FEATHERS & FLUORO
THE TALE OF TUNA
A couple of weeks ago someone WhatsApped me a video that was doing the rounds on social media. It was of a 20-odd kilo tuna caught by the Bartho brothers on the KwaZulu-Natal coast in [...]
IN PRAISE OF COMP FISHING
From representing, captaining and coaching South African fly fishing teams all over the world, to whispering to spotted grunter on the sandbanks of the Breede river, fighting Geets in the Indian Ocean or snapper in [...]
CARP ON FRY
Plop. Greedy eyes swivelled towards the commotion. As they focussed, I swear she licked her fat rubber lips at the fry pattern hovering 1.5m away. She stroked her whiskers, cruised over and slurped it down. [...]
BUSH & BARBS
When Tintswalo Lapalala invited us to send someone to check out their Waterberg lodge and the new fly fishing option they have added to their activities, we knew what they wanted. A romantic couple. Instead, [...]
EPIC ROD BUILD
Check out the 1st part of an Epic 590G 5 wt graphene rod build filmed by Stream and Sea: https://youtu.be/gv29IYpE55Q
RHODES TRIP
If you’re into trout and you live in South Africa, you have to make the pilgrimage to Rhodes, as Pierre Joubert and his mates discovered when they made the journey to the mountains of the [...]
SCIENCE BRO: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN ESTUARY IS BREACHED?
No, the fish don’t all leave en masse! We’ve all seen those distributing social media clips of people cast-netting for kob and garrick as they attempt to exit recently opened estuary mouths. But what really [...]
ALEX’S GOODIE
For Paulo Hoffmann, getting to grips with GTs for the first time at Cosmo was a baptism of fire. Fortunately, he was in good hands. “Paulo, I’ve got a goodie for you.” That’s what Cosmoledo [...]
