THE PANCAKE JOL
Carp fishing for fly anglers in the Western Cape definitely slows down in the winter months. The fish seem to hang out in deeper water and the very important sight fishing element is lost - accurately placing a fly in front of a feeding carp is an important part of successfully catching these fish on fly tackle. You'd get the [...]
LONG REEF
Veteran guide Richard Schumann has spent the better part of his life guiding blue chip clients in the world’s best saltwater destinations. Here he lifts the skirt on one place that does not get as much attention as it should. Not that you are likely to go there anyway… If the cost and inaccessibility don’t get you, the crocs, sharks, [...]
INTERVIEW: CHECKING IN WITH JESS & KYLE REED
From the Seychelles to the Bahamas via the good 'ole Garden Route... The Reeds are about to start scripting a new chapter in their careers, but not before they fill us in on what is, [...]
THE TITAN – MIKE FAY
As modern day ecologists, conservationists and explorers go, there are very few people that compare with Mike Fay. From his fabled Megatransect (a massive journey on foot across the Congo basin) where he surveyed the [...]
BEER DRINKING BEATS
THE ROCK À LA BOOZE PLAYLIST In issue 27, our Beers & Beats pages were commandeered by our in-house pirate, editor-at-large Conrad Botes.Not only did he share his kick-ass black IPA recipe for the homebrewers [...]
PACKING FOR POIVRE
Based in Namibia, but just as likely to be found in the jungles of Bolivia, running down roosters in Mexico or stalking the Seychelles atolls, Christiaan Pretorius travels a lot and, as such, has his [...]
DO THE WORK
"The number one thing I tell people is ‘don’t be afraid of the work.' The biggest miss I see with folks coming into this industry is this mindset that, ‘ok I have a college degree [...]
BEHIND THE COVER: ISSUE 27 – FLOAT TUBE KOB BY SACHA SPECKER
Way back in 2016 Sacha Specker had a rather too-close encounter with a Great White shark while surfing off Noordhoek on the Cape Peninsula. Last month he dangled his feet off Strand for The Mission [...]
SILENCING THE INNER HEATHEN
There’s that Chicken Licken advert where a guy is going about his day as a small orange monkey perched on his back grows bigger and bigger and the only way, he can get rid of [...]
HIGH 5S – LUKE VAN DEN HEEVER
Bouncing between his studies at Stellenbosch and his favoured stomping grounds in the estuaries of the Western Cape’s Garden Route, Luke van den Heever is kicking ass (mainly grunter, but other species too). Judging by [...]
FATHER’S DAY SPECIALS
It's still about a month away (Sunday the 20th of June to be precise), but if (for once in your life) you want to get on top of a Father's Day gift for the old [...]
SEVENTY-FOUR OFFSHORE
By Edward Truter Some time ago, some of my friends who I fish offshore with (usually casting and jigging lures on light gear) mentioned that while doing some low-key chumming over a reef off Port [...]