THE HALO HATCH
From wanting “plips” not “blops” to mating flights and embracing darkness, Vaal River hatch junkie Herman “Harry” Botes breaks down the how, when, and why
dry fly fishing
CHAMOIS DRIES
Besides snowshoe making its regular appearance in fly posts on social media, we also spotted beautiful, buggy caddis flies tied with chamois hair on Instagram
SUBTITLES
“In front of me, I had a rare week of fishing in the mountains. No kids, no work to be done. I was just going
SNOWSHOE CARAMEL
Snowshoe is not regular in South Africa. I was introduced to this funky dry fly material via Instagram (the platform may have its pros and
AIR JAWS
Through photographer Ryan Janssens’ lens, the trout of the Elandspad river can be seen for the voracious, leaping, breaching, bug-munching, apex predators they are. Cue
Smalblaar Sunday
I spent Sunday morning on the second beat of the Smalblaar River. Neil Rowe had called and invited – I was very excited seeing as
Witels Memories
It’s been a surprisingly long time since I first walked up the Witels River. It was my third year of varsity that my partner in crime, Rex