in Lesotho, Swedish filmmaker Rolf Nylinder and
LALU BUG: STEP-BY...
Tied and designed by Platon Trakoshis. The Lalu Bug is a heavy dragonfly nymph pattern that rides hook-point up, imitating
MOHAWK KWAN – STE...
Tied and designed by Jimmy Eagleton. The Mohawk 'Punk' Kwan is a fly for sandsharks aka lesser guitarfish on South
TANKWA TOFU
Many South African's prefer things like beef steak, Boerewors and lamb chops on the camp braai and it's a running
3 BEATS IN 3 DAYS...
Pictured above: The author's dad, Alex Kennedy, on Beat 4 of the Elandspad River. To the guides, the river junkies
BEARDED CLOUSER
Taking advantage of sharks and rays’ ampullae of Lorenzini, which detect weak electrical fields such as those produced by their
FLY FISHING FOR S...
Half-shark, half-stingray, the lesser guitarfish (AKA sandsharks/ sandies), are a gem of South Africa's West Coast, and the ambush-fly angler's
KONING VANNIE DORING
In the latest Saving Sandfish film, Koning Vannie Doring ('King of the Doring River'), Dr. Jeremy Shelton and Dr. Otto