JEFF CURRIER – THE 400
In his pursuit of catching any fish whatsoever on fly, Jeff Currier has risked being fired by bosses (mild); losing 20lbs in weight from Delhi belly (medium); getting abducted by Colombian rebels (fiery);being eaten by tigers (incineration) and has had countless other misadventures. But over the last 40 years and in 60 countries, he’s racked up over 400 different species [...]
MEET THE NDUNGU, THE PACU’S AFRICAN COUSIN
Under giant Sycamore fig trees on Ruhudji river, guide Johann du Preez loses his mind and completes an angling decathlon worthy of the Olympics while attempting to unlock ndungu, the fat, pacu-like fruitarian fig eaters of Tanzania. "It started with a slurp and a sloppy tail splash as the fish rolled to the surface to engulf the godsent morsels drifting [...]
BULLY BEEF – TIGERFISH FLY – STEP BY STEP
I was on my second hosted tigerfish fly fishing trip to the Okavango Delta armed not only with the usual clouser minnows but also with some new ideas incorporating rabbit zonker strips. Staying at the [...]
HIGH 5s – MILAN GERMISHUIZEN
Ninja flats monk, Milan Germishuizen, on his church the fabled St Brandon’s archipelago north east of Mauritius, gang warfare with bull sharks, the Springbok inside centre position and solid advice from William Shatner. 5 best [...]
CRUSTACEAN EYE SBS
It took me forever to get to a process that resulted in consistent, perfect crustacean eyes. The whole burned mono route is just too time consuming and unpredictable, with a static result set and almost [...]
CARP ARE GIANT
Here is a little carp home movie I recently made - special thanks to Andre van Wyk and Tudor Caradoc-Davies for their contribution with camera work. The theme of the movie is 'Carp Giant' because [...]
TARANTULA PRAWN SBS
This is a step-by-step of the Tarantula Prawn fly that I, based on Neil Rowe's experience with tan EP fibre prawn imitations, used very successfully to fool spotted grunter and steenbras (see: Prawns in Tandem) [...]
SOURCE OF SOLACE
(Part three of a catfish mission with Ofishally Babich) All photos by Terence Babich We all experience tough fishing trips and especially so in the last couple of years with the messed up weather patterns. [...]
ON A BEACH IN OMAN
Markaz Perm from Feathers and Fluoro on Vimeo.
THREADBARE
"I was fortunate in that my mother did not protest when I decided, at age nine, to give up Catholic Mass in pursuit of fish. Honestly, I think she was ecstatic to have me out [...]
SWC DO OMAN
If you're followers of Skinny Water Culture or No Boundaries Oman, you'll know that the SWC killed it on their trip to Oman. Here's a short mash of a few moments from their trip: [...]
JOURNEY DOWN THE RIO OLIFANTES
Back in 2008 I had the opportunity to do a recce float trip down the Rio Olifantes - the Olifants River in Mozambique. This is a dig through those archives: “Bull…” Johan Klopper breathed the [...]