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FEATHERS & FLUORO
HIGH 5S – PLATON TRAKOSHIS
Cypriot/Zimbo/South African film producer and fly fishing guide, Platon Trakoshis, not only fishes like a machine, he also has the reputation as one of the nicest people you will ever spend time with on the [...]
THE TOUR DE COSMO
A lot of things were off the cards last year… freedom of movement and association, travel, even booze (if you live in South Africa). For UK-based, former Springbok, Bob Skinstad and friends, there was a [...]
WATCH: CHASING TIGERS ON LAKE JOZINI
Some drool-worthy aerial footage of the 2020 season on Lake Jozini, Pongola. The sequence that starts at 01:35 (featuring the croc and the tiger) epitomizes this fishery for me. Gareth Reid is a master on [...]
IN BETWEEN CATCHING FISH
What happened when The Rhodes University Fly Fishing Club went to Thrift Dam. This excerpt comes from Neil Hiestermann's issue 25 story, IN BETWEEN CATCHING FISH, one of three focused on the legendary Eastern Cape [...]
A LESOTHO LOCKDOWN
The ongoing pandemic has been detrimental on a worldwide level and continues to, sadly, run its course in 2021 thus far. It’s truly difficult to see the silver lining during such a tough period but [...]
THE FEATHERS AWARD
When we announced the Feathers Award in December 2020, we knew it would attract some very special entries. This was not only because for this inaugural competition we allowed for entries from any time in [...]
THE RECONNECT
Flycastaway guide Brendan Becker's grandfather introduced him to fly fishing in the trout dams of Machadodorp. Years later, even though the old man is gone, for Brendan it still feels like he is there. I [...]
SNAKE BITE 101
What to do if you (or one of your fishing buddies) gets bitten by a snake... The black mamba is pretty high up my shit-your-pants list. Right up there with a croc, bull shark and [...]
