HIGH FIVES – KYLE SIMPSON
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 and watching my little boy, [...]
THE FEATHERS AWARD
Have you caught a special fish on the African continent in the last 12 months? Well then you may just be a contender for The Feathers Award, our annual competition that celebrates the most remarkable catch in a calendar year. What are the criteria? What constitutes a remarkable catch? – First off, on the geographical front, we are looking at [...]
JIM BARTSCHI ON THE NEW SCOTT WAVE
The recent release of the Scott Wave has had a lot of people sitting up excitedly. At a time when most high-end rods require a kidney donation or a friendly trip to the bank with [...]
GRUNTER GOTTA EAT Pt. 5-ish
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 [...]
SWISS CHEESE AND CITY CHUB
Staring at the full, laminar flow of the Linth canal - a rather pretty piece of water considering that it is just a canal - while letting the local fly rodder's, Patrick was very bummed [...]
MAP THE BELOVED COUNTRY
South Africa is in the midst of a freshwater fish conservation crisis, but what if there was a way for anglers to help protect our freshwater fishes and restore their river ecosystems? As fly angler [...]
THE ‘SA’S GOT TALENT’ FLY TYING COMPETITION WITH GRIP HOOKS
Think you’ve got skills? Want to see one of your patterns immortalized in South African fly tying like Herman Botes’s Papa Roach or Tony Biggs’s RAB? We’ve teamed up with Arno Laubscher of ScientificFly and [...]
TACO, THE ALIEN
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 [...]
THE ‘LOBSTER’ HATCH
If you book a trip to a juvenile tarpon nursery on the Mexican coastline, you might get very lucky and arrive at the same time that a swarm of hoppers descends. It’s an event that [...]
THE INFLUENCER
Long before Instagram and #influencers ever existed, Clem Booth was sharing the wonders of Lago Strobel (and other fisheries), raising money for the Red Cross Children’s Hospital and helping others in his own, inimitable style. [...]
JVICE NO. 2000
Are you a collector and fly tyer? The maker of arguably the world’s best fly tying vice is auctioning his 2000th vice for charity. Thank Beelzebub for cheap fly tying vices! Why you ask? Because [...]
SCIENCE BRU: TAGGING TIGERFISH IN SA WATERS
Mavungana Flyfishing in association with the University of Mpumalanga, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife and Pongola Game Reserve launched a groundbreaking tigerfish tagging project in June. They've already started recapturing individuals and the findings are astonishing.