FEATHERS & FLUORO
THE MATRIARCH
What am I most proud of? There’ve been a good few achievements among my tribe these past few years. Two of us have represented at national level and the third at provincial level in our [...]
THE LEGEND OF FUCK YOU VALLEY
This is an excerpt from our issue 4 cover story, The Legend of Fuck you Valley, which covers a trip to the Bokong river in Lesotho and its friendship-testing browns. "The plan was simple. A [...]
MUNCHIES: THE LESOTHO LOAF
Guide, James Kirsten, of African Waters (the artists formerly known as Tourette Fishing), on his Lesotho Loaf, his Bokong Bread, his Basotho Brioche. “One advantage of guiding in Lesotho is that there isn’t much out [...]
MINI GOLIATH
We were floating down the lower Orange talking about fish species and fly tying while watching birds and casting streamers when we spotted a goliath heron hunting majestically on the bank. Garth Wellman mentioned how [...]
DREAM, DREAM, DREAM…ABOUT BIG GARRICK ON FLY
When you see photos of fly-caught garrick, they seldom depict big and/or adult fish (and that's also relatively speaking because there seems to be a lack of scientific data related to sexual maturity in these [...]
HIGH 5s – JOHANN DU PREEZ
5 favourite fly fishing destinations globally? Bolivia has to be one of the best destinations on the planet. From golden dorado to pacu and everything else in between it is just pure adrenalin. Johann [...]
WISH LIST FISH: SAWAI
IN SOUTH AFRICA catfish are regarded, somewhat unfairly, as sluggish, bottom-feeding pains in the ass. It's the way they feed, how they move, the manner in which they lurk in the water. In other parts [...]
THE SENTINEL
SMALLMOUTH, largemouth, Natal Scalies, Lowveld, Clannies… South Africa’s yellowfish species are loved and lauded, but some cousins fly under the radar like the endangered Witvis. Leonard Flemming recounts what it took to catch his first [...]
