Low key, but highly respected by anyone who has ever fished or worked with him, Kyle Simpson is one of the stalwart guides of the Seychelles, a freakishly good fly tyer and a pre-eminent Indo-Pacific permit whisperer. 5 best things about where you guide with Alphonse Fishing Co.? Definitely having my family with me [...]
I've been contemplating ways to alter the attack when the surface bite for Breede and Kleinbrak grunter slows down, and I think, as always with the help of mates, I've found one or two things worth trying. I've fished Karoolskraal only twice, both times the fishing was rather challenging. Which is fine because the vibes [...]
Moustache – check Mullet – check Slight twang to the accent, as if he’s a Texan with biltong futures in Prieska or a South African guiding in Texas – check. Fishin’ ‘dungarees, big-ass truck, kick-ass boat, plus a bunch of other adjective-ass noun stuff. Check check check check. Like a caterpillar into a butterfly, the [...]
This is a series of bait and their fly imitates that I'm doing as nod to Saltwater Prey, probably my favourite piece of fishing literature. However I will do this (rather selfishly) as and when I'm imitating prey items for upcoming trips. If you've spent a fair amount of time on fishing boats in the [...]
Call them ladyfish, skipjack, tenpounder, giant herring or…our favourite, springer, but whatever you do, do not neglect these high-speed tarpon cousins from your bucket list. In this excerpt from our issue 34 Wish List Fish pages, Ed Truter gives us the skinny on skippies. In terms of technique - fly tackle, favoured flies, retrieve etc, [...]
Three sheets is the story of an exploratory trip undertaken by a small Simms sponsored crew into the Belizian outback during lock down. Something I spent a lot of lockdown time day-dreaming about while staring out window wondering if the world would ever be ok again. I really enjoyed it and you can feel the [...]
It's no secret that Southern Oman, the Hallaniyat Islands and the NoBoundariesOman operation there is one of my favourite places in the world. Between 2012 and 2017 I found myself there no less than 7 times, and doing my best to figure how to get there even more often.. Somehow between April 2017 and today, [...]
Neglecting work to take advantage of a glorious gap, Jazz Kuschke finds success targeting bonito on fly off the rocks in the Southern Cape. “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain” - Jack Kerouac The window creaked open at [...]
Fly fishing for kob and grunter: During early March I had the good fortune to spend some time and fish my favourite spot away from home, the beaches and estuaries of Central West Africa. Now apart from the main attraction, tarpon, there are all sorts of other fish that makes this trip special. Especially the [...]
TOTALLY COMMITTED Nine to five. That’s how long I worked that flat today. The blazing sun burned me right through my shirt: I now look like a tomato with vitiligo. Also, I missed an appointment. Within an hour or two of fishing I felt as though I had a steel rod in my back, and [...]
