DIGGING FOR DIAMONDS IN THE ORANGE
When I tie flies for the Orange River between the Richtersveld and Upington it generally results in spent spools of thread due to the many nymph patterns for smallmouth yellowfish (and only a handful of streamers for largemouth yellows). Well, that is how I used to prepare myself until I met Garth Wellman and Armand Flies. They insist on fishing [...]
SPLIT PERSONALITY NO. 3
Like most anglers, we love a good split shot. The fish in its natural element, the angler, the sky, the water, that connection and the fact that Dr Andy Danylchuk of Keep em Wet, would approve. Gah! Sometimes the beauty of it all is just too much. So, being the average photographers we are, for our issue 16 Split Shot [...]
GUNNIN’ AT THE VICE
One of the many benefits of fly tying groups, whether they are loose collectives like our Whippet Wednesday crowd, or Whatsapp Groups, get togethers like the CPS Vice Squad Meetings,or FB groups even is the [...]
TROUT LIES: 4 SMALL STREAM MYTHS, BUSTED
Some of the micro trout streams I’ve had the good fortune to fish have surprised me by turning conventional wisdom (even proven facts on ‘bigger’ streams) on its head. This is an incomplete list: MYTH: [...]
KID GLOVES
On a desolate stretch of beach in Sudan, Conrad Botes heard a voice and had a vision "I could have sworn I heard a voice. I looked left, in the direction I had just came [...]
THE TIGER AND THE SWALLOW
In a small dam in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, a rather unique and unexpected hunt occurs. The Schroda Dam is nothing special; a small storage reservoir in a the Mapungubwe National Park. Build [...]
THE BERG
Our issue 16 Troubled Waters. Whether it’s trout, carp or saltwater species you are in to, one of the Western Cape’s great rivers is struggling like never before. The Waters We love the Berg. It’s [...]
THE MISSION PLAYLIST VOL. 14
WHY ARE YOU BLOWING MY MIND? That's both the name of this playlist and the feeling we get when we listen to it. Put together by Zamrock guru Calum McNaughton of SHARP-FLAT - a Cape [...]
BLUE HEART – FULL DIGITAL RELEASE
In issue 10's Troubled Waters we featured The Blue Heart of Europe, the project backed by Patagonia aimed at saving the rivers of Bosnia and Slovenia from hyrdo-electric dam schemes that harm the eco-system, drive [...]
AIR JAWS
Through photographer Ryan Janssens' lens, the trout of the Elandspad river can be seen for the voracious, leaping, breaching, bug-munching, apex predators they are. Cue the cello music. More from this shoot in issue 16. [...]
SPLIT PERSONALITY NO. 2
"My approach to split screen imagery is based very much on a KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) approach. I’m typically fishing and shooting at the same time so, while I would love the time and [...]
SO, YOU WANT TO BE A GUIDE?
Have you ever wanted to be a fly fishing guide? Then consider leapfrogging your way into a guiding career by attending Keith Rose-Innes of Alphonse Fishing Co.’s guide intuition classes. With decades spent guiding and [...]