THE VALLEY OF FLAMES
At a remote, secret spot, LeRoy Botha and Jazz Kuschke make a meal of their fishing. And learn something in the process… Or do they?
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DEER HAIR AND CDC ROACH – SBS
My corruption of Herman Botes’ Papa Roach has come up in conversation quite a bit lately. It’s fair to ask why on earth I would tamper with this damn near perfect stillwater trout fly, but in my case the answer is simple: you absolutely don’t have to, but … you can.
EASY POPPERS
Something I’ve been missing in my fly boxes are decent poppers. Deer hair poppers look mint and fish well, but they are simply too time
TOBI AND THE TOBI TAIL MINNOW
Tobi was our little dog who sadly left us recently after a good life of around 15 years. He was a cross between a toy
BUCKETS OF BUCKETS
“Hot and wet, thees ees the best time for the black bass” – said in a strong Greek Cypriot accent. As I looked outside at
SKELETON MINNOW PART 2 – THE LOCKDOWN CRAZE CONTINUES
Over the last few days I tied a small army of Skeleton Minnows to try out on our larger, more aggressive yellowfish and bass over
THE ALTERNATIVE ABSA CAPE EPIC RACE REPORT
This has everything to do with fishing. All dressed up with nowhere to go in the time of COVID-19… Now that some of the dust
I AM NOT A WHENWE
A whenwe is a former British settler or expatriate who talks nostalgically about their former homes in colonial Africa, i.e.: “when we lived in…” (the origin of the term). In
Farm pond bass’n
Text and photos by Leonard Flemming I grew up fishing municipal ponds and dams in residential areas. The water in these dams was mostly a